The Military Special Task Force in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State has rewarded eight personnel of Operation Safe Haven for rejecting N1.5m bribe from...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, have arrested one Anthony Edum Oscar, a 21-year-old student at the University of...
The presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu‘s decision to include his sons among the delegation going with him to Qatar. Naija News reported that President Tinubu’s...
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday....
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has assured Nigerians that all issues relating to energy scarcity will be resolved within the next 10 years. A statement...
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has disclosed that a meeting with the Kaduna State Emergency Response Team (SERT) on the recent...
The Rivers State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, board, Mr Tony Okocha has solicited for a closer collaboration with security agencies to enable...
The Senate has asked the federal government to introduce a food stamps programme as an interim measure to cushion the effect of hunger and food crisis...
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) says a boat mishap in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Monday night, resulted in three casualties. Eleven others involved in the...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the full implementation of the report of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions,...
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended the nationwide planned protest slated for Wednesday. The NLC...
Nigeria has been rated far behind Gabon, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and South Africa in gender balance in governance, a human rights lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, has...
Teachers’ Continuous Training Institute (TCTI) based in Cross River State has commenced a statewide needs assessment of professional teachers.The purpose of the exercise involving schools in...
Federal government has debunked report of a so-called coup scare in the country, stressing that the report is unequivocally false, and a heinous act of disinformation.The...
The Senate has ordered an investigation into the N30 trillion ways and means facility disbursed in the last administration.The committee is chaired by Sen Jibrin Isah...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 28th February 2024 President Bola Tinubu has defended the...
Counter-rally in Abuja Police halt demonstration in Maiduguri Lagos CP gives water, biscuits to protesters The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)-led protests, against the hardship in...
Raises interest rate to 22.75% Experts fault new monetary rate The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced a series of interventions in the economy,...
Nigeria’s Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, says that the government will spare no effort in modernizing the power sector’s three value chain segments—power generation, transmission, and distribution. Naija...
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has struck out preliminary objection raised by Counsel to the Nigeria Police, Celestine Dickson, challenging the jurisdiction...
Yobe State Police Command in collaboration with sister security agencies, apprehended 30 suspects for criminal conspiracy, homicide, theft, burglary and other crimes in Damaturu. ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) to come up with functional strategies and initiatives to...
Prominent Nigerian lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has compared the country’s present economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration to “renewed poverty.” The assertion was made by Ozekhome,...
Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) has rewarded eight personnel of the Special Task Force for rejecting a 1.5million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau State. ...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested a 29-year-old man (name withheld) for alleged car theft in Bauchi metropolis. The Spokesman of the Command, SP...
An Ile-Ife based cleric, Most Superior Evangelist Olagbaju Morris Gbade Fadehan, has been reportedly murdered by his assistant, Evangelist Olalekan Ogundipe. It was gathered that the...
The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its nationwide protest for day two, after reviewing the initial day as highly impactful. ...
Actress Gabourey Sidibe and her husband Brandon Franke are expecting twins. Gabby revealed the big news at an event in Los Angeles, California. On...
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says there is a need for a social security bill to address economic hardship in the country. Falana joined the...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says his remark on how much each governor purportedly received from the federal government, in the face of economic hardship, was misunderstood...
Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba nation activist popularly known as Sunday Igboho, says he is back to the country to chase out “killer herdsmen” from the south-west...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, on Monday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has directed the design of a Social...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has told the British High Commission in Abuja that security, agriculture and job creation are among the...
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday night directed its members to suspend the second day nationwide protest, saying it has achieved great...
The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services has said seven people died following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in Potiskum town in the state....
Hon Hassan Atawodi, the sacked Transition Chairman of Ofu Local Government Area, has opened up on why he was removed. The Secretary to Kogi State Government,...
Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has said that he is back to the country to chase out “killer herdsmen” from the...
The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its nationwide protest for day two, after reviewing the initial day as highly impactful. President...
The Governor of Delta State, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has read the riot act to illegal structures and land speculators in the state. He has charged members...
Porsha Williams has issued a cautionary message to her estranged spouse, Simon Guobadia, advising him against tampering with any documentation pertaining to his financial matters. ...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has said that he’s not responsible for the economic challenges facing the country. Cardoso said...
A 33-year-old photographer, Zacheaus Salawadeen, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Niger State. The father of three was reportedly stabbed to death in the...
Given the significant challenges both the Nigerian and global economies face, businesses have had to work harder than ever to survive, ensure business continuity, and stay...
Following the success achieved on the first day of its two-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended further...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its nationwide protest and extended the ultimatum given to the federal government to March 13. The labour union had declared...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome, has described the current hardship in the country as renewed poverty and not the Renewed Hope mantra of President...
Diddy‘s former producer Rodney Jones a.k.a Lil Rodmadeit who became the latest person to file a lawsuit against the music executive over alleged sexual assault, fundraised...
Late actor Matthew Perry’s X account has reportedly been hacked by crypto scammers soliciting donations. Mathew Perry Foundation stated that a link that was recently...
The civil wedding of gospel artiste, Moses Bliss and his woman, Marie, held at the Federal Marriage Registry, Abuja today February 27. Congrats to them! See more...
Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has described comedian Seyi Law as a vile and dishonest person who spreads falsehood, hate and bigotry following a claim...
About 20 students have been confirmed dead following the outbreak of meningitis in some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of...
Bianca Censori had fans rushing to take her photo after she stepped out in a see-through outfit, completely forgoing pants in order to follow her rapper...
Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has voiced his concerns over the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) recent decision to fully implement the 12-year-old Steve Oronsaye Report,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called off its nationwide protest after the first day of the planned two-day protest. The NLC also extended the ultimatum given...
A deadly disease suspected of being Meningitis has reportedly claimed the lives of at least 20 students from several boarding public schools in Yobe State. Reports...
In a proposed legislation, the National Assembly is seeking to make the tenure of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor a six-year non-renewable term. The...
The Senate has set machinery in motion for amendment of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Act, 2007, which will among others, make tenureship of Governor...
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis...
Nigerian actor, Tayo Adeleye, has lost his wife. Confirming her demise in a social media post on Tuesday, Feb. 27, Tayo said that she would...
Members of the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday stormed the State House of Assembly over economic difficulties and the high...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the sale of Direct Entry nationwide. According to the board, the registration process starts on Wednesday, 28th...
The Director General, Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, says there is need to have journalists embedded by the military in its operations planning...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has debunked a news report of a so-called coup scare in the country, stressing that the report...
Barrister Chris Agidy, the Senior Legislative Aide to the lawmaker representing Delta North, Senator Ned Nwoko, who was kidnapped by bandits in 2023, has been killed. ...
Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano, has convicted and sentenced two illegal Bureau-de-Change operators identified as Munkaila Sani and Mohammed Sani,...
Pastor in charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Grace of Comfort Parish, Omitoto, in Osun State, Moris Fadehan, has been murdered by one Lekan Ogundipe inside...
Filmmaker, Ugezu Ugezu has said that for the Oronsanye report be fully implemented, the House of Representatives should be scrapped. In a post shared on...
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has assured that the State is fully committed to ensuring a seamless takeoff of a Type-A Naval operations base...
In a proposed legislation, the National Assembly is seeking to make the tenure of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor a six-year non-renewable term. The ongoing...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has boasted that the adminstration of President Bola Tinubu has revived developmental projects in Abuja, the...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has told the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero to stop spreading propaganda. Makinde said contrary...
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to help his government ‘weed out’ retired workers still occupying government...
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Joseph Yakubu, for allegedly killing his father, Yakubu Dalyop, with a pestle. The incident occurred...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has expressed its willingness to invest in the proposed African Energy Bank as a way of ensuring sustainable funding...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has told the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero to stop spreading propaganda. Makinde said contrary...
Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government is committed to ensuring sustainable industrialisation through the establishment of Tech...
The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to provide for single non-renewal term...
The Senate has confirmed Hafsat Bakare as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The resolution of the red chamber followed its...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, says the Bola Tinubu administration has turned Abuja into a construction site. Wike stated this when...
Seyi and Yinka, sons of President Bola Tinubu, are reportedly among the delegation to travel with their father on a State Visit to Doha, Qatar. President...
Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano, on Tuesday, February 27 2024, convicted and sentenced two illegal Bureau-de-Change operators to one-year imprisonment each...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has assured that International Oil Companies (IOCs) were not divesting from Nigeria but were rather moving from...
The Senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, moved a motion urging the Senate to investigate alleged corruption and inefficiency at the...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL) to facilitate home-grown skill retention and technology domestication and to balance employment opportunities between Nigerians...
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has agreed to work with former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to tackle fake news and misinformation...
The Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has arrested seven for defilement of minors,...
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Aminu Maida, has called for effective risk management in the telecommunication industry. According...
The Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Ned Nwoko of Delta North, Barrister Chris Agidy, who was abducted by bandits in 2023, has been confirmed dead. Naija...
The Free Surgery Intervention Programme for indigent people, initiated by the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has been flagged off with surgical operations performed on...
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq’s led government of Kwara State has pegged the National Examination Council (NECO) registration fee for students intending to take the 2024 examinations at...
In a significant breakthrough, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully apprehended Samaila Wakili Fafa, also known as Habu Ibrahim, a notorious kidnapper. This...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has reiterated the need for the military to be ahead of terrorists in winning the hearts and minds...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has debunked report of a coup scare in the country. The minister described the report as unequivocally...
A 33-year-old freelance photographer and father of three kids, Zacheus Salawadeen, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants. The photographer was reportedly stabbed to death in the...
Five persons died while 26 others were rescued after a building collapsed at Odu-Igbo Market in Ochanja, Anambra State. The state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, who visited...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 10 passengers onboard a Peace Mass Transit (PMT) Bus kidnapped in Kogi State while travelling from Calabar, Cross State...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss the no case submission filed by the...
Concerned about the high level of hunger in the country, the Senate has urged the Federal Government to introduce food stamps programme as an interim measure...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed support for a new initiative that aims to limit the influx of foreign workers in Nigeria and promote the transfer of...