Nigerian singer, Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has narrated how his former label artiste, Harrysong, allegedly stole from their music label. Naija News reports that...
The Oba of Ikate Kingdom in Lagos State, Saheed Ademola Elegushi, has debunked claims of fathering Liam, the son of late Nigerian singer, Mohbad. Naija News...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday 26th February 2024. The PUNCH: The Presidency...
Canadian actor Chris Gauthier, best known for his roles in Once Upon a Time, Eureka, and Smallville, has died at the age of 48, representatives confirmed....
The Nigerian Army said Monday, Feb. 26, that the rumours of a possible coup against the President Bola Tinubu administration is “fake news”. An online...
The Agbekoya Peace Movement of Nigeria has offered to train over 800 people to provide security across Ekiti State. The move, according to the commandant of...
Lagos State government has partnered with Persianas Group, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NISA), Oak View Group and Live Nation to build Africa’s first 12,000 capacity multi-purpose...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has clamped down on a facility being used by suspected illegal miners to process and package lithium out of the state....
Governor of Osun State Ademola Adeleke has expressed deep shock over the death of Alhaji Tohir Aderemi Sanni, the husband of Yeyeluwa Dupe Adeleke Sanni. Governor...
Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said the Senate Building donated to Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) would be completed...
National leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has appealed to all Yoruba not to join any protest or rally called over the...
Civil society organisations under the aegis of Lagos Peoples Assembly in conjunction with Defend Lagos Coalition has appealed to the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)...
The new leadership of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has promised to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to restructure and revitalise the group....
Federal government has condemned the coordinated and sustained targeting of journalists by the Israeli security forces in the ongoing conflict in Palestine, stressing that the action...
President Bola Tinubu has again assured Nigerians that his administration would do everything in its power to turn around the country’s turbulent economy and bring relief...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has applauded the Kogi State government for its impressive performance in infrastructure, education and health. The Guild gave the commendation during...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said the commission received over 5,000 fraud petitions and recovered N60 billion loot...
The Nigerian Army has said the rumours of a possible coup against the President Bola Tinubu administration is “fake news”. On Sunday, there were reports (not...
The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended two men, identified as Ikenna Obiko and Isichukwu Eneji, for alleged robbery. According to the Rivers State command Public...
The Qatari Government has rescinded its earlier decision to decline the request of the Nigerian Government to hold a Business and Investment Forum (BIF) when President...
International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA) in conjunction with St Thomas A. Becket University in Canterbury, England, has conferred on a philanthropist and diplomat, Ambassador...
Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate for last year’s Kogi State governorship election, Yakubu Murtala Ajaka, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade...
The recent call for the creation of additional three states in the South West by the House of Representatives member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun...
Nigeriens on Sunday welcomed the lifting of some of the sanctions that were imposed on the country by West Africa’s regional bloc following last year’s coup....
A non-governmental organisation, the National Unity Forum (NUF) has said the success and credibility of the 2023 general election prevented those with sinister motives from orchestrating...
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. As part of measures to tackle the ongoing hardship in the country, President Bola Tinubu on...
A United Kingdom (UK)-registered international organisation, Jose Foundation in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady of Kwara State has distributed about 1,600 delivery kits...
Minister of education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has tasked the various state commissioners for education on the implementation of the national standards and strategic plans in order...
As the House of Representatives gears up to begin the constitutional amendment process with the inauguration of the Constitution Review Committee today, there are plans to...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 26th February 2024 President Bola Tinubu has set up...
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on New Media, O’tega Ogra, has faulted the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku...
In a desperate bid to tackle the economic hardship in the country, President Bola Tinubu on Sunday created an economic advisory committee comprising the federal government,...
Members of the organised labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have maintained their earlier stance that they would not back...
Members of the organised labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have maintained their earlier stance that they would not back...
Scores of bandits have been killed as a result of a heavy gun fight between two rival groups around Hayin Alhaji to Munhaye forest of...
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25th, 2023 election, Peter Obi, has stated that Nigerian youths can’t wait to take...
In a bid to ameliorate economic hardship being faced by his constituents in Cross River South Senatorial District, Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong has facilitated the award...
The Nigeria Army (NA) has disowned the insinuation of a possible coup plot against the democratically elected government of President Bola Tinubu. It also described as...
The uncertainty in the Nigerian economy prompted an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and members of the business community on Sunday. Prominent among those who...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) in Niger State has refuted reports that eight prisoners at its facilities passed either from malnourishment or starvation. The correctional centre...
Three siblings of the same parents, a boy and two girls, died on Sunday as a result of suffocation in a car parked in their residential...
Not less than 65 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations Forum have pulled out of the planned nationwide...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that its planned Tuesday and Wednesday protests over “mounting hunger and insecurity” in Nigeria will go on. NLC President...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has disclosed that there is no going back on its plan to hold nationwide protests against the rising cost of living...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said President Bola Tinubu is really trying hard to address the socio-economic challenges facing the nation. The chieftain...
The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service has debunked the alleged deaths in its facility of eight inmates due to hunger or under-feeding. This...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has blamed the economic hardship in Nigeria on President Bola Ahmed....
The private residence of the Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, was engulfed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The...
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said the removal of fuel subsidy was done for the benefit of...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has blamed the economic hardship in Nigeria on President Bola Ahmed....
The Nigerian government has condemned the attacks on journalists in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Minister of Information and National Orientation,...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspected robbers, identified as Ikenna Obiko and Isichukwu Eneji. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, said in...
President Bola Tinubu has set up an economic advisory committee to chart a pathway for the economic growth and development of the nation. The president made...
Two rival gangs of bandits reportedly engaged in a gun battle, resulting in heavy casualties at Hayin Alhaji and the Munhanye forest in Tsafe Local Government...
The private residence of the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, was razed down by fire It was gathered...
Legal counsel for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Femi Falana, has urged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to instruct security forces to ensure...
Dutch defender, Virgil van Dijk helped a young Liverpool team to Carabao Cup glory on Sunday night, February 25. Van Dijk headed home an 118th-minute winner...
The private residence of the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has been completely razed down by fire on Sunday...
A rising trend of explicit materials on the X platform (formerly Twitter) has triggered a wave of social media campaign by Nigerians with the hashtag #BanPornonX,...
The private residence of the Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, was engulfed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The...
The private residence of the Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, was engulfed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The...
A coalition of women organisations in the Niger Delta region has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to approve the divestment plans of Shell Petroleum...
One person is feared to have been killed and several others injured, and many houses razed on Saturday when suspected herders invaded Tsokar, a farming community...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has described the recent raid on some bureaux de change in Abuja, where some operators were...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers in the Olu Obasanjo area of Port Harcourt. The two suspects, Ikenna Obiko,...
Cross River State Executive Committee (Exco) of ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence on the state party chairman, Barr. Alphonsus...
The Borno Government has resettled 447 households displaced by the insurgency to newly constructed houses in Dalori village of Konduga Local Government Area. Speaking at the...
A Nigerian doctor, Dipo Ogidan, has narrated how a pregnant woman in labour slapped him. This woman in labour slapped me hard, twice in the chest before...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) say over 15,000 pastoralists lost their lives to farmer/herder crises, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of insecurity...
The private residence of the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, was gutted by fire on Sunday. Naija News learned...
Two suspects have been taken into apprehended by the Nigerian Navy at Forward Operation Base, Ibaka, in Akwa Ibom, for allegedly smuggling fuel. Naija News reports...
President Bola Tinubu had a “crucial” meeting with some members of the organised private sector on Sunday. The meeting is held at the Presidential Villa in...
A group operating under the aegis of the National People with Disabilities Awareness Movement, NAPAM, cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday against embarking on...
Two wanted armed bandit leaders, Baldo and Baban Yara, together with scores of their foot soldiers, have been eliminated by Nigerian troops. The warlords were behind...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed that one of its members, Comfort Adebanjo, died alongside six others while attempting to buy rice that the Nigeria...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) revealed on Sunday that it has tracked down members of an organized criminal network responsible for the recent shipment...
The Federal Government has introduced Design Thinking, Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) in the newly established smart schools across the country. Executive Secretary of the...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has blamed President Bola Tinubu for the current economic hardship ravaging the country. In...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has successfully apprehended a suspected thief, Yusuf Isah, and recovered a stolen vehicle in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the...
A Nigerian doctor, Obinna Aligwekwe, has said that couples who helped each other achieve their individual dreams are sometimes laying the grounds for future separation. The post...
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a crucial meeting with selected members of the organised private sector at the State House in Abuja. Naija News reports...
Amid the economic hardship in Nigeria, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has appealed to Yorubas not to participate in the planned nationwide protests. Reuben Fasoranti, the...
Following the lifting of sanctions imposed on Niger Republic and others by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, has...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Sunday, says he has done his best for internally displaced persons and vulnerable residents threatening to join terrorists in...
Police Operatives serving in the Ogui Police Division of Enugu State Command have apprehended a suspected fraudster identified as Nnamani Joseph ‘m’, aged 45, who allegedly...
Bandits have attacked a police checkpoint at Tazame village in Zamfara State, killing one officer and injuring others. The checkpoint is located less than a...
A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has begged the Yoruba people not to participate in the protests breaking out from some parts of the country over the...
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, a body of Muslim professionals in various fields, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of an...
The State of Qatar has changed from its earlier position and announced it will now host a proposed Business and Investment Forum (BIF) with Nigeria on...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has appealed to Yorubas not to participate in the protest or rally being organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled...
A former Member of the House of Representatives, Dr Usman Bugaje, has asserted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was misled by ‘Lagos Boys’. Naija News understands...
The government of Qatar has reversed its decision not to host the business and investment forum proposed by President Bola Tinubu during his state visit to...
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operation Base, Ibaka, in Akwa Ibom has arrested two suspects and seized their wooden boat filled with 5,100 litres of petrol. The...
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, a body of Muslim professionals in various fields, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of an...
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operation Base, Ibaka, in Akwa Ibom has arrested two suspects and impounded their wooden boat laden with 5,100 litres of petrol. The...
The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has advised students to see learning as a lifelong activity that transcends...
CCTV footage shows the moments after a father murdered his own son. 22-year-old Eric Contreras died after being fatally shot in November 2023, and his...
Qatar has finally agreed to President Bola Tinubu’s proposal for a meeting to discuss business matters. Earlier reports suggested that Qatar had rejected Tinubu’s proposed visit...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has identified the top ten states with the highest number of internet users in Nigeria. Records on the NBS database...