The former Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, Valentine Ozigbo on Saturday emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming Anambra...
Senator Andy Uba has been declared winner of the Anambra governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held last night in the state. The exercise...
The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, has ordered the immediate suspension of an international Non-Governmental Organisation (iNGO), ACTED. Zulum gave the directive following a...
Croatia will be without Ivan Perisic in their Euro 2020 round of 16 clash against Spain, after the winger tested positive for COVID-19. Croatia, who scaled...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the mainstream...
The Police Command in Imo State on Saturday said its tactical units and special forces teams raided three camps belonging to the Eastern Security Network (ESN)...
The spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, Mike Abatta, on Saturday, disclosed that alleged members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), shot a native doctor,...
Credit: Opera News The whole country is talking about the death of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga and the 21-year-old University of Lagos State student, Chidinma...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. ANAMBRA: 11 APC guber aspirants call for cancellation of party primary Eleven Anambra State governorship...
The Commander of the Ekiti State Security Network, code-named Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe, on Saturday, confirmed the kidnap of another traditional ruler, Oba Benjamin Oso, the...
Italy have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Euro 2020 after beating Austria 2-1 thanks to extra-time goals on Saturday night. Austria marked their first appearance...
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, on Saturday, charged the Armed Forces in Yobe State to destroy all Boko Haram and Islamic State...
Eleven Anambra State governorship aspirants under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the party’s National Working Commitee to cancel the primary election that took...
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Saturday, declared his support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, to succeed President Muhammadu...
The Executive Director/Chief Operations Officer of Fidelity Bank, Gbolahan Joshua, has retired from his position after seven years of leading different sections of the company. In...
As candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) face challenges using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) Code 55019 provided by the...
Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued four women who were kidnapped three weeks ago by bandits at Bilbis village in Tsafe Local Government...
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has announced its return to the creeks in the region to destroy operations of oil installations. In a statement posted on its...
Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi will be getting a new coach in coming days as former Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez is set to take over at...
On Friday, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) standalone commercial banking structure was delisted from the Nigerian exchange daily official list. The delisting of GTB subsequently saw the...
The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has made a comeback to the creeks with a vow to cripple Nigeria’s oil flow, and it’s economy. The group...
The Big Brother Naija reunion kicked off on Thursday, June 17 and it has not been short of drama, excitement, and controversy. While the Reunion show...
A private secondary school in the city of Kano, Oxford Science Academy, has announced its acceptance of cryptocurrencies as a payment method for school fees. However,...
Another great week for Nigeria, particularly Lagos State as it displaced Nairobi to become Africa’s top startup city. During the week, Nigeria also stunned the world...
The value of shares traded this week by investors was put at N10.330 billion as 1.006 billion shares exchanged hands between Monday to Friday in 17,165...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has stated that no excuse should be made for the actions of bandits and kidnappers in the country. According to the...
Grammy Award winner, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy has reunited with American music mogul and the executive of the music project, Twice As Tall,...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government...
The Federal Government has announced the unveiling of the world’s largest flag covering an area of 3,275 square meters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The...
Not less than 11 persons have lost their lives, in a road accident that occurred on Friday night, at Gbongan, Osun State, involving two commercial buses,...
Prior to his unceremonious and self-inflicted fall from grace, Farouk Lawan was the face of integrity in the National Assembly as he was perceived as one...
The Lagos State judicial panel set up after the #EndSAR protests has awarded the sum of N10 million to the family of Kolade Johnson, one of...
The primary elections of the Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been shifted due to the nullification of the process to elect...
A 47- year-old dispatch rider, Ayokunle Akinniranye, on Friday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing his employer’s $10,000 (N4.5 million). The accused, whose...
The Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government was not the sponsor of the controversial anti-press bills now before the National...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to reflect on Nigeria’s health sector and other failing parts of the economy in the wake...
The Senate on Friday said it had uncovered a massive fraud ring within the Ministry of Niger Delta as officials were indicted of illegally disposing six...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Gumi dismisses report on his arrest by DSS The Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, on...
Police operatives in Katsina State have arrested gunrunners who supplied guns to bandits terriorizing the state, Kaduna, and Zamfara. The spokesman of the state police command,...
Armed bandits on Friday abducted some travelers along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Kaduna. An eyewitness told journalists that the incident occurred along the highway at about...
The Jigawa State police command has deployed 3,558 personnel to provide adequate security during Saturday’s local council election in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
A court in Minneapolis, United States, on Friday sentenced a former policeman, Derek Chauvin, to 22 years and six months in prison for the murder of...
The Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, on Friday, dismissed reports that he was quizzed by the Department of State Security (DSS). Reports had said the cleric...
Investors at the Nigerian stock market lost N150billion during trading activities as the bourse slipped back to the negative zone on Friday. At the close of...
A cement-laden truck on Friday crushed to death an unidentified secondary school student in Ilaro, Yewa South local government area of Ogun State. The spokesman of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the timetable for the conduct of All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses at various levels in the country The National Secretary...
Unknown gunmen on Friday morning shot dead Mrs. Olayemi Odetomi, wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Oyo State, Peter Odetomi....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee on Friday renamed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja after President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chairman...
The Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Olawale Ogun, to seven years’ imprisonment for defrauding two companies of N75.5 million. Justice...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Friday the state is currently facing unprecedented food shortage as a result of persistent attacks on communities by...
