A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on...
It was a disaster of unimaginable magnitude Friday night, along the Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals and Aleto bridge area of East -West road, as explosion from an...
The remains of Mrs. Olufunke Ogeah were on Friday laid to rest in Lagos amidst prayers and reflections of remembrance of the life of the deceased...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has directed the contractors handling sections I-IV of the Lokoja-Benin Road in Kogi and Edo states, to immediately sign the...
The presidential candidate of the Labour party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Friday lamented the current electricity crisis in Nigeria, stressing that...
Ripples of corruption allegations against former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello continued as the American International School of Abuja (AISA) has asked the Economic and...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has lamented that Nigeria loses an estimated 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day to theft....
Over 2.5 million students have been enrolled in the Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS) platform provided by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Executive...
President of the Industrial Court of Nigeria, Justice Benedict Kanyip, a former member of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Dr. Muiz Banire, SAN, Mrs. Funke Adekoya,...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2024 Special World Economic Forum (WEF) on Global Collaboration,...
A suspected paedophile, Abdullahi Bara’u, has been arrested by operatives of the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his two-year-old niece in...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of renowned banker and businessman, Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND)....
A yet-to-be identified number of workers are currently trapped at a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State....
Burkina Faso has taken action against the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations following their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report detailing a...
In Côte d’Ivoire, community health workers are going above and beyond to combat malaria. They are travelling between remote villages on bicycles, equipped with medical provisions....
As South Africa gears up to celebrate 30 years of freedom and democracy on Saturday, reflections trail the country’s journey from its first democratic elections till...
The founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has said that an insider collusion may have led to the escape of over 119...
Kenya’s government is urging caution regarding a proposed ban on TikTok, emphasising the need for stricter regulatory oversight instead. Concerns over the contents circulated on the...
Heavy rainfall in Tanzania has led to severe flooding, claiming the lives of 155 individuals and impacting over 200,000 others, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced on...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, said his government would continue to take difficult decisions for the Nigerian people, despite the short-term pains that often come...
Amid the resurgence of long queues at petrol stations in the Federal Capital, Abuja and neighbouring states, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the federal...
Nigeria’s federal government has ordered Julius Berger, the contractor handling the N200 billion Bodo-Bonny road construction to return to site within 14 days or risk termination...
A cargo belonging to Chinese state energy major PetroChina, has been waiting to unload a cargo of US crude at Nigeria’s giant Dangote refinery for nearly...
The Management of Air Peace has reacted to a Thursday report of a fire incident involving one of its aircraft in Lagos, stating emphatically that the...
During an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese Of Sokoto, Nigeria, Matthew Hassan Kukah, said that Nigerian universities are no...
The trial of former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, was on Thursday stalled at the High Court of the Federal Capital...
President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that Nigeria is well-positioned to power the clean energy future of Europe and the world with its high-grade lithium deposits. Speaking...
At least 119 prisoners have escaped a prison facility in Suleja close to Nigeria’s capital city, after a heavy rain downpour damaged the correctional facility. A...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Banire, has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has not disobeyed any court order contrary to the claims of some, including...
Uganda’s Ministry of Finance recently disclosed that gold trade in Uganda is back at the top becoming Uganda’s major export. This declaration was based on data...
Nigeria’s Minister for Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has said that the tourism industry in Nigeria should be the country’s biggest revenue generator, even surpassing the oil and...
In response to a fire outbreak at terminal one of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme for workers across the country. Consumer credit serves as...
The United States has said that over the past five years, it had through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), invested $15 million in Community...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Wednesday disclosed that it was set to launch a report into the 13 percent derivation received by oil-producing...
Mobility giant Uber and Lagos state have reached an agreement, ending a month-long row after the government’s request to enforce a 2020 deal to share real-time...
223 civilians including babies and many children have been killed by military forces in Burkina Faso in attacks on two villages suspected of collaborating with militants,...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said he had fulfilled his promise to stand by the vulnerable amid the global economic hardship. A statement on Wednesday, quoted...
President Bola Tinubu has charged the judicial arm of government to embark on reforms that would ensure a functional justice system that would support a rapidly...
The Kano State Government has said that the current water scarcity being experienced in some part of the metropolis would soon be over, as it deployed...
Egypt has greenlit the creation of a designated free zone and international touristic port in the Ras al-Hikma peninsula, located to the west of Alexandria, according...
Nigeria’s Presidency has hinted of plans by the federal government to tackle poverty and insecurity head on across the country through financial inclusion for all Nigerians....
United Nations fuel tankers are being obstructed by South Sudanese authorities due to a tax dispute, posing a threat to the delivery of millions of dollars...
Concerns about access to healthcare and harm reduction practices on the African continent dominate discussions as health experts, civil society and policy makers converge in Ghana...
The Tunisian coast guard, on Tuesday, recovered Nineteen bodies off the coast of Tunisia, a significant departure point for migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean Sea...
The former Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, Reverend John Joseph Hayab has stated that the present Kaduna Governor, Uba Sani is a...
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, lawyer Daniel Bwala said that recent court proceedings suggest that it is unnecessary for the EFCC to continue...
Kenya emerged as the third most preferred African country for immigrants seeking high-paying jobs as indicated by a report that highlights what draws foreign investors to...
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Ambassador Musa Nuhu, has called for a unified response to the security threats in Africa. Amb Nuhu, who is the Chair,...
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al Ghais, expressed enthusiasm about a prospective collaboration with Namibia and affirmed OPEC’s...
On Tuesday, Canadian police reported that two former United Nations employees in Montreal are facing charges for allegedly conspiring to sell Chinese-made drones and military equipment...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has commenced investigation into the runway incident that occurred on Tuesday morning, involving a Dana Airline McDonnell Douglas...
Mr AbdulWahab Mohammed, SAN, on Tuesday, received the charge containing money laundering allegations against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, after the court...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, went the extra mile to clear insinuations surrounding the impending trial of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is scheduled to arraign former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in court next week, THISDAY reports. This comes after...
Ekiti has emerged as the second state to float its own electricity regulatory body, after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced earlier that Enugu had...
Chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, disclosed that the commission had frozen more than 300 bank accounts since Monday to defend the naira against another...
The federal government on Tuesday officially launched a new set of fiscal incentives to rejuvenate Nigeria’s ailing oil and gas industry, stressing that it aims to...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for enhanced collaboration among African countries to enhance intelligence sharing to effectively address the menace of...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening arrived in The Hague, the seat of government of the Netherlands, for a series of high-level discussions with Dutch...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, hosted the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to an exciting welcome for the launching of Alternative High...
The World Bank has halted funding for a tourism venture in Tanzania following reports that it caused widespread suffering among tens of thousands of villagers. The...
French authorities announced on Tuesday that five individuals, including a child, tragically lost their lives while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the...
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday buried all confiscated meat from the alleged poisonous animals slaughtered for public consumption in the state. The residents of the...
A Dana Air airplane skid off the runway at the Lagos airport on Tuesday, prompting the diversion of other flights to the international airport. However, Dana...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has disclosed that the federal government plans to review and peg the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in...
A coalition of Malian political parties and civil society organisations called for the Malian Supreme Court to invalidate the ruling junta’s suspension of political activities, according...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said the idea of state policing was not just a policy proposal, but an evolution that would create the opportunity for...
The 2023 presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has taken a dig at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project by the federal government,...
President Bola Tinubu is off Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit. The President, according to a release issued on Monday by his Media Adviser,...
Various parts of East Africa are being plagued by heavy rainfall, resulting in deadly floods which are causing and prompting Burundi to seek international assistance in...
Former President and Chairman of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Segun Ajibola has emphasised the need for the Nigerian government to demystify...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has applauded Nasarawa state for supporting the establishment of a lithium processing facility in the state and providing...
The federal government on Monday disclosed that it was seeking within the next three months, new buyers for distressed power Distribution Companies (Discos), which were over...
A former Director of the British Council in Nigeria, Mr David Roberts, has called on Nigeria to reject the recent report by the International Monetary Fund...
EXCERPT: Enugu has become the first state to have exclusive authority to determine electricity tariffs for residents. In a move that will significantly alter the Nigerian...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that rather than Nigeria and Africa at large to bow to the societal vice that is terrorism, the region will...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned developing countries especially in Africa facing a high risk of debt distress against issuing more...
Venture capital activity in Africa has shown resilience over the past six months, with major firms on the continent closing their funds despite the ongoing funding...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Umar Ahmed Farouk, has explained that the agency is facing challenges in managing the airspace because...
The Egyptian antiquities ministry announced on Sunday the return of a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II, which was stolen and smuggled out...
The federal government has concluded plans to launch and deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for mass transit, starting this May, as part of activities marking...
TLcom Capital, a Nairobi-based VC firm that has backed startups like Vendease, Seamless HR, and uLesson, has reached a final close for TIDE Africa II, a...
Elder statesmen in Nigeria under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) have advocated a new constitution for Nigeria that would devolve power, which is...
Palpable fear has gripped residents of Ilorin and other parts of Kwara State over the purported sale of 33 cows suspected to have died of poisoning...
Youths of Ebira ethnic nationality under the aegis of Ebiraland Youths Coalition (EYC) have called on the Federal Government to ensure that nothing happens to the...
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday declare open the two-day African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by presidential spokesperson,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has arrested three members of a criminal organisation which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique,...
French Government has shown interest in the Nigerian art industry, expressing its willingness to collaborate with Nigeria in all areas of art. Speaking at the inauguration...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday described the former Anambra State, the late Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife as a true Nigerian who fought for peace and unity of...
Nigeria has been asked to follow in the footsteps of China in language preservation to avert indigenous languages in the country from going into extinction. The...
ActionAid Nigeria has warned that the grim period is not yet over in the country, stating that poverty levels are projected to soar. A statement signed...
No fewer than six soldiers and an unknown number of local vigilantes have been reportedly killed by terrorists in the Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of...
Nigeria mental health expert, Alfred Oyekoya, who is renowned for his grassroots community leadership and mental health advocacy has been honoured with Member of the British...
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated the founder of ARISE Global Media, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, for the milestone reached, after ARISE News Channel became...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr. Tunde Onakoya for setting a new world chess record and sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disclosed that between 2023 and 2024 it expended over $26 million on humanitarian activities in West Africa....
ActionAid Nigeria has raised concern about the announcement by Federal Government regarding the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), particularly the communities residing in the 148 Local...