A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulasalmi Abubakar (retd), on Wednesday warned the Federal Government against negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorists and armed bandits in...
One of Bitcoin promoters, Microstrategy, has purchased more holdings as Bitcoin trade sideways in the past one week following a bullish run which saw the currency...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bawa’s confirmation came after over two hours...
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, on Tuesday said virtual assets and cryptocurrencies are risky...
The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, February 24, resolved to ensure the eradication of financial crimes while...
Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu was on Wednesday, sworn-in for a second term in office. Akeredolu was sworn in along with his new deputy, at the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, February 23, criticised the confirmation and deployment of the former Service Chiefs as ambassadors-designate. This was contained in a...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it would consider entering into negotiations with terrorists and bandits if that would restore peace in the country and end...
A Southern Kaduna group, under the aegis of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), has criticized Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, calling for his arrest and...
The House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday mandated heads of security agencies in the country to intensify efforts at effecting the release of the abducted...
Nigeria’s currency on Tuesday gained 0.34 percent to close at N408.60k per dollar compared to N410.00k closed since two days at the Investors and Exporters (I&E)...
In the month of August 2019, Ripples Nigeria embarked on a journey to appraise and rank the performance of Nigerian governors under the title ‘Ranking Nigerian...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. EFCC presents third witness in Fani-Kayode’s trial for alleged N26m fraud The Economic and Financial...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 571 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Abia State government on Tuesday blasted the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi, over his attack on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Adeyemi had during...
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday dismissed reports of an assassination attempt on one of his predecessors, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha and Uzodinma had been...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday presented its third witness in the alleged fraud trial involving a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi...
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trail of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko...
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday confirmed the recapture of Marte from the Boko Haram insurgents. Nigerian troops had earlier on Tuesday successfully recaptured the town located...
The Imo state government on Tuesday reaffirmed its determination to recover the state’s assets allegedly diverted by a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha...
Members of a Niger Delta militant group known as Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters on Tuesday threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja over neglect of...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday met with the Minority House Leader of House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, in a...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday described the various criminal activities in the country as terrorism. Nigeria has been rocked by Boko Haram...
Nigerian troops on Tuesday successfully recaptured Marte from Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province insurgents. Marte is a local government area in Borno State, Nigeria,...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday confirmed the appointments of the new service chiefs nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari had on January 26 appointed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the rise in threats caused by cybercriminals, online financial fraudsters, and cyber terrorists as Nigeria battles insecurity on several fronts. According...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned to April 20, 2021, a suit filed by former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the State Head of Service to immediately commence the implementation of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants on...
The human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has clarified that the Nigerian Air Force has no wherewithal to commence an inquest into the plane crash...
The Senate, on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. The comfirmation comes admist two petitions against the nominees and...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lamented the use of what it says is excessive force by the Nigerian military in trying to dislodge...
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration was, last week, hit with another pitiable tale of students’ abduction. This time around, it was in a secondary school in...
Insurgents of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway group from the Boko Haram sect, have reportedly hoisted their flag in two communities in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has waded into the war of words between two of its governors, Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Bala Mohammed of...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said that the Federal Government plans to lift over 100 million Nigerians out of poverty...
The trial of Mr. Erastus Akingbola, a former Group Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank resumed on February 19, with a witness giving details of...
On the parallel market, Nigeria’s currency on Monday exchanged at N480 per dollar. This is according to data from AbokiFX.com, a website that collates parallel market...
Conduct a Google search comprising the names of Hope Uzodinma and Rochas Okorocha – the current and former governors of Imo State – and you should...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. FG confirms discovery of new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria, 15 others The Nigeria Centre for...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 542 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Nigeria would soon receive the initial four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday a completely new variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. The...
The Canadian government on Monday warned its citizens against non-essential travel to Nigeria. In a travel advisory published on its website, the government also urged Canadians...
A former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, claimed on Monday the people of Fulani extraction have been treated unfairly by other Nigerians. Yuguda, who disclosed...
Nigeria’s stock market continued its worst performance in the year as the market capitalisation plunged further on Monday. At the end of trading activities on the...
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Monday claimed that acts of banditry witnessed in most of northern Nigeria, and which are increasingly spreading to the south, are actually...
The Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, said on Monday Governor Hope Uzodinma has abandoned governance in pursuit of violence in the state. Police...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed-doors meeting with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan, who briefed State House correspondents...
The Federal Government on Monday directed television stations in the country to engage sign language interpreters for news broadcasts in line with National Broadcasting Code. The...
The Federal Government on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to end the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) scourge in the country. The Secretary to the...
