The CEO of prominent cryptocurrency platform Binance, Richard Teng, unveiled in a blog post on Tuesday that undisclosed individuals in Nigeria sought substantial payments in digital...
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed members of the State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule to commence impeachment...
The implementation of the Lagos- Calabar coastal line project spanning several states in Nigeria has raised concerns among citizens, leading to conversations regarding transparency and due...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, ordered the implementation of 0.5 percent levy on all electronic transactions value as part of efforts to contain...
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations...
Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima has cancelled his trip to Dallas-Texas in the United States where he was expected to represent President Bola Tinubu at the...
Rivers State Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, has slammed the members of the State House of Assembly led by Rt Hon. Martin Amaewhule, and declared that...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has debunked reports that Nigeria is in talks with the United States to establish a military base in...
Following news that a new military base is set to be established in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi has said the idea...
Oluyinka Olumide, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Lagos, has disclosed that a staggering 80 percent of buildings in the Ibeju Lekki-Epe corridor...
A Senior Fellow of the Centre for Democracy and Development, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, has warned that Nigeria signing a defence pact with the United States of...
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (DisCo) has announced a reduction in electricity tariff for customers under Band A classification. In a circular issued on Monday, it was...
Former Nigeria Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, accused President Bola Tinubu of conflict of interest, because his son, Seyi, was on the board of CDK Integrated...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business...
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin...
Police authorities have arrested 25 people at the University of Virginia as Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities turned contentious over the weekend as clashes erupted between...
Top northern intelligentia have written to President Bola Tinubu, kicking against the relocation of United States and French military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. In...
Africans Rising movement is spearheading a campaign on Borderless Africa with massive marches organised in countries across the continent to promote the ideology. A statement at...
In a bid to quickly advance the close-out of the ongoing oil and gas reinvestment and divestment process in the country, totalling 26 blocks, the Nigerian...
The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, on Friday, said the Federal Ministry of Works was given preliminary Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) certification...
Elections in Nigeria came under heavy criticisms as reports presented by the Yiaga Africa and Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Friday, revealed that public trust...
Despite the constant threat posed to education by security challenges, the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given assurance that the federal government will...
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu will soon inaugurate three critical gas infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and partners in Delta...
The former Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, has said that contrary to information published in the media, he never said he is a...
ExxonMobil’s Nigerian petroleum assets sale to Nigeria’s Seplat could be approved in less than two weeks, the country’s oil regulator, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the government of President Bola Tinubu as he steers the ship of state through...
The Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has said that former Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello should stop avoiding the law...
The president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, has said that the proposed minimum wage of 615,000 naira is open to negotiation...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is moving to speed up the conclusion of regulatory oversight on the ongoing oil assets divestment by International Oil...
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Dave Umahi in a statement during the second stakeholders meeting of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway (Section 1), held on Wednesday in Lagos,...
Nigeria’s federal government has approved a pay increase of between 25 per cent and 35 per cent for civil servants on the remaining six consolidated salary...
An investigation is underway by South African police to determine if former President Jacob Zuma’s newly formed political party, the MK Party, engaged in the forgery...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to initiate an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, amid escalating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. ...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been fined £9,000 for contempt of court by Justice Juan Merchan overseeing his criminal hush money trial. The judge warned...
As the ongoing legal saga surrounding Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State in Nigeria continues, it raises significant debate over legal procedures and the...
Despite the criticism that has trailed the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, the Bola Tinubu-led administration on Monday announced that it was planning the construction of the...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, said negative use of social media constituted both local and global threats and, as such, presented an...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Monday announced that it had begun processes for the 2024 oil bid round with 12 oil blocks and...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered four fintech companies to suspend the onboarding of new customers until further notice. The affected fintech firms, namely...
President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria is set to harness the potential of its youthful population to transform into a global digital economy powerhouse. He...
The pictures in this story were taken over the past two weeks, before the last vestige of hope that this shoreline will be preserved disappeared, like...
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday secured an investment of $600 million from Danish shipping and logistics company, A.P Moller-Maersk, to expand existing port infrastructure to accommodate...
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday justified last May’s removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government as well as efforts currently being made by his administration...
Two notorious drug couriers, Uwaezuoke Ikenna and Agbo Chidike have been sentenced to life imprisonments for drug trafficking offenses. According to a statement by the spokesman...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the removal of petrol subsidy was a necessary and decisive action to ensure that Nigeria does not go bankrupt....
The American International School Abuja (AISA) on Saturday provided additional information and context to clarify the issues around its decision to refund the school fees paid...
Four Chinese have been arrested by the Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at an illegal mining site where lithium is...
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on...
It was a disaster of unimaginable magnitude Friday night, along the Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals and Aleto bridge area of East -West road, as explosion from an...
As part of efforts to attract and accelerate inflow of foreign currency into the economy, the federal government has unveiled plans to float a $10 billion...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2024 Special World Economic Forum (WEF) on Global Collaboration,...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of renowned banker and businessman, Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND)....
Burkina Faso has taken action against the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations following their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report detailing a...
As South Africa gears up to celebrate 30 years of freedom and democracy on Saturday, reflections trail the country’s journey from its first democratic elections till...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) on Thursday, signed a contract with African Refinery Port Harcourt Limited (ARPHL) to build a 100,000bpd refinery within the...
A cargo belonging to Chinese state energy major PetroChina, has been waiting to unload a cargo of US crude at Nigeria’s giant Dangote refinery for nearly...
President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that Nigeria is well-positioned to power the clean energy future of Europe and the world with its high-grade lithium deposits. Speaking...
At least 119 prisoners have escaped a prison facility in Suleja close to Nigeria’s capital city, after a heavy rain downpour damaged the correctional facility. A...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Banire, has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has not disobeyed any court order contrary to the claims of some, including...
223 civilians including babies and many children have been killed by military forces in Burkina Faso in attacks on two villages suspected of collaborating with militants,...
President Bola Tinubu has charged the judicial arm of government to embark on reforms that would ensure a functional justice system that would support a rapidly...
Nigeria’s Presidency has hinted of plans by the federal government to tackle poverty and insecurity head on across the country through financial inclusion for all Nigerians....
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken decisive action, suspending the operations of Dana Air according to reports. The directive was prompted by an incident...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, went the extra mile to clear insinuations surrounding the impending trial of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is scheduled to arraign former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in court next week, THISDAY reports. This comes after...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening arrived in The Hague, the seat of government of the Netherlands, for a series of high-level discussions with Dutch...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, hosted the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to an exciting welcome for the launching of Alternative High...
Former Governor of Bayelsa State Seriake Dickson has said that influential figures who he referred to as “big players” in Lagos and Abuja play significant roles...
A Lawyer, Benson Enikuomehin has stated categorically that there were no governorship primaries held by the All-Progressives Congress in Ondo State over the weekend. Speaking with...
President Bola Tinubu is off Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit. The President, according to a release issued on Monday by his Media Adviser,...
The value of the naira dipped on Monday at both the official and parallel markets after it had been on a gaining streak for six weeks....
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that rather than Nigeria and Africa at large to bow to the societal vice that is terrorism, the region will...
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) faced a setback in its legal battle to prevent a new party from using the name and logo of its...
The incumbent governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been announced as the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in the...
The federal government has concluded plans to launch and deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for mass transit, starting this May, as part of activities marking...
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday declare open the two-day African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by presidential spokesperson,...
Health officials have announced on Sunday, that Israeli strikes on Rafah, the southern Gaza city overnight killed 18 people, including 14 children, as the United States...
Oil production in Nigeria has received a boost with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and its Joint Venture partner in Oil Mining Licence (OML)...
Finally, the much-awaited day for the people of Ondo State has come, as the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in the coastal state will battle to produce its...
Following the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba has addressed the disparity in...
India kicked off the world’s largest election on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi vying for an unprecedented third term in office. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party...
ARISE News Channel, Africa’s premier broadcaster, has announced its expansion into South Africa and nine other Southern African countries. The channel is now available on Multichoice/DSTV...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has publicly declared the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, as a wanted individual over alleged financial crimes...
The political comedy in Kano has taken a new twist as Justice A. M Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano stopped the purported suspension...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday, reiterated the apex bank’s stance of not intervening in the foreign exchange...
Former secretary general of Ijaw youth council and a member of Governor Diri’s team to Igbomotoru community, Alfred Kemepade has called for a total root cause...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday read the Riot Act to those threatening the nation’s sovereignty saying the characters will definitely face the consequences of their nefarious...
Justice Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court has fixed the 29th of April, 2024 for hearing on whether respondents in the case between the...
President Bola Tinubu has commended Dangote Oil and Gas Limited in reducing the pump price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel. The Group...
The Kano State High Court has issued an exparte order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from presenting...
In a move that has been described as ‘unprecedented,’ the Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Tuesday announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from N1,200...
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated a steering committee for the Single Window Project with a disclosure that the implementation of the initiative will generate about $2.7...
Ahead of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, Former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan has...
The naira exchange rate against the United States dollar has sustained its rally as it appreciated to a seven-month high to close at N1000/$1 on the...
Twenty-two abducted students and staff of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, were on Sunday rescued. The individuals, comprising 15 students and 7 university staff members, were...