The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday raised concern about the potential economic toll of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) if left unchecked. The United Nations health agency...
The Lagos State police command has confirmed the death of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ijanikin Police Station, CSP Bolaji Olugbenga. The command...
The death toll from last Tuesday’s fuel tanker explosion in Jigawa State has increased to 167. Emergency responders and health workers have earlier counted 100 bodies...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday troops deployed to theatres of operation killed 101 suspected terrorists in the Northern part of the country in the past...
Police operatives on Thursday night killed two suspected kidnappers during a raid on their hideout in Enugu State. The spokesman for the state police command, Daniel...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Friday, charged the Federal Government to prioritise investments in agricultural to tackle food shortage...
Former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has come in for severe criticism after he showered praises on leader of the Hamas militant group, Yahya...
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, arrested three suspected terrorist informants in Taraba State. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed...
Bashir Ahmad, former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has come under severe criticism after he showered praises on the slain leader on the Hamas militant group,...
The Kogi State Government has announced a ban on vehicular movement this Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to facilitate a smooth local council election....
The Nigerian government has heightened surveillance measures to prevent the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), following Rwanda’s first outbreak declaration on September 27, 2024. Dr....
Senator Orji Kalu has come out in defense of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of Nigeria’s struggling economy. In an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on...
National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has strongly condemned policemen and soldiers involved in stealing and selling arms and ammunition to criminal elements. Speaking in Abuja during...
The Lagos State government has advised people living along the Ogun River banks to relocate to higher grounds. This followed the release of water from the...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two suspected smugglers with a speed boat carrying 350 bags of fertilizers en route to Cameroon. The Commander of Forward Operating...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said on Thursday the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would take delivery of 50 brand new aircraft...
Aggrieved customers of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) have been having a field day castigating the financial institution following their inability to access banking services for some...
The former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, on Thursday expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu’s administration would rescue Nigeria from its age-long challenges. Yuguda, who spoke...
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has called for applications for the 19th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). A...
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday kicked against the move by the House...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, called its 15th witness in the trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for...
Nigeria has officially received its first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccine, courtesy of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This milestone marks a significant...
Mushab Almustapha can still recall the fateful Tuesday in late July —when the rain and circumstances ‘conspired’ against him. Torrential rains had transformed his neighborhood into...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, touched down in Sweden for a two-day working visit aimed at strengthening trade and bilateral ties between the two...
The Federal Government and Organised Labour have joined forces to address the escalating costs of transportation and essential commodities, particularly food items in the country. This...
Aloy Ejimakor, the Iead counsel to detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has addressed rumours that Kanu has been released from...
A devastating petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has claimed the lives of scores of people, prompting an outpouring...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has emphasized the urgent need for the establishment of regional power grids to address the frequent collapses of Nigeria’s electricity...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have expressed displeasure over the inauguration of a...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to investigate the circumstances surrounding...
The presidency said on Wednesday the absence of President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Kashim Shettima would not create a leadership vacuum in the country. President...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday departed Abuja for a two-day visit to Sweden. The Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Vice President, Mr....
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reverse the recently increased prices of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol and...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the government would pay N85,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state. The governor stated this...
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court on Wednesday summoned two prosecution witnesses, Bashir Sale and Salisu Sani, to testify in the ongoing trial of a suspected mosque...
A court in Moscow on Wednesday fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles ($41,400) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia. The court said in a...
The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the delay in submitting the 2025 budget proposal to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. This followed...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, and his son Folarin, aka Falz, have demanded a public apology from the controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka...
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU), on Wednesday,...
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to expedite the transmission of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to the National Assembly....
Leaders from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently in talks with the Federal Government over a number of pressing...
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has warned the Federal Government even as he claimed that the government was intimidating the British...
Representatives of the Oyo State Government and the Organised Labour will, tomorrow (Thursday), begin negotiations on consequential adjustment for a new minimum wage in the state....
The founder of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has urged critics to desist from criticising the church’s decisions regarding the retirement of...
The Economic and Financial Criminal Commission (EFCC) has denied arresting a journalist with Urban Radio 94.5FM Enugu, Favour Ekoh, on air. The management of the radio...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned the alleged inhumane treatment of the Super Eagles in Libya. Libyan officials subjected the Nigerian contingent to a hostage...
The Delta State government has projected the sum of N936 billion as a 2025 budget proposal. The state’s Commissioner for Economic Planning, Sunny Ekedayen, stated this...
The Federal Government has reconstituted a seven-member renegotiation committee to address the 2009 agreements with trade unions in the universities. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir...
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting former defence minister...
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports on the forceful ejection of personnel from the Falomo Barracks in Lagos State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa...
