Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Lagos to pay N85K as minimum wage to civil servants The Lagos State Governor,...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have expressed displeasure over the inauguration of a...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to investigate the circumstances surrounding...
The presidency said on Wednesday the absence of President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Kashim Shettima would not create a leadership vacuum in the country. President...
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, said on Wednesday at least 2.8 billion people across the world cannot afford healthy diets....
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday departed Abuja for a two-day visit to Sweden. The Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Vice President, Mr....
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reverse the recently increased prices of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol and...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the government would pay N85,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state. The governor stated this...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed reports on the planned impeachment of principal officers of the Red Chamber. Reports emerged on social media on Tuesday...
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned four men at the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for the alleged theft of some aluminum roofing sheets worth N2...
The Naira depreciated by less than N1 against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Wednesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N148 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
The Special Adviser to the Osun State governor Governor on Traditional Matters, Hon. Kehinde Alexander, has advocated for the inclusion of moral aspects of Ifa in...
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court on Wednesday summoned two prosecution witnesses, Bashir Sale and Salisu Sani, to testify in the ongoing trial of a suspected mosque...
A court in Moscow on Wednesday fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles ($41,400) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia. The court said in a...
The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the delay in submitting the 2025 budget proposal to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. This followed...
The World Bank has warned that the latest increase in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in September may reverse the...
Despite the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN in shoring up the naira, the Nigerian currency has been listed among the worst-performing currencies in sub-Saharan...
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU), on Wednesday,...
Nigerian comedian Nosa Afolabi popularly known as Lasisi Elenu has taken to social media to share a voice message in which he expressed his nostalgia for...
After a devastating petrol tanker explosion in Majia town, Jigawa State, claimed 95 lives and left over 50 injured, Governor Umar Namadi visited the site on...
Leaders from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently in talks with the Federal Government over a number of pressing...
Once a beacon of hospitality in Northern Nigeria, Gusau Hotel—originally known as Gusau Motel—stood for over half a century as a testament to the region’s rich...
An early Wednesday morning fire incident along the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, caused by a petrol tanker fire, has destroyed vehicles, houses and livestock,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was thrown into another major crisis last week following the emergence of two factions in the party’s National Working Committee (NWC),...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned persons without Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) not to come close to polling units during the November 16 governorship...
The governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Olayemi Cardoso, has disclosed that the country’s foreign reserves rose by 12.74 per cent to $39.12 billion as of October...
Following the latest hike in Nigeria’s inflation rate on Tuesday October 15, 2024, economic think-tank, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. PDP governors back Damagum, overrule Yayari’s appointment, all suspensions Governors under the platform of...
The Economic and Financial Criminal Commission (EFCC) has denied arresting a journalist with Urban Radio 94.5FM Enugu, Favour Ekoh, on air. The management of the radio...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned the alleged inhumane treatment of the Super Eagles in Libya. Libyan officials subjected the Nigerian contingent to a hostage...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Tuesday efforts to fully repair the national grid are almost complete following a partial disturbance on Monday. The...
The Delta State government has projected the sum of N936 billion as a 2025 budget proposal. The state’s Commissioner for Economic Planning, Sunny Ekedayen, stated this...
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man, Damilare Olanrewaju, to five years’ imprisonment...
The Federal Government has reconstituted a seven-member renegotiation committee to address the 2009 agreements with trade unions in the universities. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a credible governorship election in Ondo State. The Oyo State...
The Nigerian equities market gained a massive N3.4 trillion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed a surge in the share prices of stocks...
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting former defence minister...
Two persons died when the fence of a school collapsed on them at the Ejigbo area of Lagos State on Saturday. The spokesman for the Lagos...
The World Bank has approved a $500-million grant to support Nigeria’s recovery efforts from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be utilised through...
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports on the forceful ejection of personnel from the Falomo Barracks in Lagos State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa...
Nigerian social media critic and influencer Martins Vincent Otse aka Very Dark Man has been ordered to take down defamatory posts targeted at Femi Falana (SAN)...
Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi has been unanimously elected as the 6th President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) during the Elective Annual General Meeting (AGM)...
For the second time in barely 24 hours, the national electricity grid collapsed again on Tuesday, plunging millions of people into darkness. The latest incident comes...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the removal of the second-leg fixture of the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between Nigeria’s Super...
After two consecutive declines, the consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 32.7 percent in...
Governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, nullified the suspension of the party’s acting National Chairman, Ambassador Illiya Damagum, as well...
The clock strikes 12 p.m. at the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) and Eye clinic of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan. Patients are seen...
“Bros, na wah for you oh. How person go dey call you, you no go pick call?” “A beg. My head no straight these days.” “Are...
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THERE will be a significant election this year in a significant country which prides itself as the greatest democracy on earth. That country, a super power,...
