Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, Joseph Evah has alleged that former President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was a wicked government that was worse than the Nigeria...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cautioned political parties against frequent changes in primary election dates, as witnessed recently in Edo State. The Commission said...
The startling revelation made by Senator Abdul Ningi regarding the padding of Nigeria’s 2024 budget by over 3.7 trillion naira may have come as a bombshell...
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over documents of recovered properties and 324 houses to Kano State pensioners....
Fourteen individuals have been kidnapped in the Dogon Noma-Ungwan Gamo community, located in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Naija News reports that the...
An SS2 student of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC), Muhabbat Yakubu, has been chosen to represent Nigeria at the International Festival of Language and Culture...
Names of the 14 victims kidnapped from Dogon Noma in Unguwan Gamo community of Kauru local government area of Kaduna State have finally been released by...
The names of villagers kidnapped during an attack on Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamo Community in Maro ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released....
Some lawyers in the country have passed a vote of confidence on the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, following calls for his sack or resignation. The...
A Good Samaritan has found a two-month-old baby abandoned by a yet-to-be identified woman in Angwan Maina area of Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State....
Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamo Community in Maro ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been invaded by bandits who abducted 14 villagers. Daily Trust...
The attackers reportedly arrived at the community in large numbers around 6:00 am on Saturday and whisked the victims away. There was no report of death,...
The Coalition of about 300 Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria, COCSON, Friday, vehemently condemned calls for the sack of Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof...
Laws governing imports, exports subsist – Customs Communities upbeat commodities’ prices may crash Abubakar Auwal (Sokoto), Tijjani Ibrahim (Katsina), Salim Umar Ibrahim (Kano), Ismail Adebayo...
I have made a fortune producing brown sugar – 22-year-old Following the high cost of living in the country, residents of Bauchi, especially low income earners...
The North-East Chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), said it has observed with shock, that a ranking senator, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, allegedly stooped so...
President Bola Tinubu plans to withdraw the nomination of Ruby Onwudiwe as board member of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to a report...
Traditional rulers under the auspices of Nigerian Traditional Rulers Council (NTRC), Friday, urged the United Kingdom to discard visa ban calls against the chairman of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed amended charges against former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, his nephew, Ali and one other on...
President Bola Tinubu is reportedly set to withdraw the nomination of Ruby Onwudiwe as a Board member of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Naija News...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing constitution review process. Akpabio made...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing constitution review...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing review process...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented several measures aimed at arresting the free fall of the Naira against major foreign currencies, notably the US...
In recent weeks, efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to arrest the free fall of Naira have seen it appreciate marginally against foreign currencies especially...
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of Ruby Onwudiwe as member of the board of directors of the...
Gunmen attacked cattle rearers on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 13 cattle in the Fan district of Ndim community in the Barikin Ladi local government area...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a step to boost the production of palm oil and its sales in the subregion with a...
The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), George Akume, on behalf of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), mourns the death of the former minister...
At the end of the extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which took place...
The pandemonium that erupted at the popular Wuse Market in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon was solely the handiwork of unruly hoodlums, says the market’s manager, Zubairu...
ECOWAS Commission’s Director of Customs, Union and Taxation, Salifou Tiemtore, has lamented that West African countries are not producing enough palm oil to meet members’ needs....
The former Minister of State for Health and ex-chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Gabriel Yakubu Aduku, is dead. He died at the age of...
Muslims in various parts of Nigeria are observing this year’s Ramadan fasting in the midst of heatwave, high cost of living and power outages. Despite these...
Meanwhile, Senator Ningi has said he was quoted out of context over the allegation of N3 trillion budget padding. Ningi said yesterday that he spoke on...
The death of the former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been mourned as the end of an era of activism which traverses lawyering and...
The Kogi State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the demise of Chief Gabriel Aduku, the designer of the party’s logo, who died in...
The chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Senator Abdul Ningi, has said that he was quoted out of context over his claim of N3trillion 2024...
A former Minister of State for Health and immediate-past chairman of the pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Gabriel Aduku, is dead. Aduku died on...
A total of 59 medical doctors formerly working at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, DASH, in Lafia, Nasarawa State, have resigned from their positions with the...
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory are reportedly experiencing a 95% surge in foodstuff prices as Muslims commence this year’s Ramadan fasting. Naija News learnt that...
As Muslims commenced this year’s Ramadan fasting, prices of food stuffs have increased by 95 per cent. Our reporter who visited Abaji Main Market on Saturday,...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter of the Gbagyi/Gbari Youth Association has appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to make an Abuja indigene the chairman...
It was a hot afternoon in Bulunkutu, Maiduguri in Borno State, the kind that makes people sullen with discomfort in the month of August. Hassana Ibrahim*...
Ambassador Jibrin Dada Chinade has spent most of his working life in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he rose to become ambassador in the two...
The Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN-ICON) has provided Lab-ulance, a novel healthcare solution for Gwarimpa village’s farming community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The project...
Recently, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted some of the sanctions it had placed on Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso where military juntas...
Apex Northern sociocultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep offense and pain over what it called highly provocative statements recently credited to the...
Popular socio political activist, Reno Omokri, has described former President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration as the worst thing that befell Nigeria, stressing that it was...
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered a stay of execution of the orders of the Court of Appeal made on March 1, 2024, in which the...
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered a stay of execution of the orders of the Court of Appeal made on March 1, 2024, in which the...
Witnesses in the trial of Kassam Kopte and Yakubu Zwalnan, former Chairman and Secretary, University of Jos’ Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institution, on...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday said the agitation for restructuring should not be driven by political expediency but by...
A potential leadership crisis is brewing in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly over the position of the Majority Leader, currently held by Suleiman Yakubu Azara...
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed “A Bill for a Law to Amend, Repeal and Re-Enact the Nasarawa State Harmonisation and Administration of Revenue Law...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested 254 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, and cultists in the last two weeks. Force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who paraded some...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested 254 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists in the last two weeks. Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,...
President Bola Tinubu has extolled the virtues of the first premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, saying his principles have withstood the tests...
Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed has warned serving corps members against meddling in local politics during their service year. The...
Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed has warned serving corps members against meddling in local politics during their service year. The...
The executives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) have resolved to proceed with the suit challenging the police...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC) on Tuesday said it would depend on the use of technology to eliminate corruption from the...
The leader of Arewa in the South, Musa Saidu has condemned the recent verbal attack on former military Head of State, Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon, rtd....
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has flagged-off distribution of dry-season farming inputs to farmers in Gamboru Ngala communities in Ngala Local Government Area and Izge in...
The leadership of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) has been removed by a unanimous vote of the Nigerian Bar Association’s National Executive...
An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Edo State, Dennis Idahosa, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Federal...
The House of Representatives has threatened to invoke its constitutional powers against Binance Holdings Limited following the failure of its executives to appear at its public...
The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-NEC) has removed the executives of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) led...
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State over the last February, governorship primary seems unabated, as Hon Dennis Idahosa, one of the...
A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, charged with six billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric plant fraud, has sought intervention of the Minister of Justice,...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos, today March 4, struck out the charge against 19 Bureau De Change (BDC) Operators, following the...
President Bola Tinubu, and his Tanzanian counterpart, President Samia Hassan have been listed among dignitaries expected at the 2023 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for leadership award scheduled...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his counterpart in the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan and former head of state and chairman of the Board of...
The Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States (BRAC) coastal aborigines have declared total support for former Nigeria’s military Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon,...
The Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states (BRAC) Coastal Aborigines have declared total support for the former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon...
The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation has selected the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, as the winner of the 2023 Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Prize for...
Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has cried out over the bullying he suffers in the hands of Nigerians over the goal he missed 13 to...
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, has announced a 50 million Naira bounty for individuals who...
It was historic. It was unprecedented. It was the gathering of the nation’s leaders in the small but mighty village of Gwarangah in Bogoro LGA of...
The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has graduated 71 officers and men of the corps after a six-month training following...
Renowned Super Eagles’ striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni laments still being dragged over the goal he missed during the 2010 World Cup against South Korea, as he reveals some...
As the sun rises in the ancient city of Maiduguri, 50-year-old Falmata sits by the fireplace and prepares breakfast for her family. The dish is a...
As notable in Nigerian politics, after the 2023 general elections, there have been defections by key opposition figures into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Political...
Early last week, there were reports of a crash in grain prices in some of the grain markets, especially in the northern part of the country....
Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has cried out over the bullying he suffers in the hands of Nigerians over the goal he missed 13 to...
Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has cried out over the bullying he suffers in the hands of Nigerians over the goal he missed 13 to...
The bill for an Act to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2007 passed a second reading on the floor of the Nigerian Senate....
A teenage girl who dressed as a lawyer for school on career day got many people talking, as she maintained a straight face when asked by...
Elder statesman and former Minister Information Chief Edwin Clark has expressed hope of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s return to the Economic Community of West African...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 1st March 2024 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has warned...
In a surprising turn of events, Urum Eke, a consultant with the World Bank, has declined President Bola Tinubu’s nomination to serve as a member of...
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has reacted to the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift sanctions earlier imposed...
A nominee for membership of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board of Directors, Urum Kalu Eke has declined the offer stating that he is currently engaged...
A nominee for the appointment as a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Urum Kalu Eke, from Abia State...
The South-East nominee for membership of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors, Urum Kalu Eke, has rejected his appointment. Eke declined his nomination...
A nominee for membership of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors, Urum Kalu Eke, has declined the offer, citing his current engagement with...
The Senate has disclosed that Urum Kalu Eke, a nominee for the appointment as a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of...
The Executive Secretary, Zamfara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Yakubu Hussaini Anka, has called on the Social Mobilization Committee to redouble its efforts during the...
Nigeria’s political landscape has been significantly shaped by a series of military coups, which have played a pivotal role in the country’s governance since gaining independence...