Category: Nigeria

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday morning received another batch of 158 Nigerians from Libya. Alhaji Idris Muhammed,

Nigeria’s Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Allison-Madueke will forfeit her $40m worth of pieces of jewellery to the Nigerian

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered the immediate evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa

The Nigeria Police Force has beefed up security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of today’s Ashura procession by

The kidnapped lecturer of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found

Nigerian House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has rejected the claims by South African Foreign Affairs minister Naledi Pandor that

The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday urged the Federal Government and the citizens to

The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has said the enhanced e-passport is acceptable and

A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday urged the governments of Nigeria and South Africa

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday informed residents that the enabling law to permit the reintroduction of monthly sanitation is

Power generation by the nation’s electricity companies hit an average of 3,862MW between January and August, from a monthly average

Kebbi Governor, Abubakar Bagudu has approved the renovation of the state NYSC permanent orientation camp in Dakingari. Bagudu stated this

Some 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has approved the construction of one Primary Healthcare Center in each of the 14 Local

Nigeria and the European Union (EU) yesterday signed a €50 million (N19.65 billion) memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday welcomed the interest shown by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Toyota Group

Nigerian government has reduced the cost of visa application for US citizens. The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbosola directed that

Due to the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the inaugural meeting of the weekly

The Federal Government has alleged that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has the sole

The U.S. Embassy, Abuja has denied blocking appointment dates for visa interview of Nigerians seeking to travel to that country.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his

After more than 18 months of unfruitful negotiations with the Nigerian government to reduce its high visa fee, the United

The House of Representatives has revisited the bill seeking to criminalise estimated billing of electricity consumers by Distribution Companies. When

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has confirmed the death of Hamza Bin Laden, the son and designated heir of

Four police officers arrested by the command ‘decoy’ operatives for alleged extra-judicial killing are to face murder charges in court.

It was jubilation yesterday in Taraba State as police re-arrested the suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, who confessed

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday assigned portfolio to his 43 ministers. Buhari named Sale Mamman as the Minister of Power

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn 43 ministers into his cabinet about two months after his inauguration. The nominated ministers

Almost all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have been indicted for financial wrongdoings in the latest fiscal assessment of the

Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) Monday commenced a five-day

The All Progressives Congress has condemned the attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President and serving Senator, Ike Ekweremadu,

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, to the Presidential Villa

Human existence is under threat with the recent epidemics of Lassa fever, Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM), Yellow fever, Monkey pox,

There is confusion over the state of food production in the country and the autonomy of the Central Bank of

The leadership of the National Assembly has begun moves to procure operational vehicles for the lawmakers that make up its

The Kogi Government has debunked the allegation of an attack by herdsmen at Big Joe motor park in Lokoja on

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the RUGA settlement programme remains the best option for settling nomads in a permanent

Worried by the continued influx of fake and sub-standard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders into Nigeria, a cooking gas advocate

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, will in the next few hours depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe

Sixteen traditional rulers, known as ‘Pelupelu Obas,’ have sued Governor Kayode Fayemi over his recent appointment of Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti,

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again warned Nigerians to desist from investing in schemes that offer unreasonable returns

Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle on Wednesday sacked all the 14 local government secretaries in the state and approved their

Senate President Ahmad Lawan might not have entirely escaped the aftershocks of the red chamber’s appointment of chairmen of committees.

For Nigeria to bridge the huge infrastructure deficit in the transport sector, it requires an estimated N3 trillion investment. The

The Federal Government at the weekend urged states to make land available for the controversial RUGA settlement, even as it

As the Election Petition Tribunal in Akwa Ibom State enters the final stage, the All Progressive Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic

Kaduna High Court on Monday granted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky leave to go to

The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday fixed August 21 for final arguments in the petition filed by the Peoples

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on organised labour to challenge political leaders to

Barely 24 hours after the Senate unveiled the chairmen of its 69 standing committees, early signs of rancour have appeared

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to continue to procure sophisticated weapons to keep the nation’s military in good

China’s leading energy and chemical company, Sinopec, on Monday, said that it had built the world’s largest atmospheric tower for

The Senate has confirmed all 43 ministerial nominees sent last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. The confirmation came shortly after

The All Progressives Congress, Edo State has faulted the claim that the state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki is at loggerheads

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has appointed Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, aged 39, as Children and Families Minister, as part of

“I’d rather keep my mouth shut. Let those who would want to be president try as much as I did.”

Leaders from some parts of the country will not participate in the national security summit organised by former Head of

Dozens of Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) members held a solidarity demonstration against the continued incarceration of the leader of

A fresh protest against the continued detention of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife,

The police have arraigned a whistle-blower, George Uboh, for alleged defamation against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday tendered the documents required by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate,

Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje said plans have commenced on the establishment of Rural Grazing Area settlement in the state.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, hinted yesterday that war could break out in the country unless the worsening

Beyond merely denouncing the controversial RUGA herdsmen settlement proposed by the Federal Government, some communities in the southeast have begun

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, yesterday urged the legislature to use its powers to sanitise the

The Senate has confirmed Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Tanko’s confirmation came after he was

Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference to tackle

The move by the Federal Government to electronically register illegal migrants in the country has come under criticism, with some

Members of the Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying, “Nigeria is on the precipice

The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has indicated that “multi dimensionally poor” Nigerians increased from 86 million to 98 million