United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and four other defendants are scheduled to face arraignment before a Lagos State Special Offences Court on October 22 over allegations involving foreign exchange…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has warned lawmakers against allowing political campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections to undermine their legislative responsibilities, unveiling a proposed 100-day…
The Nigerian Senate has reportedly passed for second reading a bill seeking to decriminalise attempted suicide and establish a national framework for suicide prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, despite opposition from…
Five people have reportedly sustained serious injuries after a 40-foot HOWO truck crashed into two commercial buses at Berger Bus Stop, inward Kara Bridge, in Lagos State, on Tuesday, October…
Nigeria and Germany are seeking to deepen economic cooperation and expand investment opportunities, with the Federal Government pledging to turn existing bilateral agreements into tangible economic benefits.The Minister of Budget…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has criticised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for referring to President Bola Tinubu by his first name, accusing the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate…
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has attributed the legislature’s stability to cooperation between the executive and legislative arms…
The Obidient Movement has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of allegedly intimidating opposition supporters in parts of Nigeria, warning that failure to investigate political violence could threaten peace and…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Taraba State University chapter (ASUU-TSU), has commenced an indefinite strike over the state government’s failure to implement an agreed remuneration framework and pay outstanding…
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has warned lawyers against forum shopping and the filing of multiple suits over substantially similar reliefs, cautioning that the practices could lead…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out an eight-count charge bordering on alleged forgery, fraud and impersonation against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, following an application by the Federal Government…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has appointed Bashorun Akinwale Solomon Akinwole, popularly known as Wolekanle, as his new Chief of Staff, according to a report announcing the appointments. The governor…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of allegedly pressuring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude its governorship candidate,…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) aggressively in the 2027 general elections, announcing October 20 for the inauguration of its Presidential…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun preparations to protect its votes in the 2027 general elections, announcing plans to recruit polling agents and intensify voter education ahead of the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to explain the financial implications of the ₦66-per-litre petrol discount offered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd),…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is establishing innovation hubs in 45 beneficiary tertiary institutions across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones to strengthen research, encourage technological development and help transform academic…
The Federal Government has said it wants to expand Nigeria’s domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity before considering restrictions on imports, amid concerns that an early ban could increase prices and…
The decision follows negotiations with the Lagos State Government over staff welfare and outstanding agreements.Lecturers at Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) and Lagos State University…
A customer has sued First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Ltd for N5 billion over the alleged unauthorised disclosure of a company’s bank statement to a third party, accusing the bank…
Demonstrators demand accountability after a 28-year-old man was shot during an immigration operation while a five-year-old child was inside his vehicle. Protests have erupted in New York following the shooting…
A Makurdi magistrate’s court has ordered the remand of six suspects facing charges ranging from criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms to culpable homicide and terrorism.A Chief Magistrate’s Court…
The opposition party demands a review of the disputed sanction, insisting that political advertising regulations should apply equally to all parties.The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Plateau State has challenged…
The electoral commission says the document contradicts the party’s official primary report, which identified Governor Hope Uzodimma as the winner of the senatorial contest.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in…
The Federal Government has intensified performance monitoring across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), warning public institutions to demonstrate accountability, sustain reforms and deliver measurable results.The renewed drive aligns with President…
The Federal Government and the Imo State Government have agreed to temporarily close the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri for approximately 25 days to allow for runway rehabilitation…
Nigerian content creator and entrepreneur Aisha Alagbo is set to unveil Aish Hospital & Maternity Centre at its grand opening scheduled for October 17, 2026.The upcoming opening marks a new…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons began their campaign for a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games with a 2-0 victory over Comoros in the first leg of their African qualifying…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi has challenged his players to respond to their difficult start to the Premier League season as they prepare to face Manchester United at Old…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has directed its affiliated unions and members to continue their normal duties, distancing itself from an indefinite strike…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to launch his 2027 re-election campaign in Kaduna State on October 24, according to Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign…
The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three people reported to be staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), following an incident on the…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pledged continued support for the Nigerian Army to strengthen security around oil and gas facilities and other critical national assets in the state. Fubara…
The European Un0ion and China have reached an understanding on hybrid vehicle trade and agreed to improve cooperation on rare earth exports following high-level trade talks aimed at easing tensions…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enforce the Supreme Court’s judgment on political party membership registers, including the legal consequences for parties…
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has warned motorists against distractions linked to social media, emotional distress and fatigue, saying they can compromise concentration…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has insisted that the petrol discount introduced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is not a…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has taken a swipe at Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, after he acknowledged that the administration’s economic reforms had…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have criticised the Federal Government’s proposed 30-day petrol discount at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) filling stations, questioning whether…
The Federal Government has warned that restoring petrol subsidy could push the price of petrol to at least ₦2,000 per litre and weaken the naira to approximately ₦3,000 against the…
Moove, the global mobility technology company founded in Lagos, is exiting Nigeria after six years of operations, announcing plans to transfer eligible vehicles valued at approximately ₦35 billion to customers…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has begun hearing Senegal’s appeal against the decision that stripped the country of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and awarded the…
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has commended security agencies for rescuing 20 prospective National Youth…
Dr Sokonte Davies, a former political ally of ex-Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, has left the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of…
Professor Idowu Akanbi Sobowale, a renowned journalist, communication scholar and media educator, has died at the age of 85. Sobowale died on Thursday morning, October 8, 2026, according to a…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun State Command, has commissioned a new operational office in Olorunda as part of efforts to strengthen its presence and intensify the fight…
Former Cross River State Governor and Peoples Redemption Party presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has warned that continued division among major opposition contenders could give President Bola Tinubu an advantage in…
Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on the Federal Government to take all necessary measures to prevent a recurrence of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in…
The Association of Resident Doctors, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, has warned of increased health risks following recent flooding in parts of Rivers State, urging residents to take precautions against…
The Rivers State chapter of the Labour Party has declared support for the Rainbow Coalition associated with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing the political alliance as…
Twenty prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and another person abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State have regained their freedom after days in captivity. The…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has summoned heads of security agencies in the state for an emergency meeting following a recent rise in killings linked to suspected clashes between…
Professor Nnamdi Dike Umeoduagu, Vice-Chancellor of Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, has died a day after he was formally inaugurated as the substantive head of the private institution. Umeoduagu was…
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has issued a seven-day final summons to officials of the six Federal Capital Territory Area Councils over outstanding audit queries involving about N100…
Swift Telephone Network Limited (STN) has unveiled its telephone numbering ranges as the Nigerian telecommunications company prepares to expand its operations following the acquisition of a Unified Access Service Licence…
The Gauteng Provincial Government in South Africa has launched a new digital platform aimed at speeding up the processing of public transport operating licences and addressing a long-standing backlog in…
The Nigerian Navy and Marine Police have commenced efforts to recover the remains of victims and the wreckage of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft that crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local…
The Benue State Government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disagreed over a directive to remove unauthorised billboards across the state, with the opposition party alleging that the move…
Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the 2027 general elections, regardless…
Residents of Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have recounted their unsuccessful efforts to reach occupants of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft that crashed in the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained its decision to establish a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) centre in Ottawa, Canada, saying the initiative is aimed at expanding…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to strengthen transparency and ensure timely disclosure of electoral information ahead of the 2027 general…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised a recent report by The Economist on President Bola Tinubu’s chances of retaining the presidency in the 2027 election, describing the publication’s analysis…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released the names of 25 people who died in the military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, providing the first official identification of victims…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that nationwide collection of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, will commence on Friday, October 9, 2026, ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning for Nigerian Air Force personnel who died in Monday’s military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The President also…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has begun mobilising Yoruba communities in the Republic of Benin ahead of the maiden Oyo Empire Day celebration scheduled for December…
Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s insurance reforms are repositioning the sector to play a more strategic role in Nigeria’s…
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has paid a congratulatory visit to Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, following the Federal High Court judgment affirming Hashim as the presidential…
Nigeria’s fiscal planning has come under renewed scrutiny after the National Assembly extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 budget to December 31, 2026, allowing it to…
Cross River State workers and parents are groaning under soaring transport fares as schools resume for the 2025/2026 academic session, months after the state government acquired electric buses that are…
A military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, travelling from Benin to Lagos, has crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, after air traffic controllers lost contact with…
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to immediately uphold Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as…
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ifo Constituency II in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Omotunde Ayoade, JP, has celebrated teachers across the constituency, Ogun State and Nigeria,…
The CityBoy Movement in Ogun State has reiterated its commitment to mobilising two million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election while backing the governorship ambition of…
The Plateau State Government has renewed its commitment to reducing avoidable blindness and expanding access to quality eye care services across the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Ba’amlong,…
A joint operation involving the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Amotekun, has killed a senior Islamic State West Africa Province…
Academic and non-academic workers across Lagos State-owned universities have commenced an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of agreements reached with the state government and outstanding salary and allowance arrears. The…
Temi Nkem has emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 11, tagged “Show Ya Sef”.The 21-year-old contestant was announced as the winner during the grand finale of the…
The Osun State Government has filed an application before the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to set aside an interim order restricting transactions on its bank accounts over a…
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee who survived a failed lethal injection, remains in critical condition and on a ventilator, her lawyer has said. Pike, 50, was taken…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, has been honoured by the United International Peace and Governance Council (UNIPGC) during the Nigeria…
The Oyo and Imo State governments are working with security agencies to secure the release of prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted while travelling from Ibadan to their orientation…
Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has held talks with Nigerian music star Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, on how the creative industry can contribute to rebuilding public…
Former Nigeria U-17 striker, Ibanga Mbetobong Samuel, popularly known as Mbet Samuel, has spoken out over what he described as 16 years of pain and hardship following a career-ending knee…
Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has called on non-indigene associations and hunters’ groups in the state to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for re-election…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered several commercial banks to place a “Post No Debit” restriction on accounts operated by the Osun State Government over an arbitration…
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has introduced digital clearance and certificate systems as part of efforts to reduce delays in students’ graduation and make academic processes more efficient.The Vice-Chancellor of the…
A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Buba Galadima, has accused President Bola Tinubu and his associates of ingratitude towards former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.Galadima made the remarks…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will deploy youth election observers alongside its traditional observation missions for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Head of the ECOWAS Electoral…
Parents of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in Imo State have appealed to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, for help, saying they cannot raise…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has credited President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms with preventing Nigeria from sliding into economic collapse, saying the administration’s decisions on fuel subsidy and foreign exchange helped…
The Lagos State Government has stopped admitting new diesel-powered buses into its regulated public transport system, directing operators to adopt compressed natural gas (CNG) or electric vehicles as the state…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday received prominent business and political figures at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos, including Dangote Group President Aliko Dangote and BUA Group Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu.…
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ona Ara State Constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly election, Chief Engr. Funmi Obisesan, joined other political figures for Jumu’ah prayers…
The prosecution in the trial of African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has opposed the defence’s demand that the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin…
Nigerian street-pop singer Seyi Vibez headlined the Grand Turnup Affair, popularly known as GTA, organised by Mainland Block Party as part of its Independence Day celebration in Lagos on Thursday,…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate Rotimi Amaechi has challenged President Bola Tinubu over the rising cost of living, saying he would withdraw from the ticket of former Vice President…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Tony Ameachi, in connection with an alleged case of obtaining money under false pretence involving ₦2.5 million.The arrest followed a…
Senator Abiodun Olujimi is calling for patience from Nigerians following a raft of reforms rolled out by the Federal Government after President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023. Olujimi,…
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