The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024. TUC...
Senator Ayogu Eze from Enugu State is reportedly dead. Born in 1958, he was aged 66. The Senator represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National...
The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices says the last general election in Nigeria reflected the will of the populace despite widespread irregularities. The report published by...
Kola Ologbondiyan, former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), has urged Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state, to “come out of hiding and...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking to reverse the appointment of Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday said the Eastern Security Network, ESN, is not harassing Northerners and Fulanis in the Southeast. IPOB said there...
The absence of lead counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, on Thursday stalled the trial of former governor of the...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said that Nigerian universities are increasingly promoting ethnic and religious biases. Kukah made this statement in...
An All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Wale Akinterinwa, has said he will honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
The absence of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke in the alleged money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, stalled the proceeding on Thursday...
Flight operations at terminal one of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have been diverted by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to the...
Chief Samuel Ortom, the immediate past governor of Benue State, has said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, remains his...
Some inmates escaped from Suleja Correctional Facility in Niger State during heavy rainfall on Wednesday night which destroyed parts of the facility. This is contained in...
Many filling stations were closed in Abuja and about five other states on Wednesday as the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol caused heavy...
The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabir Ibrahim, has disclosed that imported rice from India comes at a landing cost of $58 per...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi high court restraining...
Former Director-General of the defunct Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr Doyin Okupe, says his trial and conviction in 2022 were politically motivated. Recall that...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that he has broken the jink of ‘who is your father’ in the political space of the state....
Amid the ongoing war with Iran, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has urged Christians and Muslims to unite and resist the country Israel. Fani-Kayode urged Christians...
Isaac Kamalu has resigned as River State Commissioner of Finance after he was redeployed to the Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment Ministry by Governor Simi Fubara....
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has responded to the question that he did not build a single new school when...
The federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences across four sectors in the mining industry. The areas affected include exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying....
Dangote Petroleum Refinery said its N940 per litre diesel price cut is only applicable to customers buying five million litres and above. The Head of...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied instructing banks to restrict cryptocurrency accounts. In a post on X on Wednesday, CBN clarified that the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of the N100 billion Consumer Credit Scheme for Nigerians amid escalating economic hardship in the country. Ajuri Ngelale,...
Crisis is gradually brewing in Ihite Community of Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, following a disagreement over selection of a traditional ruler. Already,...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of the N100 billion Consumer Credit Scheme for Nigerians amid escalating economic hardship in the country. Ajuri Ngelale, the...
The Nigerian Government has suspended the operations of Dana Air. The order followed an incident involving a Dana Air plane at Lagos airport on April 23,...
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State, Zacchaeus Adangor has rejected his redeployment as Commissioner for Special Duties. Zacchaeus also tendered his resignation...
Ola Olukoyede, chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he will tender his resignation if he does not prosecute Yahaya Bello, former governor...
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, says “saboteurs and cartels” are frustrating the federal government’s efforts to achieve a stable electricity supply in the country. Adelabu...
The North-West Democratic Agenda, N-WDA, has said those attempting to sabotage President Bola Tinubu’s presidency are enemies of the country and do not represent the North....
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has expressed sadness at the unfortunate killing of an Abia citizen, Emmanuel Okocha, who is an indigene of Amanta, by...
The media office of Yahaya Bello says the former governor of Kogi state was never invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In...
Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has redeployed two commissioners in his cabinet in a major shake-up since he took the mantle of leadership of the state....
Itse Sagay, former chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi, committed a criminal offence by shielding Yahaya Bello,...
The Kogi house of assembly says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should respect the rule of law in the investigation of Yahaya Bello, former...
Sokoto state Governor Ahmed Aliyu has dethrone 15 District heads over alleged insubordination, Land racketeering, aiding insecurity and conversion of public properties. The press secretary...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja to deny the bail application of the detained Binance...
Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni has tasked the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, (ACReSAL), a World Bank programme, to complement government efforts in providing solutions...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has slammed a fresh charge at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the embattled former governor...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over 300 accounts linked to illicit foreign exchange (FX) trading. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Ola...
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said our institutions need to be strengthened in order for democracy to survive and thrive in Nigeria. Atiku, who...
Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), says government has been blocking access to small arms and light weapons, making it difficult for non-state actors to...
Ola Olukoyede, chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he put a phone call across to Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, on...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 12 consuls-general and five chargè d’ affairs for 14 countries. Alkasim Abdulkadir, special assistant on media and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over an ongoing N8 billion money...
Ola Olukoyede, chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says banks in the country lost over N8 billion to internet fraud in 2022. ...
Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has recommended the elevation of 22 judges to the court of appeal. Eberechi Wike, wife of Nyesom Wike,...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman on Monday, said the Federal Government is considering the adoption of 18 years as the entry age for admission...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 10 for ruling in an application by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, seeking vacation of...
A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In his resignation letter addressed to the PDP...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction in the prices of diesel and aviation fuel to N940 and N980 per litre, respectively. The development...
The embattled immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said he was ready to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer...
A Dana Air-owned aircraft overshot the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday morning. The incident was reported to have...
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police (IGP), is seeking the establishment of a N100 billion fund to finance affordable houses for police officers across the country. ...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, accused Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State of attempting to create a crisis in a peaceful state. IPOB...
An aircraft belonging to Dana Air has crash-landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning. No casualty was recorded,...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the charges on alleged N80 billion fraud filed by the Federal Government against...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Emeka...
The Kogi state governorship election petition tribunal has ordered Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to appear before it on Tuesday. ...
The China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) in Nigeria says no Nigerian has been subjected to discrimination or denied access to Royal Choice, a Chinese supermarket....
The federal government says it would sell off five electricity distribution companies (DisCos) under the management of banks and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in...
Former Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has reacted to the allegation of fund diversion raised by Governor Alex Otti against his government. Otti had...
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has assured the Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi that he’s not alone in his battle. ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the final list of candidates for the forthcoming Edo State Governorship Election. This is even as the Commission...
Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has suggested that there is the need to deploy advanced technology to combat insecurity. Lawal and other governors met with...
West Power & Gas Limited, WPG, the majority shareholder of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, has terminated the appointment of the former managing director of the...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja. The development...
The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu said the Federal Government has resumed prosecution of Boko Haram suspects across Nigeria. The National Security Adviser (NSA),...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the inclusion of students in private universities as beneficiaries in the Student Loan Scheme being floated by the federal...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has said that although the elections are over, discussion on...
Governor Mallam Umar Namadi, alongside nine other northern Nigerian governors, have jetted out to the United State to attend a peace summit. The event was organized...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published its final list of candidates seeking to contest the Edo governorship election in September. Godwin Obaseki, incumbent...
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has called for more integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to combat the danger...
President Bola Tinubu says terrorism in Africa is “an imported evil”. Tinubu spoke on Monday while delivering his opening remarks at the African high-level...
The federal government says it has commenced the loan disbursement process for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and manufacturing sectors. In a statement on Monday...
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has called on the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Federal...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described state police as a non-negotiable entity that Nigeria must establish. Mr Jonathan, who was president from 2010-2015, said the conversation...
The Martins Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has passed the Rivers State Local Government Bill into Law, overriding Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s veto. The House had...
President Bola Tinubu unveiled the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Monday. The event which is currently...
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police, says Nigeria is not “mature” for state police. Egbetokun spoke on Monday at a national dialogue on state police...
Former military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd, ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan and retired Catholic Archbishop, John Onaiyekan, are currently deliberating on state policing. The dialogue,...
The two wives of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, are reportedly trying to surpass each other as both of them lay claim to the Office...
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani has called for the demolition of a Chinese supermarket located in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for allegedly barring Nigerians...
The Kenya Police Service has reportedly arrested Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance regional manager for Africa. According to Punch, the international criminal police organisation (Interpol) is working...
The federal government says it will launch the compressed natural gas (CNG) initiative ahead of the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration on May 29....
The management of an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket has come under fire for denying Nigerians entry into the facility. Our correspondent reports that entry into the...
The Nigerian Army says four soldiers and two officers were killed on Friday during an ambush by terrorists in Niger state. In a statement on...
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed concern about the Lagos-Calabar Super highway Project. Obi said there is pressing issue...
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, has said his country demonstrated its power during the attack on Israel, regardless of the numbers its target...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has sympathised with the Nigerian Army over the killing of a captain and five soldiers in an ambush by bandits....
The Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign in Zamfara State and APC chieftain, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has countered the Minister of State for Defence,...
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has described the achievement of Tunde Onakoya, the new world chess record holder, as typical of the audacity...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigeria’s 36 states’ governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, to make...
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has relaunched its crackdown on currency speculators and cryptocurrency platforms manipulating the naira. The EFCC...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Tunde Onakoya on setting a new world chess record and showcasing Nigeria’s ingenuity at the square of global acclaim. Recall...
A socio-political analyst, Reno Omokri has disclosed that he recommended Peter Obi to former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar in 2019...