‘Ye’ crooner, Burna Boy has added his voice to calls for “institutional reform” in Nigeria while also demanding that that men of the Nigeria Police Force...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday arrested nine persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Ibadan zonal office of...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Nigeria’s Airsmat secures $100,000 funding from UK Airsmat, a Nigerian based...
The House of Representatives has set a new date for the second reading of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2020. This was made known on Wednesday...
A former president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has said that the #EndSARS and #SARSMustEnd protests shows the need for comprehensive reform of the Nigeria Police....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has prayed the court to dismiss the no-case submission filed by a suspected internet fraudster, Ismail Mustapha, alias Mompha....
Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday reportedly disrupted the endSARS protests in Abuja. The hoodlums armed with cutlasses, reportedly invaded the protest venue at Berger junction harassing people...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and African Action Congress (AAC) have expressed disapproval over the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, a Special Assistant on Social Media to...
EndSARS protesters have been advised not to get distracted or drag down the ongoing protests against police brutality. An activist actively participating in the protest and...
Nigerian youths do not seem to be ready to drop their protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings, at least for now. This is especially as...
The Nigerian government will seek to proscribe milk imports by 2022 as Africa’s biggest economy eyes self-sufficiency in dairy production, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has informed that 25 out of 36 states of the federation have domesticated the Child Rights Act which was...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said Nigeria aspires to expand its oil reserves alongside its condensates enormously to 40 billion barrels by 2025, London-based energy...
The recent demonstrations that characterized the Nigeria’s 60th Independence day’s anniversary and the continuous persecution of Nigerians in some countries abroad show that the country needs...
Nigerians have been asked to report COVID-19 and other health issues via a newly launched online portal by the Federal Government. The Ministry of Health’s Permanent...
The Nigerian government has set up a stakeholders’ engagement on internal security and conflict. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, launched the meeting in Maiduguri, Borno...
A wave of protests has spread through Nigeria as citizens call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigeria police. This...
The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Chikwuemeka Nwajiuba, and executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) met on Tuesday in Abuja, in...
Nigeria has become Africa’s biggest rice producer, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono said in Abuja on Tuesday at an occasion commemorating the 2020...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was wrong to nominate his aide, Lauretta Onochie,...
Finally, the backs of the teeming youth population have finally hit the wall. They have been brutalized, maligned, raped and rendered totally inconsequential. They have even...
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has had his position on President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2021 budget proposal seriously opposed by many of his colleagues. On Tuesday,...
Canada has issued a stern warning to China against its “coercive diplomacy,” repressive measures in Hong Kong and detentions of Uighur Muslims which it said are...
Trouble is brewing in Mali again after heavily armed militants killed dozens of civilians and soldiers in a series of attacks in Mali with two of...
In its bid to reduce maternal mortality to the barest minimum, the federal government has set up the Nigeria Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly...
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has stated that if his estranged deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi has honour, he should resign and if he...
Nigerian government’s wage bill climbed by 150 per cent in the five-year period between 2015 and 2020, Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed said Tuesday at the...
Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan has kicked against the proposed formation of a new unit to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery...
The Kwara State government has told the labour movement in the state, that the government cannot meet its demands as it has other pressing matters to...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of eight Justices of the Court of Appeal as Justices of the Supreme Court. President Muhammadu Buhari recently...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted that the Nigerian economy will slow down by 4.3% this year, reversing it from its earlier projection of -5.4%. The...
August 24, 2020, Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of the most populous black nation on earth was just waking up when I approached the gates of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of his special assistant on social media, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. FG shifts commencement of 774,000 public works programme to November 1 The Federal...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 225 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Federal Government has rescheduled the commencement of the Public Works Programme aimed at engaging 774,000 unemployed Nigerians to November 1. The programme was initially slated...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shut down seven examination centres in Bayelsa State over alleged violation of rules and regulations guiding Unified Tertiary...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday it might consider the adoption of the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
The Nigerian bourse managed to make a slight advance on Tuesday following days of straight losses as profit-taking efforts limited gains. Stanbic, Nigerian Breweries, International Breweries,...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday warned security agents against killing of Nigerians as protests against brutality and extortion by police, particularly the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery...
Kelechi Iheanacho scored a goal for the Super Eagles in their 1-1 draw with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in a friendly game in Austria. The...
Justice Samuel Bola of the Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Tuesday, sentenced a panel beater, Modupe Oni, to life imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation will on Wednesday meet with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on the current security situation in the...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Tuesday the Federal Government would double the number of airports in Nigeria before the end of 2023 to...
The Ogun State Assembly on Tuesday directed the immediate past Managing Director of Ogun Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC), Jide Odusolu, to supply details of the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing #ENDSARS protests in various parts of the country. During the meeting...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has summoned officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to Abuja for psychological and medical examination. The IGP also...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called for stronger commitment among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of future elections in the country. The president...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, made a dramatic U-turn from his earlier position on the ongoing #ENDSARS protest and joined the protesters on Tuesday. The protesters...
A former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to adequately prepare the nation’s healthcare system against the second wave of...
