Category: Nigeria

The Nigerian Senate Wednesday postponed the third reading of the 2019 Appropriation Bill till Tuesday. The senate committee on appropriations

Traffic jam, the feared menace on Lagos roads, may be at its height today after the respite of the Easter

Troops of operation Sharan Daji in Zamfara State have arrested the vice chairman of Anka Local Government Zamfara State Yahuza

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has convicted Nigeria’s suspended top judge Walter Onnoghen for not declaring his assets when he

Senate yesterday began the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the budget timeline bill. It arrived at the

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the recently conducted general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his

Barely 55 days to the election of the next Senate President, the cloud of uncertainty over President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice

The Federal Government has rebuilt over 4000 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the federation in line with the10,000 rehabilitation target

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged yesterday that some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were plotting to push

Nigeria’s most senior judge has resigned, his lawyer said on Friday, less than two months after he was charged with

Twenty-four days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) abruptly suspended the Rivers State governorship election, it yesterday declared incumbent

The People’s Democratic Party has taken a lead in the resumed collation of the Rivers State governorship polls. The party

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to purge itself of “bad eggs and hypocrites”, who,

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday said the appointment of principal officers of the National Assembly must be free

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army will continue to collaborate with stakeholders to have

The Court of Appeal yesterday granted Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February presidential election

Bickering within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over who becomes president of the Ninth Senate came to the fore

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said the extended time it took the 8th National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said it has sustained the legacy of the late

Bauchi State governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammad Abubakar has congratulated the governor-elect Bala Muhammed of

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received the report of the Bismarck Rewane-led Presidential Advisory Committee on New National Minimum Wage with

The ALL Progressives Congress (APC) might have forfeited its win of the Zamfara State governorship election to the opposition Peoples

The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Monday set aside the judgment delivered by the Zamfara High Court, allowing the

The era of indiscriminate flight delays, cancellations and other rights violations may be coming to an end as the new

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won Benue, Sokoto and Bauchi States in supplementary elections held Saturday, while Kano

A 33-year-old Account Officer with Guaranty Trust Bank, Oluwakayode Fafiyebi, who under trial for an alleged theft of N314 has

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says he is confident of securing a second tenure ahead of the supplementary election to

The United States of America has cautioned all political stakeholders to play according to the rule in tomorrow’s supplementary elections.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has declared that the alleged irregularities that characterised this year’s general elections

Trouble seems to be looming between Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress

Twenty-One years after his demise, family members of the late business mogul and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) following the order issued by Justice Ekwo Inyang

Nigerians may have to brace for the tough times declared by President Muhammadu Buhari, following the Federal Government’s proposed increase

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday debunked a rumour that its candidate for the 2019 gubernatorial election in Lagos State

About nine months into the Federal Government’s suspension of mandatory five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) in air transport,

The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the collation and announcement of

The Nigerian Senate has endorsed N30, 000 as the new minimum wage for Federal and State workers in the country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday filed a petition challenging the declaration of President

Nigeria and other Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) allies may not get new output cuts till June following the

Justice Tanko Muhammad has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not require the permission of the National Judicial Council (NJC)

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) last year recorded a trade surplus of N80.57 billion. However, a deficit of N5.46

Less than a week after he wrote the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party about his decision to quit

The massive increase in the nation’s debt profile troubled senators yesterday as they cautioned the executive arm of government against

Eight bodies were pulled out from a collapsed three-storey building in Lagos State yesterday. The structure, which contained a primary

The Senate is to debate the general principles of the 2019 budget today. The resolution followed yesterday’s announcement by the

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on March 23, 2019 hold supplementary elections in the six states where the

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been declared the winner of the state’s governorship election. El-Rufai, a candidate of the

Gov Samuel Ortom of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is edging towards victory with 317,730 votes from the results of

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared as inconclusive, the governorship election which took place last Saturday in all

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would not pay a Collation Officer for Saturday’s Governorship and House of

Two Nigerians, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, and Prof. Pius Adesanmi, were among the157 persons who died in yesterday’s air crash involving

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday suspended all electoral processes in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in

The protest against military’s involvement in elections continued yesterday with a group in Abuja under the aegis of Save Democracy

A tribunal on Wednesday ordered Nigeria’s electoral body to allow the main opposition to inspect materials used in last month’s

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday said the Federal Government would set up a committee to advise it

The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against declaring

Counsel representing former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, yesterday urged a Federal High Court,

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the nation’s security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The session

Minister of Environment, Suleiman Zarma, has said that the Federal Government has commenced the field level implementation of the Ogoni

Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday docked before an FCT High Court, Apo area of Abuja on a six-count charge,

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa, has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers

Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Jerry Alagbaso winner

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) Monday denied embarking on another strike after its just concluded three months strike. “The

Kimpact Development Initiatives (KDI), an NGO, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address some of the lapses

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has applauded Presidential candidate of the Peoples

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in last Saturday’s election. He also commended

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over conduct of the Presidential and National

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has alleged a 513,214 discrepancy in the number of accredited voters and ballots cast

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday vowed to challenge in court the outcome of the last Saturday’s presidential election he contested on

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday opened its case against Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, has conceded defeat after losing his reelection bid as the senator representing Kwara Central senatorial

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari is in an early lead after the announcement of results from

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejected the results of the presidential election collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Oyo State Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi’s bid to return to the Green Chamber has failed as he lost Saturday’s election

Civil society groups monitoring Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary election said on Monday that 39 people have been killed in violence

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday insisted that it has not cancelled elections anywhere in the country. INEC Chairman,

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa yesterday said the snail speed collation of results of the presidential and

As Nigerians go to the polls tomorrow, about 11, 228,582 out of the 84 million registered voters nationwide will not