President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to sack the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, for his obvious “lack of capacity” to handle security challenges besieging...
Yet another high profile member of Donald Trump’s administration has thrown in the towel after White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned from his position following...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has set up a four-man probe team to look into the alleged claim that the door of an aircraft belonging...
Stakeholders in the health sector, led by the Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN), have condemned the reinstatement of suspended Executive Secretary of the...
There is an influx of Tiv residents from Nasarawa State into Benue State, following sustained attacks by suspected Fulani militia, The Nation has learnt. Suspected Fulani...
GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha’s desire to conduct mock primaries for loyalists of All Progressives Congress, APC, wishing to stand for any elective office, has started generating a...
An unlicensed ground handling company identified by eyewitnesses as Menzies Aviation, on Wednesday operated at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Sources with knowledge of the...
Sports manufacturers Nike on Wednesday in faraway London unveiled the Super Eagles’ home and away kits for the 2018 World Cup. The new home shirt features...
The Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licences. The two new Infraco licencees are Zinox Technology Limited for...
Worried by the continued scarcity of fuel products in many parts of the country and the accompanying queues, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it...
Nigerian equities lost N122 billion on Wednesday, bring the total net capital loss for the three consecutive days of price decline to N395 billion. The sustained...
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has revealed in a new video that he was tired of “calamity” and longed for rest in “paradise”. “I am tired...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that he had no intentions of engaging in party politics ahead of the 2019 elections, stating that he would back...
Chile Okoroma, Director, Legal and Prosecution of the EFCC, said this on Wednesday at a hearing organised by the Senate Anti-Corruption Committee. The committee had invited...
The Federal Government has reacted to the mounting backlash that trailed the reinstatement of Usman Yusuf, Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), stating...
The Borno State Government may have changed its mind on what to do with the house of Mohammed Yusuf, founder and late leader of the Islamist...
Dr. Oba Otudeko, Chairman, Honeywell Group, through his lawyer, Bode Olanipekun, has indicated his readiness to testify in the ongoing matter between his firm and Ecobank....
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has described as intolerable, killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen across the country. He asked the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government...
By Joseph Edgar… Let me be daring this morning and critically look at a Bukola Saraki candidacy on the platform of the emerging third force. I...
The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, to appear before some committees and brief them on why Camerounian soldiers invaded some border...
A Senate committee report, has indicted Tiv ethnic group and Fulani herdsmen, over recent killings in some parts of Benue State. The report claimed that 21...
Controversial radio personality Daddy Freeze has reacted to a new mobile paying option introduced recently in the Nigerian banking system, where church goers can now make...
A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Festus Keyamo, has described the contents of statements from former Presidents, Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo,...
The impending exit of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa seems to be looming large after Vice President and the new African National Congress (ANC) leader...
Authorities in Kenya have deported opposition member Miguna Miguna for playing a key role in the mock inauguration of Raila Odinga last week. The opposition member...
For declaring him wanted Mr. Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has dragged the Nigeria Police, the Inspector-General of...
African champions and Nigeria’s D’Tigress basketball team have been drawn alongside Argentina, Turkey and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup. This was the outcome...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has described Ibrahim Idris as a misfit for the position of Inspector General of Police (IGP). The governor accused the police...
A move by Israeli authorities to forcibly evict tens of thousands of African asylum seekers has sparked growing protests in the country’s capital of Tel Aviv...
To any keen observer of political discourse in Nigeria, there is no question that Muslim and Christian fundamentalism have a chokehold on Nigeria. These twin God’s...
The profit-taking at the Nigerian stock market continued on Tuesday for the second consecutive trading session as investors opened up more sell orders to attract bids...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for local refining of crude oil to make fuel available and easily accessible to all...
President Emmanuel Macron of France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and will seek to address the joint session of the National Assembly, Ambassador...
Similarly, about seven people have also been killed in the two local government areas of Kaduna State by herdsmen. According to Senator Shehu Sani, who represents...
Signs that President Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates in the 2019 general election will walk on tight rope to get elected emerged on Tuesday with...
The Federal Government says it is planning to increase insurance coverage for the agricultural sector from the current 500,000 farmers to 3.8 million farmers. The Managing...
China has continued its clampdown on activists, lawyers and anyone in the country deemed to be vocal against government policies after it confirmed the arrest of...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Senator Bola Tinubu to lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) reconciliation team...
Authorities in India are now on the hunt for an unlicensed doctor who reportedly infected at least 40 people with HIV in the northern state of...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court as a disgrace to the judiciary in Nigeria. He said that...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has frowned over the amnesty his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, granted to cultists who killed no less than 23 persons...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned in strong terms Police declaration of Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of General Ibrahim Babangida, wanted over a statement he...
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared Kazeem Afegbua, the spokesman of former militray president, Ibrahim Babangida, wanted over the statement he issued on behalf...
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said yesterday it would end the sale of this year’s unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) forms today. The board gave...
Despite the looming threat of Nigeria’s expulsion from the Egmont Group, a 152-nation network of national financial intelligence units, the Senate and House Committees on Anti-Corruption...
A serving minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has purchased a massive edifice worth N280 million in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, New Telegraph has...
The general state of abbatoirs in Lagos is worrisome. Improper handling and processing, coupled with poor transportation methods, unhygenic display and sale of meat is a...
Several ad hoc committees of the Senate with mandates to carry out investigations have failed to present reports of their probes despite the fact that their...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 43-year-old man identified as Mr. Olusegun Adefemi who lives in the Ijede area of Lagos...
The deployment of large number of policemen including the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, who was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to relocate to...
