President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital, after spending two weeks abroad. The President arrived back at the Presidential Villa in the early...
With the abrupt dissolution of governing councils by the present administration, some federal universities in the country are grappling with institutional governance, stability and academic integrity....
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has directed the State House of Assembly, led by Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to, with immediate effect,...
The Joint and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 531 results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), bringing the total number of results...
The strength of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is waning in Edo, Rivers and Imo states. Checks by LEADERSHIP reveal that unabated leadership tussle, defections and...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, will now represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Kashim...
Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, as currently led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martins...
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State says he will sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of volunteering information to bandits in the state. Mr Idris...
A journalist with Abubakar Rimi Television station (ARTV), Naziru Idris Ya’u, has been hit by a stray bullet at the Kano State Government House in Kano....
The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested one Ibrahim Abdullahi, aka Mande, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the March 29, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, have agreed to settle the Naira abuse charge...
Nigerian workers have presented another set of demands to the federal government towards improving their living condition. The demands were unveiled yesterday in Abuja by the...
Mining communities continue to experience a rise in out-of-school children due to their pursuit of quick cash through mineral exploration and other activities in the value...
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery may not be able to deliver Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also called petrol to the domestic market in May...
The Federal Government has said that although the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage was yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as...
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salaries of civil servants on the existing six Consolidated Salary Structures. The Salary...
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salaries of civil servants on the existing six Consolidated Salary Structures. The Salary...
Key petroleum marketers associations have attributed inability of marketers to access products from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as compounding the build-up of queues...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede,...
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the State from N40,000 to N70,000. The governor made the announcement at...
Major political parties are exploring administrative and legal means to force legislative bodies at the state and national levels to enforce the laws of the country...
Executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has appointed Mr. Michael Nzekwe as his chief of staff. This is even...
The federal government has said the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will carry out a comprehensive audit of all local airlines in the country. The minister...
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms have engendered greater confidence in the Nigerian economy by international...
Former deputy governor of Ondo State, Hon. Ajayi Agboola, has been elected the governorship candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for the November 16, 2024...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has diverted flight operations out of Terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos to the D...
Ahead of the federal government’s plan to sell the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) under the management of banks and the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON),...
An unspecified number of inmates have escaped from the old Suleja Correctional Centre in Suleja local government area of Niger State following a rainstorm that destroyed...
The minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed the acting director-general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, to suspend...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery again announced a further reduction in the prices of both diesel and aviation fuel to N940 and N980 per litre respectively. This is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika over the botched Nigeria Air project. The former minister, who is...
The issue of introducing state police into the country’s security architecture has continued to divide opinions in Nigeria at the National Dialogue on State Policing held...
Presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has taken a dig at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project of...
The Inspector of General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has said that instead of creating a State Police structure, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps...
The Nigerian government’s usual failure to ensure transparency in the process of revenue generation and remittance by agencies classified as Government-owned Enterprises (GOEs) has continued to...
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting managing director with effect from April, 2024. The Bank stated this in a release...
As the collation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary results commences in Ondo State, the state governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, seems to be coasting...
Hundreds of communities across Nigeria are cut off from economic opportunities, healthcare and education due to lack of access roads and leaving unsafe waterways as the...
The Nigerian Army has released Delta traditional ruler, HRH Clement Ikolo earlier declared wanted for the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on March...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed a total of N1,123.391 billion as Federation Account Revenue for March 2024 to the federal government, states, and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted over financial crimes to the tune of N80.2...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to...
National chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday, continued the raging battle to retain his seat follo-wing a Kano State High Court order...
The Organised Private Sector (OPSN) has decried the new tariff of N225/kwh for Band A electricity customers, saying that over 65 per cent of private business-es,...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso has said it is not the intention of the apex bank to defend the naira,...
Another abducted Chibok schoolgirl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III under the North-East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Wednesday. She...
There was pandemonium as the sound of gunshots rend the air when Kogi State governor, Ahmed Ododo, allegedly prevented the arrest of his predecessor in office...
The Kano State High Court has granted an ex parte order suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from the...
Celebrity businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has arrived at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday morning, for his arraignment for allegedly...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign a businessman and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, before the Federal High Court...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has described media reports of the purported suspension of the party’s national chairman, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje by the executive committee of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, arraign a businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest,...
The headquarters of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre in Abuja has said that its senior Pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche, has no plan whatsoever to harm, hurt...
No fewer than 15 federal government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), including the Presidency, and their associated agencies have allocated a staggering N8,997,097,623 billion to welfare...
To clear misconceptions and misrepresentations of its report on the recovery of N30 billion, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given more details on...
The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has launched an investigation into the boat accident that claimed the lives of Nollywood actor, Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as...
As the primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) approaches, aspirants on the platform of the party are intensifying attacks against one another hoping they...
No fewer than 27 fishermen have been killed and four others abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on the fringes of the Lake Chad basin in the...
The Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) Youth Wing worldwide and Urhobo Youth Leaders Association have given conditions to be met before they can honour invitation to appear...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a celebrity transgender, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, to six months in jail without an option of fine. Recall...
The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has revealed that a new move to make Nigerians access justice unhindered is...
Zenith Bank Plc, in its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, recorded a 125 per cent growth in gross earnings as its profit...
The value of the naira gained strength at the parallel market on Thursday as the three-day public holiday was rounding up, selling around N1,150 to the...
Experts in the health sector have continued to express concern over the ongoing heatwave in most parts of the country whose impact has been exacerbated by...
National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled Benylin Paediatric Syrup, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. NAFDAC, which disclosed this on its...
Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo has confirmed the arrest of some of the masterminds of the attack on Agojeju-Odo village in Omal local government...
The President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has confirmed that actor, Junior Pope, who was reportedly to have died earlier, was still alive....
The Osolo of Isolo Kingdom in Lagos State, Oba Kabiru Agbabiaka, Adeola Olushi III, is dead. The traditional ruler died shortly after returning home from...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some state governors have felicitated the Muslim Ummah at Eid-el-Fitr, urging Nigerians to use this occasion to rededicate themselves to nation...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has proposed a final total dividend of N78.658 billion, representing N2.30 per share even as it recorded gross earnings growth...
Baring any last-minute change, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; his wife, Professor Hafsat Ganduje; his son, Umar Abdullahi,...
Barely hours after his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly, former deputy governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has vowed to challenge his...
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has declared Wednesday, April 10th, as the day for Eid-Fitri. Sultan, who is the President General,...
Minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has said Emirates Airlines was set to resume flight operations to Nigeria before June, 2024. The minister,...
A few hours after the impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu as deputy governor of Edo State by the State House of Assembly, 38-year-old Omobayo Godwins has...
The Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the state’s Deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the...
Media bodies and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have condemned the recent unlawful arrest, detention, brutalisation and torture of the editor, FirstNews newspapers, Mr. Segun Olatunji, by...
A large crowd of people trooped out to welcome Hamisu Bala, better known as ‘Wadume’, to his hometown in Ibbi, Taraba State, on Sunday, after serving...
The federal government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, respectively, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. This was announced...
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ite group said five of their members were killed with 25 others sustaining varying degrees of injuries...
In the dynamic landscape of African cinema, the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) stand as a prestigious platform celebrating excellence in Nollywood and beyond. Among...
The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS),...
Husband of popular singer Mercy Chinwo, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, has filed a Direct Criminal Complaint against five persons for Criminal Defamation through his lawyers led by...
The average ‘Band A’ customer in Nigeria will now need as much as N170,000 for electricity per month, instead of the average of N50,000 that they...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion within Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos on Monday.In a statement by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema...
The federal government yesterday bowed to pressure from gas producers and announced an increase in the wholesale price of gas-to-power generating companies (GenCos) by 11 per...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian Army to ensure the total defeat of insurgents, marauding...
Pope Francis has used his traditional Easter message to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and for the return of Israeli hostages held by...
The Rivers State House of Assembly has threatened to resume impeachment proceedings on Governor Siminalayi Fubara for allegedly continuing the breach of the Nigerian constitution. Addressing...
There is growing pressure on state governors with large contingents of intending pilgrims to intervene in the sudden increase of the 2024 Hajj fare by the...
Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has raised the alarm that his administration inherited a huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities...
Going by the new capital requirements released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for commercial, non-interest and merchant banks on Thursday night, 25 banks operating...
President Bola Tinubu has joined the Christian faithful to commemorate Easter, a significant moment and a glorious celebration of the triumph of life over death. The...
State governments and other stakeholders in the distribution of food assistance to needy Nigerians have been taken to task over the handling of the exercise which...
Days after urging Nigerian banks to expedite action on the recapitalisation of their capital base in order to strengthen the nation’s financial system, the Central Bank...
Nigeria has yet again suffered another nationwide blackout as the national electricity grid, centrally managed from Osogbo, Osun State, suffered a collapse at approximately 4:30pm on...