Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday threatened to approach the courts over the recent increase in tariffs for premium electricity consumers in the country...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubukar has expressed apprehension about the proposed Lagos-Calabar highway project restarted by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement by his media aide,...
Ali Ciroma, who died on Tuesday last week in Maiduguri, and was buried on Wednesday, was an indomitable champion of workers’ rights. He was blessed with...
The Presidency has faulted the comments made by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. Recall that Atiku had...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the decision of President Bola Tinubu to kickstart the construction of the...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the Eid-el-Fitri celebration. The Nigerian leader was received at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammad International...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday arrived in Maiduguri ahead of the Eid-El-Fitr celebration, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. On arrival at the Muhammadu...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, ahead of the Eid-El-Fitri celebration. The vice president arrived at the Muhammadu Buhari International...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Sunday arrived in Maiduguri ahead of the Eid-El-Fitr celebration, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. On arrival at the Muhammadu Buhari...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Saturday, foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap Alhaji Lawal Shittu Yar’Adua, manager of the...
The Daurama Foundation has celebrated this year’s World Health Day with a community-focused event at Emab Plaza on Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, with a...
Some retired soldiers have warned the Federal Government to desist from rehabilitating and reintegrating some repentant terrorists who have gone through the government’s deradicalisation programme, Operations...
Nigeria’s Minister of Works Dave Umahi appears to be resolved to deliver good roads. I infer that from remarkable things he has been saying and doing. ...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 7th April 2024. The PUNCH: The decisions...
The President Nigerian Labour NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has described the late Ali Chiroma as an epitome of struggles who sacrificed his life for the betterment...
The lure of other people’s money is irresistible. It hardly comes as a surprise that state governors are falling over themselves to get their hands on...
The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Women Campaign Council, on Friday, bemoaned what it called abandonment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu towards the team, saying that it is insensitive...
The inspector-general of police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has appointed CSP Isuku Victor Edailokun As deputy Force public relations officer (FPRO). He also approved the posting of...
Former presidential aide, Obol Okoi Obono-Obla, has slammed former the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, over the comment on...
Political commentator and former presidential aide, Obol Okoi Obono-Obla has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for suggesting that Nigerian opposition parties should learn lessons from...
The proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, says not less than four of its members have been killed and an unspecified number...
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, on Saturday approved the posting of dedicated Police Public Relations Officers, PPROs and Deputy Public Relations Officer at the...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment and deployment of dedicated police public relations officers and a deputy public relations officer...
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, on Saturday approved the posting of dedicated Police Public Relations Officers, PPROs and Deputy Public Relations Officer at the...
The proposed Sugar Tax hike by the federal government will destroy the investments, revenues, and jobs in the non-alcoholic sector in the country, says Think Business...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is gearing up for a legal confrontation with President Bola Tinubu. According to Vanguard, El-Rufai, amid allegations labeling him a...
The findings revealed in the latest report from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) are deeply troubling. According to the 2022-2023 UBEC National Personnel Audit, Nigeria...
Abiodun, Makinde tipped to lead Almost four months after the death of a former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, governors from the South West geopolitical...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s summary condemnation of Senator Abdul Ningi who represents the Bauchi Central over his bombshell on the alleged padding of the 2024...
I can’t sleep – Father of 5 kids, wife Mother of 3-year-old yearns to reunite with son; others speak ‘Over 300 cases recorded in Kano’ Parents...
In this Nigeria, I don’t even know what to do to have some comfort again. In this scorching northern sun that is always hitting my bald...
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, says Comrade Ali Chiroma, one of his predecessors, sacrificed his life for the betterment of Nigeria....
Aloy Ejimakor, the Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged President Bola Tinubu against inheriting the case of...
Police operatives and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, clashed on Friday, April 5, during a procession by the...
President of the Nigeria Labour NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero on Friday described the late Ali Chiroma as an epitome of struggle who sacrificed his life for...
Police operatives and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, clashed on Friday, during a procession by the group as...
The police in Kaduna, on Friday, fired shots to disperse a procession by members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites....
Activist Aisha Yesufu has thrown shade at President Bola Tinubu’s supporters over the recent hike in electricity tariff. Yesufu questioned why those who slept through...
Activist Aisha Yesufu has thrown shade at President Bola Tinubu’s supporters over the recent hike in electricity tariff. Yesufu questioned why those who slept through the...
Members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), commonly referred to as Shiites, reportedly trooped out in a multitude on Friday for a procession in...
Veteran Nigerian music entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has addressed the controversy surrounding his sexuality. Speaking during a recent interview with reality star,...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has stressed the need for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to explain to Nigerians how funds...
A Nigerian, Ms. Toni Adeleke has emerged as the President of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa Region. Adeleke, who is the immediate past National...
Three residents of Takum town in Taraba State have lost their lives following a severe windstorm that struck the area twice in two days. The first...
Expect power theft, ex-NERC chair says Hike in gas price, naira crisis behind decision – Regulator By Faruk Shuaibu, Idowu Isamotu & Abbas Jimoh ...
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has dragged the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, to court over alleged defamation of character. ...
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has dragged the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, to court over alleged defamation of character. Igboho...
Omoyele Sowore, the AAC presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has expressed his opinion that Nigerian youths seem to be more interested in becoming personal assistants...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election Omoyele Sowore said Nigerian youths are only interested in being Personal Assistants to...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, says Nigerian youths are only interested in being Personal Assistants to...
There is uneasy calm among former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways following the delay in the payment of their outstanding pensions amounting to N33 billion,...
Power companies will be allowed to raise electricity prices to N200 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour from N68 for urban consumers this month, the Bloomberg news agency, citing...
Gombe State has emerged as one of the benefitting states for the Small Hydro Power Development for Agro-Industry use in Nigeria (SHP-DAIN).The SHP-DAIN is an initiative...
Dangote Oil Refinery has begun supplying the Nigerian domestic market with petroleum products. The petrol products are diesel and aviation jet fuel, sources revealed to Reuters...
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has reiterated his confidence that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will withstand any...
As the price of the gas purchased by electricity Generation Companies (Gencos) increase from $2.18 to $2.42, as announced by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory...
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...