The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has signed the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which effectively strips the Sultan, Sa’ad Abubakar, of the powers to appoint district and village heads in the...
The Federal Government on Thursday floored the 36 state governors at the Supreme Court as the apex court granted full financial autonomy to the 774 local governments in the country. The seven-man panel in...
Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM),Sees A Significant shakeup, As President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate removal of its Managing Director, Ahmed Halilu, alongside four key executives. The directive also affects Ado Danjuma,...
Barely four months to the end of his eight years as governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated a 20-man transition committee to pilot the smooth transition of power and knowledge to the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, be remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja pending the consideration of his bail application. Justice James Omotosho...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Senator Ahmed Lawan, engaged in a heated argument during plenary on Thursday over the official sitting time of the Red Chamber. According to Senate rules, the official...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South), has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is unaware of the current situation outside the Presidential Villa. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday at the...
A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the...
The Supreme Court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. In a landmark judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim on Thursday, the court...
Bayo Onanuga, in a statement quoting Agriculture Minister Abubakar Kyari and posted on his official X page, said the President approved a “150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for Food Commodities”. The presidency has said that...
The Respondent denied all claims made by the Applicants, asserting that the protesters unlawfully assembled at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, under the guise of protesting against SARS. The Community Court of...
There was tension at the disbanded emir’s palace in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State on Tuesday over a clash between thugs and residents. The situation escalated into serious chaos, forcing the interim...
The Benue State Police Command has arrested a permanent secretary and two directors of a ministry in the state over a missing transformer belonging to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) in Makurdi, the...
An ongoing leadership crisis at the Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos escalated early Thursday morning as unidentified gunmen abducted the Deputy Registrar, Chris Olamiju, from his official residence. Olamiju, a key figure...
A bill proposing the creation of a new state in the southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria has passed its second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, jointly sponsored by lawmakers from the...
The 10th Senate-led by Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, rejected a bill seeking to use gold to boost Nigeria’s reserves in defence of the economy. The bill sponsored by the lawmaker representing Niger East senatorial...
Nigerian football star, Kayode Olanrewaju, has slammed a ₦1 billion lawsuit on controversial UK-based Pastor, Tobi Adegboyega for emotional trauma, financial loss and loss of goodwill occasioned by his alleged adulterous affair with his...
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says fuel stations are to operate longer hours for supply and distribution of petrol, calling on fuel stations to aid availability in view of the current tight...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has done well in Nigeria, and that the current economic challenges in the country is what is being experienced globally....
Bandits dressed in hijab have abducted 25 persons in Runka community, in Safana local government of Katsina State. Runka community residents said the incident, which happened on Saturday, led to missing men, women and...
Investigation has revealed that the Tinubu administration had failed to release budget performance reports since taking office, contrary to legal requirements. The Nigerian Government has released the budget performance report for the first quarter...
Esan Youths has Called Asue Ighodalo stranger Say Federal High Court judgement, victory for democracy Lament failure, broken hopes, Praise PDP defectors Youths in Edo State on Saturday explained that the issue of the...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has warned local government and local government education authority officials who allegedly siphoned N30,000 Sallah gifts given to workers in the state to return the diverted funds or face...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two journalists in the Danhonu community, Millennium City in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victims, Abdulgafar Alabelewe of the Nation Newspaper and AbdulRaheem...
The Federal Government has announced potential legal actions against Daily Trust newspaper for what it describes as misinformation and dissemination of fake news regarding the Samoa agreement. This statement was made by the Minister...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a monarch in Osun State, Ige Babatunde, for alleged possession of cannabis plants. He was arrested by the NDLEA on July 5 with fresh...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar Farouk to account for the payments of ₦729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians...
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned Nigerians to braze up for more hardship comes 2025, the INRI spiritual leader asked Nigerians not to do Atikulate, nether do ObIdient...
Nigerians, particularly on social media, have kicked against signing of the Samoa agreement by the government of President Bola Tinubu. Meanwhile, the federal government assured Nigerians that it would not enter into any international...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, said his administration will inject about N2 trillion into the economy within the next six months The President stated this while inaugurating the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) which...
On Thursday, (yesterday) a two-storey building collapsed at Eke Amawbia Market in Awka, Anambra State, leaving many feared dead. The tragic incident happened at about 12 noon, causing panic in the area. Traders, who...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, dismissed the ex parte order issued on May 10, 2024, by the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, which barred Martin Amaewhule from parading himself as...
Suspected armed militias attacked Ayati and Borikyo in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Wednesday. The six residents were killed and several others wounded in the attack. According to local sources, the...