The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday evening unveiled electric buses for the state’s mass transit scheme. With this development, Lagos has become the first...
The World Food Programme (WFP), has estimated that 4.3 million Nigerians in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States all in the North-Eastern region of the country are...
A civil society organisation, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has labelled the approval of $1.2 million for the evacuation of stranded Nigerian students in...
Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has solicited for the cooperation of state governments to tackle congestion in custodial facilities across the country. Aregbesola, who disclosed...
The Imo State government has dismissed a report on the attack on Governor Hope Uzodinma’s convoy by gunmen along the Ngor Okpala-Aba Road in the state....
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said on Saturday the Kano State Governor-elect, Abba Yusuf, would review the dethronement of Sanusi Lamido...
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke on Friday arrested two suspected gunrunners during a raid on a weapon fabrication factory in the Wukari area of Taraba State....
The Anambra State Police Command has earmarked 17 buildings harbouring criminals for demolition in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, disclosed this at...
The Federal Government on Saturday confirmed the availability of the Eagle Square in Abuja for the May Day celebration slated for Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress...
The Ogun State government has acquired security drones in a bid to check criminal activities in the state. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, stated this...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering the postponement of this year’s national population census. Ortom had on April...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Saturday the May Day celebration would take place on the streets of Abuja to deepen the labour unions’ reconnection...
Fire on Friday night gutted a building apartment inside the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The incident which occurred at 11:30p.m., on...
The Federal Government on Saturday, responded to criticisms over the $1.2 million budgeted for the evacuation of Nigerians trapped in Sudan. With deaths now well over...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The Population and Housing Census, which was earlier scheduled for...
The First Lady of Anambra State, Nonye Soludo, on Friday, described the performance of women in the last general elections in Nigeria as unsatisfactory. In a...
The Federal Government will begin the evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan on Saturday. The Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian...
The former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for refusing...
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the extension of the tenure of the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, by 35 days The...
The Nigerian Army on Friday completed pre-deployment training for 197 troops for a peace-keeping mission in Gambia. Troops of the Nigerian Company 8 ECOWAS Mission in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday asked the United States, the United Kingdom, and the rest of the international community to impose a travel ban...
A CSO known as the Nigerian Watch Front Group has expressed concern over the continuous stay in office of the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry...
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has disagreed with the United Nations Children Emergency Fund’s (UNICEF) figure of over 20 million out of school children it recorded...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday, appealed to governments at all levels to subsidise the cost of kidney disease treatment, lamenting that cases...
The Federal Government said on Thursday the first batch of Nigerians returning from war-torn Sudan would arrive in the country on Friday. The Chairman of the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed the bail application filed by alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu. Mamu, who was arrested by Egyptian security agents...
Nigerian students trapped in Sudan following clashes between rival military forces have decried the shoddy evacuation arrangements by the Federal Government’s officials. The students, who are...
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday suspended the removal of fuel subsidy. The Federal Government had earlier planned to remove the fuel subsidy in June...
Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa had spurred reactions on her Twitter handle with her tweet about the evacuation of Nigerians in...
GetFundedAfrica (GFA) and Ripples Nigeria have entered into a strategic partnership, the duo announced in a statement. The partnership will see GFA, a tech-based marketplace uplifting...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal, challenging the Wednesday, ruling of Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, performed the Nigerian Army Colour Presentation ceremony at the Eagle Square in Abuja, where 53 regimental colours used in order of...
At least five soldiers reportedly died on Monday after their vehicle hit a land mine suspected to have been planted by the Islamic State West Africa...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the sum of N6 billion for the construction of the corporate headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Wednesday the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, would begin operation before May 29. Sirika ,who disclosed this to...
The Ogun State Government has alerted communities between Lagos and Ogun States to relocate to avoid flood disasters. The state’s Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, who...
An All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in Enugu State, Dons Udeh, who was declared missing by his family has been found dead by the...
The organised labour in Ekiti State have asked the Federal Government to increase the workers’ minimum wage to N100,000 if it removes fuel subsidy. The federal...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three police officers and the demotion of five others for misconduct. The PSC’s Head of Press...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has spent $1.2m to evacuate 2,400 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan to Cairo,...
A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, is dead. Gwadabe died on Tuesday night in Kano after a protracted illness. He was 86....
The Lagos State police command has begun an investigation into circumstances that led to the death of a Bolt car passenger in the state. The command’s...
The lawmaker representing Jos South and East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to address the ongoing...
Two Nigerian men, Chife Monday, 27, and Igwemma James, 33, have been arrested by the police in India for allegedly defrauding over 700 women using a...
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has named the State’s International Airport located in Onueke, Ezza local government area after President Muhammadu Buhari after securing approval...
A report, released by the World Bank on Tuesday, has shown that the increasing wave of Nigerians leaving the country, popularly called ‘Japa’ syndrome, could afterall...
Some locations across the country might experience power outage after the Federal Government announced the disconnection of some power companies from the national grid. The Market...
Atlanta Global Resources Inc. of the United States and the Federal Government, acting through the Ministry of the Niger Delta, have agreed to collaborate on a...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, said on Tuesday he retired a permanent secretary in the state’s civil service prematurely because of the official’s inability to...
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned on the upsurge in terrorism in Nigeria due to the ongoing crisis in Sudan. In a statement on...
