Amidst upsurge in unemployment rate in Nigeria, the Abia State Government has said the $430 million investment in the Abia Enyimba Economic…
The second edition of Zenith Bank’s lifestyle fair is billed to hold from November 29 to December at Eko Hotel, Energy City,…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria came from a goal down to beat the Crocodiles of Lesotho 4-2 in the 2021 Africa Cup…
History is about to be made in Bayelsa State as the All Progressives Congress, APC, is set to win the governorship seat…
Power generation companies, GENCOs, are threatening a country-wide black out over disagreements with the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET. They have…
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has emphasised the resolve of the ninth National Assembly to unite for the pursuit of national interest irrespective…
For unwholesome practices, no fewer than 22 Bakeries and 25 sachet water factories have been shut in Maiduguri by the National Agency…
The Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party for Kogi State in Saturday’s election Musa Wada has rejected the likely outcome of the…
After spending six days with kidnappers, two siblings abducted at Mahuta in Igabi Local Government Area in Kaduna State have gained freedom.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, General Charles Airhavbere has disclosed that a faction of the APC…
Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof. James Apam, has announced the death of an unnamed ad-hoc electoral officer in a boat…
Preliminary results from Kogi State indicate that Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is leading in 15 local governments…
The CCD Election Analysis Centre, EAC, has reported that Kogi election has been characterized by several malpractices. The Centre for Democracy and…
A boat conveying journalists in Bayelsa State was reported to have capsized. The journalists were returning from the polling station when the…
Bayelsa State Governor has cried foul alleging that Saturday’s governorship election in the state was marred by thuggery and hijacking of electoral…
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has created a political uncertainty with its technical pronouncement on the victory of Oyo State Governor,…
By FEMI ADESINA After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on…
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has disclosed that mothers of cyber fraudsters, popularly known as…
For Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, the party is over as the Supreme Court today affirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Benin of Court of Appeal has been reportedly kidnapped on her way to work on Wednesday morning.…
The Federal Executive Council has directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed to effect the payment of the new minimum wage on…
Nigeria may be losing about $15 billion every year to tax evaders, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Babatunde Fowler has…
No fewer than 2,000 people have been displaced by bandits who attacked 17 villages in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.One…
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta has rejected the 2020 budget of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for omitting major ongoing…
Organised Labour wants the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage to start from April 18, the day it was signed into…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured an interim forfeiture of two properties belonging to the immediate past Senate President,…
Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network.The regulatory agency said the…
Assistant Commissioner Police, Musa Rabo who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday has regained freedom.Force Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba,…
Former Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Chief Edward Onoja was on Monday sworn-in as the Deputy Governor of Kogi State.He…
Federal High Court in Abuja has agreed to the request by the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare for the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Russia to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding in Sochi.The summit, scheduled for October 23-25, will…
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIG). Two of them are to proceed…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said his administration’s Social Investment Programme, SIP, has been designed to fund small businesses and lift many…
Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Alhaji Usman Gur, said the federal government in collaboration with international donor agencies has set…
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has opposed plans by MTN to charge their subscribers for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, access to…
Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the abduction of a top police officer by yet to be identified persons. Assistant Commissioner of Police,…
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has defended the apex bank’s policy restricting foreign exchange sales for 43 items that…
The Accountable Leadership for Better Nigeria Initiative, (albni), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his Minister of State for Petroleum…
The office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has raised alarm on the activities of fraudsters who masquerade as…
Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court has dismissed a suit on the tenure of Mr. Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal…
OPINION BY CHIDO NWAKANMA Is it ethical? Does it not constitute an invasion of the privacy of the lecturers? Is it proper…
Re: $26bn Diaspora remittances: Where are the dollars? Anthony Ani/OPINION The above question was posed in an article in The PUNCH newspaper…
Unknown gunmen have abducted nine persons in Pegi, a community in Kuje Area Council, Abuja after they ambushed their victims including a…
SPECIAL REPORT A powerful lobby from the oil and gas industry is mounting pressure on the Attorney General of the Federation to…
The organised labour and governemnt may be heading for a showdown as Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige hinted that…
Alhaji Dr. Sakariyau O. Babalola, an honourary doctor of science (DSc) and Officer of the Order of Niger (OON), was born in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate redeployment of two Ministers of State. Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta…
By Tajudeen Kareem It is settled in labour relations that he who hires has the authority to fire. That is what applied…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new head of service to replace Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita who has been suspended. A statement from…
Abuja, the federal capital was on edge at the weekend as news spread on the social media about series of kidnappings in…
Super technocrat, Chief Ufot Ekaette, is lying critically ill at the intensive care section of the National Hospital, Abuja. The 80-year old…
*Court summons Dakolo, Fatoyinbo over rape allegation An FCT High Court has ordered the founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo…
An adamant Islamic Movement in Nigeria said the police is planning to attack its Ashura mourning procession in Abuja and other cities…
OPINION By Ademola Adigun In 1982, we started shouts of Ghana must go in Nigeria. Nigeria had several Ghanaians working in Nigeria.…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday chaired a meeting over the Process and Industrial Development Ltd, P&ID, $9.6 billion judgement against Nigeria.…
The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), opens today and will last till Saturday. In this article, Special Adviser…
A member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Bodai, has been abducted by gunmen in Bodai village, Dange/Shuni Local Government…
Kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala Wadume has explained how he escaped from operatives of the Intelligence Response Team deployed from Abuja to arrest…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking access…
A massive border security patrol codenamed “EX-SWIFT RESPONSE” is rolling off soon. It is part of measures to secure Nigeria’s land and…
In-coming ministers have been asked to prepare to fight poverty by workng hard to help the Federal Government implement its programmes and…
Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has been banned for life from football activities, world governing soccer body, FIFA has announced. A…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has identified the development of agriculture as a fast poverty-reduction strategy for Nigeria with vast arable lands.…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita is recuperating at an undisclosed hospital after four grualling days…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has decried the performance of electricity distribution companies, calling for a change of strategy in order to meet…
Court grants DSS permission to detain Sowore for 45 days. A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Department of State…
A proactive approach to deal with the menace of polio resurgence is required, especially in rural communities, the Kwara State, Governor AbdulRahman…
Department of State Services, DSS, has confirmed receipt of a court order granting the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN,…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for permission to detain the convener of…
The Nigeria Police has mobilised its men in Ogun State on the trail of kidnappers who seized five pastors of the Redeemed…
For Nigerians waiting for new ministers to assume office, they will have to wait more. Reason: President Muhammadu Buhari is not in…
An Ilorin High Court has ordered the forfeiture to the Federal Government of a shopping mall, Asmau Plaza valued at N150 million…
Kwara State Government said it has embarked on vaccination against polio in seven local government areas in response to an outbreak. The…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has declared personal and corporate assets in excess of N48 billion in fulfilment of his campaign…
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI, by OLUSEGUN OBASANJO I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided…
The Police is throwing all its might to hunt the killers of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the…
*Opinion-Criminality: There Is An Ongoing Effort To Set South-West On Fire, By Wale Adedayo It appears there is an ongoing effort to…
* Preliminary Report On Killing Of Afenifere Leader’s Daughter The Ondo State Police Command has described those who killed Mrs Funke Olakunrin,…
The local automobile industry may be waking from its slumber with the return of Volkswagen Automobile Group 20 years after the assembly…
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to obey several court orders and release the leader of the…
Disturbed over the continued killing of Nigerians in South Africa, the Senate has warned the former apartheid country to find a lasting…
The Federal Government is resolved to defend its rights in a dispute against Switzerland over alleged oil theft in the Niger Delta…
Candidates representing the All Progressives Congress in the November governorship elections for Bayelsa and Kogi states will emerge on August 29, the…
Senators are worried over the increasing incidence of rape and defilement of minors and the legislators are signing up for death penalty…
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has announced a series of initiatives to support the implementation of the Agreement for the African Continental…
A census of workers in Kwara State is imminent to weeed out ghost workers and plug loopholes in government fianace. The Kwara…
A huge fire at Ijegun, Lagos has killed two people and burnt over 30 vehicles after suspected vandals opened the Nigerian National…
The Nigerian Army has claimed fresh success against insurgents who were successfully repelledwhen they attacked by the 212 Tank Battalion at Gajigana…
Nigeria is set to ratify the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, the presidency has announced. The presidency via…
The House of Representatives witnessed a rowdy session Wednesday over the announcement of minority leadership positions. The controversy started when Speaker Femi…
The Senate has raised a seven-man ad-hoc committee to investigate the alleged assault on a woman at a sex-toy shop in Abuja…
The Federal Government has shelved the controversial Rural Grazing Area, RUGA, settlements for herdsmen across the nation. The suspension comes against the…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday approved immediate payment of the N450m that the previous administration had diverted from the UBEC…
Nigerian workers are becoming impatient on the seeming reluctance of the Federal Government to effect the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage.…
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has hinted of a possible review of the 2007 Public Procurement Act. Lawan, while receiving the Secretary to…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation,…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $8.4m and N9.2bn seized from Mrs. Patience Jonathan to the…
The Kwara State Government has taken the immediate-past goveror, Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed to task on the alleged diversion of N1.5 billion Universal…
Super Eagles has suffered a 2-0 humiliating defeat, beaten by Madagascar in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations final. The Nigerian team…
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati has lamented that over N5trillion is owed the Asset Management Corporation of…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, to court on alleged libelous…
Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates, COPA, has urged the police to investigate the rape allegation levelled against the Senior Pastor…
The Central Bank of Nigeria intends to reduce the number of naira notes in circulation to make government’s cashless policy more effective.…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has raised a nine-member committee to review the operating rules of the House. The…
The wise counsel of elders will be useful to the smooth running of government under the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq administration in Kwara State,…
The Super Eagles has qualified for the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over the Syli…
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has criticised the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan for misleading Nigerians on…
For the 63-year old Bacita Sugar Company in Edu Council of Kwara state, redemption is in the horizon going by the pronouncements…
MTN Nigeria Communications has launched 4G+ network in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt in a bid to deliver a premium experience to its…
The myriads of problems facing the country would be largely addressed by the recourese to t true federalism, the Afenifere political pressure…
*50 political parties fault EU Report, say 2019 election was credible No fewer than presidential candidates of 50 political parties have faulted…
The management of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has appointed Dr. Henry Nkemadu as the commission’s new director of public affairs. Nkemadu,…
The Federal Government is taking no chance to ensure that the dreaded ebola disease is kept in check. It has directed all…
Lawmakers in Bauchi State have elected two speakers for the House of Assembly, to demonstrate the keen contest for political authority in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Economic Council and urged the advisory body to pay special attention to security, education, agriculture…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said Kwara State would explore opportunities offered by the N200 billion set aside by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
*Dissecting President’s Democracy Day Speech By George Onmonya Daniel Nigerians had looked forward with excitement to the speech of President Muhammadu Buhari…
The Federal Government has described as false, the message circulating in the social media purporting a positive case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena has described the reports of international election observers, namely the…
Caretaker management committees for local councils in Kwara State may ememrge today following the suspension of all the elected 16 Local Government…
Kwara State House of Assembly has suspended chairmen of the sixteen local councils in Kwara state pending further investigations. The House made…
Killing and maiming of civilians is unabaiting in Borno State where the State Emergency Management Agency has confrmed the death of 30…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has been in the saddle since November, 2017, directing the workings of…
The authentic governor of Osun state will emerge Monday as the Supreme Court delivers judgment in the appeal filed by Senator Ademola…
Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi said he is ‘flattered’ by the transfer speculation linking him with a summer move to top English…
Muslim cleric, Sheikh Habeebulaah Adam el-ilory has praised the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for being ‘magnanimous with power’. The cleric said…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has denied a report that he is planning to lead a street…
ADVERTORIAL SGF WARNS FRAUDSTERS AGAINST ISSUING FALSE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC The attention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Transmission Company of Nigeria,…
THE Supreme Court on Friday sacked the representative of Niger East Senatorial District, Senator David Umaru. In his place, the apex court…
More workers are signing up for the pension scheme going by figures from the National Bureau of Statistics. Specifically, the number of…
The Kwara State Government is determined to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, Governor Abdulraman Abdulrazaq has assured The governor,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have requested the consent of the presidential tribunal to inspect the…
*Tribunal adjourns PDP’s case over WAEC’s failure to present official document Kwara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned till Friday to…
In four years, no fewer than 1,204 financial crime offenders have been nailed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. This…
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has been named the African Bank of the Year at the African Banker Awards 2019 ceremony held…
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport, Katsina State. No life was lost. NAF Director…
President Muhammadu Buhari has renamed the national stadium in Abuja after the winner of the 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola. President Buhari…
*Political, religious leaders fueling insecurity, says Buhari A closely guided secret on the spate of insecurity in the country has been revelealed…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as announced 160 as cut-off mark for admission in 2019. The decision was reached at…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has urged African leaders to add value to human lives while fighting corruption even as he identified equitable…
Assistant Coach, Super Eagles, Imama Amapakabo has declared that the senior national team would be 100 percent ready for the Africa Nations…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has overruled Oando Plc on its attempt to hold an Annual General Meeting, Tuesday, June 11. The…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the National Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry…
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Special…
Kwara state governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has expressed a determination to deliver on his campaign promises and the need to the meet…
Respite may have come for the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi with the fence mending moves intiated by Kano business…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has made his first appointments, comprising the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the State Government and Chief…
Alleged ‘mis-spending’ of N3.4 billion has earned the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi a query from the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi…
The Kwara State Government has not sacked any workers contrary to rumours that some categories of workers employed by the immediate past…
BREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT RESOLVES DISPUTE ON OFFA SEAT The Supreme Court has dismissed the notice of appeal filed by Adeniran Mariam…
Authorities warn Resident Doctors, says Impending Strike Unnecessary The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital branc,h has been advised to…
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has charged the state ministry of water resources to ensure regular supply of potable water supply…
The solution to the seemingly unending communal strife that has pitched cattle rearers against owners of farmlands, especially in the northern states,…
The Court of Appeal, Lagos has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the final forfeiture of…
*Mustapha Scores Buhari High in First Term* President Muhammadu Buhari is steadily progressing in keeping faith with his promise to tackle insecurity,…
Secretary to the Governemnt of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has provided reasons behind the guideline rolled out recently by the Nigerian Financial…
The Nigerian Army has raised an alarm on the activities of non-governmental organisations who are accused of offering assistance to Boko Haram…
The ForeMedia Group will commence trading at the London Stock Exchange June 4 following approval by its management board last week. The…
Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has promised to run an inclusive and people-oriented government even as he asked Kwarans the to…
The Federal Government has identified four sectors capable of creating about 20 million new jobs iwith proper focus. The sectors are agriculture,…
Maryam Uwais, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programme has faulted the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari…
The Supreme Court has declared all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party winners of governorship, National Assembly, and State House of…
Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will resign June 7 after lawmakers once again rejected her proposed deal…
President Muhammadu Buhari has praised his ministers for their “unique skills, strength and leadership qualities” even as he failed to dissolve his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that government will sustain the offensive against drug trafficking even as he asked Nigerians abroad to provide…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Office, is probing the propriety of payment of about N400 million to members of…
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has retained the benchmark interest rate at 13.5 percent. CBN Governor, Mr…
Barely one week to the end of his tenure as Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has nominated his cronies to run…
The Federal Government has re-affirmed its commitment to providing an enabling environment for budding entrepreneurs and start-up businesses to thrive. Secretary to…
Leading telecommunications company, MTN has paid N235 billion in fines based on the settlement agreement reached with Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Executive…
The Nigerian telecommunications sector attracted $1.73 billion Foreign Direct Investment, under the current administration, the Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has…
Details of activities for the May 29 inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term and the first observance of June 12…
TWO DECADES DOWN THE LINE, BUHARI GIVES MEANING TO TRUE DEMOCRACY Special Review by Remi Adebayo What is in a name, critics…
By Usman Bello Balarabe Zainab Habib Aliyu, who escaped the hangman’s noose after she was found innocent of alleged drug trafficking into…
MTN Nigeria has emerged the second-biggest trading company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange with its shares jumping 10% to N 99 naira,…
The police in Kano have intercepted 303 cartons of Tramadol tablets believed to be abused by many young people. The Commissioner of…
Worried by negative pangs of poverty and insecurity, the 19 governors in Northern Nigeria have mooted an economc stabilisation fund and a…
THE Securities and Exchange Commission has warned Nigerians against fraudsters running an online investment scheme tagged “Loom Money Nigeria’’. Acting Director-General of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has shifted the 2019 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States to November 16. The polls were…
The Nigeria Customs Service has warned Nigerians on the dangers of consuming foreign rice because it is poisonous. The Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed 11 charges bordering on fraud against Nigeria musician, Azeez Fashola, best known as…
*BOSS MUSTAPHA INAUGURATES WAGE ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE IN ABUJA It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very important event which…
The Federal Government has re-affirmed its commitment to the welfare of workers and the sanctity of the new national minimum wage signed…
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria has suspended interview waivers for visa renewals, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process. Visa applications will no…
Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has denied presenting a fake certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission as part of the…
* Breaks Silence on Her Struggle with Motherhood Nse Ikpe-Etim is a Nigerian actress who is famous for her role in the…
No fewer than 5,000 business leaders, entrepreneurs and government officials from 55 countries are expected at the second Intra-African Trade Fair slated…
Zlatan Ibile and Naira Marley are still detained by EFCC and will be spending the weekend in custody. The two musicians were…
A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Adebayo Muhammed is cooling his hells at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
The Kwara State Government is in panic mode over the fall-out of its controversial actions on the State University at Malete which…
*Rescues kidnap victims, rolls out new counter kidnapping strategy By Osinachi Nkwocha The Nigerian Police Force is counting its gains against crime…
The Federal Government is desirous of ensuring that the entire country enjoys the benefits of information and communication technology. To achieve this…
New emirates have been created by the Kano State Government shortly after the State House of Assembly passed a bill to carve…
The disagreement between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige turned bloody yesterday in Abuja.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the North-East Development Commission, with a N10 billion take off grant already captured in the 2019 budget.…
*Atiku vs Buhari: Tribunal fixes May 15 and 16 for pre-hearing sittings The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has fixed May 15 and…
Litigants seeking to invalidate the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari will today begin to build their case as the Presidential Election Petition…
A Magistrate Court in Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory has admitted the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the…
Angry indigenes of Abuja Tuesday extracted a promise from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that government will look into their grievances on alleged…
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has appointed Professor Kenneth Adeyemi as the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, KWASU in…
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has located the country’s real problem in lack of leadership and not corruption. Dogara, at…
Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State, Garba Madami, was tempted by unnamed politicians to rig the 2019 elections. Madami said he was…
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has promised to ensure that the capital market is not used for money laundering and terrorism…
A Diamond 42 trainer plane owned by the International Aviation College, Ilorin, has crashed at the Ilorin Airport. Eyewitness accounts said the…
The Senate has passed the 2019 appropriation bill, jerking up the estimates from N8.83 trillion to N8.916 trillion. The passage followed the…
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed May 17 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the removal of Senate President, Bukola…
By Osinachi Nkwocha The Nigeria Immigration Service has begun the issuance of the new passport booklet with 10-year validity at the Service…
Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Abdulaziz Yari has alerted incoming governors to be prepared for another cycle of recession. Speaking at…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State is waiving the olive branch as its members have pledged to work for the…
For Zainab Aliyu, the young lady recently arrested in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug offence, reprieve may not be foreclosed, as President…
Some Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State went through a grueling weekend as fire destroyed no fewer than 140 shelters in two…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has picked holes in the plan by the Federal Government to verify its personnel in…
Kwara state Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied claims that he is pressuring the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, KWASU, Professor Abdulrasheed…
TWENTY- nine newly elected governors will Monday attend a retreat in Abuja in preparation for some of the challenges that lay-in-wait for…
The Nigerian Police Force has reviewed its work schedule for greater efficiency and productivity. Specifically, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr.…
The Kwara State House of Assembly today prohibited the State Governor from tampering with the structure of local government administration. A bill…
For Nigerians seeking fun during Easter celebrations, the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has assured…
The African Export-Import Bank , Afreximbank, has clinched the mandate to serve as the financial adviser and lead arranger for the $130-million…
Lawmakers in Kwara State want the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to take over the recurrent expenditure of the modern police…
A political pressure group within the All Progressives Congress, APC, Legacy Group/Foundation has called on the leadership of the party in Kwara…
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. A five-man panel in an unanimous judgment said…
The discord within the All Progressives Congress on the choice of leaders of the Ninth Assembly is yet to abate despite the…
Determined to hit the ground running, the Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq has visited the Director General, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation,…
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued a warrant ordering the Department of State Services to produce…
There were strong indications last night that members of the National Working Committee, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, mare yet…
Because electoral fraud undermines the will of the people and gives power to illegitimate claimants, it should be regarded as the worst…
For members of the Justice Reform Project, JRP, a 20-man group of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, the hammer must fall on erring…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has discharged the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mounir Gwarzo of the…
AN error of judicial procedure gave a dismissed judge of the Federal High Court, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia temporary reprieve yesterday after corruption charges…
Retired Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen as a date with history on Thursday when the Code of Conduct Tribunal makes a…
There is no imminent shortage of petrol in the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has assured…
By Osinachi Nkwocha The onslaught against banditry in Northern Nigeria is yielding results. The police said 10 suspects were killed and 46…
The defeated presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must resist extra-judicial actions in trying to become president, the Minister of…
Apparently miffed by worsening insecurity in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari wants security operatives to deal ruthlessly with bandits terrorizing a few…
The Supreme Court today struck out an appeal by members of the sacked executive of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara…
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has announced a 24 per cent growth in incomefor the year ended 31 December 2018, showing strong…
The Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has promised to run an efficient administration based on verifiable indices. At the inauguration of…
An Abuja High Court has set aside the sale on Etisalat Nigeria (9mobile) to Teleology Nigeria Limited. Justice Binta Nyako, in a…
The Senate has suspended plenary till April 9 to allow its Committee on Appropriation conclude work on the N8.8 trillion 2019 budget.…
Oil price may jump above $69 dollars a barrel, the highest this year. The rise comes amidst prospects that more sanctions against…
Tax amnesty and permanent waiver of criminal prosecution for owners of offshore assets who voluntarily declare them were dangled today by the Federal…
The Senate has repeatedly refused to confirm the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
C A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has stopped the state government from deducting N421.6 million monthly from pensioners fund to…
There are no fewer than 15 million people hooked on drugs in Nigeria, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug…
Prospective young graduates aspiring to join the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will begin the rigorous screening process soon as the agency…
Prominent politician and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has opposed the government’s plan to increase…
Chief Raymond Dokpesi was today quizzed by the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja. He was earlier of Friday detained by the Department…
A two-storey building on Kakawa Street on Lagos Island has collapsed. No one was reportedly trapped. This is the third building to…
NPFL WEEK 12 RESULTS Rivers Utd 1-2 Wikki Rangers 5-2 Remo Stars Tornadoes 2-2 Lobi Stars Kwara Utd…
Incumbent Plateau State Governor, Simeon Lalong has won re-election, beating former military officer Jerry Useni. Lalong scored a total 595,582 votes. His…
…claim untrue, they never showed up – Stadium manager Ahead of their Week 12 Nigeria Professional Football League match against Kwara United,…
Former national commissioner at INEC, Prof. Lai Olorode has fingered the do-or-die attitude of politicians as the reason for violence which has…
By Osinachi Nkwocha The Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke as…
The presidency has set a 10 million target for beneficiaries of Trader Moni, a scheme which provides small funds for petty traders…
By Osinachi Nkwocha Tragedy struck in the early hours of Wednesday in Nyanya, Abuja, when a policeman allegedly beat up and killed…
By Osinachi Nkwocha There were speculations yesterday in Lagos that the defeated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Jimi Agbaje may…
The Senate has approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage with a plea to the Executive to implement the new wage…
Oluwafemi Ajanaku, Akure A nine-member committee to advise Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on the creation of Local Governments Development Authority,…
By current profile, the Kwara State Government owes N30. 2 billion and is expected to repay N496 million monthly in redeeming its…
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has affirmed the dismissal of three policemen who were sacked for receiving $5,000 bribe. Joseph Okan and…
There is a raging controversy on the role played by the Nigerian Army during the March 9 Governorship Election in Rivers State.…
No fewer than 2,500 voters are expected to take part in the supplementary election for Oriade Constituency in Osun State Assembly on…
No fewer than 10 petitions have been filed before the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu. The petitions on the…
Access and Diamond Banks today received the nod of regulatory agencies to fuse. The approval of the merger by the Central Bank…
Rights Activists, claiming a portion of municipal highways, Saturday occupied the busy Moshood Abiola Road in the heart of the FCT, Abuja,…
Smarting from his hard-won victory at the polls, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to begin a two-week vacation on Friday. He is…
President Muhammadu Buhari has served notice that his second term will take off on a fast lane with the constitution of two…
Oluwafemi Ajanaku, Akure THE internal wrangling in Ondo State All Progressives Congress, APC, is evident in the results of the Presidential…
By Bayonle Omo Kwara For over four decades, the Saraki political dynasty held sway dictating who gets what in Kwara State. The…
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election for another four-year term. “The NFF is excited by…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has registered 1.8 million candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, its spokesperson, Dr. Fabian…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the results of the 2019 presidential elections. Atiku, in a…
1. First and foremost, I give thanks to Almighty God Who has spared our lives to witness another victory for Nigerian democracy…
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to disregard online messages in the social media announcing suspected Lassa fever cases in the Asokoro…
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who suffered a crushing defeat in his bid for a third term in the red chamber of…
All roads lead to Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg this weekend where the Nigerian Army will receive recognition in the fight against terrorism…
Coalition of United Peoples Political Parties (CUPP) has lauded the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi for issuing…
Adebisi OyindamolaStudents of Festival Road Primary School and Government Secondary School (GSS) Garki, Abuja have been sent home to allow INEC use…
C By Tajudeen Kareem His Eminence, John, Cardinal Onaiyekan is 75 today. Strongly admired for his deep commitment to inter-religious harmony, Cardinal…
COAS Unveils Nigerian Army Vehicle Plant in Kaduna The the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, today, has commissioned the…
CJN Suspension: EU Election Observation Mission Reacts The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has expressed concern over the process and…
By Osinachi Nkwocha Obiageli Ezekwesili, candidate of Allied Congress of Party of Nigeria, has stepped aside from the presidential race to help…
By Oluwafemi Ajanaku Private universities may soon become ghost towns owing to exorbitant fees charged education-thirsty Nigerians. Acting Vice Chancellor of Joseph…
BUHARI PLACES TECHNOLOGY ON THE FRONT BURNER President Muhammadu Buhari has mooted the idea of special funding for the promotion of science…
The Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, Brig. Gen. Bubar Marwa, rtd, has disclosed that the committee is finalizing…
The “Restoration Agenda” of Governor Abubakar Sani- Bello of Niger State in health sector got a boost with World Bank injecting over…
Amidst upsurge in unemployment rate in Nigeria, the Abia State Government has said the $430 million investment in the Abia Enyimba Economic…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday presented 27 new operational vehicles to the state civil service, including the State Fire Service,…
The political configuration of the South-South has been altered with the election of Chief David Lyon as the governor of Bayelsa State.…
After 15 months of inactivity, the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is expected to meet on Friday, November…
The National Assembly has invited government officials and 17 local and International Oil Companies, IOCs, over their alleged indebtedness to the Niger…
Inflation is rising and Nigerians are poorer, going by data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Consumer price index, which measures…
The Senate has distanced itself from the Hate Speech Bill which passed first reading last week, saying it is a personal bill.The…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has formally declared Governor Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi State governorship election held…