Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 187 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Tuesday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to guide against the enthronement of godfatherism in the state. The...
The equity section of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained its advancing momentum on Tuesday, adding N54.415 billion, with banking stocks driving volume. Medium and large-cap...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday ratified the removal of Mr. Adesoji Adagunodo as chairman of the party in...
A former Commissioner for Home Affairs in Lagos, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, has declared his intention to vie for the state’s governorship seat in 2023. Abdul-Lateef declared...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said on Tuesday the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq did...
Tottenham Hotspur have secured a spot in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup after defeating Chelsea on penalties in an entertaining fourth-round encounter. The game ended...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Education Secretary in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State, Ishaka Abdullahi, over alleged...
The continent of Africa is set to host the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time in 84 years when the city of Durban in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday replaced two non-career ambassadors-designate he appointed in July. In a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the plenary,...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of one Aisha Umar as the Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) caused an uproar in the Senate on Tuesday. The...
The Katsina State government on Tuesday ordered schools in the state to reopen on October 5. The state’s Commissioner of Education, Badamasi Lawal, disclosed this in...
Justice Ayo Salami, the Chairman of the president panel probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, for alleged...
The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old man, Gbenga Aluko, to death for cult-related activities. Police arraigned Aluko for being...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to approve the appointment of eight new Supreme Court justices. In the letter read by the Senate President,...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has faulted his Bayelsa State counterpart, Douye Diri, over his comments on the disputed Soku oil well. Wike, who insisted...
A British Commercial Court has ordered the release of the $200 million used as a guarantee in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to...
The Irish Football Association has handed a six-match ban on Coleraine striker, Eroin Bradley, for urinating on the pitch. The incident occurred during the Irish Cup...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate approval for the refund of N148 billion spent on federal roads to five states in the country. The Senate...
Nigerian youths; policy markers, lawmakers, media and civil society leaders will gather in Abuja on 1st of October, 2020 to debate and formulate strategies to promote...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has lamented the trend of deliberate refusal by some states in Nigeria to carry out adequate testing and has...
A State High Court in Jos, has dismissed the application of former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, who sought...
There are indications that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, would submit the 2021 federal budget estimates to the National Assembly next week. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, gave...
Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma has requested the head of a commission investigating corruption during his presidency to step aside over alleged “bias”, his...
Supreme Mavin Dynasty (SMD) singer, Rema had called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to explain to him how his father, Justice Ikubor, a high-ranking member...
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) sees the country’s pay TV space undergoing the much-anticipated disruption that will open it up to affordable and value-reflective rates as...
Uganda will soon begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine called Self Replicating RNA, which it has developed through a partnership between Uganda Virus Research Institute...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Nigeria’s MAX.ng secures $1m in oversubscribed bond One of Nigeria’s mobility...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has ridiculed reports that he is taking a fifth wife. Fani-Kayode who is separated from his fourth wife, Precious Chikwendu,...
About 300 youths engaged by the Cross River State government as rice farmers have protested the non payment of their three months salaries. The youths, who...
A former governor of Osun State and pioneer Interim Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has said that the Yoruba will be in...
Experiences over the years have shown that subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) is a burden that must be lifted off the shoulder of the government,...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that it will begin the National Business Sample Census, 22 years after the last one. The exercise is...
The Nigerian Army has backed the ongoing relocation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) embarked upon by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. Col Sagir Musa, Acting...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council Chairman, for the Ondo State Governorship election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Monday that plans are underway to construct...
Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has declared that at 60 Nigeria still grapples with issues of social justice, equity, religious and inter-ethnic intolerance....
Nigeria is responsible for an estimated 46% of the $89 billion illegal money outflow from Africa, typically stolen funds and money from tax evasion that leave...
Lecturers in Rivers State-owned universities risk being sanctioned if they resume academic activities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Monday. ASUU National President,...
I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw fuel subsidy and...
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has distanced itself from the N2.67bn school feeding money found in private accounts. The money was...
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has blamed the imposition of candidate at the party’s primary for the defeat...
The government of Niger State has announced a date for the reopening of public and private schools in the state as cases of the deadly Covid-19...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), kick started the process of migrating the nation to electronic voting from the current manual system. The commission, according to...
A fraudster, Tunde Martins has been sentenced to seven years in prison over N30 million fraud by the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere. Justice Josephine Oyefeso...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple, Niyi and Remilekun Folorunsho for allegedly being in possession of a human skull. Also arrested was a...
Dumping shakara President Muhammadu Buhari, on September 22, admitted the true state of the Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in the country. This was contained in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning 1. Nigeria immigration deploys special force to tackle bandits, kidnappers in North West The...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 136 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, said on Monday the service would deploy 2,000 Special Force in the North West to restore...
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday met with the families of policemen and members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) killed by Boko Haram...
