[Premium Times] Chemotherapy is an aggressive form of chemical drug therapy meant to destroy rapidly growing cells in the body.

[Daily Trust] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the ambassadorial appointment of former Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari.

[Premium Times] The federal government plans to utilise unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances of up to six years, to mitigate Nigeria's economic challenges.

[Premium Times] "In the meantime, the nationwide strike takes effect from 12 midnight, 5 February 2021, pending any contrary resolution by the branches," the official said.

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has rolled out N5 billion grant for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under the MSME Survival Fund and Guaranteed off-take Stimulus Schemes.

[CFR] Nigerians like to say that they are the world's happiest people and the most religious. The basis of their happiness, they go on to say in the face of poor well-being statistics (such as one of the world's highest levels of maternal mortality),...

[Premium Times] Article 29 of the Vienna Convention protects diplomats from arrest and detention and grants them immunity from civil or criminal prosecution.

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has commenced discussions with representatives of the organised labour on how to raise the freight rate of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol from N7.51 per litre to N9.11 per litre, the Executive Secretary of ...

[Premium Times] President Muhammdu Buhari on January 26 signed the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 policy.

[Premium Times] A civil defence operative abducted by suspected militants was later rescued by some community people.

[Premium Times] Mr Sowore arrived at the proceedings late, but early enough to avert being slammed with a similar fine.

[Daily Trust] Renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Ahmed Mahmoud Gumi has narrated his encounter during a trip to the camps of bandits in Zamfara State.

[Daily Trust] Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, the Kano-based Islamic cleric barred from preaching, has accused the State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, of issuing the order because he worked against him during the 2019 general election.

[Daily Trust] SUB: President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (Rtd), Former Chief Of Army Staff, as a non-career ambassador, subject to the confirmation of...

[CFR] Security across Nigeria is challenged, with Islamist groups in the north far from defeated, a seeming resurgence of a low-level insurrection in the oil patch, ongoing conflict in the middle of the country over water and land use that sometimes ...

[Leadership] The recent passing of Prince Tony Momoh is one in a series of the diminishing number of journalists of the old school. In the almost 81 years he spent here on earth, he was, at various times, a Muslim, a Christian, a teacher, journalist,...

[Leadership] The chief executive officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Segun Awolowo has expressed delight over the attainment of Global Organic Certification status for Nigerian sesame seed by WACOT Nigeria from ECOCERT Intern...

[Leadership] Since the progression of COVID-19 to a pandemic, the Nigerian healthcare systems have experienced severe difficulties coping with patient care for both COVID-19 and other diseases especially non communicable diseases like cancer, LEADERS...

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[Leadership] Edo State -- The unity of the Nigerian State has never been so badly threatened than now. Sixty years after independence, Nigeria is today on the precipice of breaking up. No thanks to leadership without clear direction, crimes and terro...

[Leadership] The federal government has approved the establishment of 20 private universities. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the virtual federal executive council meeting presided over by P...

[Leadership] Abuja, Ilorin, Port Harcourt -- There is widespread unease within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the speculated ambition of former president Goodluck Jonathan in the 2023...

[Premium Times] Mr Igboho during a virtual town hall meeting with Yorubas in Diaspora on Tuesday said Mr Adeyeye and other Yoruba leaders are "Fulani slaves".

[Vanguard] Let's go back in time to May 2004, when the lands of Yelwa-Shendam, in Plateau State, had turned crimson. Primitive fury and hatred were unleashed, leading to internecine bloodbath.

[Vanguard] Awka -- The Anambra State Government has announced the introduction of curfew in the state to help check the spread of COVID-19 virus.

[Premium Times] The cleric said the ban on open grazing will help to separate pastoralists from terrorists.

[Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday dismissed a suit seeking an order compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, for alleged misappropriation of N9...

[Daily Trust] The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has maintained that it would proceed on the planned indefinite...

[Daily Trust] Residents of four local governments in Borno State have been forced to flee into communities in Yobe State, according to the police.

[Daily Trust] At least, 37 herdsmen and 5, 000 cows illegally occupying the Ondo State's forest reserves have been chased out by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, for violating the order of the state government.