A Federal High Court in Kano on Monday dismissed a case of bribery instituted against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The court threw out the suit, for lack...
Afrobeat musician, Dede Mabiaku has stoked fresh controversy around the death of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, after he claimed in an interview that the late music legend...
A bill seeking to take the obligation of road construction, maintenance and rehabilitation from the Federal Government is currently under consideration at the Senate. If passed...
Indications emerged on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari might sign the 2020 budget into law on Tuesday. Reports gathered from National Assembly sources suggest the presidency...
In a suspected move to eliminate all perceived to be loyal to Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Bichi Emirate Council has dismissed five district heads. Among...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, said on Sunday the late former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Solomon...
Newly established Karaye Emirate Council in Kano State has dismissed the District Heads of Kiru, Ibrahim Hamza, and Shehu Muhammad of Rimin-Gado, for disloyalty. The council...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Sunday reacted to comments credited to the duo of Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki...
The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has called for the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammed, over...
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seeking the intervention of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) to resolve the crisis rocking the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Sunday morning. 1. BOKO HARAM: UN, Amnesty International, others react to killing of aid workers...
United Nations, Amnesty International, and Action Against Hunger have all condemned the execution of the four abducted humanitarian workers by Boko Haram. The victims, who were...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the execution of four aid workers by Boko Haran terrorists in North-eastern Nigeria. He said that the defeat of evil by...
Civil servants in Enugu State will enjoy a 13th month salary to celebrate the forthcoming Christmas with their loved ones. This is as the State Governor,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday marked properties belonging to the convicted former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, for seizure. A statement...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on December 11, 2019, paid a surprise visit to the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in Kaduna. The media space...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Saturday morning, December 14, 2019. 1. It is the turn of South West to produce next...
National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Friday received a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osagie Ize-Iyamu into the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa Ibom State chapter, said on Friday the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, withdrew from Essien Udim senatorial district...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday said that oath taking is not something to be celebrated, but that those taking the...
The Edo State Government on Friday placed a total and complete ban on political rallies, demonstrations or processions in the state. The government also instructed security...
The chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Shehu Mohammad has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...
The Federal High Court, Calabar, on Wednesday rejected a bail application filed by Joseph Odok, a lawyer and fierce critic of the Cross River State governor,...
The former Chairman of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Dr. Muiz Banire, said on Thursday he had taken his exit from the Corporation in...
Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Friday ordered the country’s secret police, Department of State Security (DSS) to hands off the trial of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. Court orders should be obeyed to the letter, Sultan of Sokoto cautions The...
A high court in Adamawa has ordered the arrest of a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court ordered her arrest for allegedly giving...
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies for alleged fraud in insurance policies. During plenary on Thursday, the...
The Federal Government has ordered the suspension of Turkish Airlines’ operations in Nigeria on account of “repeated cases of poor passenger treatment.” The directive, which was...
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN) Thursday warned that if the truth behind the invasion of the Federal High Court in Abuja was not...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Thursday suspended the rally of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for Benin, Edo State, on Friday....
The President of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to conduct the affairs of the country within the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described Muhammadu Buhari as the most democratic president he had ever seen. The governor spoke in response to the Punch’s...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership has been asked to review suspensions of former governors Rochas Okorocha, Ibikunle Amosun and other members of the party. Some...
The Senate on Thursday, asked its committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal matters to investigate last Friday’s invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja by...
The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, on Thursday described President Muhammdu Buhari as a “General” who jails looters of the nation’s...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has warned citizens against spreading what it says are false information on the nation’s debt profile, and other matters that had...
The joint Conference Committee on the Finance Bill of the National Assembly has adopted the House of Representatives version of Finance Bill. The Finance Bill seeks...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Munguno on Wednesday described the November 16 governoship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states as a ‘fiasco where the unthinkable...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. Presidency not bothered by opinion of few Nigerians – Adesina The Special Adviser...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to have a minimum of 20 per cent of Nigeria’s annual budget allocated to...
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday revealed that the Nigerian government has ordered a probe into last Friday’s alleged...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to put his house in order, saying the recent outburst by the First Lady, Aisha...
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Wednesday filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Awka, challenging the invasion of his...
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has withdrawn from the planned Akwa Ibom North West senatorial rerun election. Akpabio made his decision known in a...
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter (UNN-ASUU), Christian Opata, has threatened to query all members who failed to...
The Presidency has officially reacted to the editorial by the Punch Newspaper, in which it attacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The newspaper had said in a...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the federal, state and local governments to declare emergency on unemployment across the country. The call followed the adoption of a...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the Federal Government would start issuing visa to persons with passports of other African countries at the point of entry...
