Adeyinka Taofeek Temitope, Asake’s barber, popularly known as Topzycut, has announced the launch of his barbing master class aimed at helping individuals improve their barbing...
The high court in Anambra has sentenced Nwachukwu Placidus, a former First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch manager, to 121 years imprisonment. The ex-banker was...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Saturday described as a wicked and false report that the Ohanaeze was planning to apologize to the Fulani community over the...
The Kano State Government has assured the safety of media practitioners in the state, claiming they are highly protected. The comments are in reaction to...
Real Madrid have been confirmed as LaLiga champions for the 2023–2024 season. This follows Girona’s 4-2 win over Barcelona in the late kick-off. Carlo...
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won a historic third successive term as mayor of London, becoming the first politician to achieve the feat. Khan’s victory was...
Damilola Basirat Ayinde Marshal, the daughter of Kwam 1, the fuji star, has been appointed as the senior special assistant (SSA) to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos...
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, said it was the ‘establishment of criminality’ that made the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,...
A high court in Kano has granted an ex parte order restraining the police from “inviting, arresting, and harassing” ward officers of the All Progressives Congress...
Yewande, the daughter of Babatunde Fashola, ex-governor of Lagos, has tied the knot with Posi Ogunlesi, her partner. The lovers got married in an intimate...
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has slammed the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, for swearing in only five out of...
Some northern leaders have cautioned against allowing the US and French governments to relocate their military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. In a letter...
Naziru Idris Yau, a journalist with Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV), has been hit by a stray bullet inside the government house in Kano state. TheCable...
Nigerian singer Teniola Apata, simply known as Teni, has explained why she prostrated to greet popular businessman and socialite, Ibrahim Egungbohun Dende, aka IBD Dende, on...
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has said the Tertiary Education Trust Fund will defund any non-performing Centre of Excellence it established eight years ago....
For long, Otedola Bridge on the Lagos- Ibadan expressway has been notorious and dreaded for various reasons. When it is not the fatalities of accidents...
Veteran actress, Shan George, has taken to her Instagram account to seek help after her Zenith Bank account was drained of N3.6m by an individual identified...
The federal government has inaugurated a substation and a transformer to boost transmission wheeling capacity by 123 megawatts (MW). Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, who...
A Nigerian man has offered a $2000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of a man who allegedly defrauded him and his...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) by establishing the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited (NISO). ...
Organized Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has outlined details of its proposed N615,000 minimum wage. The...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, on Thursday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of doing everything possible to destroy the opposition....
Aderemi Adeoye, who recently retired as a commissioner of police, has dismissed claims that he described himself as a billionaire. He also denied saying he...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an additional proof of evidence against Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)....
The Court of Appeal has set aside the Lokoja High Court order against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, has said the huge purchases of food items by the government as palliatives for distribution...
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Sunny Onuesoke has thrown his weight behind Nigeria Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo on his move to...
A federal high court in Kano has issued an order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) from implementing...
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has decried the freedom enjoyed by alleged corrupt politicians in the country. Clark...
Protesters from Zamfara State on Friday occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. They are asking the...
The installation of the current Balogun of Ibadanland, Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland may not come anytime soon.. Recall that the...
Former Kaduna senator and social critic, Shehu Sani, has said that Nigeria should not only be the giant of Africa in population, but in all sectors...
Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the UK, was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring the required photo identity. Johnson...
Veteran Nollywood actress Sola Sobowale has debunked rumours surrounding her alleged arrest and death sentence for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia. While appearing on the...
A former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has accused Israel of targeting children in its war in the Gaza Strip. Ahmad said...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) in the foreign exchange (FX) market have...
Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has suggested why Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike are fighting....
Suspected repentant Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly set ablaze the checkpoints of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in...
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says state governors can afford to pay the proposed N615,000 minimum wage if they get their priorities...
Governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said they are reviewing their fiscal spaces to arrive at an improved minimum wage for workers....
The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite strike in the school. The union announced its...
Edward Buba, director of defence media operations, says two military personnel of the Nigerian Army are facing court martial over the airstrike that killed Kaduna residents...
The presidency, on Wednesday, released a video to back its claim on securing a $600 million investment commitment from A.P Moller-Maersk, a Danish shipping company. In the video,...
The federal government says it will begin scrutinising the capacity of gas companies to build pipelines for gas distribution as a requirement for the issuance of...
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recounted how a 17-year-old boy mesmerised him with his internet fraud skills. Speaking...
There is palpable tension in and around the Ile Ipo market in the Alimosho LGA of Lagos, following a clash that led to the torching of...
Maverick singer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has claimed that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is planning to arrest the presidential candidate of...
David Umahi, minister of works, has been criticised for his exchange with Laila Johnson-Salami, an Arise News correspondent. The exchange occurred during a stakeholders...
Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the killing of passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train. The incident happened in March 2022. The mastermind was...
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has told the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to surrender himself to the authorities. Clark, who is the leader...
The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in the 2023 elections, Austin Okai, has said President Bola Tinubu knows the enormity...
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has described the current N30,000 minimum wage as a joke. Oshiomhole said the pay package of workers should increase in...
Governors in the south-south geopolitical zone have declared support for the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. The geopolitical zone comprises Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Akwa...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has increased deposit insurance coverage for all licensed deposit-taking financial institutions. NDIC disclosed this in a post on its...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, have reached an agreement to resolve the naira abuse...
Tokunbo Wahab, commissioner for environment and water resources, says the state has uncovered apartments under the Dolphin estate bridge where tenants pay N250,000 in annual...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared sit-at-home across the Southeast on May 30. IPOB said the sit-at-home was to honour Biafran heroes who...
Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson to President Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight in support of the Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, alleging that the presidential candidate...
The naira declined to N1,370 against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market on Wednesday. This represents a 1.48 percent...
Dinah Lawan, one of the freed Chibok schoolgirls, says she got discouraged from pursuing her education after she was released from captivity. In April 2014,...
The teenage boy who died in the Hainault sword attack in north-east London has been identified as 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin. Police said Anjorin died from...
Maryanne, the wife of the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party in the 2019 general elections, Kingsley Moghalu, has been heavily criticised for warning investors...
The Organised Labour has given the Federal Government till May ending to finalise the process of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers. The...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has commended Nigerian Workers for their resilience and doggedness in the...
The federal government has commenced the payment of compensation to some property owners affected by the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project. David Umahi,...
Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of Femi Fani-Kayode, has addressed rumours claiming she has reconciled with the former minister. Chikwendu has been in a legal tussle...
President Bola Tinubu says he is open to the idea of a “living wage” for Nigerian workers. In a message to mark International Workers Day...
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has alleged that Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, is inciting people of the southeast, especially...
Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, says the devaluation of naira created the biggest mess for the company in 2023. Dangote spoke on Tuesday...
At least 19 people have been confirmed dead after a section of a highway collapsed in southern China’s Guangdong province early Wednesday. Xinhua, state media,...
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the federal government’s announcement of a pay rise for civil servants is mischievous. On Tuesday,...
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the President Bola Tinubu administration is the worst violator of workers’ rights in the nation’s history. Abubakar said this in...
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, says no agreement or deal was signed between the Nigerian government and the shipping...
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has warned youths involved in internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo. Bishop Oyedepo warned that...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has expressed worries over the declining economic activities in Nigeria. The CBN deputy governor of Corporate Services, Bala Moh’d...
A part of Landmark Beach on Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday was demolished to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Nigeria’s biggest public infrastructure project....
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said his decision not to support his former deputy, Philip Shaibu, to succeed him was aimed at protecting the...
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has expressed optimism that the party was ready to win the Ondo state governorship...
The Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives on February 29, 2024, and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence has been...
Yuki Gambaryan, the wife of the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, hass told the US Parliament that the Nigerian Government kept her husband, Tigran...
The federal government has approved an increase of between 25 percent and 35 percent salary increase for civil servants on the six consolidated salary structures. ...
A United States, US, District court, on Tuesday, sentenced the founder and former Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison. The court judge,...
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged for the removal of Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum...
The federal government has declared Wednesday as a public holiday to mark the Workers’ Day celebration. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, announced the public holiday...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the much talked-about prospects of wage increments for the Nigerian worker remain a mirage despite prolonged pledges and...
Manhattan court Judge Juan Merchan has ordered former President Trump to pay $9,000 in fines for repeatedly violating his gag order. Trump is back in...
The house of representatives has invited the minister of petroleum resources over the persistent petrol scarcity in the country. President Bola Tinubu is the minister...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) says plans are underway to extradite Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance regional manager for Africa, to Nigeria for prosecution. Garba...
There was power outage on Monday while Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, briefed the senate committee on power on the rationale behind the federal government’s recent...
The upper legislative chamber experienced a rowdy session on Tuesday after three senators engaged in a heated debate. Danjuma Goje, senator representing Gombe central, and...
President Bola Tinubu says currency management in the country is necessary to remove the artificial element of the value of the naira. Tinubu spoke on...
The House of Representatives has ordered the suspension of the hike of electricity tariff by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. It also summoned the...
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, says investors are now showing interest in the electricity sector because the federal government increased electricity tariff for Band A customers....
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for going on with the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday, April 31. Mr...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said social media have become a priority and issue of national security. Ribadu stated this in Abuja at a...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has mandated Finidi George to make sure the Super Eagles earn a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The...
Two Nigerian fintech companies have paused enrollment of new customers following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The affected fintechs are Opay...
Two Nigerian fintech companies have paused enrollment of new customers following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The affected fintechs are Opay...