Kaduna State House of Assembly members on Wednesday declared seat of Deputy Speaker John Audu-Kwaturu vacant and elected a new deputy speaker to replace him. The...
The United States embassy has suspended all consular appointments and services in Abuja till further notice. In a statement on its website, the United States embassy...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is cloning permanent voter cards for use in the forthcoming Osun State governorship...
There is hope that fears over the 2019 general elections may be nothing after all, as the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters is currently...
Nigeria’s inflation rate has dropped in July for the 18th consecutive time, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. In the July inflation report by...
The headquarters of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has been sealed by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over unremitted taxes. Reports say workers of...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure and the NYSC over the Minister of Finance,...
One person has been confirmed dead while three others were injured in an attack on a passenger bus by suspected militants in Akwa Ibom State. The...
The presidency Tuesday said the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018 was vetoed by President Muhammadu Buhari because it contained some constitutional infractions. THISDAY reported exclusively on...
Nigeria is in need of 550,000 tons of maize valued at N72.6billion ($201.8million) to meet domestic demand before the end of the year, New Telegraph has...
THERE was pandemonium yesterday at two branches of a commercial bank in Umuahia, the Abia State capital when many customers besieged the bank over withdrawals running...
There were indications in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the Department of State Services might soon carry out a massive deployment of its personnel across the country,...
A 30-year-old man identified as Vincent Ibe has been nabbed for stealing his company’s products in order to settle his wife’s hospital bills. Reports say the...
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has faulted the claim by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, that the airline...
A grand jury report has revealed that more than 1,000 children – and possibly many more – were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in...
Authorities in Egypt have nabbed no less than 13 alleged members of a Muslim Brotherhood for security reasons. According to Egypt’s Interior Ministry, the suspects were...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has blamed the aggravation of the crisis at the National Assembly on the circulation of fake news...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced plans to relocate a brownfied refinery from Turkey to Nigeria. The refinery, which is expected to be sited...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how it is going to henceforth dismantle the ruling All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) alleged election rigging strategy. The opposition...
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as part of the challenges Nigeria is faced with...
The Nigeria Police has arrested a reporter with online newspaper, Premium Times, Samuel Ogundipe, prompting an online campaign for his release with the hashtag, #FreeSamuelOgundipe. Ogundipe,...
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has again called on Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign if he does not want to...
The Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force Ibrahim Idris has bowed to the directive issued by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to overhaul the Special Anti-Robbery...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday registered 23 additional political parties. This brings the total number of parties in the country to 91. In...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Tope Fasua has said that with Nigeria’s level of underdevelopment, every Nigerian should...
The nation’s debt profile has risen to N22.38 trillion within the last six months, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. The current debt profile indicates...
Talented female rapper Eva Alordiah has revealed a habit which she used to engage in while she was younger. The lyricist in a video posted on...
Electric cars could be charged in a matter of seconds using a revolutionary battery system developed by a team of Scottish scientists, it has been claimed....
Ibrahim Idris the inspector general of police has been ordered by the acting president Yemi Osinbajo to immediately reorganise the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). In a...
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday insisted that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu be arrested and...
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) said it had disbursed $373 million to farmers in the past year...
Another twist has been added to the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday said it has uncovered plans by...
The return of oil prospecting giants, Shell to Ogoni land after the renewal of its OML 11, may suffer stiff resistance as the Movement for the...
Contrary to the position of the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, on meter supply, the Federal Government has...
Power generation in Nigeria dropped by 777.8 megawatts on Monday, the latest data from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has shown. The plunge in...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a housewife identified as Bose Ogedengbe who constantly brutalises a 13-year-old ward in her care at...
Two senators in the camp of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, have approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking a restraining order against any illegal or...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have shifted the date to reconvene the National Assembly indefinitely. Both officials in a...
The next set of corps members to be posted to Lagos State will undergo safety training in camp, the state Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),...
The failure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to publish its annual accounts since 2014, a development that violates the Investment and Securities Act (ISA)...
Attempts to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, may have gotten to a feverish point for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)...
A raid on the outskirts of Cairo by Egyptian security forces has witnessed the killing of no less than six suspected Islamic militants. That much information...
It started with the revelation that the worth and cash spent by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to import Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known...
Ahead of the 2019 Presidential elections, there are indications that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to cut down the number of its presidential aspirants...
The House of Representatives said on Monday the National Assembly never agreed to reconvene on Tuesday (today) to consider the budget for 2019 elections. The Chairman,...
The diplomatic spat between the United States of America and Iran is threatening to boil over with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruling out any...
By Reuben Abati… The week that just passed will for long be remembered as perhaps the most momentous week in the history of the Muhammadu Buhari...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has confirmed that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo be President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says everything the agency does is inspired by the fear of God. Magu...
Senator Godswill Akpabio, who is representing Akwa Ibom north-west, says his seat cannot be declared vacant without other defectors’ seats as well. The Reformed All Progressives...
