President Bola Tinubu has cancelled the appointment of Yazid Danfulani as the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGM). The...
Gunmen in the early hours of Friday killed a businesswoman in Taraba State. The spokesman for the state police command, Abdullahi Usman confirmed the incident to...
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a modified list of members of the inaugural Governing Board of the North- West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate for...
The Nigerian Army has re-opened the Rescue Market, popularly known as Malaysia Market in Onuimo, Obowo local government area of Imo State. The General Officer Commanding...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu as the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). He also appointed Prof. Salisu Shehu as Executive...
Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State, and injured two security operatives. The spokesman for the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters in Kogi State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale,...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N58 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed a surge in the share prices of stocks...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described the claim by Amnesty International that over 10,000 civilians died in military detention as mischievous. The rights watchdog had earlier...
Police on Friday arraigned palm oil traders, Oluwaseun Igbekeke and Bukola Akinyanju at the Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for alleged N656,000 fraud. The...
Pakistan’s convicted former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has called for fresh protest after he was indicted on the charges of inciting attacks on the military. The...
The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, on Friday, presented the N698.3 billion 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The appropriation bill...
Two stories published by Ripples Nigeria have won awards in three categories at the Next-Gen Alfred Opubor Awards for campus journalists in Nigeria held in Abuja....
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has insisted on probing Air Peace for allegedly exploiting its customers. This is even as the consumer rights...
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Thursday, December 5, 2024, extended Nigeria’s oil production quota of 1.5 million barrels per day (mbpd) to 2026 The...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. PDP BoT criticises NWC over NEC delays, to meet Wike in January The Board...
Justice Bello Kawu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to submit a Certified True Copy...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested six suspected illegal miners in Anambra State. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Olatunde Maku, told...
The Senate on Thursday described the privatization of the power sector as a failure. The upper legislative chamber also threatened to initiate measures to reverse the...
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The watchdog in a 300-page report titled: “You feel like you are...
The House of Representatives has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to submit relevant documents on its current public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State on Thursday berated Governor Dauda Lawal over the alleged illegal presentation of the state’s 2025 budget proposal to...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday that troops to theatres of operations have killed 8,034 suspected terrorists in the last 11 months. The Director of Defence...
Journalists were barred from covering the 2025 budget presentation by the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, at the State House of Assembly on Thursday. The incident...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, Prof. James Tooley, has been suspended for alleged misconduct. Tooley was suspended after his estranged wife, Cynthia Tooley, brought...
The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CrediCorp) and the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) have launched a N20 billion consumer credit fund to enable Nigerians...
The yo-yo movement of the Nigerian equities market continued on Thursday as investors lost N36 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed the...
The ECOWAS Court on Thursday ordered the Federal Government to pay N5 million in compensation to one Oluwatimilehin Adebayo for violation of his rights. The court...
Nigerian comedian, Adebowale ‘Debo’ Adebayo aka Mr. Macaroni, has taken a swipe at Nigerians supporting corrupt politicians. The vocal entertainer in a series of tweets posted...
On Thursday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) warned the federal government against replacing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) with the Nigerian Education Loan...
For the first time since it was launched, Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, reached a threshold of $100,000 on Thursday, December 5,...
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, November 28, 2024 arraigned the duo of Ajim Kerison Onubuogu and Ajim...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. South Africa clarifies position on relaxing visa rules for Nigerian tourists, businesses owners The...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan led a delegation of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observation mission to Ghana on Wednesday. The country will hold its general...
President Bola Tinubu returned to the country on Wednesday night after he took part in the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Cape...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Abdullahi Mukit at the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for alleged $3,500 fraud. Mukit was...
The Senate has summoned the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the incessant flight delays and cancellations in the country. The upper legislative...
A former Labour Party governorship aspirant in Edo State, Kenneth Imansuangbon, has resigned his membership of the party. He announced his exit from the party in...
A former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Kaduna Eboigbodin, slumped and died at a police checkpoint on Monday in Benin City....
At least 12 persons died in an auto crash along the Baimari – Geidam Road in Yobe on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road...
Gunmen have killed a hotel guest, Gideon Ebukwe, in the Sagamu local government area of Ogun State. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola...
The Zamfara State Governor, Lawal Dauda, has directed the chairmen of local councils to involve traditional rulers in governance for effective service delivery. According to a...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Patrick Okon, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State. Okon’s switch to APC...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N286 billion at the close of the trading on Wednesday. This followed a surge in the share prices of...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said on Wednesday the Nigerian Air Force would receive 49 fighter jets next year. Abubakar, who...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Investment and Security repeal and re-enactment Bill, 2024. This followed the adoption of report of the Senate Committee on Capital...
The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressly condemned the arrest and detention of lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, noting that “it...
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time, like a pandemic that spares none, it affects the myriad facets of the...
A civic Technology Organization, Orodata and Africa Data Hub, are set to embark on the second phase of a data collection initiative in Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a list of designated contacts for bank customers to report any banks whose Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are...
