Former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and some other African leaders Friday threw their support behind the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Adewunmi...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Friday expressed grief at the increasing banditry in the North-West of the country. El-Rufai, who spoke to State House correspondents after...
The presidency said on Friday President Muhammadu Buhari had been making the changes Nigerians demanded. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media...
The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said on Friday an 82-year-old woman has recovered from COVID-19 in the state. Isamotu, who confirmed the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met with Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, over the security challenges in the state. The meeting, which took place at the Presidential...
The Edo State government said on Friday 11 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the various isolation centres in the state. The state governor, Godwin...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated state governors elected on the platform of the party on the occasion of May 29...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for the scrapping of security votes by the executive arm of government from the budgeting system. This, the labour union...
Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hadiza El-Rufai, took to her Twitter handle Thursday to reply Nigerians who attacked her about her lack of sympathy for those...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has raised an alarm over the sale of COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. BREAKING: 182 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 8915; death...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a fresh $5.513 billion (N2.1 trillion) foreign loan. It said with the volume of...
Six isn’t half a dozen! In what took many by surprise, and ignited some sort of celebration nationwide, President Muhammadu Buhari, last Friday, signed into law...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has cried out alleging that the Kayode Fayemi-led government has sold the Ekiti Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government would amend the Act establishing the National Endowment for the Arts....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. Kano formally abolishes Almajiri system of education The Almajiri system of education...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to deliver false performance claims, or empty promises in his speech to mark May 29...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Ahmed Abdullahi, said on Wednesday the state government would continue to create more man-made islands at its waterfront...
The Adamawa State government on Wednesday confirmed three fresh COVID-19 deaths in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, who disclosed this at...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Wednesday urged researchers and scientists to investigate and do studies on COVID-19. Mustapha stated this...
The Lagos State government Wednesday confirmed the discharge of 87 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said on Wednesday the Federal Government was considering the idea of sectionalizing classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Wednesday directed the resumption of religious activities in the state effective from Friday. Akeredolu, who gave the directive at a media...
Governor Bello Matawalle has told Almajiris rejected by other northern states that they would be accommodated in Zamfara State. This followed the governor’s decision to drop...
Amnesty International has described as unlawful the arrest and detention of a journalist for criticising the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The rights group...
Senator Buruji Kashamu has accused Chief Bayo Dayo, the suspended former Ogun State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of selling out because of pecuniary...
Ahead of the 2020 Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki is optimistic he will get a second term in office. His optimism is coming amid...
A once booming venture, Nigeria’s coal industry has been stripped of life and laid bare with its potential for wealth creation greatly diminished. A cursory observation...
African countries have been asked to look inward for home grown solutions as a way of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic that has continued to ravage the...
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Isaac Kekemeke has vowed not to step down for incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. Presidency denies reports Buhari cancelled approvals, appointments by late Kyari The presidency Tuesday...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night confirmed 276 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states of the federation. The centre said on its...
A Minister and his ways Members of Nigeria’s lower house looked to be in a no-nonsense mood last week. And, many wished that they could...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. There can be no development without peace —Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari said on...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday peace, security, unity, and harmony were prerequisites for development in Africa The President, according to a statement issued by his...
Due to the COVID-19-provoked changes in activities in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday it would deploy more technological tools in discharging...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday unveiled the policy mechanism for the conduct of elections under the current COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the Edo and...
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) chapter, on Monday, ordered its members working at the hospital’s isolation centre...
The Assistant Financial Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Maximian Okedu, resigned his position from the party on Monday. Okedu’s resignation comes...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, on Monday, confirmed the discharge of another set of 44 Almajaris from the Amada quarantine camp after they tested negative for...
The National Vice-Chairman, South-South, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Ogidi, on Monday, urged the party members in Edo State to work towards achieving...
The Federal government on Sunday said 50 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Lebanon have been evacuated alongside 19 other Nigerians who were stranded in that...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared that professional competence, adherence to the principle of transparency and accountability was the yardstick used to engage the...
Mr Idowu Otetubi, a leader of the Unity Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has surprised many by dumping the group to...
Public servants in the country may be in for a raw deal as the Federal Government on Monday said it would decisively deal with any public...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on Monday said it was not true that he had been appointed as the Chairman of the sub-committee on post-COVID-19 economic...
Elder statesmen, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, as well as a former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko,...
The state governments in the Southwest geopolitical zone said they are working towards harmonizing the operation of the its security networks, named Amotekun in the various...
The Osun State government led by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has confirmed two fresh cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases recorded in the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. Buhari reportedly cancels approvals, appointments by late Kyari President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly...
