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...
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed that his impressive fitness is attributed to playing squash thrice weekly. Naija News reports that Obasanjo made this known...
The Senate, through its ad hoc committee probing the issuance of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means to the Federal Government during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by...
A video of former President Olusegun Obasanjo exercising on a treadmill despite his advanced age has sparked reactions on social media. Naija News reports 87-year-old Obasanjo,...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, reacted for the first time to allegation of budget padding by Senator Abdul Ningi from Bauchi State, and concluded that those...
The economic hardship in Nigeria has been a constant struggle for its citizens, with the country facing numerous challenges, such as inflation, high unemployment rates, and...
Nigerian actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, believes that anarchy looms in Nigeria due to policies by the present government. Okonkwo who served as a spokesperson...
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,...
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has disagreed with the Federal Government over its recently released list of those linked to terrorism financing in the country....
The Blind Human Rights Association of Nigeria (BHAN) has raised concerns over the plight of Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in Ogun State, lamenting the lack...
NFIU disowns memo 4 of 6 indicted BDCs not registered with CAC Case already in court – Govt officials There is controversy around the list...
From Salim U. Ibrahim (Kano), Hamisu K. Matazu (Maiduguri), Yvonne Ugwuezuoha (Lagos), Abubakar Akote (Minna), Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin), Dickson S. Adama (Jos), Tijani Labaran (Lokoja), Umar...
The meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied...
The Federal Government has released the full list of individuals and organizations financing terrorism in Nigeria. The list released by the Federal Government include Tukur Mamu,...
The Senate, on Wednesday, resolved to name one of its Committee Rooms after the late 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan Land, Oba Mashood Olalekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade...
Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and restore peace in...
The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, Federal University Lokoja Chapter has embarked on a three-day warning strike following the non-payment of their four months of...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has denounced the removal of Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Comrade Ifeanyi Ejiofor from the legal team of...
The University of Lagos witnessed a peaceful protest at its gate on Wednesday, organized by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, stirred controversy as the Federal Government awarded a N40 billion mass metering contract to a greenhorn and foreign firm, De...
The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained during the administration of former President Muhammadu...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has rejected the comment made by a legal luminary, Afe Babalola (SAN), that former governors of the state underperformed...
The federal government of Nigeria has embarked on an ambitious initiative aimed at slashing fuel costs by up to 70 per cent through the adoption of...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 20th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, held...
Data privacy breach is a growing concern for Nigerians as more people fall victims to scammers and other criminals who mostly harvest their victims’ data through...
The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained during the administration of former President Muhammadu...
The Senate has expressed its intention to summon former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, concerning the N30 trillion ‘Ways and Means’ advances issued...
The Senate has said it would invite a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over the N30 trillion ‘Ways and Means’ obtained...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has effectively neutralized the top bandit leader, Kachallah Damina, along with many of his followers in Zamfara State. The air raid...
Former Governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has criticized the current administration led by the All Progressives Congress (APC), stating that it lacks direction and...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged abandonment of Orlu-Mgbe-Akokwa Road in Ideato North/South federal constituency of Imo State, by the state government and...
Former Governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, on Tuesday, said the current administration under the All Progressives Congress, APC, doesn’t have a direction. Suswan...
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 Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday reiterated warnings to drivers of heavy duty articulated vehicles to desist from using the Katsina-Ala long Bridge in...
Seven months later, thousands of motorists, commuters and residents of Kalajanga and Bara villages in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State are still suffering undue...
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has announced that it will commence a three-day warning strike on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. NAAT stated that the...
Former Governor of Osun State and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior from 2019 to 2023, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for a change in the country’s leadership system....
Former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said Nigeria cannot survive executive presidential system. According to him, presidential system is a death knell for Nigeria....
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Victor Attah, has said the 2023 elections ‘badly disabled’ President Bola Tinubu. Speaking at the 2024 Investiture ceremony of the Institute...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) on Monday commenced a nationwide strike, effectively disrupting administrative functions across public...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the killing of 16 army officers and soldiers in Delta State. Naija News reported that the army personnel...
The Borno Youth Forum has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the former head of the IGP Intelligent Response Team (IGP-IRT), DCP Abba Kyari,...
A former presidential aide to former president, Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla has said undue demands from the populace is one of the reasons lawmakers at federal...
Former media Aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Bahir Ahmad says the Nigerian government must repay the killers of 16 military personnel in Okuoma community, Bomadi Local...
A former presidential aide to former president, Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla has said undue demands from the populace is one of the reasons lawmakers at federal...
A fresh controversy has emerged regarding the narratives surrounding the 2015 presidential election battle between former President Muhammadu Buhari and then-incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. The General...
Former media Aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Bahir Ahmad says the Nigerian government must repay the killers of 16 military personnel in Okuoma community, Bomadi Local...
In the last two weeks, cases of kidnapping assumed a dangerous and frightening dimension. Kidnapping is not new in Nigeria but since 2014 when scores of...
If I were President Tinubu, I would, without further delay, approve the contracting of search and rescue missions to private security firms. The deliverables would be...
Heat wave dealing with us; we can’t preserve perishable foods – Families Govt must take firm action – Consumer network We’re working to deliver 24-hr power...
The eight years of President Buhari, 2015-2023, have now been etched in our national history as the Buhari era. That era witnessed the incapacity of the...
A representative of Chibok school girls in Borno, Alamson Ayuba, has spoken about managing expectations on the possible release or rescue of the 287 school children...
As Nigeria continues to seek solutions to the rising crisis of insecurity, Daniel Bwala, former spokesperson of the Atiku presidential campaign, has said the real perpetrators...
Governors from the North Central zone have been called upon to rally round support for President Bola Tinubu to safely pilot the affairs of the nation...
A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu, can ensure the rescue of the abducted school...
Disfranchised Nigerians continue to rebuke the Tinubu administration for its lackluster governance performance. That is as it should be. On balance, the APC administration also has...
A former deputy governor of Kogi State, Samson Achuba has insisted that the immediate past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello worked to ensure that the...
The Conscience of Yoruba Nation, an affiliate group of Afenifere, has rejected the federal government’s proposal for the provision of grazing zones in the South West,...
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...
The recent abduction of 287 pupils and teachers from Kuriga primary school in Kaduna state, swiftly followed by the kidnapping of about 61 people in Buda...
More Podcasts Nigeria Daily The Bearing Download Here Nigeria has been on a roller coaster, from dwindling economy and increased cost of...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Thursday, 14th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu has said that...
The federal government has said it would continue to engage with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational...
Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra, has disclosed that the Commission is yet to be given a new date for the conduct of...
The suspension of the long-awaited student loan scheme introduced by the federal government has sparked various reactions from different quarters. Naija News reports that the Bola...
President Bola Tinubu has said that no ransom will be paid for the rescue of the children abducted from Kuriga in Kaduna State. This comes barely...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has expressed full support for Senator Abdul Ningi, who was on Tuesday suspended by the Senate for three months. Ningi, the...
Niger State government has renamed the State Polytechnic, Zungeru to Abubakar Imam Kagara Polytechnic after removing his name from Minna International Airport. The last administration of...
Chief of Staff (COS) to President Muhammadu Buhari during his reign as president, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has been appointed to lead a 120-member Economic Community of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has admonished the Muslim faithful to seize the opportunity of the period of fasting to pray for Nigeria’s prosperity. The president gave...
The Senate, on Tuesday, witnessed a rowdy session as it debated over claims of budget padding raised by Senator Senator Abdul Ningi. Nigeria’s National Assembly, especially...
The Senate has suspended the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, for three months following the interview he granted to BBC Hausa in which...
It’s almost 10 years since we woke up to the very upsetting news that gunmen had invaded a girls’ school in rural Borno, and gone away...
On March 11, 2024, the Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, announced the renaming of the Minna International Airport from Abubakar Imam Kagara International Airport to...
The kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 was a horrific event that shook Nigeria, but unfortunately, it wasn’t an isolated incident. According to Save the...
In recent years, Nigeria has faced a horrifying trend of the mass kidnapping of students from their schools. These attacks, targeting vulnerable children in sanctuaries of...
At least two children were reportedly killed after hundreds of internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) tents were razed in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. It...
Olusola Oke, a governorship aspirant in Ondo, says it is his turn to become a governor in the state. Oke, who is vying for the...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), umbrella body for Muslim organisation in Nigeria, has explained how Dr. Jamilu Muhammad Sadia emerged as the deputy preacher for the...
One of the top contenders for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket at the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Olusola Oke, on Monday,...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says the union will not stop its plan to embark on a nationwide strike over demands not...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says the union will not stop its plan to embark on a nationwide strike over demands not yet...
Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has made a fervent plea to President Bola Tinubu for the reopening of Nigeria’s land borders to alleviate the prevailing food...
One of the leading governorship aspirants in Ondo State in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olusola Oke, SAN, on Monday, said it was his turn to...
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a controversial Islamic scholar said he’s willing to help the government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu talk to the bandits for the...
Disturbed by the growing insecurity in the country, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, asked President Bola Tinubu to go after the terrorists operating across...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday urged state governors to provide grazing land for pastoralists. Tinubu said the provision of grazing land for herders would end...
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...
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to state governors to start paying the wage awards pending...
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...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 12th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu on Monday appealed...
There’s an urgent need for the world to reconsider its definition of a tragedy. For Nigeria’s sake, we need new lexicographers. Under Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria...
President Bola Tinubu has hinted of his intentions of reviving the National Cattle Grazing Reserve Policy as a means to checkmate frequent crises between farmers and...
A cross-section of Nigerians, on Monday slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Presidency over their long silence regarding the alleged fraud case...
There’s a popular saying that ‘there is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now’ which has been attributed...
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...