Despite the ruling of the Supreme Court validating the circulation of old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender till December 31 of this year, some...
A pandemic-prompted change in working practices has brought about only slight progress for women in senior leadership, according to Grant Thornton’s 2023 International Business Report (IBR)...
Suspected political thugs on Friday attacked the convoy of the Labour Party governorship candidate, Jonathan Asake, in Kaduna State. Asake’s media aide, James Swan, who confirmed...
The National Population Commission (NPC) expressed fear on Friday that the postponement of the governorship and state house of assembly elections might affect the commencement of...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday threatened to revoke licences of broadcast stations that engage in activities capable of undermining peaceful coexistence in the country....
Justice Elvis Ngene of the Ebonyi State High Court 1, Abakaliki, on Friday, restrained the police from arresting the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate,...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has threatened to order the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. The Supreme Court...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested members of two syndicates allegedly involved in the production and distribution of counterfeit United States Dollars...
The Lagos State government has confirmed the discharge of 32 survivors of Thursday’s train accident from different hospitals in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health,...
The Lagos State police command has handed over four suspected electoral offenders to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for prosecution. The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin,...
The recent postponment of the gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections, according to the chairman of the National Population Commission, (NPC) Nasir Kwarra, may delay the...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has called for the arrest of a chieftain of the All Progressives...
The Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has expressed his confidence that Nigerian youths are close to taking over governance and creating their dream...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, has been appointed the Acting Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State following the dissolution of the party’s caretaker...
The lawyers defending the founder of Futures Exchange (FTX), Sam Bankman-Fried, have hinted that the trial of the former billionaire might be delayed due to access...
A train and a Lagos State BRT staff bus collided on Thursday morning in the Shogunle neighborhood of Ikeja, leaving six persons dead, and over 82...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the postponement of the...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday appealed to the people of the state to accept the old naira notes. The governor’s call came a...
The National Welfare Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Friday Nwosu, is dead. Nwosu died in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in...
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Niger, Umar Nasko, has switched to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Nasko was defeated...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of complicity in the fire accident at the popular Akere auto-spare parts market...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the suspension of campaign activities in honour of the victims of the train accident in the state. At...
A clash at a political rally by political thugs in Bauchi state ahead of the governorship election has left one person dead, with about 15 other...
A Magistrate court in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, has remanded the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Gerald Irona, in prison. The presiding magistrate,...
The work permit, visa, and residence permit of Roger Brown, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy Plc one of Nigeria’s biggest oil company has been...
The Federal Government generated N5.3 trillion from Value Added Tax (VAT) and Company Income Tax in 2022. This represents a 42.14 per cent increase from the...
A group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has alleged of schemes to assassinate the Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. This...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday returned to the country after a four-day trip to Doha, Qatar, where he participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on...
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State on Wednesday declared support for the Labour Party governorship candidate in the state,...
Police operatives in Imo have arrested the state’s former deputy governor, Gerald Irona. The former deputy governor was arrested in his residence in Owerri, the state...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a member of the House of Representatives from Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, Dr. Chinyere Igwe, for alleged money laundering at the...
The leadership of the Accord Party in Oyo State has dumped the party’s candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, for Governor Seyi Makinde ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in...
In the spirit of this year’s International Women’s Day, Labour Party presidential candidate in the just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, has reiterated the need for greater...
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday denounced the growing ethnic rift in his state as Nigeria gears up for the upcoming next round...
Richard Hugh Montgomery has been appointed by the United Kingdom government as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria. Montgomery is replacing Catriona Laing, who has...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has pardoned 12 inmates on death row in the state. The spokesman for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NIS), Kano State...
The Lagos State government has started the release of impounded vehicles to their owners free of charge. The state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will confer the Democracy Icon Award on President Muhammadu Buhari for promoting democracy as a system of government...
Police on Tuesday banned the use of dogs for security at polling units during Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections in the country. The Force...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, will on Wednesday deliver a ruling in an application filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking leave to configure...
Justice R.I.B Adebiyi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 6, 2023, further adjourned till March 24, 2023 for the adoption...
The conduct of the 2023 National Census scheduled to hold between March 29 and April 2, may not be feasible as the Nigerian government has raised...
When Mohammed Taoheed, a 200-level Law student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto heard that the school would be locked after examination for the 2023 General Election,...
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the just-completed election, made social media trends after stating that the party’s protests would last for...
The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into the death of soldiers in Sokoto State. A soldier attached to the Forward Operations Base in Rabbah, Sokoto,...
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday condemned the attacks by criminals in Kano and Zamfara States. Gunmen had during the weekend killed a Divisional Police...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday at least 61 persons had been killed by diphtheria in Kano State. Diphtheria is a contagious...
The Yobe State government has lifted a ban on the use of motorcycles across seven local government areas of the state. The state government banned the...
The Delta State government has approved 65 years as the retirement age for teaching and non-teaching staff in all educational institutions in the state. It also...
Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunus of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Monday granted bail to the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa. Ado-Doguwa, who...
