Renaissance Africa Energy has completed the “acquisition of the entire (100%)” equity holding in Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) in a deal worth $2.4...
The Naira continued to slump against the dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market on Thursday, March 13, 2025. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Rivers Assembly calls for DSS probe of Chief Judge over alleged age falsification...
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both secured their spots in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday night. In the Europa Conference League, Chelsea also...
The abducted priest of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ivukwa, in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Rev. Fr. Peter Ekweli, has regained his...
Justice Maryam Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday approved virtual testimonies for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witnesses in...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has issued a warrant of arrest on the Executive Secretary of Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA), Mr. Richard...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday urged the state House of Assembly to embrace peace and prioritise the interest of the state in compliance...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged Nigerians and security agencies to move from a state of suspicion to a culture of trust in addressing the...
Police operatives in Osun State have detained a suspected cultist who allegedly shot a convenience store owner in the state. The spokesman for the state police...
Police operatives in Delta have detained a couple and one other suspected gunrunner in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, disclosed...
A bill on the establishment of the National Council for Traditional Rulers, formalising their roles and recognition passed its second reading in the Senate on Thursday....
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the Tax Reform Bill as a working document. The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, disclosed this shortly after...
The Nigerian equities market rebounded from previous day’s losses with a modest ₦81 billion gain for investors at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed...
Canada will ease sanctions on Syria and provide 84 million dollars (59 million U.S. dollars) in new funding for humanitarian assistance. The Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister,...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Thursday he was ready to work with the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has proposed exempting military personnel from personal income tax, in a move aimed at recognizing the sacrifices of personnel...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has expressed firm confidence that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will be judged favorably by history. Addressing journalists...
The Rivers State House of Assembly has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, over allegations...
A bench warrant for the arrest of controversial social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man, over alleged defamation of gospel singer Mercy...
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has pushed back against former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, arguing that the project...
In a series of operations aimed at curbing criminal activities, troops of the 3 Division and Operation SAFE HAVEN have neutralized kidnappers and apprehended suspected gunrunners,...
Son of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Bashir, has tendered a public apology after a post he made on X (formerly Twitter) where he seemed...
Proscribed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general election and former governor of Anambra State, arrived in Bauchi State on Thursday for a...
Nigerian comedian Otaghware Otas Onodjayeke, known in entertainment circles as I Go Save, has reacted to a move by the House of Representatives to block all...
Nollywood movie producer Kunle Afolayan has taken to his social media account to decry the growing rate of incompetence among many Nigerians, especially youths. The multiple award-winning movie producer...
Immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that former President Muhammadu Buhari approved of his decision to resign from the ruling All...
In the last ten years, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs whose mandate is to advise the government on gender and children issues have been allocated N247.63...
Yoruba Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has taken his legal battle to the Supreme Court. Igboho is challenging the Court of...
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy, has predicted that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, will soon...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed 357 people under medical surveillance following the death of a 31-year-old physician who succumbed to...
Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Ahmad, has criticized the decision of four northern states – Bauchi, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kano – to shut down state-owned...
The Bola Tinubu administration has revealed a high concentration of over half of its ongoing road construction projects in Northern Nigeria. Minister of Works, David Umahi,...
The Nigerian Senate has pushed back against claims that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for speaking out about sexual harassment, insisting instead that she was sanctioned...
A political storm is brewing in Edo State as four members of the state House of Assembly on Wednesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, labeling it as both wasteful and riddled with corruption. He also criticized President...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has denied claims by immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, that the internal crisis rocking the party including...
The Senate last week suspended the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for six months for violation of its rules. The same week, the embattled speaker...
There appears to be no reprieve yet for the Nigerian currency, the naira as it continued its depreciation against the American dollar across official and parallel...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Impeaching Fubara is not a criminal offence, Wike declares Former Rivers State governor...
Arsenal and Aston Villa have cruised past their opponents to reach the Champions League quarterfinals. Leading 7-1 from the first leg of their round of 16...
The Rivers State Assembly has debunked claims by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he was stopped from entering the Assembly to re-present the 2025 budget. The governor...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to prioritise rehabilitation of the vandalised pipelines linking Ore depot in Ondo...
Nigeria’s candidate, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, very narrowly failed to retain his FIFA Council seat, losing by a single vote at the poll that took place as...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned an officer with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Abubakar Aseku, for an alleged N17.6...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from sanctioning MultiChoice Nigeria Limited following...
Troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, on Tuesday, killed three suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division,...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday met with Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and other lawmakers at the State House, Abuja. Obasa...
On Wednesday, police arraigned a 29-year-old man, Abduljabar Nura, at the Sharia Court in Kano State for allegedly stabbing his neighbour over electricity bill. He was...
