Members of the House of Representatives committee on power on Wednesday frowned at the 2021 budget of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) demanded for N2.1...
Luck has run out for the suspected killers of a former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Mante Baraza, as they have been...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with some notable traditional rulers across the country at the State House, Abuja. The traditional rulers are led...
Nigerians have reacted angrily on social media condemning the reported death of an intern reporter with Gboah TV, Pelumi Onifade in the custody of the Lagos...
Professor Mahmood Yakubu achieved a new national record when he received President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement for a second term as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral...
A 45-year-old mechanic, Amusu Olajide, has been remanded in police custody for biting off his wife’s three fingers. Mr Olajide pleaded guilty in a Magistrates’ court...
Katsina State government has shut down all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the state and 27,000 have returned to their homes. The state Commissioner for...
Oil prices slipped on Thursday as the chances of Joe Biden, the Democratic Party presidential candidate in the U.S., brightened in a nerve-racking race for the...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a four-man fact finding team to visit Oyigbo in Rivers State over reports of killings in the area....
A group of angry protesters on Wednesday, surrounded the TCF Center in Detroit, calling to “stop the count,” as votes were nearly done being counted. This...
The mysterious disease killing people in Ute-Okpu and Idumesa communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State has persisted for more than two...
Naira weakened against the United States dollar on Wednesday at the parallel market, closing at N464, 0.23% lower than the N463 it exchanged for at the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa West senatorial district by-election, Peremobowei Ebebi, has been disqualified from the exercise over document forgery. Ebebi was disqualified...
The United Nations (UN) has announced that it has temporarily suspended humanitarian services in the troubled eastern part of South Sudan after the killing of two...
The Nigerian government will today (Thursday) complete the sale agreement process of state-owned Afam Power Plant to the Transcorp Power Consortium, a deal valued at N105...
Rafael Nadal has expressed gratitude for the privilege to still be playing even at the age of 34 as he clinched his 1000th win in ATP...
Police Affairs Minister, Muhammad Dingyadi, has explained the reason government intends to stick with the AK-47 assault rifle as weapon of choice for the newly-formed Special...
The Ogun State government has revealed when local government elections will commence even as the constitution of the State Electoral Commission still remains pending. Governor Abiodun...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that electronic voting machines will be deployed during the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. This was made known...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has been berated by the Biafra Nations Youth League (BNYL) for attributing the ongoing crisis in Oyigbo Local Government...
Preaching unity On October 28, President Muhammadu Buhari urged Nigerians to shun all actions and comments capable of putting the unity of the country in jeopardy....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday presented a budget of N29,861,694,947 billion to the National Assembly for its operations in 2021. A breakdown...
Access Bank Plc has been alleged of illegally barring access to an account used for the promotion of the media coverage of the #EndSARS protests and...
The Governor Yahaya Bello-led government of Kogi State has been ordered to pay the former deputy governor of the state, Simon Achuba the sum of N180...
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos has condemned the call for social media censorship by Northern States Governors following a forum with Northern States Emirs and...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Nigeria drops to 146th position in Corruption Perception Index Nigeria has dropped to 146th position...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 155 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday rejected the planned censorship of social media by the Federal Government. The party in a statement issued by its...
Nigeria has dropped to 146th position in the latest Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The CPI is an index published annually by Berlin-based Transparency International which...
The equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded marginal appreciation on Wednesday amidst liquidity concerns that saw trade volume fall by 14.8% over the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday expressed concern over fresh plans by the Federal Government to secure an additional $1.2 billion loan from the Brazilian...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Wednesday the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were yet to reach...
Spanish giants Barcelona maintained their 100% start to the Champions League season after beating Dynamo Kyiv on matchday three on Wednesday night. Kyiv fielded a significantly...
The Edo State government said on Wednesday it would organize a “low-key” second-term inauguration for Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu, next week. The...
Police on Wednesday arraigned 24 suspects at the Kano Chief Magistrate Court, Nomansland, over their alleged involvement in the #EndSARS protest in the state. The suspects...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday declared its readiness to end the nine-month industrial action and return to the classroom. The Ibadan Zonal...
The campaign of United States President, Donald Trump, said on Wednesday it had asked a court to suspend the counting of votes in the pivotal state...
United States President, Donald Trump, has lamented the sudden large votes being recorded by former Vice-President Joe Biden, his Democratic Party challenger. Biden has taken the...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disclosed that President Buhari has approved the upward review of salaries of police officers. He said also that that...
Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru, on Wednesday presented the 2021 budget proposal of N156.58 billion for the state’s House of Assembly. The budget was tagged: “Budget...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Wednesday the commission would begin another round of voter registration in the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in all the 23 local government areas of the state with immediate effect. The state’s...
Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi has wished Legendary World Cup winner Diego Maradona well after the latter went through a brain surgery in his native Argentina. Messi...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday directed security agencies to be ruthless with bandits terrorizing the state. The governor gave the directive when the state’s...
Members of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to probe the role of soldiers in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters in the...
A pregnant woman was reportedly killed on Tuesday evening during a gun duel between gunmen suspected to be kidnappers and security agents at Rigachikun, Igabi local...
A Nigerian-born pharmacist, Oye Owolewa, was on Tuesday elected as a shadow member of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. Owolewa...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday signed an executive order on the establishment of the Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund. Sanwo-Olu, who signed the executive...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, said on Wednesday the commission was battling 1,700 litigations arising from 2019 general elections in...
For several days across social media platforms, many Nigerians have kept up with the fight against undemocratic government policies. Wednesday was no different. Users of these...
