The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, said on Wednesday he had stepped on many toes in the efforts to fulfill his social contract with the people...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday vowed to continue with the push for N250,000 minimum wage in the country. The Acting President of NLC, Mr....
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, disclosed that the Commission had received 14,000 (Fourteen Thousand)...
The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has ordered the release of 10 inmates in the state’s correctional centres. The Director of Press and Public Affairs to...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, charged the Federal Government to unlock “idle foreign exchange stashed in private vaults to...
In what could be likened to a massive cover-up, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has refused to reveal the identities of banks, companies and others...
In his second democracy day address to Nigerians on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, President Bola Tinubu has assured that the ongoing national reforms were not intended...
On the occasion of the 2024 Democracy Day, a group of protesters gathered at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos, demanding economic reforms and better living conditions....
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has expressed his disappointment with the way the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the military have been allegedly handling the...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, said on Tuesday the Federal Government would increase the country’s navigable waterways from 3,000 kilometres to 5,000...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday condemned the recent attacks on harmless residents of Katsina State. Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday killed about 20 people...
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists attacked a Nigerian Army base in Tegina, Rafi local government area of Niger State and injured two soldiers on Tuesday. However,...
Gunmen on Tuesday morning killed two policemen and a passer-by checkpoint in Imo State. An eyewitness told journalists that the gunmen stormed the checkpoint located along...
President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s Democracy Day on Wednesday morning. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, said on Tuesday President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited 2,600 road projects worth N15 trillion across the country. Umahi stated this...
Social media users in Nigeria have called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to refrain from calling terrorists bandits after he released a statement condemning an...
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THIS regime, one year old last month, has no affinity with the truth. They are strange bed fellows. So there will be no point joining the...
Supporters of the creation of a Biafran Republic have descended on Delta State Senator, Ned Nwoko, for calling for the creation of Anioma State to balance...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd) as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), replacing IGP Arase. The President also...
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has set up a special panel to investigate the murder of Andrew Ochekwo, a suspect in the Aba hook-up...
Thousands of prospective National Youth Service Corps members in Cross River State are facing difficulties due to the sudden crash of the NYSC registration portal on...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.143 trillion to the federal government, states, and local government councils as revenue for May....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that it has obtained CCTV footage of the recent raid on a “Yahoo Boys” party in Akure,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, has denied allegations making the rounds that the oil company inflated subsidy claims by N3.3 trillion. The denial...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday, declared that the 27 members of Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the...
Organized labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliate bodies may ground economic activities in the country again after rejecting...
Two Nigerian pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage have died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The Executive Secretary of Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir,...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called for the establishment of a National Pastoralist Commission to address the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in the country....
Nigeria is preparing to celebrate its Democracy Day on June 12 with a series of events planned by the Federal Government. The Secretary to the Government...
Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, popularly called ‘Obidients’, have taken the presidential flag-bearer of...
The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YOSIEC), on Sunday, declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 17 Chairmanship seats in the just-concluded...
Outspoken Catholic priest, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, has carpeted the new national minimum wage of N62,000 proppsed by the Federal Government, saying Governors, Senators and members...
President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday his administration would provide essential infrastructure and amenities that would improve the quality of life of Nigerians. The president, according...
Al Shabaab fighters on Saturday killed at least 25 people in terror attacks on four army bases in central Somalia. The Somali army spokesman, Abukar Mohamed...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Saturday the number of confirmed Lassa fever cases has increased significantly with 162 deaths this...
Police operatives in Katsina on Friday killed three suspected bandits and rescued all the kidnapped persons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
A new front is opening up in the fight against oil theft in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region. The Association of Nigeria Refineries Petroleum Marketers (ANRPM),...
The Naira traded at N1, 483.99 to a dollar at the official market on Friday. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange revealed...
The Federal Government has raised its minimum wage proposal to N62,000. The decision to raise the offer was taken at a meeting between federal government representatives...
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Friday, increased the bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers in the state to N30 million. Otti announced...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Friday sworn in the caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 local government areas in the state. At the ceremony...
Justice Simon Amoboeda of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Friday, reserved judgement in the fundamental human rights suit filed by the deposed Emir of Kano,...
Governors of the 36 states have rejected the proposed N60,000 new minimum wage for workers in the country. The federal government had last week rejected the...
The Police Service Commission ( PSC) has approved the appointment of Yahaya Abubakar as Deputy Inspector-General of Police. Abubakar was the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG)...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least 30 people in separate attacks on communities of Dutsinma and Safana local government areas of Katsina State....
Nigerians on social media have lambasted Chief Bode George following his call for citizens to give President Bola Tinubu one more year to deliver on his...
The legal team representing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has secured a court order challenging the group’s designation as a terrorist...
The South-Eastern region of Nigeria is bracing for a potential blackout as the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has threatened mass disconnection of customers over unpaid bills....
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has clarified the reason behind his asking permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, debunking...
The Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu to overhaul the security architecture response to incessant attacks by bandits in the North-West and North Central regions, and...
