Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Nollywood makeup artist, Abigail Edith Frederick, in Ikot Udoma,...
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Christopher Wray, has raised the alarm of a possible terrorist attack on the United States, US. ...
Following the Friday imprisonment of Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, for abusing the naira, here’s a list of nine actions involving the naira that...
Gunmen numbering over 100, invaded a riverine community in Egan Oriomi Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Ojo, at the early hours of today, setting...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has issued a veiled threat to Nigerians who abuse naira notes. The anti-graft agency in its warning said...
Princess Owowoh has become the first-ever Nigerian female officer to graduate from the United Kingdom’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). The 24-year-old was one of...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has reiterated that the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President will not stop in the urban areas....
Former United States, US, Ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying on the American government for over...
Tunde Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, says he will attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest chess marathon without...
Former Big Brother Naija reality star, Mike Edwards has announced his foray into professional boxing. The athlete made the announcement via his X handle on...
The family of late Nollywood actor, John Okafor, has announced his burial date. Prior to his death, Mr Ibu’s leg was amputated after battling an...
Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, has described the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) as a “political paperweight”. The minister said this in reaction to...
A federal high court in Abuja has fixed April 19 to hear a suit filed by Philip Shaibu, former deputy governor of Edo, against the state...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says governors and members of the national assembly should support President Bola Tinubu to take Nigeria to greater heights. Shettima spoke...
The United States, US, President, Joe Biden has vowed to defend Israel in the ongoing war. Biden warned that Iran will not be allowed to...
Nigerian government says Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped custody in Nigeria, has been found in Kenya. A source in the presidency, who preferred anonymity,...
The Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was abducted in Rivers State has regained his freedom. Rogers was kidnapped on Thursday night at about 9...
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, has apologised over his comment criticising Nigerians who usually keep their freezers and air conditioners on when they are not...
Aisha Yesufu, a popular social activist has blamed popular crossdresser, Bobrisky for pleading guilty to the count of naira mutilation. On Friday, Justice Abimbola Awogboro...
Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has asked Nigerians to fully patronise Air Peace and other local airlines flying international routes. This, Keyamo...
Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, the controversial Onitsha-based pastor better known as Odumeje, will be hosting what appears to be a “comedy” show in London, the United Kingdom, on...
Sonia, the estranged wife of Nigerian footballer, Odion Ighalo, has claimed that Nollywood producer, Adanma Luke, was one of her ex-husband’s mistresses during his stint in...
Reno Omokri, a sociopolitical analyst, has claimed that the North and South will continue to control political power in Nigeria. Omokri said both regions will...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has inaugurated a new card with a lot of features including payment functions for all types of social and financial...
A rights activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has faulted the six-month sentence handed down to Okuneye Idris Olarewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, over Naira mutilation. Adeyanju...
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said that contrary to rumours of fake certificates making the rounds in some quarters, his certificate was genuine...
Kingmakers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have appointed the current Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. ...
Controversial social media personality and cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, admitted to being a man before he was sentenced to prison. Bobrisky...
Dave Umahi, minister of works, says the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project will not affect Landmark Beach Resort facilities in Oniru. Umahi spoke on Thursday during...
Troops of 63 brigade of the Nigerian Army have reportedly arrested three leaders of Olota community, in Ughelli South LGA of Delta, in connection with the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sounded a note of warning to the local government chairmen in the State, declaring that those disrespecting him as governor...
A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of...
Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole has said President Bola Tinubu is there...
Gunmen have abducted Joshua Rogers, a reporter with Channels TV, in Rivers state. Punch reports that Rogers was abducted on Thursday night near his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor...
Covenant University has been ranked above the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure, as the best university in Nigeria for the second...
The Elegushi of IkateElegushi Kingdom, Oba Saheed Elegushi, has denied claims of fathering Liam, son of late singer, IleriOluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. Elegushi said the...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has claimed that the electricity tariffs that were recently increased, will reduce if the exchange rate falls below N1,000 to a...
Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers, has declared Siminalayi Fubara, the incumbent governor, as the political leader of the state. Odili spoke on Thursday at...
The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has reportedly executed a police officer abducted along the Damboa-Biu Road in Borno State. This was...
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has said that the late Ogbonnaya Onu was displaced from being the President of Nigeria in 1999. Onu, an...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the award of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project did not meet the...
BY FREDRICK NWABUFO In governance, opportunity cost is more complex as an empirical construct. Foregone alternatives may not necessarily be foregone. In certain cases, there may...
Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, says the drop in the retail price of automotive gas oil, also known as diesel, can help bring inflation...
Emmanuel Ogalla, chief of naval staff, has ordered a probe into the death of Ifeanyi Onumaegbu, a civilian staff who was found lifeless in his office...
The family of late Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash...
The presidency says President Bola Tinubu’s multi-faceted approach to eliminating foreign exchange (FX) racketeering is strengthening the naira against global currencies. In a statement on...
Oluwafemi ‘Tijion’ Esho, the UK-based cosmetic doctor of Nigerian descent, exchanged free botox for s#x with a patient, a medical tribunal has found. Botox injections...
The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has disclosed that 12 people were aboard during the boat mishap that killed Nollywood actor, Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo...
The Forum of Northern Labour Party (LP) Chairmen and Secretaries says the position of the chairman of the party should be zoned to the north. ...
The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, ABCON, has told the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to ban non-oil export domiciliary account holders from...
TC, one of the survivors of the boat mishap that killed Nollywood actor, Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, has recounted his last...
An All Progressives Congress, APC presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. It was gathered that Onu, who was the first...
Gunmen, on Thursday, attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van belonging on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the...
A governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim, has disclosed that...
A former lawmaker, Daniel Bwala has criticised the quality of the boreholes donated by Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Bwala said the...
Bandits in Zamfara State have released a new video showing its members celebrating the recent Eid-el-Fitr festival in Munhaye community in the state. This was...
President Bola Tinubu has extended warm felicitations to Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, who turned a year older on April 10, 2024....
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disassociated himself from a report that President Bola Tinubu picked Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State as his...
Nigerian singer Michael Adebayo Olayinka, popularly known as Ruger, said he appreciates that his former record label, Jonzing World, brought him to the limelight, but he...
Impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu, has said his removal by the Edo State House of Assembly would not stand the test...
Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has declared today, Thursday as “No Shoot Day” for all Nollywood filmmakers, following the death of actor, Junior Pope and...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway will cost N4 billion per kilometre and not the N8 billion per km reportedly...
President of the United State of America, Joe Biden has vowed that his country’s commitment to defend Israel against Iran was “ironclad”. This comes...
Junior Pope Odonwodo, the Nollywood actor, has been confirmed dead — a few hours after he was said to have been resuscitated. The film star...
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has congratulated the Super Falcons for qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games. The Super Falcons held the Banyana...
Betta Edu, suspended minister of humanitarian affairs, says she has no link with the N30 billion purportedly recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled Benylin paediatric syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson over safety concerns. Benylin...
Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo better known as Junior Pope is still alive. According to reports online, the actor, who was said to have drowned...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, on the occasion of his 96th birthday. Tinubu commended Adebanjo...
Popular Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo aka Jnr Pope was among four actors who lost their lives on their way back from a location for a...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Muslims and Nigerians in general never to relent in their faith in his administration’s ability to turn around the economy. ...
Former President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to unite and stand behind leaders at all levels, describing the current period as a crucial moment for democracy....
An old video where Philip Shaibu, former deputy governor of Edo, said a prayer for Omobayo Godwins, his successor, is making the rounds on the internet....
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind the need to restructure Nigeria, warning that the preponderance of wrong systems of administration is bad...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, should not wait till Friday before disclosing the cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is investigating a mysterious illness that emerged in Isa LGA of Sokoto state. Speaking with...
The Labour Party (LP) says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) lacks the power to sack its leadership. In a communique issued at the end of...
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has asked President Bola Tinubu to disclose the cost of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. In a statement issued on Sunday...
Controversial media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, has threatened to write the United Kingdom authorities to deport Nigerians en masse if netizens don’t stop dragging...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Nigerian government will sanction electricity distribution companies, DisCos, that fail to supply 20 hours of electricity to...
The Coalition of Northern Youth Movement, CNYM, has warned the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, against negative comments on the...
Paul Graham, the British-American scientist and author, has attracted criticism from Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) after claiming the word ‘delve’ is only used by ChatGPT....
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Tuesday, took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu administration...
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, says Nigerians in the region are regretting their support for President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election. The spokesman of...
The White House has affirmed President Joe Biden’s support for the transgender community. The development comes after Pope Francis’s declaration condemning gender theory on Monday....
The 2023 presidential candidate and national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabi’u Kwakwanso, has described the party as an alternative to the “failed...
Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government to reverse the 245 per cent electricity hike by electricity...
Super Falcons of Nigeria have qualified for the 2024 Olympics after a 16-year absence from the competition. The Coach Randy Waldrum-led side secured qualification on...
A veteran Kannywood actress Saratu Gidado, popularly known as Daso, is dead. A local radio station in Kano State announced that the popular actress died...
Controversial Islamic cleric Idris Abdul’aziz, the chief imam of Dusten-Tanshi Jumma’ah Mosque Bauchi, has denied threatening the life of the president’s wife, Oluremi Tinubu. He...
The Otun Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abimbola Ajibola, on Tuesday, declared that the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is still ill and not physically fit to...
Omobayo Godwins, the new deputy governor of Edo, says he left the Labour Party (LP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of his people in...
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have started publishing their inability to meet the required power supply for Band A customers — as directed by the Nigerian Electricity...
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to unite and rededicate themselves to the duty of building the country. In his Eid-el-Fitr message, Tinubu congratulated...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of...
The Kano State Government is set to arraign former governor Abdullahi Ganduje in court over alleged misappropriation of state funds and alleged diversion of landed properties...
The governments of France and Spain say they will reinforce security at stadiums in their countries hosting the UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarter-final following a terror...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has sacked the Julius Abure-led national working committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP). In a communique issued...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has charged Nigerian Muslims to use the window availed by Eid...