Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Monday abducted 10 maritime workers in Rivers State. The victims were traveling from Bonny to Port Harcourt waterway when...
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports of the alleged abduction of 150 persons by terrorists in Sokoto State. In a statement released on Monday by the...
Police operatives in Canada have arrested Amaka Patience Sunnberger, the woman who threatened to poison the Yoruba and Benin people of Nigeria. The woman had last...
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday evening attacked the Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State and killed a number of people. The...
Three prominent groups in the North have endorsed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle’s comprehensive military operation to combat banditry in the North-West. The...
The former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has come under severe criticism after he mocked Governor Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy, for being childless. Oshiomhole,...
The Federal Government has filed a six-count charge against organizers of the recent hunger protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The organisers were accused of...
In response to the escalating violence from terrorists and bandits in the North West, particularly in Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi States, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, the...
Lead counsel to incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has accused the Nigerian government of tolerating what he calls...
A South-West coalition reportedly made up of over 100 groups under the auspices of Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement (AYDM), have warned those calling for the...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday announced a ban on Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations across the South-East region, effective today, October 1, 2024. This...
The Federal Government has launched a military campaign against the bandits terrorising states in the North-West. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, disclosed this...
The Kano State government has confirmed 10 persons dead following the outbreak of diphtheria in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran, confirmed...
Four persons died and 20 others were injured in an auto crash along the Ilesa-Akure express road in Osun State on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of...
The Lagos State government has set up a medical panel to review the circumstances leading to the death of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police,...
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (JOHESU/AHPA) on Saturday decried the prolonged abduction of a Registrar at the National Eye Centre...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 185 fatalities from floods in various parts of the country. The NEMA spokesman, Manzo Ezekiel, disclosed this in...
Flood triggered by days of torrential rain has destroyed 1,650 houses in Jajere and Yunusari towns of Yobe State. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency...
The federal government has taken a significant step towards addressing Nigeria’s longstanding electricity meter shortage. In a partnership with Chinese firms, the government aims to install...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 election, on Friday, strongly denounced recent “hate speech” attributed to Amaka Patience Sunnberger, a Nigerian woman...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ogun State on Friday suspended its 27-day-old strike for four weeks. The strike which began on August 3 paralyzed activities...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, and seven others to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors- General...
At least seven persons were declared missing and about 100 houses and farmlands were submerged by flood in Niger State on Friday. The Director-General of Niger...
The Nigeria Police Force has invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, for questioning over alleged criminal intimidation. He will appear at...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Friday attacked the Faudiya Islamic boarding School in Geidam, Yobe State, and killed three students. The spokesman for...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed nine suspected bandits and recovered dangerous automatic weapons and ammunition in Kaduna State. The army said in a post...
Oguntade Nafisat, an HND2 student of Accountancy at Federal Polytechnic, Ede, stated that during her ND1 days, her classes used to be held on the first...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a lawsuit filed against the organizers of the #EndBadGovernance protests, which took place across Nigeria earlier this...
Self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, has voiced support to the Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, who has been...
The House of Representatives has committed to tackling the obstacles that prevent tertiary institutions from utilizing the N500 billion in Tertiary Institutions Trust Fund (TETFund) currently...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday gave traders and other business owners one month to reduce prices of commodities. The Executive Vice-Chairman...
A soldier on Wednesday shot dead the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Wusagu Police Division in Kebbi State, Halliru Liman, in Zamfara State. The spokesman for...
The Labour Party has resolved to boycott the September 28 local government election in Anambra State. The LP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Theo Egbe,...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the newly appointed Brazilian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Areias, to prioritise the establishment of direct flights between the two...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday killed eight suspected bandits during a fighting patrol in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Thursday troops deployed to various theatres of operation killed 1,166 suspected terrorists in 29 days across the country. The Director...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has threatened to drag the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) to court for failure...
The House of Representatives on Thursday promised to look into the cases of unfunded federal agencies created by the Act of Parliament. The Chairman of the...
The Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, who threatened to poison Yoruba and Benin people in a live TikTok video, has dismissed the plan for her...
The Federal Government has announced that it will subsidize electricity costs for public hospitals, approving a 50% subsidy on electricity consumption nationwide. Minister of State for...
Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has affirmed that the union will not succumb to external pressures after his visit to the Intelligence...
The Federal Government has made a passionate appeal to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call-off their seven-day warning strike, as negotiations for the...
Benue, a state in North Central Nigeria, is renowned as a major hub of food production in the country. For this, the state is acclaimed to...
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara is dead. According to reports, Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University...
The President of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), Mr. Benneth Korie, has identified poor road infrastructure as the primary cause of...
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has pledged to work with Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and other education stakeholders to establish a legislative framework...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Christopher Gwabin Musa, on Wednesday, met with General Moussa Salaou Barmou, Chief of Staff of the Nigerien Armed Forces,...
The Nigerian Senate has intervened in the contentious debate surrounding the Federal Government’s proposal to set an 18-year age limit for students to sit for the...
In a significant show of solidarity, leaders from various industrial unions affiliated with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), alongside workers, civil society allies, and legal representatives,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday Nigeria was the first African country to receive mpox vaccines. WHO regional office said in a statement that...
