The federal government will infuse N50 billion into primary health care as the first tranche of the basic health care fund, the Coordinating Minister of Health...
Heavy gunfire has echoed through the streets of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, on Thursday following a deadly attack on the headquarters of the National Security Agency (ANSE). ...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has allayed fears of any form of mass retrenchment in the implementation of the Oronsaye Report, which...
President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday depart Lagos for a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar to further strengthen cooperation between the two nations...
In a bid to harness the untapped potential of the cocoa industry in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Executive Governor, has made a compelling case...
President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration is working towards ensuring that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency with a particular emphasis on systematically inculcating...
Operatives of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army Port Harcourt has again, uncovered over 40 Illegal local wells containing crude oil in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government...
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has flagged off the distribution of food items to over 100,000 households in the state capital Maiduguri and its environment, Jere...
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr. Alieu Touray has decried that the current political situations within the subregion has...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the newly constituted board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) with a charge on the board members to...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday visited Owo, in Ondo State to condole with the family of the late Governor of the State, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN)...
The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Jamie Christoff has emphasised on the need to partner with Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) for a mutually beneficial...
The Rivers State government has said it is working towards immortalising some of the legacies of its illustrious son, late Herbert Wigwe who died in helicopter...
President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for a one-day visit to Ondo state. The President, whose official jet, NAF1, departed the presidential wing of the Nnamdi...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the British Government for offering to undertake the...
Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday passed a motion urging the federal government to introduce food stamps strategy as the best interim measure to tackle hunger and starvation...
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed concern that “people everywhere are feeling anxious about the future,” a development, ...
Registered trustees of the Community Development Committees of Oil and Gas Producing Areas of Niger Delta (CDCOGPAND) have demanded a right of first refusal by indigenous...
A total of 832 artisans, mostly orphaned as a result of the over a decade-long Boko Haram insurgency, have graduated from the Borno State Enterprise Institute....
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has provided in-depth insight into the management of his state resources including palliative measures initiated by his administration. Addressing concerns raised...
Telecoms operators will, on Wednesday, commence total disconnection of unregistered SIM cards, including improperly registered SIM cards and all SIM cards not linked to the National Identification...
The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill for an Act to limit the tenure of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and...
After recording nationwide relative success at day one protest rallies against hunger in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday night, suspended further street protests, earlier...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday explained why he decided to withdraw subsidy on petrol, and maintained that although it was a difficult and challenging decision, it...
The Hon Minister of State for Environment Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako has launched the National Deratization framework exercise to prevent and control the spread of Lassa...
The United Republic of Tanzania is all set to welcome ministers and attorneys-general to the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, which will open in Zanzibar on 4...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced that it has successfully dismantled and arrested members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in trafficking...
Russia has commended the decision of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift some of the sanctions imposed on departing members of the bloc,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended its two-day nationwide protest over economic hardship. This was disclosed via a communique issued at the end of its...
President Bola Tinubu has given an assurance that there is hope for the nation’s financial and economic prospects, citing efforts currently being made by the administration...
Workers and residents of Oyo State, on Tuesday, joined other Nigerians to take part in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)-organised nationwide protest called over the hardship...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ondo state, on Tuesday, joined their colleagues nationwide to demand an end to the excruciating pains, hunger and economic hardship...
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has announced plans for a general amnesty for political demonstrators from 2021 to 2024, seeking to ease tensions ahead of upcoming elections....
Chad will hold a presidential election on May 6, the national poll body announced Tuesday, ending a three-year junta rule when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno...
Speaking with Arise News in an interview on Tuesday, a member of the Governing Council Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), Ken Ife expressed support for the...
Yoruba nation will engage with the government through lawful and peaceful means and not through violence, Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday...
There were Hundreds of armed policemen at the Kano race course ground as hundreds members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) protest marched to the Government...
In response to a tragic stampede that unfolded at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Old Zonal Headquarters in Yaba, Lagos, the NCS has temporarily suspended the...
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned till March 19, to decide whether the court would grant bail to the...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has apologised to the state governors over his comment on the N30bn hardship allowance allegedly paid to them from...
The Supreme Court on Monday, for the first time in its history, attained its full complement of 21 justices, following the swearing-in of 11 justices recently...
For the umpteenth time, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Monday, declared loyalty to the Constitution and President Bola Tinubu, saying there was no plan by the armed...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the federal government to stop adhering to all dictates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Work Bank, but...
Authorities in Burkina Faso have reported dozens of fatalities in simultaneous attacks on a mosque and a church. The attackers struck during early-morning prayers at a...
In a bid to significantly improve healthcare deliverables across the country, the federal government has commenced the process of getting the states to align with its...
On Monday, the federal government announced that it was set to begin the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report, about 12 years after it was first...
The federal government’s last-ditch attempt to stop the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) from embarking on its planned strike failed on Monday night, as NLC President Joe Ajaero insisted...
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the suspension of services on the Warri – Itakpe route due to the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour...
Nigeria’s federal government has expressed great concern over the low quality and relevance of research emanating from the nation’s higher institutions. Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir,...
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a N1.06 trillion contract for the construction of the first phase of the coastal road from Lagos to eight...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 51 suspected illegal miners and three suspected telecommunication mast vandals in the federal capital territory (FCT)....
In a bid to reshape government agencies for efficiency, President Bola Tinubu has directed the implementation of the Oransaye report relating to mergers, scrapping, and relocation....
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday officially launched the Light Up Nigeria, South East Initiative in Enugu, describing it as the much-expected solution to the power...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has engaged new lawyers as his trial resumes before the Abuja federal high court. Mike Ozekhome, who was formerly...
No fewer than 17 women and children have been abducted by bandits in fresh onslaught on Burdugau community in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State....
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Benedict Oramah, has said that the choice that was made by the...
At least 15 people have been reportedly killed and two injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern region of Burkina Faso on Sunday....
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has commended leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for lifting sanctions they imposed on Niger Republic as...
The Business and Investment Forum (BIF) planned during the proposed official visit of President Bola Tinubu to Qatar, earlier disputed, would now hold, the Embassy of...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Sunday, advised the federal government that the clampdown on Bureau De change...
Suspected terrorists have again attacked two electricity transmission towers along the Gombe-Damaturu segment of power infrastructure operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The destruction...
Members of the Council of European Union Africa Working Party (COAFR) have arrived in Abuja to begin a four-day working visit to the country, where they...
The federal government has finalised discussions with investors from The Netherlands to attract a grant of €25 million for the construction of priority bridges in Nigeria....
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for approving the use of the exchange rate reflected...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in a statement on Sunday, alleged that the federal government had perfected plans to attack its members that would participate in the...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the planned nationwide protest by organised labour, with lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),...
Challenged by the stark reality of the current state of the nation, President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, began broad consultations on the troubled economy, with a...
The pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience and refrain from engaging in protests or actions that may escalate tensions, following the...
The pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience and refrain from engaging in protests or actions that may escalate tensions, following the...
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At least nine supporters of South Africa’s ruling ANC were killed in a bus crash as they were travelling home after attending a key electoral rally,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Saturday said the federal government had implemented some strategic reforms to restore economic stability in the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo stated that one of the reasons why Nigeria’s economy is in ruins is that while other oil-producing countries have records of their...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened that it may embark on industrial action again if the federal government fails to release the N170...
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the crash of Airbus Helicopter, EC130B4, which killed the Chief Executive Officer...
Thw federal government of Nigeria has said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is not currently recruiting, urging Nigerians to ignore social media adverts. The Civil Defence,...
Two people have been reportedly killed while 16 others were abducted in an attack by bandits on Gidan Busa community, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Qatar will go on as scheduled despite misgivings and circulations...
The embattled Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has filed a no-case submission before a Federal High...
The Economic Community of West African States has lifted the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Mali and Burkina Faso, which are the member nations ruled by...
The Economic Community of West African States has lifted the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Mali and Burkina Faso, which are the member nations ruled by...
Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to account for revenue made...
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Friday, said despite the huge investments of the federal government in the power sector, it is still being...
The federal government on Friday, disclosed that its plan to release 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities in support of the vulnerable population across the...
Nigeria’s federal government on Friday, fumed that ongoing policy initiatives to sanitise the monetary system was facing fierce resistance from saboteurs, speculators and other unscrupulous players...
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Daura, Katsina State, Prof. Aliyu Mamman, has said the institution will graduate its 399 pioneer students during the maiden convocation...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lamented the current harrowing economic condition of Nigerian citizens, calling on the Federal Government to accelerate the process...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima will on Monday, February 26, 2024 launch the Light Up South East Initiative to accelerate power supply to industrial clusters in...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), community groups, and individuals on Friday protested against the planned divestment of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has pledged the federal government’s readiness to secure and develop Nigeria’s border communities to improve the lives of residents and the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday led millions of Nigerians in mourning former Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, describing him as a “fearless soldier”...
The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) has initiated a move to tackle the challenges of global warming, climate change and deforestation in Katsina State. Consequently,...
Former Nigerian lawmaker and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has said that Nigeria is not dealing with a problem of food scarcity,...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on the Federal Government to “carefully study” the ongoing discussion about the creation of State Police and...
Federal High Court ilorin on Friday barred journalists from entering the court premises to cover the trial of the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alhaji...
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has announced that the agency has secured approval from the government to sell seized food items to needy...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has assured the Nigerian Army of his readiness to dialogue with distribution companies to relieve the Nigerian Army of its electricity...
The federal government and the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have disagreed on the level of progress so far attained with regard to the...
The Senate Committee on Finance on Thursday rejected the suggestion of the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS), urging it to frustrate the N2.7trillion Tax Credit...