The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,Nyesom Wike. They were sued for failing...
The presidency has said President Bola Tinubu is not bothered about the game the 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and...
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that his administration has recorded giant strides in infrastructure since assuming office one year ago. Fubara said his...
Kogi, Bauchi, and Oyo are Nigeria’s three most expensive states on a year-on-year basis after recording highest in its All Items Inflation. However, on a month-on-month...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has disowned a WhatsApp message claiming she is wooing investors for Nigeria. In the WhatsApp message,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has handed over $22,000 recovered from Hakeem Olanrewaju, a convicted internet fraudster, to the Federal Bureau of...
The North-East Governors’ Forum on Saturday lamented the Federal Government’s absence in the region. It also lamented that the region has been neglected. A...
There was commotion on Saturday at the popular Banex Plaza phone market, located in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja, as soldiers and some traders clashed...
The renowned pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said there is an urgent need by the Federal Government and security agencies to be more innovative...
Victor Onyejiuwa, managing director of The Source Computers Limited, says he never had any interaction with Godwin Emefiele during his dealings with the Central Bank of...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last election, Peter Obi, has paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Nollywood...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, B Zone has appealed to the Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently rehabilitate and reconstruct some...
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says it is illegal for security agencies to arrest journalists for cyberstalking. In a statement on Friday,...
President Bola Tinubu has assured Chinese investors that their investments are safe in Nigeria. Tinubu also said his administration will always provide needed support to...
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said the United Kingdom is impressed by the security strategies President Tinubu has put in place over...
The North-East Governors Forum have expressed dismay over the blackout experienced by the region in the last month. The forum berated the Transmission Company of Nigeria,...
Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, says the federal government has suspended the transfer of regulatory authority to state governments. Adelabu disclosed this while...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of at least 555 persons to serve as Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Boards of 111 federal universities,...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted dust haze and thunderstorms from Saturday to Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in...
Africa’s richest man and Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that following the laid-down plans of the Dangote Refinery, Nigeria will no longer...
Leke, son of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disclosed that he once had a crush on the daughter...
A former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called for the engagement of professionals with the capacity to tackle deficiencies in Nigeria’s educational policies. Oyinlola...
A former Special Prosecutor, Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Properties, Tosin Ojaomo has petitioned the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo over an ongoing...
Dangote refinery plans to buy 24 million barrels of crude from the United States over the next year as it increases processing rates. According to a report on...
Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, says the federal government has the resources to pay N615,000 as the minimum wage to workers. Speaking...
Two senior staff of the National Assembly were in the early hours of Friday brutalized by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, for allegedly...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that he is not distracted by the political crisis going on in Rivers State....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has inaugurated a radio station to disseminate information about the activities of the anti-graft agency. The event held...
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, says the judiciary is the biggest threat to the nation’s democracy — and...
Abdullahi Ganduje, national chair of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms will transform Nigeria. Ganduje said this on...
Amid protests from various civil society organizations and individuals, the wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Nyesom-Wike Eberechi Suzzette, was among the...
The Federal Government says the student loan scheme would be rolled out in phases, beginning with the federal institutions. The Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund,...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, have kicked against the growing trend of converting public colleges of...
The Minister of Women Affairs , Uju Kennedy -Ohanenye, has withdrawn a suit she earlier filed against the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly,...
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has described himself as the most abused person in the State but has remained calm in the face of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved part payment of all power sector debts, estimated at N3.3 trillion. Adebayo Adelabu, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, disclosed this...
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has begun the sale of electronic tags (e-tags) at airports. In a statement on Friday, FAAN said this...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has filed an amended four-count charge against Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, on alleged tax evasion. FIRS...
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday dismissed a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has fixed May 24 for the opening of the student loan portal. Akintunde Sawyerr, managing director of the fund,...
Atedo Peterside, founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc and Anap Foundation, has faulted the payment of N90 billion to subsidise the cost of the 2024 hajj...
The Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara expressed sadness on Thursday over attacks on his supporters by troublemakers allegedly backed by the state’s outgoing Local Government Council...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has stated that he is devastated by the incident of the collapse of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Amphitheatre roof. Governor...
The Nigerian government has said the country’s N20 trillion pension fund is safe and secure. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this in a statement...
A federal high court in Lagos has struck out a case against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its directive requiring banks to collect and...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima will deliver a speech on Friday on the achievements of President Bola Tinubu within his first year in office. Speaking with journalists...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted approval in principle (AIP) to 14 new international money transfer operators (IMTOs). IMTOs carry out cross-border fund...
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says some youths who trade in cryptocurrencies do not know that they are being used...
Dije Abdu-Aboki, Kano state chief judge (CJ), has transferred the criminal case against Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to a new...
President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to consider and pass a bill seeking to prohibit athletes from consuming substances that will enhance their performance. ...
President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting the new President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, at the State House in Abuja. It was gathered that the meeting...
A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign council, Daniel Bwala on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu was providing leadership without making noise. Bwala was...
The defence headquarters has declared one Halilu Buzu, a suspected terrorist kingpin, wanted. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, Edward Buba, director of...
The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that his administration has defeated those who came all out to bring them down, adding that his...
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has called for calm following an accident which occurred on campus on Thursday. The...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s camp has been engulfed with excitement following the resignation of commissioners loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike....
Emirates Airlines has announced flight operations to Nigeria will resume on October 1, 2024. In a statement on X on Thursday, Emirates Airlines said it...
The House of Representatives has called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of National Security...
Convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans and his co-defendant Joseph Emeka, who were sentenced to life in prison for murder and kidnap have...
Jonathan Vatsa, a former commissioner for information and culture in Niger state, says the proposed wedding of 100 girls in the state will go on despite...
The senate has approved a $500 million loan request by President Bola Tinubu to finance the mass metering programme of the federal government. The president’s...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) says the N48,000 minimum wage proposed by the federal government is “abysmal”. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on...
Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, says Emirates Airlines has given a definite date to resume flight operations to Nigeria. The minister made...
The Rivers State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the contract for the Trans-Kalabari Road project, with a substantial budget of...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu approved N90 billion to subsidise the cost of the 2024 hajj pilgrimage. Shettima spoke on Wednesday during the...
The house of representatives on Wednesday expressed its concern on Wednesday over the status of the presidential air fleet. The lawmakers spoke during the plenary...
Senator Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has said that he would not support death penalties for corrupt politicians who steal in millions or...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Wednesday in Abuja arrested five persons for selling counterfeit cosmetics. NAN reports that the...
Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has commended the Joint Task Force, JTF, troops for their renewed large-scale onslaught against bandits in the State. The military...
A claimant in an Abuja High Court case asked that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the Director of the Federal...
Gboyega Soyannwo, deputy chief of staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, is dead. Soyannwo died on Wednesday after a brief illness, at the age...
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese and Founder of the Kukah Centre, Reverend Matthew Kukah visited President Bola Tinubu at the state house in Abuja. ...
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has kicked against the federal government’s plan to use Nigeria’s pension fund to finance infrastructure projects. In a post on X...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says members of the house of representatives seeking to reintroduce the parliamentary system of government through constitutional amendment should get the support...
Organised Labour on Wednesday pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government. The development came after the FG and the Organized Private...
Two more Rivers State commissioners loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have dumped the State Executive Council. The Commissioner for...
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three critical gas infrastructure projects in Nigeria. Tinubu inaugurated the AHL Gas Processing Plant 2 (GPP – 2) –...
A former spokesman of the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, on Wednesday accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of subjecting Rivers...
No fewer than three Commissioners on Wednesday resigned as members of the State Executive Council. This is coming amid the political crisis bedevilling the...
Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu can use commercial flight if the presidential planes are not available. The lawmakers...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Gift Worlu has tendered his resignation from Governor Sim Fubara’s government. This was contained in a letter dated May...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has bemoaned the state of Nigeria’s judiciary, saying it is...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 33.69 percent in April, as prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages soared. ...
The Abia State government and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, have declared a collective war against fake drugs, substandard foods and...
Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Professor Prince Chinedu Mmom has resigned as a member of the State Executive Council. NE sighted the resignation letter dated May...
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama has granted former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, a N300 million...
The embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has pleaded not guilty to the allegation of approving the printing of N684.5 million...
Amid his continued fight with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has assured that he’s not...
A sociopolitical analyst, Reno Omokri, has warned the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Omokri warned that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday gave the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government two weeks ultimatum after which universities may be plunged into industrial...
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has urged the United Kingdom government to assist in deepening its democracy. Akpabio said, both countries have shared history and...
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N96 billion for the construction of bus terminals and other transportation facilities in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja....
Contrary to claims by the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that he made Siminalayi Fubara governor of the state, the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti...
Explosions rocked a gas processing plant operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa state. According to NAN, the...
Edward Buba, director of defence media operations, says four soldiers were killed on Sunday in an ambush by terrorists in Zamfara. In a statement on...
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has urged the United Kingdom government to assist in deepening its democracy. Akpabio said, both countries have shared history and Nigeria...