The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has deferred its planned strike, which was scheduled to begin on December 2, to allow the Federal Government to...
Police operatives in Borno have arrested six suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Nahum Daso, said in a statement on...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has urged parents to prevent their children from being exploited by selfish politicians to instigate violence during the local...
Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, has cautioned content creators to tone down negative rhetoric about Nigeria. Speaking at the National Global Media and...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday revealed how his government secured a debt relief for Nigeria in 2006. Obasanjo, who spoke on News Central TV, also...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said on Friday four of its members were killed in Thursday’s helicopter crash in Port-Harcourt....
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has approved a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state. The governor announced this after a...
The Cross River State government has confirmed two new cases of M-pox in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Ekpo Bassey,...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) will arraign the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, and his Finance counterpart, Shizzer Bada, for alleged false...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), over claims of contempt related...
House of Representatives member Afam Ogene, Labour Party Caucus Leader in the House of Representatives, on Friday, criticized the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its...
The Joint Health Sectors Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have declared a seven-day warning strike, effective midnight, October 25, 2024. This decision...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his profound condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Board, its employees, and the families affected by the tragic helicopter...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday officially performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the ambitious 1,068-kilometre Sokoto-Badagry superhighway project. The event took place at the project site in...
The House of Representatives has called on Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to stop charging public tertiary institutions the Band A tariff, following a motion sponsored by...
Nigeria’s Ministry of State for Petroleum Resources is targeting regions with high mineral exploration potential. Minister Heineken Lokpobiri announced this on Thursday, highlighting collaboration with the...
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has urged Nigerians to prioritize their safety amidst the country’s challenging times. In a statement issued on Thursday,...
Vice President Kashim Shettima will no longer represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa due to an aircraft issue. The trip...
The Senate, on Thursday, approved a funding structure for the newly established zonal development commissions, allocating 15 percent from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This decision followed...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, said on Thursday only a constitutional amendment would give the 37 Local Council Development Areas...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday at least 2.3 million children in Nigeria have not received routine immunization, thus putting them at risk...
President Bola Tinubu has reduced the number of vehicles in the convoys of ministers, and heads of the Federal Government’s agencies to three. The president also...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has given the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works a five-day ultimatum to honour its invitation or...
Police operatives have arrested at least 21 persons for an alleged attempt to disrupt last weekend’s local government election in Kaduna State. The spokesman for the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited )NNPCL) has confirmed that three of its workers died in the ill-fated helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,...
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to initiate a gradual withdrawal of old naira notes and ensure the circulation...
The Director- General of the World Trade Organization ( WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday denied claims she facilitated a $57.5 billion loan for the Biafra...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that approximately 71.5% of children in Borno State have not received complete vaccination against polio. Dr....
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has announced the approval of an N80,000 minimum wage for Enugu workers, effective October 2024. This development marks a significant...
On Thursday, the Federal Government launched a 46-member committee tasked with the critical job of identifying and reviewing obsolete laws in Nigeria. Attorney-General and Minister of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reshuffled his cabinet, relieving several ministers of their duties based on a performance review driven by public perception. This move is...
Primate Elijah Ayodele, Founder and Leader of INRI Spiritual Evangelical Church, has prophesied that Anambra State will soon get a seaport. Primate Ayodele who also stated...
The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, has emphasized that despite extensive efforts to combat polio, the ongoing spread of Circulating Variant...
Parts of the Federal Capital Territory will experience power outages on Thursday due to scheduled maintenance at the Kukwaba 132/33kV Transmission Substation by the Transmission Company...
The sacking of the Minister for Women Affairs, Uju-Kennedy Ohanenye by President Bola Tinubu in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, was reportedly celebrated by workers in...
The Association for Public Policy Analysis of the Electricity Consumers Protection and Advocacy Centre on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to conclude its investigation into...
Organised Labour in Abia State is pushing for what it terms a “consequential adjustment” regarding the new minimum wage. This demand was articulated following an inconclusive...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan of approximately $618 million from a consortium of financiers to purchase six fighter aircraft and ammunition for...
The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP), on Wednesday, condemned Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s threat to arrest beggars in Abuja, urging him...
The Senate on Wednesday called for the convocation of a national stakeholders’ summit to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country. This followed the...
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), has called for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers to deter foreigners from...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N78.3 billion for the construction of the Greater Dutse Water Supply Project in Jigawa State. The funds will...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has suspended the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mynin, over the suit challenging the establishment...
Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike has incurred the wrath of Nigerians after he allegedly used uncouth language and insulting words on some residents of Lugbe...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Kabiru Amadu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for scrapping the Ministry of Sports Development. President Tinubu...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Wednesday at least 1,191 persons have been killed by diphtheria across the country in the last 17...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday smashed camps of two armed groups in the South-East. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Wednesday announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state. The State Commissioner...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), sitting at Bwari, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Department of...
The Federal Government and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc are locked in a heated dispute over the N740.7 billion Section II Abuja-Kaduna Road project. Minister of Works,...
