Some traditional rulers in Osun State on Wednesday appealed to the state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to take swift action to end mining activities in their domains....
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the alleged secret recruitment by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The resolution followed a motion of urgent importance...
Nigerian Governors have opposed the payment of oil subsidy to marketers by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over the nation’s increasing debt profile, stating that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was...
After several months of occupying the office in acting capacity, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Ibrahim Muhammad to President Muhammadu Buhari as Chief Justice...
Members of the House of Representatives have called on the federal government to yield to court orders on the release of leader of the Islamic Movement...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has released a document showing that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a central server. INEC had...
Nigerian Senate on Wednesday expressed worries over the growing issues of pipeline explosions and deaths of Nigerians as a result. The lawmakers have therefore directed the...
Asian giants, China has been rebuked by nearly two dozen Western countries for the detention of at least 1 million Uighur minorities, and other Muslims held...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday fixed July 18 to entertain an application filed by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), Chief...
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed that it is set to screen three non-executive Commissioners and one Executive Commissioner for the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). President of...
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State Capital, has dismissed the application filed by the Candidate of Action Alliance (AA), Mr. Olatunji Felder, seeking...
The Taraba Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Abubakar Danladi in the...
There is confusion in Bayelsa State as a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday has issued an order restraining the state...
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Chairman, Nigerian Customs Service Board (NCSB) were on Wednesday awarded a fine of N5.5 billion damage by a Federal High...
Nigeria’s total debt has increased by 2.3% to N24.947 Trillion (US$ 81.274 Billion) as of March 31, 2019. The Debt Management Office (DMO) released the figure...
Democratic values worldwide would be at risk should Saudi Arabia escape accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khasoggi, so says UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard....
A Canadian man suffered only non-life-threatening injuries on Tuesday after being swept over the Horseshoe Falls, according to CNN. Police in Ontario, Canada, were responding to...
The UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned after diplomatic row between the US and UK following his leaked unflattering assessment of the...
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged aggrieved and warring members of the party in Ondo State to sheath...
Some yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday abducted the Permanent Secretary of Adamawa State Ministry of Mineral Resources, Emmanuel Piridimso. The incident which has generated...
Barring any hitches, President Muhammadu Buhari would submit his long-awaited ministerial list to the Senate before this week runs out. This was made known by the...
A fake native doctor, Fatai Olalere Aliu was on Tuesday arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ibadan. The arrest...
The European Commission launched a 35 million euros (39.2 million U.S. dollars) call for proposals on Tuesday to support the development of artificial intelligence-based image recognition...
A property in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State linked to the former petroleum minister, Diezani Alinson-Madueke was on Tuesday forfeited to the Federal Government due to the ruling...
A former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has been saddled with the responsibility of putting an end to the activities of bandits in Zamfara state....
Hassa bint Salman, seen by many analysts as the de-facto leader of the oil-rich Gulf kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been dragged to a French court....
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday said Nigeria accounted for $7bn of the $38.7bn inflows that were secured for the African continent at the maiden...
A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, on Tuesday sentenced five internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys to jail. Kaduna Zonal Office of the...
The Presidency on Tuesday explained that what President Muhammadu Buhari suspended was Ruga settlement for herdsmen, and not its National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The Senior...
Former Governor of Lagos and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has distanced himself from a group campaigning for his presidential...
The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has suggested that the Igbo people of South East of Nigeria should forget the hope of producing the President of...
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has revealed that about 64,000 Nigerians are murdered annually in the country. The report...
One Basiru Adeyanju is to cool his heels in prison custody until October 2, 2019 on the orders of an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti...
One Promise Oguegbu, a suspect in the murder of an accountant, Rasaki Balogun and his mistress, Muyibat Alabi, has accessed the wife of the deceased as...
The Board of Trustees, BoT, and the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has set up a committee to resolve the crisis...
A Katsina Senior Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered four members of a local vigilance group to be remanded in prison for the killing of 17 persons...
The Anambra State Police Command has described as false, the purported discovery of a large cache of arms in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra...
South-East Governors have reacted to claims that they made secret donation of land for the controversial rural graving area (RUGA) project. In a resolution issued by...
After over a month of blackout by the Sudanese authorities, mobile internet services have been restored in the country. A Khartoum Court on Tuesday ordered the...
Inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a 24-hour surveillance in the federal capital territory (FCT) following the violent protest by the Islamic Movement of...
The Senate Ad-hoc committee investigating the assault allegations against Senator Elisha Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the embattled Senator. Before the committee...
The Ogun State Command, Nigeria Customs Service, on Tuesday announced that it had intercepted 29,905 bags of foreign rice from smugglers. It said the seizures were...
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of forty members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) who were involved in the violent protest at...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the accelerated promotion of two senior officers and a lieutenant of the Nigerian Army for their exceptional accomplishments in the fight...
Nigerian senators at plenary on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to implement the Child Rights Act and the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act in a...
Fight by police operatives in Nasarawa state to end criminality recorded success as 58 suspected criminals terrorizing the state have been arrested. According to the police,...
The stock market continued its bullish run at the close of trading on Tuesday following the listing of Airtel Africa on the local bourse. Airtel completed...
In his bid to show a commitment to free education policy, Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday reiterated a ban on unauthorized fees in public...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the on-going crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly. During plenary on Tuesday, the green chamber set...
