Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in the state pending the compilation of a comprehensive database of miners....
The economic hardship in Nigeria has been a constant struggle for its citizens, with the country facing numerous challenges, such as inflation, high unemployment rates, and...
A prominent figure in Kannywood, Amal Umar, has been accused of attempting to bribe officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Kano State. Naija News reports...
A Delta High Court in Effurun has granted an out-of-court settlement to Brownhill Investment Company, owned by Amaju Pinnick, and David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido....
The Arewa Movement for Good Governance (AM2G), a northern group, says the current leadership style of the national assembly is seriously threatening Nigeria’s democracy. The group...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended three individuals who were found in possession of 180 bags of counterfeit Diesel, commonly referred to...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have discovered a factory where fake alcoholic drinks are produced in Lagos. Naija News reports that the spokesperson for the...
Prominent and controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed his views on the Nigerian military’s strategy in combating banditry in the northern region of the...
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings Plc has made fresh changes to its board of directors, appointing five new executives as its billionaire chairman, Femi Otedola,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hosted the Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday to discuss the spate of...
The Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has convicted six students over alleged involvement in internet fraud. Naija News understands that this marks the second...
Popular Nigerian controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has declared that the Department of State Services (DSS) has no right to declare his ally, Mallam Tukur...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has emphasized the importance of Nigerians having faith in President Bola Tinubu‘s administration as it strives to...
The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umaru Radda, on Wednesday told journalists that negotiation with bandits will not stop the insecurity in the state. Radda, who...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the National Assembly’s constant summons could disturb and distract his appointees from carrying out their primary duties. The Nigerian...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended seven individuals suspected of producing illegal rifles and pistols within the Abuja metropolis. According to a...
The Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre recently completed the training of 157 army troops designated for a peacekeeping mission in Abyei, South Sudan....
The Labour Party (LP) has suspended the Youth Leader for Obimo/Ikwoka Ward Nsukka Local Government of Enugu State, Onyekachi Philip Ugwu. Naija News understands that this...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and secure the release of the embattled leader of the proscribed...
Unknown gunmen reportedly killed two farmers in the Onipi community in the Adoka District of Otukpo Local Government Area in Benue State. Naija News learnt that the...
An aspirant for the Edo State Governorship on the Accord Party platform, Dr Bright Enabulele, has asserted that he is the best to become the next...
Residents of Wubara, a community in the Jiwa ward of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been thrown into...
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the successful rescue of PengChao Zhang, a Chinese national, recently abducted by six armed men....
Data recently compiled by journalists have revealed how seven states in the federation, namely Katsina, Sokoto, Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Niger, and Yobe, allocated a total of...
Troops from the Nigerian military, assigned to Operation WHIRL PUNCH, have reportedly conducted a raid on a hideout located in Palele near the Shiroro community in...
A staff member at Zenith Bank, Celestina Appeal, has testified against the governorship candidate of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the 294th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held on Monday, March 25, 2024....
The incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has requested the Federal High Court to transfer him to Kuje prison. He claimed...
No fewer than eleven students have reportedly died after a bus carrying the students from a prestigious Kenyan university and a truck collided on Monday, March...
The eight lawmakers who were suspended from the Zamfara state House of Assembly have initiated legal proceedings at the Federal High Court. Naija News understands that...
The Edo State House of Assembly has instructed Justice Daniel Okungbowa, the state Chief Judge, to establish a seven-member panel to probe the accusations against the...
Nigeria is facing a critical educational crisis, with millions of children missing out on their fundamental right to education. Naija News observed that despite primary education...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned the newly inaugurated Permanent Secretaries for the FCT Administration against lackadaisical attitudes. Wike, during...
It has been confirmed that Lionel Messi will not be able to participate in Argentina’s upcoming friendly matches in the United States. Naija News reports that...
The Nigeria Police Force has released financial support to no fewer than seven hundred and twenty-seven (727) families of deceased personnel. Naija News reports that the...
The Nigerian Army’s forces stationed in 1 Division in Kaduna State have effectively liberated 16 individuals who were kidnapped by violent extremists and terrorists in Kaduna...
Two prominent English Premier League clubs, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, have reportedly expressed their interest in acquiring the services of Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski during the...
The Federal Government has urged the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to end...
The Presiding Pastor of the House on the Rock in Abuja, Uche Aigbe, has taken his case to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in...
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has announced that it will commence a three-day warning strike on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. NAAT stated that the...
Former Governor of Osun State and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior from 2019 to 2023, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for a change in the country’s leadership system....
The traditional ruler of Riruwai village in Lame District, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Badamasi, has been kidnapped and killed. Naija News...
A 36-year-old man, identified as Abdullahi Garba, has been accused of stealing an amplifier from a Mosque in Kano State. Reports gathered that the labourer, who...
A retired Army Major General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, has given further insight into the unfortunate incident that led to the gruesome killing of 16 military personnel in...
A recent tragic fire incident in Bauchi State has resulted in the death of two children. Naija News learnt that the devastating fire incident happened after...
A teenage secondary school student from Kubwa town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been reportedly stabbed to death. Reports obtained by Naija News on...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have initiated a nationwide strike today due to alleged unfair treatment and...
The Akwa Ibom State command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended one Okon Edet for allegedly beating his father to death during an argument over...
Vigilantes at Bishini village market in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have arrested a suspected informant for bandits, Dan Abba. Naija News understands that...
The Nigerian military has taken a drastic step by deploying armoured vehicles to Bomadi, the headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area in Delta State, following the...
The founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide (LFC), Bishop David Oyedepo, has announced a schedule for the distribution of food and other relief...
A notorious terrorist recently arrested by vigilantes in North-Western part of Nigeria, Mohammed Dikko Radda, has said that he cannot recall the number of people he...
The Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Kebbi State command, Iheanacho Ojike, has complied with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to immediately reopen the Kamba...
The Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has reacted to the recent gruesome killing of military personnel in Okuama, a community in the Ughelli South Local...
Reports have it that the Defence Headquarters is making preparations to disclose the identities and photographs of the new group of wanted terrorist and bandit leaders...
Guinea has announced the removal of the head of its national electricity company due to ongoing power outages that led to violent demonstrations in the country...
A duplex on Omola Road in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos, became the centre of attention as over 50 individuals, including children from neighbouring African...
Jigawa, Katsina, and Kano State residents have been promised an improved electricity supply and a 10% tariff discount during the month of Ramadan. Naija News reports...
The disability protection bill, 2024, has been passed by the Delta State House of Assembly. Naija News reports that the bill was passed after it scaled...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to sack all non-performing security chiefs in his cabinet. Naija News understands that this call was made by the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, rejected the request to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to disclose the assets declared by former...
President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria will not continue to import food as his administration strives to invest in agriculture to boost food production in...
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa‘s government of Ondo State has announced plans to recruit at least two thousand teachers into the state civil service. The Governor noted this...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order for the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Duport Midstream Company...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed in it’s latest report that Nigeria’s inflation rate skyrocketed by 31.6% in the month of February. According to...
Popular Nigerian actor, Timini Egbuson, has announced he will be taking a break from acting come next year. Naija News understands that the Nollywood actor made...
The Iba Kingdom paramount ruler, Oba Sulaimon Adeshina Raji, has emerged as the new chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the Road Transport Employers Association...
The Balogun of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is set to be crowned the next Olubadan. Naija News reports that this comes following the passing of Oba...
A renowned security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has maintained that Nigeria has all the mechanisms to fight terrorists and also rescue kidnapped victims across the country. While...
The final decision on the appeal regarding the forfeiture of N1.2bn relating to the Paris Club Fund has been postponed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria...
A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Alhaji Raufu Salami, has passed away. The deceased, popularly known as Olowo Adekile, was...
Naija News reports that the development comes less than 48 hours after the federal government announced the indefinite suspension of the student loan scheme. The new...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given his approval for the appointment of Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency For The Control...
A trusted ally of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olalekan Oyeyemi, has been reportedly detained in the correctional facility in Ile-Ife on suspicion of terrorism and...
A trusted ally of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olalekan Oyeyemi, has been reportedly detained in the correctional facility in Ile-Ife on suspicion of terrorism and...
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, allowing the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the November 2023...
The over 286 students and staff of the joint Government Secondary and LEA Primary School in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were...
Ten years following the abduction of 276 female students at a Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, the affected community is demanding the freedom of...
The Osun State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a heated exchange on Wednesday regarding the security...
The Federal Government and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disagree over Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production. Speaking during a podcast in Abuja earlier,...
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 45 individuals who are believed to be involved in internet fraud. The...
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has decried the country’s high crude oil theft rate. Kyari, who spoke...
The Senate, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe, entered into a closed-door meeting on Wednesday over...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to hasten its investigation into the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. The lawmakers expressed...
The untimely demise of a respected senior lawyer from Enugu State, Eli Ugwu, allegedly caused by police operatives, has plunged the community of Nsukka into a...
No fewer than 15 people, including women and children, have reportedly gone missing after unknown gunmen suspected to be vigilantes attacked a travelling bus in Taraba...
A latest report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil production experienced a decline of 7.94% month-on-month, reaching 1.322...
Former Chief Press Secretary to the late Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Richard Olatunde, has lampooned the incumbent Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over his recent comment...
Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amuneke were among those who met the deadline for submitting application letters to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the vacant post...
One of those aspiring to emerge as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has...
The kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 was a horrific event that shook Nigeria, but unfortunately, it wasn’t an isolated incident. According to Save the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given his approval for the formation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Civil Service Commission, as well as the appointment of...
Around 61 individuals have been reportedly abducted in an unfortunate incident where suspected terrorists attacked the Buda community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State....
Two children have tragically lost their lives in a fire at the Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Borno State. Channels Television reports that the...
The Nigerian Army has discovered and dismantled a significant weapons and drone production facility allegedly run by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and its...
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) experienced a disruption in its industrial harmony on Tuesday when the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association...
The Yobe State Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ethical Re-orientation, in conjunction with the Hisbah department, has apprehended no fewer than fourteen individuals on charges of...
Recent action by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government of Lagos State has caused residents and homeowners in Hopeville Estate, situated in the Sangotedo area of Eti-Osa Local...
The late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, widely known as “The Greatest,” is set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Naija...