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Nigerian state governors are in a difficult position and far from fiscal sustainability as a result of decreasing revenue from the federal account. As a result,...
The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah, has berated the Federal Government over its lack of empathy and concern towards the populace as kidnapping...
The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has called on Nigerians to join hands with the military so the country can...
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The Imo State Governor, Uzodimma Hope, on Wednesday cautioned a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over a comment credited to him on the death of...
The Leader of pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Wednesday, described President Muhammadu Buhari as a dictator. Adebanjo, who stated this when he...
Nigerian Twitter users on Wednesday collectively declared their solidarity with the people of South-Eastern Nigeria using the hashtag #IAmIgboToo. The move was in reaction to a...
A former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose, has reacted to the microblogging platform, Twitter’s decision to delete a controversial tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari’s thread. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari inherited a united and stable Nigeria from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. The party was...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, accused the social media giants Twitter of discrimination and double standards. This came in the wake...
Twitter Inc. on Wednesday deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari in which he said his government would deal with those fomenting trouble in the South-East...
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to abolish the discrimination between holders of Higher National Diploma certificate issued by polytechnics and those with Bachelor...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted an Executive Bill to the Senate, seeking extension of the retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. The letter...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has carpeted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the foundation of insurgency it inherited was laid by the opposition party...
On Tuesday, the naira took a significant battering, falling to new lows against the British pound, Euro and U.S dollar in the black market. Data from...
Claim: A viral picture claims Dangote has opened a new family office in New York and invested 60 percent of his assets in the US. A...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declared an eye for an eye revenge as pay back for any Biafran killed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday lamented that the spate of attacks on its facilities may be a harbinger to a national crisis, if...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. FG will treat individuals bent on destroying Nigeria in language they understand – Buhari President...
11 out of the 200 abducted students of Islamiyya school in Niger State have been released by their captors. The children who were between the ages...
The Convener of the #RevolutionNowMovement, Omoyele Sowore, has been discharged from the hospital. Sowore was injured during a scuffle with the police at Monday’s rally in...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday the enemies of his government would fail in their desperate bid to destroy the administration. The President stated this on...
In order to reduce the cost of governance, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Tuesday, advocated the adoption of a unicameral legislature, thereby scrapping the...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has called on Nigerians to stop calling those responsible for the rising security challenges in the South-East unknown gunmen...
Dr Kema Chikwe, former Minister of Aviation has urged the Federal Government to tackle issues of insecurity bedevilling the country from its source. Chikwe made this...
Militant groups in the Niger Delta region have threatened to shut down major oil flow stations, wells and crude delivery lines of the Nigerian National Petroleum...
The National Examination Council (NECO) has debunked reports in some sections of the media, which stated that its late registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, who died on...
Twenty four hours after sacking four Commissioners and five of his aides for allegedly refusing to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Ben Ayade...
Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, released a 45-page fact sheet detailing the 6-year achievements of the administration. This...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has stated that even blind people are now aware that Nigeria is sliding towards anarchy, going by the rise of insecurity...
The agitations for secession and subtle talk about an imminent coup within the Nigerian political landscape has elicited a reaction from the Nigerian-American Diaspora Community. In...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, John Bazia, threw caution to the winds when they engaged each other...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security and intelligence agencies to expedite efforts towards the rescue of the 200 children abducted from an Islamic school in Niger...
Investors of Belt Finance, an automated market that provides decentralized finance (DeFi), lost about $6.2 million to hackers during the weekend after its Smart Chain tokens...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Gulak’s murder a clear case of political assassination – Gov Uzodinma Imo State Governor, Hope...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Monday, expressly warned Northerners against travelling to the South-East for now in view of the current security situation in the...
Unknown gunmen have killed the Chief Provost of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere. The immigration official was killed along the Port Harcourt-Owerri...
Bitcoin recorded its biggest monthly fall in over two years as it declined by 37.5 percent at the end of this month. The decline reflected the...
The Presidency said on Monday Nigeria is a lot safer now than in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office. The Senior Special on Media and...
A suspected hoodlum enforcing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home directive died in Ebonyi State on Monday. The spokesperson of the state police command, Loveth...
All eyes were on the South-Eastern region of Nigeria on Monday, as residents adhered to a two-day sit-at-home directive issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has disclosed that Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow, was not shot as being speculated in some...
The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project on Monday slammed the alleged attack on Omoyele Sowore, the RevolutionNow campaigner, during a rally in Abuja, the nation’s capital....
Former Senator who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has lamented the fact that the South-East is gradually witnessing the...
Nestle Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, MTN Nigeria and Mutial Benefit made the stocks to watch list this week with their on and off capital market activities which...
During the week in review, President Muhammadu Buhari failed to spring any surprises again when he announced the appointment of a core northerner, Maj. Gen. Farouk...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Ex-Niger Delta militant, Tompolo give FG seven-day ultimatum to constitute NDDC board A former Niger...
Police operatives in Imo State have killed the suspected killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak. Gulak was killed on Sunday...
The Kaduna State government has dismissed as false, the report on bandit attack at the Jaji Military Cantonment. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has compared the fall of cryptocurrency in recent weeks to the crisis in...
