A serving police inspector, identified as Hussaini Umar, has been reportedly murdered in Abuja by some suspected members of a “one chance’ syndicate’. Hussaini Umar, the deceased, said to be attached to the Force...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Rabiu kwnakwaso has explained why the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, reinstated Muhammad Sanusi as Emir of Kano. Yusuf reinstated Sanusi of...
Alex Otti, governor of Abia, says the state government has not received funds from the federal government for the implementation of the N35,000 wage award. Otti said this during a meeting with the Nigerian...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with families affected by the tragic collapse of a school building in Plateau, which resulted in the loss of multiple lives and many injuries. The NGF chairman,...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has re-arraigned Binance on a four-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion. Ayodele Omotilewa, Binance’s representative in Nigeria, was arraigned on Friday before Emeka Nwite, a judge at...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday, appointed Omolola Bridget Oloworaran as the new Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom). The appointment was announced by the president’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Saturday....
Former President of the Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim announced his defection to the ruling party at the Pa Oruta Ngele Township...
Mr Wilson Ebireri, a quiet-spoken business magnate, historian and charismatic leader, is dead. ‘’It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of the head of our family, Mr Wilson Santa Ebireri’’ The...
The Presidency has slammed the Chief Whip of the 10th Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, over claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not aware of events happening outside the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. According...
The Pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has expressed strong disapproval of the recent Supreme Court decision that affirmed fiscal autonomy for local government areas in Nigeria. In a press statement released in Akure and...
The Plateau government says 22 people died and 132 were injured in the collapsed building of Saints Academy in Jos, the state capital. On Friday, the two-storey school building, which is located in the...
President Bola Tinubu has said he is concerned about the welfare of Nigerian workers, and his administration is prioritizing their concern as Tinubu made this known while speaking with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour...
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,...
Sexualizing a community can have numerous negative effects. It can contribute to a culture of objectification, where individuals are valued primarily for their physical appearance or sexual appeal rather than their character, talents, or...
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...
Youth empowerment in Nigeria of today is a necessity seeing into the brighter younger generation of tomorrow, as the progressive national youth wing of the all progressives Congress unveils an enterprise skills development training...
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...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to auction N166.1 billion in Treasury bills, while the United States and India’s data agencies are expected to release consumer price index reports. The Organisation...