The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has explained the difference between corruption by politicians and other people. Ndume said corruption in Nigerian politics is people-driven and should not warrant any serious punishment....
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that if in 2027, the party decides that it is the South-East’s turn and selects Peter Obi as its candidate, he...
Indigenes of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have declared that the major demand of the people of the ancient city from the Federal Government is the creation of ‘Ibadan State’. The indigenes made this...
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has expressed the need for unity and collective action among governors of the North-East to tackle the challenges facing the subregion. This is as he commended the governors for...
The 94th anniversary of the Okpe Union will take place in Obalende, Lagos, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Members of Okpe Union from all the branches in Nigeria and abroad will gather at...
The Minister urged private broadcasters to participate in the Federal Government’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative to reduce operational costs through more affordable energy. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a crucial directive instructing...
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has condemned the assault on a female doctor by family members of a deceased patient at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Keffi. Rep. Amos Magaji, Chairman...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has queried the move by the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to use pension funds to finance infrastructure projects. The former Vice President described such acts...
The organized labour on Wednesday abandoned a meeting of the tripartite committee on new minimum wage due to the ‘ridiculous offer’ made by the federal government and the Organized Private Sector (OPS). According to...
Wigwe University, founded by the late Herbert Wigwe, former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, has announced its course fees and a premium accommodation option priced at N1 million per month. With academic...
As the political turbulence in Rivers State takes a new turn, two commissioners have resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. .The commissioners are Prof. Chinedu Mmom (Education), Dr. Gift Worlu (Housing),...
President Bola Tinubu has reassured investors in the energy sector of his administration’s resolve to further enhance the business environment and ensure investment convenience. The President gave the assurance while inaugurating three milestone projects,...
A Nigerian pastor, Michael Oluronbi and his wife Juliana, have been sentenced to jail for 34 years in the United Kingdom. Oluronbi was found guilty of sexual offences against six women and a man....
The lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged anti-party activities. In the suspension letter obtained by SaharaReporters on...
The organized labour has reportedly given the federal government a deadline of May 31, 2024, for the conclusion of all processes regarding the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. According to sources familiar with...
A Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication has been jailed for life in the United Kingdom. Abodunde, 48, a resident...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning Mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it had commenced an investigation into the murder of a girl allegedly by her lover in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, bail of N300 million, following his arraignment on the unlawful...
President Bola Tinubu and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, will now pay airport access toll and parking fees at any of the nation’s airports. This was as the Federal Executive Council chaired by...
The Academic staff union of universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a fresh nationwide strike action except the government responds to its demands. The president of ASUU, prof Emmanuel Osodeke issued the warning at...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of the controversial cybersecurity levy. This was disclosed to newsmen during a press briefing on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. He explained...
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a cleric for allegedly defiling three teenage girls in Agah village in Ilorin South Local Government Area. The 45-year-old cleric...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Chukwuemeka Woke as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. Woke’s appointment was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the...
A former Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Zacchaeus Adangor, says Governor Siminalayi Fubara, through his recent actions, is not committed to reconciling with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. “He (Fubara) is...
he Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has faulted the timing of the introduction of the 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a statement on Thursday,...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, barred the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, from travelling outside the country. Justice Sylvanus Orji ruled...
The Clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has thrown his weight behind Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the State House of Assembly. Amadi, in a statement dated 8th...
The bill seeking to increase the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria has scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill, titled: “A bill for an act to prescribe the...
The Nigeria Senate has approved the death sentence for drug offenders in the country. This is as the lawmakers on Thursday, passed the bill to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act. The...
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide due to concerns over a rare and dangerous side effect. This development came months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted for the first time in court documents...
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday dismissed a call on the state House of Assembly by the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in the state to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminlayi...
