[This Day] Sometime in August 2019, a gang of 10 soldiers led by an Army Captain ambushed and killed the three police officers who had arrested an alleged kidnap suspect, Bala Hamisu (a.k.a.Wadume) in Jalingo, Taraba State. The cold murder of the po...

[This Day] Ado Ekiti -- For quality healthcare delivery and attainment of the Universal Health Coverage, the Ekiti State Government is to incorporate 500,000 citizens into the State Health Insurance Scheme (SHIS), with women and children below five y...

[This Day] The Nigerian Postal Services, (NIPOST) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have opened talk on a partnership that would lead to the adoption of NIPOST digital addressing initiative as a condition for the issuance of drivers' license i...

[Vanguard] Lagos State Government's appointment of Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, as Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Management Committee, yesterday, generated angry reactions, as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a socio-polit...

[Vanguard] GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has yielded to the call from some Nigerians through a human rights media outfit, the Brekete Family, to join the 2023 presidential race.

[Premium Times] "We all agreed that if you can do these in a state, if given that opportunity, you will do even better at the national level."

[Leadership] Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians against investing in Illegal Financial Operators (IFOs).

[Leadership] Minister of industry, trade and investment, Otumba Adeniyi Adebayo, yesterday told the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts that several African countries were lobbying companies registered and operating in Nigeria to re...

[Daily Trust] Farmers in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have expressed fear that over 33,000 hectares of farmland may not be cultivated this farming season due to incessant attacks by bandits.

[Daily Trust] The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has commenced preparation to vacate his seat in the Senate, Daily Trust reports.

[Daily Trust] The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday said Nigerians should be grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for the "massive" railway projects across the country.

[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has deployed additional officers to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos following the commissioning of the new international terminal at the airport, findings by our corresponde...

[This Day] Enugu -- An Igbo group, the South East Renaissance Assembly has said it is confident that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will zone its presidential ticket to the region.

[This Day] The Association of Akwa-Cross Indigenes Nigeria, a group made of both Akwa Ibom and Cross River indigenes in the diasporas, is seriously throwing its weight behind Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos in the 2022 forthcoming electi...

[This Day] Experts have identified key strategies that can be adopted towards addressing systemic gender bias, stereotyping, discrimination, and gender inequalities that exist in Nigeria, especially in access and use of formal financial services.

[This Day] Osogbo -- The former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yussuf, yesterday decamped to Labour Party (LP).

[This Day] Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday disclosed his decision to run for a second term, stressing his decision on the need to further build on the solid foundation his administration had laid regarding moving the people of the state f...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Federal Capital Territory Education Secretariat has denied reports that principals in the FCT were levied to contribute N50 million to effect the release of the FCT Universal Basic Education Board (FCTUBEB) Chairman, Dr Sule A...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has given 16 Nigerian universities a total of N232.5 million telecommunications research and development grant.

[This Day] Chief Executive Officer, Nao Sports Management Limited, Nnaemeka Okwara, a UK-based trained football scout and fitness coach, has declared his desire to see African football talents maximize their potential and get to the top of their care...

[This Day] The Nigerian economy is in a very devastating position today. As of March 2021, Nigeria's total public debt was N33.1 trillion ($87.24 billion) and huge debt profile of over 38.9trillion as at end of March.2022.

[This Day] Abuja -- Justice J. D. Peters of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered Airtel Networks Limited to pay its former employee, Mr. Abdul-Hakeem A. Olasewere, N165,986,419.98 for wrongfully sacking him.The money comprises N100 mi...

[This Day] Nigeria Ship Management Limited (NSML), a subsidiary of Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG), has warned that Nigeria is at the verge of losing its top seafarers to other countries due to the country's stringent tax regime.

[This Day] Abuja -- The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Power and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to immediately establish a sustainable policy aimed at phasing out non-energy efficient appliances or equipment f...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Joint Civil Society Groups in Nigeria and APC Support Groups say Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the best consensus candidate for APC to field for the 2023 presidential election.

[This Day] Sokoto -- The Director General of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC ) Maj General Shuaibu Ibrahim has warned corps members to desist from unnecessary and unauthorized journey .

[This Day] The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja has announced that it seized smuggled items with a total duty paid value of N767,633,458.50 in the month of March 2022 with 23 persons arrested at various poin...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof Adesoji Adesugba, has said plans have been concluded to address the emerging traffic gridlock arising from the operations of Pinnacle O...

[This Day] Ignatius Muotoh writes that the UK arm of the Igbo culture apex body, Ohaneze Ndigbo has overcome its period of turbulence with the emergence of a new leadership.

[This Day] Awka -- Unidentified gun men wielding heavy riffles yesterday burnt down Aguata Local Government Area Secretariat at Ekwulobia. Aguata Local Government Area is the local government of the current governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma S...