Category: Nigeria

The House of Representatives yesterday ordered an immediate probe into the use of funds appropriated for the war against insurgency

Governor Adegboyega of Osun State has pledged to prioritise the welfare of workers and retirees by ensuring prompt payment of

A Non-Profit Organisation, Women at Risk Foundation (WARIF), has joined in the global campaign against growing cases of sexual violence

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket office says it had discovered 50 illegal filling stations in the state. Mr

The Jigawa Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Monday, warned motorists and commuters against traveling at night

Outraged at the increasing atrocities of insurgents, especially the killing of dozens of troops by Boko Haram in Metele, Borno

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained its more than two-year Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to close the 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday debunked reports, particularly in the social media, that the commission has opened room

Amid a pocket of opposition, the House of Representative yesterday made a significant push towards legalising the June 12 proclamation

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Musa Abaji as a new Supreme Court Justice. This was disclosed in a tweet

The All Progressives Congress (APC) promised Nigerians would witness change but never said the agenda would be attained within any

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has condemned the announcement of Idongesit Ituen as the new speaker by a

Luck ran out of two alleged drug addicts in Lokoja on Sunday when the men of National Drug Law Enforcement

Governor Samuel Ortom has asked the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi to prove his allegation on the killing of two

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained how the Nigerian government spends about N3.5 million on a monthly basis to

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday enjoined the Igbo not to be deceived by the endorsement of the presidential candidate

The labour movement is worried that Nigerians may turn a cold shoulder to a fresh call for an industrial action

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken a swipe at politicians who use other people’s children as thugs while shielding theirs

The Senate yesterday said it again uncovered illegal multiple withdrawals of $1.151 billion from the dividends accounts of the Nigeria

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lack

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness yesterday offered insight into why it indicted Vice President

Erstwhile National Security Adviser |(NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) yesterday said he would no longer appear for trial on alleged

The contractor handling the reconstruction of the Lagos-lbadan Express Way, Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria Limited yesterday disclosed that the project

Security operatives allegedly swooped on a private jet conveying the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku

Although, there are about 645 million people without electricity in Africa, with about 90 million Nigerians affected, the Minister of

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the International Police (INTERPOL) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to immediately

Barely 100 days to the 2019 general election, the regulatory and legal framework for the conduct of the crucial poll

The Federal Government might have successfully hoodwinked the organised labour into calling off its planned industrial action while at the

The Senate yesterday ordered an investigation into an alleged use of the Federal Government’s special intervention project funds for President

Nigeria’s Senate said Tuesday it was investigating claims that the state oil company illegally took more than $1 billion from

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government yesterday succeeded in averting what could have been a complete lockdown

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed the speculations of an impending petroleum products scarcity in the country. “Providing

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday officially named Dr Obafemi Hamzat as the running

The House of Representatives could reopen the probe into an alleged $1.348 billion power sector fraud levelled against General Electric

As its tomorrow’s deadline for strike draws close, organised labour did not attend the conciliatory meeting with the Federal Government’s

Prospects of a quick fix to the impasse over a new minimum wage dimmed yesterday as the Federal Government headed

The Federal Government has disagreed with Independent Oil Marketers over N1 trillion arrears of subsidy payment claimed by the oil

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and West Africa Network for Peace Building

With low scores and minor improvements in some key indices, the World Bank has ranked Nigeria 146th, down by a

Effective today, November 1, the Federal Government will begin a new service charge through the Treasury Single Account (TSA) on

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday swore in five new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service, charging

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is to flag off the 2018 National Risk Management Conference under the aegis of Risk Management

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday condemned an alleged secret meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the

Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an NGO, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State said 6, 609, 115 residents were eligible to vote in the

The fight against trading in mint currency and abuse of the naira at events has gained prominence, as the Central

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the dismissal of Justices R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and

The Federal Government is to drive initiatives geared at getting more Nigerians out of poverty and improving the country’s human

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Support Group has urged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s delegates to tomorrow’s presidential primaries to vote for Governor

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed Aso Rock yesterday for emergency talks with President

The Nigerian Army has found two soldiers on Operation Lafiya Dole guilty for alleged violation of human rights in Borno

Nigeria is among some African countries to benefit from the €2.6 billion European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD).The EFSD will

Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode has accepted his loss in the Lagos State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress.

A Nigerian policeman who served as a UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sent home and

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have released the list of senate aspirants that have been

The Federal Government has inaugurated a steering committee on the implementation of the 2017 Nigerian National Defence Policy. The Minister

An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu has defeated the state’s governor Akinwunmi Ambode to emerge the

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday announced the Federal Government’s approval of a 90-day special window to register businesses at