The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Tuesday anyone caught rigging elections in the state henceforth would be punished as coup plotter. Wike, who stated...
Four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State on Tuesday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The quartet are...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday abducted four farmers in Ekiti and demanded N50 million ransom for their release. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Tuesday the...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday lifted the curfew imposed on the state over insecurity. Wike, who announced the lifting of the curfew in...
At least 19 people have been reportedly killed by bandits at Tsauwa village, Batsari local government area of Katsina State. Residents told journalists the hoodlums stormed...
The British Parliament will on Wednesday begin a debate on the arrest and subsequent repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu,...
Justice David Mann of the Plateau High Court, Jos, on Tuesday ordered a dismissed police officer, Auta Aruwa, to open his defence in the trial for...
The organised labour on Monday suspended its three-week-old strike in Nasarawa State. The labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspended...
The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday warned on an imminent crisis in the country if the truth on how the Federal Government arrested the...
The Southern governors on Monday charged the Federal Government to carry them along in any security operation in their states. The governors made the call in...
The leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, on Monday described the recently approved Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as satanic, unjust, and embarrassing piece...
The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, said on Monday the House has nothing to hide on the petition forwarded to the...
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Dr. Alex Okoh, said on Monday the sale of the five National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs) will...
Police operatives in Edo State on Sunday rescued nine kidnapped victims in the state. The victims were abducted while traveling from Auchi to Benin in a...
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Sunday alleged that the Kenyan government tortured the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a get-well message to the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, as he goes for a scheduled surgery of...
Armed bandits have killed at least seven people and abducted 10 others in separate attacks in Chikun, Kajuru, and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State....
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff officers to provide...
States under the All Progressives Congress (APC) control on Saturday agreed to strengthen security committees at the local government levels to improve security in their domains....
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday dismissed insinuation that he is eyeing the country’s presidency in 2023. The governor, who featured in a programme...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has lifted the suspension on its chairman in the state, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi. Aziegbemi was suspended last month for...
Police operatives in Delta have arrested two men over the alleged murder of one German Enameg in the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
The Lagos State government on Friday announced diversion of traffic at Brewery and Ijora Level Crossings over the railway modernisation project in the state. The state’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has remained faithful and consistent in the training of members of Nigerian armed forces. The...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted access to his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, by the Department of State Service...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries across the world. The WHO Regional Director for...
The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Thursday, faulted the Federal Government over the attack on the Ibadan, Oyo State, home of self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday the Federal Government planned to spend N13.98 trillion in 2022. Ahmed stated this...
The Nigerian capital market slipped slightly on Thursday following a N10 billion drop in the market capitalization during trading activities at the bourse. The market capitalization...
The Presidency said on Thursday the President Muhammadu Buhari administration would continue to work for the progress of the country. The Special Adviser on Media and...
The self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has cancelled the mega rally slated for Saturday in Lagos following the attack on his home....
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Wednesday suspended five permanent secretaries in the state civil service for six months over alleged “lack of commitment.” Umahi...
Air Peace Limited on Wednesday announced the suspension of its Lagos-Johannesburg route over the rising cases of COVID-19 in South Africa. The airline said in a...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the winner of the party’s governorship primaries in...
Kingsley Kanu, the brother to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi, said on Wednesday the activist was arrested in Kenya. He disclosed...
The Court of Appeal, Yola, Adamawa State, has upheld the conviction of a former electoral officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state,...
The Kano State High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Salisu Muhammad-Yakasai, to death by hanging for stabbing his football coach, Mujittafa Musa, to death...
Oil prices advanced on Wednesday after a huge plunge in United States crude storage as the market awaited decisions from a meeting later in the day...
The rates of exchange of the naira to the United States dollar remained unchanged across various segments of the foreign exchange markets on Tuesday in spite...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will engage a minimum of 370,000 youths in agricultural production all over Nigeria, in pursuit of its...
The equity value of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) fell further on Tuesday as the market capitalisation depreciated by N44.867 billion by reason of continued sell...
Oil prices sank further on Tuesday amidst concerns that new curbs to forestall exploding coronavirus infections in the United States and Asia could put fuel demand...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday announced a credit monitoring blueprint, planned to scale down the non-performing loan portfolio of the banking industry and...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Monday Nigeria and Saudi Arabia had reiterated their firm commitment to the agreement between the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monday directed banks to instantly halt the processing of new imports documents, seeking to bring maize into the country. It...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended its downtrend further on Monday as bank and oil and gas stocks posted significant losses, and negative sentiment remained rife...
Oil prices declined on Monday, extending Friday’s losses as coronavirus infections touched their all-time daily high, following huge swells in infections during the weekend in the...
Deap Capital Management & Trust Limited Monday debunked reports that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) had taken possession of its assets over indebtedness totalling...
The Nigerian bourse posted gains last Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday while trade for the rest days ended in red with the corporate actions of the week...
The bargain process between Nigeria and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) regarding the construction of the Ibadan Inland Dry Port is almost consummated, the Nigerian...
