At least two persons have been rescued from a collapsed building in Abuja. The acting Director-General of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD), Mrs....
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Saturday, vowed to retrieve over N5.4 billion workers’ pension contributions unremitted by the last administration in the state....
At least 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration-related issues returned to the country on Friday night. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has decried the poor state of public schools in the northern part of Nigeria. Sani, who spoke at...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Saturday, demanded the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),...
A combined team of police and military operatives on Saturday killed two suspected armed robbers in Nasarawa State. The spokesman for the state police command, Ramhan...
Several guests at a wedding party were feared dead on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town, Borno...
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked four communities and injured eight persons in Jigawa State. The affected communities are in Birninkudu, Dutse, and Kiyawa local...
One person was confirmed dead in an accident on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday morning. A Mini Truck (MUS 489 XS) and a...
The Nigerian government has come under fire from a civil society organization BudgIT for its unorthodox approach to budgeting. This was contained in a statement issued...
The Nigerian Naira has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune, plummeting to the title of worst-performing currency globally in the first half of 2024, according to...
At least 14 worshippers died and several others were injured when a trailer ran into a mosque during Jumat prayer in Imama town, Kura local government...
The Senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, on Friday, described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players” who reside outside the region....
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a former managing director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State Special...
The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has approved the immediate suspension of the Village Head of Garin Majidadi in the Akko local government area of the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill existing and impending vacancies in the civil service. The Special Adviser...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday kidnapped a 75-year-old, Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of the renowned Hausa singer, “Dauda Kahutu Rarara” in Katsina State. The spokesman...
The Jigawa State government has dissolved the executive councils in the 27 local government areas of the state. The tenure of the elected officials expired on...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, has disclosed that a whopping $88.6 billion is lost to illicit financial flows in...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, called on state governors to join forces in boosting agricultural productivity, strengthening the economy, and providing immediate economic relief to Nigerian...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged state governors to work together to meet the needs of Nigerians. The president, who spoke during the National Economic Council...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday foiled a kidnap attempt and killed five suspected terrorists in Sokoto State. They also rescued two hostages held by...
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, said on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu has not requested approval for the purchase of a presidential aircraft. The Red Chamber...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed three officers and sanctioned others for misconduct. The Service Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, an Assistant Controller of Corrections...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the immediate arrest of the commission’s two officers for assaulting a hotel...
The absence of Justice Inyang Ekwo on Thursday stalled the trial of the Managing Director of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, Mr. Karl Toriola, and others for...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills extending the implementation of the 2023 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act till December. President...
Gunmen reportedly attacked Ishieke police station in Ebonyi State on Wednesday night. Eyewitness told journalists on Thursday the hoodlums stormed the facility at about 9:00.p.m. with...
The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has accused state governors of establishing universities solely to access funds from the Tertiary...
In a move to boost troop morale and promote peace, Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, addressed troops of the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has insisted that there are plots to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, despite the denial of...
Fire has damaged the birthplace of a former leader of communist East Germany, Erich Honecker. Honecker led East Germany as both head of state and leader...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues. The governors also held...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday ended their meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably...
Amnesty International said on Wednesday at least 2,600 persons, mostly women and children, have been killed following attacks on 50 Benue communities in the last one...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday dismissed insinuations that President Bola Tinubu was working against the interests of Northern Nigeria. Shettima spoke when he received a Federal...
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Wednesday to avert a strike in the universities. The...
In a move to strengthen regional security, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday deployed 177 personnel to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping. These soldiers will contribute to the ongoing...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a surge in cholera cases and associated deaths across 32 states and 115 Local Government...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Adewale Oyerinde, on Tuesday warned that any approval of a new national minimum wage that is above...
Nigeria is grappling with a growing cholera outbreak, prompting President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action during Tuesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The President directed...
The Abia State Government has announced plans to pay salary arrears owed to workers in the state civil service in tranches, according to the Commissioner for...
In a significant development, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to Godwin Emefiele, the immediate...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has effected a minor change in the state executive council. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr. Sulaimon...
The Nigerian Navy, NNS Jubilee in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, has arrested an unnamed vessel and nine persons over an alleged threat...
The House of Representatives has demanded the arrest of an unlicensed auctioneer and Director of Quality Control, Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, over the...
Gunmen on Friday abducted a judge with the Borno State High Court, Haruna Mshelia, and his wife in the state. The couple was kidnapped alongside their...
The identity of the senior officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who slumped and died during an investigative hearing conducted by the House of Representatives...
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till October 21 the trial of former governor of Central Bank...
