Suspected bandits had kidnapped 12 police officers on a special assignment in Nigeria’s North-West. The BBC reports that the officers were abducted along the Katsina-Zamfara highway...
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday formally confirmed his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor had last week told the national...
A petitioner, Mrs. Esther Tanko, on Tuesday, begged the Independent Investigative Panel probing the activities of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to help her to...
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Abdelaziz bin Salman, said on Tuesday the major oil countries might have to adapt their current production strategy in the face of...
The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone successfully held the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a goalless draw in a matchday four encounter of the Africa Cup...
World football governing body, FIFA has moved this season’s Club World Cup from December 2020 to February 2021 because of Covid-19 restrictions. The new 1-11 February...
A woman simply identified as Gladys who was locked up in a cage in Delta State for four years over an alleged witchcraft has been rescued....
Police on Tuesday arraigned a 19-year-old motor boy, Akeem Toheeb, at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, over alleged unlawful possession of a...
All is yet to be heard about the #EndSARS protests of October and the subsequent alleged intimidation by government, as the protesters have continued to pursue...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said on Tuesday he was in firm control of the Nigeria Police Force despite the claim to the contrary. In...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said on Tuesday President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to prevent the repeat of the recent #EndSARS protests in the...
The former Abia State governor and current chief whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed interest to buy 35 per cent stake in...
Former Minister of Aviation under President Goodluck Jonathan, Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a swipe at Northern politician, Buba Galadima, following his comments that the North will...
A 50- year-old man, Dahiru Buba, who trekked from Gombe State to Abuja in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari following his victory in 2015, has been...
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has presented the sum of N112.92 billion as 2021 budget proposal to the State House of Assembly for consideration...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed its case against the deputy speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji and the clerk,...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted the ban imposed on Lufthansa, Air France/KLM and has thus given the approval for the airlines to operate international...
Daily we read of all sorts of feedback from the authorities. Among these are protesters being labelled terrorists, accounts frozen with support from the courts, detentions,...
A study by a group of researchers at Cardiff University have discovered that mouthwash containing at least 0.07 percent cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) showed “promising signs” of...
A 30-year-old trader, Onyendu Eze, has been arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. It was learnt that the...
Men of the Nigeria Police Force have besieged the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos with reports revealing that their mission is to prevent a meeting on...
Wooing the world On November 12, President Muhammadu Buhari admitted that Nigeria’s ethnic and cultural diversities, including her youthful population, constitute unusual challenges but charged the...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Lagos-based VC launches $3m fund for African tech startups Pacer Ventures,...
Oil prices drifted up on Tuesday amid hopes that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies will retain current output reduction for a minimum...
Former United States First Lady, Michelle Obama, has called on President Donald Trump to concede defeat to President-elect, Joe Biden, following his victory at the November...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned the case seeking to disqualify the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adetokunbo Abiru, in the...
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, is of the opinion that there are some evil forces fighting against the nation under President Muhammadu Buhari and...
The police in Rivers State have arrested a councilor in the state, Blackson Nwanyawu (JP), from Etche local government area for allegedly battering his brother’s wife,...
A Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos has quashed a move to detain an #EndSARS protester, Eromosele Adene, for an extra 30 days. The court on Tuesday granted...
Consumer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc has announced its profit for the nine-month period to September 2020 grew by 1,950% or N440.889 million, relative to the same...
The National Security Council (NSC) quarterly meeting was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding. In attendance were ministers, service chiefs and...
Not less than 11 persons have been reportedly killed and many others injured by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at Albasu village of Sabon Birnin...
Timipre SylvaThe Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has justified the hike in the pump price of petrol from between N158 and N162 per...
Haruna Kuye, district head of Gidan Zaki, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state, has been shot dead alongside his son. The state commissioner for...
The Nigerian government Monday affirmed that its new upward review of the retail price of gasoline was triggered by the progress recorded by New-York based pharmaceutical...
In this concluding part, ARINZE CHIJIOKE discovers that apart from the Obohia-Ohuru-Aba Road, there are similar projects initiated by the NDDC in Abia State which have either been abandoned, not started...
The President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden has stated that the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules...
The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has stated that he will not intervene in the case of controversial millionaire Shepherd Bushiri who fled South Africa for...
Following the continuation of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Ikorodu road, the Lagos State Government has announced a six weeks partial closure of the service lane...
The Nigerian government is looking to establish a fund for the running of a bridge bank that is mandated to keep insolvent lenders from going under...
The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has advocated the need to rebuild the trust of citizens in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests which...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has announced that his administration is partnering with telecommunications service providers to provide free internet service to students for e-learning...
The Edo State government has trained 877 special police constables for community policing in the state. The constables, trained under the Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Community Police...
The day (Tuesday) has finally come when the Super Eagles of Nigeria will again take on the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in a matchday four...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has accused his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose of effectively ‘killing’ local council development areas in the state with politics...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has refuted reports that the country’s decision to close its borders prompted Ghanaian authorities’ to clampdown on Nigerian traders doing...
The Nigerian government said it would open the floodgate of petrol imports and provide the foreign exchange required for the purpose to marketers in the hope...
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, the son of legendary creator of the music genre, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has reacted to threats by the Lagos State Police Command...
The money laundering trial of Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex President Goodluck Jonathan has been adjourned till February...
The Rivers State government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has approved Monday, November 23, as date for the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the...
