Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has affirmed his unwavering belief that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will not...
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena, has said if former President Muhammadu Buhari could complete his 8-year...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect while two others are still at large. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan,...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 2nd April 2024 President Bola Tinubu is set to...
Suspended women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Badarawa/Mailali Ward, Maryam Suleiman, popularly called Mai Rusau, has slammed Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, accusing...
Non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s public universities are gearing up for an indefinite industrial action due to unpaid salaries, intensifying the educational sector’s challenges. The aggrieved groups,...
The Arewa Think Thank group has submitted that the North must be sincere with itself and recognize that it can’t stop the second term bid of...
Three jets in the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) will be sold off to cut down the cost of running the government. There are 10 aircraft...
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, Monday, dispelled the notion that Igbos are systematically barred from leadership roles in Nigeria. Ahmad...
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, Monday, dispelled the notion that Igbos are systematically barred from leadership roles in Nigeria. Ahmad recalled...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has dismissed calls by some opposition politicians for a merger to oust the ruling party in...
The presidency has said that it will not be distracted by the activities and thoughts of the Obidients movement. The Special Adviser to the President on...
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has enjoined religious leaders across the country to shun selfish and mischievous politicians that hide under the guise of religion and...
EXCERPT: On the back of economic reforms by the Tinubu administration, Nigeria’s exchange performed better than all bar Zimbabwe in Africa. At 39.84 percent year-till-date (YtD)...
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government is set to sell three jets in the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF). Naija News gathered that the proposed sale of the...
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has enjoined religious leaders across the country to shun selfish and mischievous politicians that hide under the guise of religion and...
Uche Uwaleke is a Professor of Finance and Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and former Commissioner for Finance in Imo State. In this...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos have arrested one Femi Balogun, who was reportedly parading himself as a Sergeant Major in the Nigerian Army....
The recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) diminishes Nigeria’s influence in the region and could...
1: I send hearty Easter greetings to all Nigerians. I am sure that many Nigerians are already used to the fact that during the annual celebration...
A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has called out the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for ignoring President Bola...
Ours is a wasteful nation in search of progress. I refer you to the front-page story of the Daily Trust of March 23, to wit: “5...
By Zayd Ibn Isah Something quite unusual happened in Ethiopia recently that prompted many Nigerians on social media to start asking, “God, when?” This is because...
Elder statesman and foremost leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has described the N1.06trn Lagos -Calabar Coastal Road as a landmark project, which if...
Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, has once again described President Bola Tinubu as a “workaholic” leader who works round the clock to fix the country....
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Saturday, 30th March 2024. The representative of Bayelsa West...
There is a growing feeling of unease in the polity over recent appointments by President Bola Tinubu, seen to favour his friends and political associates, at...
The Lagos State Integrated Transportation system received a boost with the recent commissioning of the Lagos Red Line, a year after the blue line was commissioned,...
Not desperate, never agitated, not rebellious, not a mischief-maker, Chief (Architect) Gabriel Aduku exited this world of desperation, agitations, rebellion, and mischief on March 10, 2024,...
The Federal Government has announced a postponement in the commencement of train services on the crucial Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line, now rescheduled to begin...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should redouble efforts to win back the three Sahelian countries – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – that...
A northern youth group under the aegis of Arewa Defence League has frowned at the attitude of the Northern Senators who allegedly failed to protect Senator...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Bello as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, pending confirmation by the Senate. ...
Abubakar Kutigi, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has chastised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for filing “frivolous” charges against Mohammed...
A former Minister of Communications in the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Adebayo Shittu, has said that banditry in the North is a rebellion against the neglect of...
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Thursday identified why there is little or no banditry in the Southwest. Shittu said the level of education...
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Thursday identified why there is little or no banditry in the Southwest.Shittu said the level of education was...
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the FCT high court has dismissed the charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy filed against Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the...
A group, Arewa Defence League, has lampooned the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and northern senators for working against the interest of ordinary Nigerians through their alleged...
Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has charged the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Amendment to consider incorporating the group into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is currently working on introducing a clause in the negotiations for a new minimum wage that would penalize state governments for...
Hajiya Fatima Zubairu, the mother of Ummulkhulsum “Ummita” Buhari, who was killed by her Chinese boyfriend, Frank Geng Quarong, has praised the Kano State High Court...
Hajiya Fatima Zubairu, the mother of Ummulkhulsum “Ummita” Buhari who was killed by her Chinese boyfriend, Frank Geng Quarong, has commended the death sentence given to...
President Bola Tinubu is finalizing a list of ambassadorial appointments, following the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ submission of proposed nominees. Naija News reports that this move...
Several Nigerians lost their lives in the past few days while struggling to benefit from palliatives being distributed by the government amid the rising hunger in...
To those of us who had to read Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, as part of our colonially-concocted university curriculum, the following lines may not be unfamiliar. “When...
A group, Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN) has welcomed the release of the Kuriga school children and appealed to the federal government to extend the same...
Eventually, the federal government has succumbed to pressure and did what it should have done long ago. The need to expose suspected terrorism sponsors in Nigeria...
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested two suspects for vandalising and stealing electricity wires at Kusa Junction,...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on international bodies to investigate the insecurity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. IPOB said the continuous insecurity...
Ijaw leader and first republic federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday raised the alarm over threat to his life which, he said, is...
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has confirmed his interaction with security agencies. Gumi said he was treated with courtesy during the questioning. He, however, did...
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu to adopt a political...
The Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ibrahim Isah before Justice Bashar Tambuwal of the Sokoto State High...
A former spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Chuks Ibegbu has described the appointments so far made by President Bola Tinubu as lopsided....
The Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has described as fake news a purported list of new Nigerian Ambassadors. Naija...
A Chinese national, Quandong Geng, has been sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend, Ummulkusum Sani Buhari (Ummita), in Kano State. Naija News reports that Justice...
A Kano State High Court, north-western region, on Tuesday, March 26, sentenced a Chinese man, Geng Quandong, to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend Ummulkusum...
Femi Adesina, former spokesperson to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has implored Nigerians to support the Bola Tinubu administration. NAN reports that Adesina said this on the...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday approved the creation of the renewed hope infrastructure development fund (RHIDF). In a statement, Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, said the...
Itse Sagay, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the federal government should not use Boeing Max planes for Nigeria’s official carrier — Nigeria Air —...
Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji of Kano state high court sitting at Miller road, Bompai, has found Quandong Geng, a Chinese national, guilty of killing his girlfriend,...
A Kano High Court sitting in Miller Road has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong to dead by hanging for killing his girlfriend in Kano in...
A Kano High Court sitting in Miller Road has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong to dead by hanging for killing his girlfriend in Kano in...
A former presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, has urged Nigerians to support the government of President Bola Tinubu. This is as he expressed optimism that things...
Twenty-five years after, the Paul Erinne Foundation has donated 1,000 bags of rice and scholarships to five indigenes of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State capital to commemorate...
The Bola Tinubu-led Government has stopped the road construction from Biu-Kanga-Gaya to the border of Niger Republic costing about 158 billion Naira. The Minister of Works,...
At a time Nigerians are going through a lot of economic hardships, with many households finding it extremely difficult to have a square meal per day,...
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, seems to be the chief advocate for bandits as he recently said that the Nigerian military has been too...
The Nigerian Government has invited controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for questioning. Gumi was invited for questioning over his comments on the activities of bandits in...
The federal government has revealed allegation of bribery and corruption against Leno Adesanya, the promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company, in papers filed before a...
Nigerians have expressed diverse reactions to the escape of a key Binance executive from the custody of the Nigerian Government. Recall that two Biance executives, Nadeem Anjarwalla and...
The Paul Erinne Foundation has donated 1,000 bags of rice and awarded scholarships to five indigenes of Ilorin Emirate in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of...
The Federal Government led by President Bola Tinubu has levelled allegations of bribery and corruption against the promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company, Leno Adesanya....
When former President Muhammadu Buhari named boards of aviation agencies hours before his exit on May 29, 2023, it was clear to many that it was...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 25th March 2024 The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to enforce a judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos which declared payment...
The Joint Action Committee (JAC), encompassing the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and the National...
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), have called off their seven-day warning strike. In a...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has told President Bola Tinubu to emulate the good example of governor Alex Otti of Abia State by immediately obeying...
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has reiterated his unpopular call for the regulation of social media, insisting that it will tackle anti-state...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to emulate the good example of Governor Alex Otti of Abia State by immediately...
In a recent story, I congratulated the Bola Tinubu administration for its decision to construct two so-called “superhighways” in the country. One will run between Abuja...
The immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has revealed how social media threatened his 40-year old marriage. Mohammed made this revelation in Lagos...
Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched the construction of another flyover at the West-end Roundabout in Maiduguri, the state capital. Zulum, accompanied by the...
Immediate-past Minister of Information and Culture under President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the regulation of social media to tackle anti-state groups,...
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the immediate past Minister of Information and National Orientation has shared a personal experience about how fake news on social media nearly caused...
The former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed, has disclosed how fake news on social media almost destroyed his 40-year-old marriage. Mohammed lamented that...
Lai Mohammed, former minister of information and culture, says social media threatened his 40-year old marriage. Lai spoke in Lagos at an event to commemorate...
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for the regulation of social media to tackle anti-state groups, anarchists, and other “harmful entities” in...
Several reactions have trailed the advice by President Bola Tinubu to Nigerians on Friday, March 22, 2024. Recall that the President had urged Nigerians to patronise...
Leaders of the Ijaw Youths Network have picked holes in the comments of a former minister of defence, Maj Gen Tajudeen Olarenwaju, on the grisly murder...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Saturday 23rd March 2024. The PUNCH: Indications have...
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday lost his bid to regain freedom after spending over two years in...
Like what now seems to be a twinkling of time, the newspaper that birthed liberal freedom in newspapering is now 20-year-old. Founded in the nation’s capital...
Why facility is yet to take off All eyes on Tinubu The multi-billion naira Baro Inland Port in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State, is...
In this interview, the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Cui Jianchun, spoke to some editors on his three-year stewardship in the country, status of the...
Kabir Mato is a professor of Political Science at the University of Abuja and a renowned political and public affairs analyst. In this interview on Trust...
Author: Umar Ardo, Ph.D. Number of Pages: 556. Publisher: Sungai Books, New Jersey, USA. Year of Publication: 2019. Public Presentation: 24th February, 2024. Book Reviewer: Professor...