[Premium Times] Yobe State is sending 35 athletes to Abuja for the Para-Games that kick off on Saturday.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria's High Court has reduced the number of charges against Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. He will now be prosecuted on seven counts, including terrorism.

[The Conversation Africa] Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's former president and a pan Africanist extraordinaire, turned 85 on 5 March 2022.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Low-income workers are set to lose out from a slew of surprising knockouts in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

[Premium Times] Whoever violates the new practice direction is deemed to have committed an offence under the terrorism law.

[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.

[Premium Times] The lawmakers observed that Nigeria has become a dumping ground for high energy-consuming appliances.

[Premium Times] Russia had warned countries that a yes vote or abstention on a U.S. push to suspend the country from the Human Rights Council would be viewed as an "unfriendly gesture" with consequences for bilateral ties.

[Premium Times] According to Mr Soyinka, what he said at the time was "do not vote for Jonathan."

[ISS] The brazen targeting of transport and state infrastructure reflects a security breakdown that threatens lives and economic prospects.

[Premium Times] The brazen targeting of transport and state infrastructure reflects a security breakdown that threatens lives and economic prospects.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Today, April 7, is World Health Day, an important day by any standard; one which draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The theme for World Health Day in 2021 hinged on building a fa...

[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.