Category: Nigeria

Two persons, including an artisan were on Monday killed and at least five others injured after another gas explosion occurred

SEVENTEEN of the 24 members of Edo State House of Assembly are backing the governorship candidate of the All Progressives

THERE were indications on Monday that cracks had developed in the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Restates commitment to road construction Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has set up a committee to look into the controversy

• Ajayi is still our member, says opposition party • More pressure on Jegede to accept him as running mate

Group knocks FG over N64b fencing for UNIMAID Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described the Federal Ministry

Warn FG against playing global politics on schools’ resumption • Oyo State government lauds teachers, amends school calendar The National

Following the attack on Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar el-Kanemi, has declared the state

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom insists that even as he does not have any problem with Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore

The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom insists that even as he does not have any problem with Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can win the governorship elections in Ondo and Ekiti

Another shake up in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has affected 20 Zonal and Heads of sections, who

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said he chose Lucky Ayedatiwa as his running mate because he possessed verifiable credentials.

The Southerner Kaduna caucus in the House of Representatives rose from an emergency meeting yesterday with a fresh alarm of

Passengers on the Abuja/Kaduna railway have continued to express dissatisfaction over the increase in the transport fare despite the harsh

Blasts FG over amnesty to terrorists Senator Ali Ndume has criticised the Federal Government’s amnesty to terrorists, saying that a

The director, administration at the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Mallam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha is dead. Nwoha died

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested

A commercial bus conveying several kegs of diesel Tuesday afternoon exploded on Third Mainland Bridge bringing traffic to a standstill.

RIVERS State Governor Nyesom Wike has approved complete re-grassing and rehabilitation of the main bowl football pitch and the two

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been holding on to N900 billion of lenders’ deposits as Cash Reserve Ration

A SENIOR lawyers have called for a credible election of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national officers. The electronic voting will

MASSIVE floods will sweep through many parts of the country between September and October, a Federal Government agency warned on

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has inaugurated the Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre (ECC), built by

The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian

No fewer than 10 passengers escaped death on Tuesday’s evening when their boat capsized on Lagos Waterways, the National Emergency

– Frustrated by Bauchi identity politics Many underlying but knotty factors propelled the immediate past Speaker of the House of

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released probe reports of four air accidents, including the helicopter crash involving Vice President

The Senate has invited the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and her Works and Housing counterpart, Babatunde Fashola, to explain

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received 109 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Mali at the International Wing of

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has vowed to resist the scrapping of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF).

Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC) on Monday sealed off the Banana Island Property Owners Resident Association’s (BIPORAL’s) water treatment

Abia State chapter chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Johnson Onuigbo has been reported dead. Though details of

The call for restructuring will soon end because President Muhammadu Buhari is already addressing issues that led to it, a

The 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) will commence on August 17, the Federal Government has declared. To this end,

• Group tells Buhari, el-Rufai to resign over Kaduna killings • Ashiru wants president to overhaul security architecture • Forum

• State plans to reopen schools soon • Police arrest six suspects for rape, other sexual offences Akwa Ibom State

The Federal Government has said Secondary schools in the country will reopen on August 4, 2020 for pupils in exit

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants across the country to mitigate

Mr Patrick Obiefuna, the Managing Director, Anambra State Road Traffic Management Agency (ATMA), said on Monday in Awka, that the

The death of the former governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has deepened cleavages and rivalries in the

Fresh building blocks were again laid in Ibadan, unto Nigeria’s urban development framework, when the Federal Government unfolded plans to

•Youth council accuses Gbajabiamila of protecting colleagues • Knocks, kudos for minister over corruption in NDDC The letter from Niger

•CRA, MBF berate presidency, el-Rufai •HURIWA bemoans silence of religious leaders Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) and Southern and Middle

Igbo in US donate medical items to tertiary institutions in South East The Enugu State chapter of the Nigerian Medical

Troops of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, say they have rescued two kidnapped victims at Iboropa forest in

Nigerians have been warned not to abandon the safety regulations and protocols for the prevention of COVID-19 during the forthcoming

The House of Representatives on Thursday faulted the processes leading to the suspension of top management and Executive Committee members

Kwara State Government Executive Council has slashed the 2020 budget to N114,791,853,968, a 29.4 per cent decrease from the approved

Gunmen have abducted a police inspector, a councillor, two wives of a famous hunter and two other persons in Koma,

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) on Thursday promised to lead the party to

After waiting for about nine hours, the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has revealed his principal and predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan have mutual respect and

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) is mobilising the general public for mass protest against the government and its