Engineer David Nweze Umahi is the current executive Governor of Ebonyi State in south-eastern Nigeria. The 56-year old bespectacled quintessential gentleman is married to Rachel and...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has demanded the CNN be sanctioned over its recent report on the shooting and alleged killing of unarmed...
Oil prices weakened Thursday, with an uptick in COVID-19 infections and stricter curbs on economies around the world fuelling worries over weaker fuel demand, casting shadow...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has said that he has no regrets proscribing the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Rivers State. He said he...
The domestic storage capacity of Nigeria’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) now stands at 69,698 metric tonnes (mt), after the completion of construction works at a new...
The National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance (CAGG) Olusegun Bamgbose, has warned Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will frustrate...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has described Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, as a ‘walking dead man’ who will soon...
An Abuja-based lawyer and human rights activist, Philip Agbese, has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, begging him to consider leading new negotiations with...
Kenechukwu Okeke, the human rights lawyer who filed a law suit against 50 Nigerians whom he accused of promoting the recent #EndSARS protests, has also threatened...
Jordan Nwora, son of former D’Tigers coach Alex Nwora, was among eight Nigerian basketballers that got drafted by America’s National Basketball Association (NBA). The 22-year-old, who...
Naira depreciated further against the United States dollar on Wednesday on the black market, exchanging at N478 as the momentum of increasing demand from traders and...
Three United States Senators have indicated their intention to introduce a legislation seeking to halt Donald Trump administration’s effort to sell more than $23bn of drones...
The police in Uganda have confirmed the death of three people and the wounding of a dozen others after demonstrations erupted in the streets of Kampala...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has declared that the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to send representatives to the botched meeting of South-South...
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has sent to the Kwara State House of Assembly an executive bill to repeal the law granting payment of monthly pension to former...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has scaled the hurdle of obtaining members’ consent to list its own shares, bringing it close to consummating a corporate transformation...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is threatening to turn into the next pandemic if unchecked....
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said another governor, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to defect to the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday grilled the management of Northlink Insurance Brokers Plc for providing insurance cover for two grounded aircrafts...
The Edo State Police Command has paraded 18 fleeing inmates who had escaped after the recent jailbreaks at the two Medium Security Correctional Centres in Benin...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to show its commitment to revitalization of public...
Ndume’s grouse For the umpteenth time, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has kicked against Nigerian Government’s reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into...
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines alone would not put an end to the pandemic. The agency’s Emergencies Programme Director, Mike Ryan...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the lawmakers would do everything to deliver a policing system that works for all Nigerians. Gbajabiamila’s...
Northern governors have said that their position on the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigerian Police was misconstrued by some people....
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) found resilience on Wednesday after three straight trading days of loss as speculators renewed interest in major industrial and consumer goods...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 236 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced a slip in after-tax profit for the nine-month period to September 2020 as huge operating expenditure continued to hurt...
Public schools in New York, United States, are expected to close for in-person learning from Thursday due to a statewide surge in COVID-19 cases. The city’s...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday shared the sum of N604.004 billion among the three tiers of government as revenue allocation for October. The...
The Nigeria Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 5,371kilogram of cannabis worth N15 million in Lagos. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Ralph Igwenagu,...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will resume talks on ongoing efforts to end the eight-month strike by the varsity lecturers...
The Lagos State government said on Wednesday the ban on commercial motorcycles (Okadas) and tricycles (Keke Napep) in 15 local government areas in the state is...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, insisted on Wednesday the Nigerian Army was professional in its conduct and observed the rule of engagement...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed happiness over the defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The president, in...
Soldiers convicted by military courts at different times for various offences on Wednesday challenged their illegal detention at the Federal High Court, Lagos. In a fundamental...
Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has apologised to Nigerian football fans following the recent lacklustre outings by the Super Eagles, hinting at relieving...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, for calling him a dictator who controls the structure of the Peoples...
The family of a 19-year-old boy, Friday Arunsi, who was allegedly murdered on April 17 by a drunken police constable in Abia State on Wednesday demanded...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over 12 assets belonging to Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, over N69.4billion debt. AMCON’s Spokesman,...
Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, has urged all operators in the private sector to commit one per cent of their profits to fund the health...
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, said on Wednesday the state government was not directly involved in mining activities or own goldfields...
A new investigative report concerning the October 20 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by military men at the Lekki Toll Gate, emerged on Wednesday and got the...
The founder and Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has predicted doom and disaster for Nigeria and Nigerians in 2021. Ayodele said...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the Federal Government would implement the report on post-COVID-19 initiatives on the creative industry. Mohammed...
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday charged the youths to get involved in politics ahead of 2023 general elections....
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday, dismissed the motion for stay of execution filed by the leadership of the state House...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a manhunt for the mastermind of Monday’s abduction of some commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The troops had identified the...
The Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Musiliu Owolabi, to death by hanging for killing his lover, Afusat Idowu. The state’s...
The federal government on Wednesday said it does not intend to effect an increase in taxes any time soon. The Federal Government on Wednesday ruled out...
