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Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s president on Monday during a period of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, leaving som...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria's president on Monday at a ceremony in the capital Abuja, under the cloud of a disputed electi...

With a death toll already in excess of 100 people and confirmed cases of infection in their thousands, the world faces a formidable public...

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, has clarified that no Nigerian citizen residing in Wuhan city has contracted the Coronav...

Lagos State Government’s latest ban on motorcycles and tricycles in 15 Local Government Areas and Council Development Areas, major highway...

The scope of the ban is sketchy at the moment, but clearly stated is that: The restrictions will take effect on February 22 Trump admini...

The suspension of Nigeria's most senior judge by President Muhammadu Buhari broke international human rights standards on the independ...

Former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has apologised for what she describe...

The Nigerian Army said troops of 159 Battalion, have repelled an attack by Boko Haram. The soldiers were deployed at Kanama, Yunusari Loca...

Displaced residents of Baga, a border community in Borno State recently taken over by the Boko Haram insurgents, said the Nigerian gover...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s helicopter crash-land in Kabba, Kogi State. Vice President’s media aide, Laolu Akande, said no one was hu...

by: Abimbola Adelakun The 2016 Rio Olympics Games is not yet over and to speak of Nigeria’s participation in obituary terms may be demora...

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the dairy sector in Nigeria. Signing the MoU ...

The Police in Ogun State, yesterday, released unconditionally, the 30-year-old trader, Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, who was arrested last Satur...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has petitioned the British High Commission against his continuous trial by t...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again denied allegations that he is sponsoring the Niger Delta Avengers. Some national newspapers h...

Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group giving mixed signals regarding dialogue with the federal government, has vowed to declare the Nig...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has voided the judgment that sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office.The Court of Ap...

by: Obo Effanga Our country, Nigeria, is a distant land to many of its citizens. I do not know when we lost it, but I know the country...

The U.S. Government ​has said it would send officials from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other security experts to provide...

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Abayomi Olonishakin, on Monday responded to the prisoners’ swap demand made by Boko H...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday said that the group will not retreat on its quest for a sovereign state, stating that ‘I...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, today, took the the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Ka...

by: Fola Ojo Just like many Nigerians I know, in my daily commune with the Creator, I have not hesitated to pray for Nigeria. My petitions...

A stable power supply can be achieved in Nigeria if consumers learn to conserve energy, a top government official said on Monday. In a pow...

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, on Monday, relaunched the War Against Indiscipline, WAI Brigade, in Abuja, saying i...

by: Ayo Oyoze Baje “Your leaders have no respect for their people. They believe that their personal interests are the interests of the...

The Nigeria Football Federation has selected a German, Gernot Rohr to manage the Super Eagles. The NFF President Amaju Pinnick confirmed t...

Preliminary works for 2017 budget have begun in earnest going by the declaration by the Minister of Budget and National Planning , Senator...

The Nigerian Army would deploy full military action in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, if dialogue with the notorious militant group, th...

Sequel to the allegations of corrupt practices in the National Assembly, especially with regards to the padding of the 2016 budget in the ...

Militants have again invaded Igando area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with people feared killed. There was pandemonium in the area as at t...

by: Obo Effanga One of the projections I made following the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as President in May 2015 was that the new govern...

Following the crash of the naira, Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, has dropped off the list of the 100 richest people in the wor...

The kidnappers of Kayode Bajomo, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Santos bus stop, Isawo in the Ikorodu area of Lagos Sta...

The Celestial Church of Christ has released a statement reacting to the report of one of their pastors, Francis Taiwo, who chained his nin...

The Lagos State Government on Monday defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the removal of numbe...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will not hesitate to prosecute party loyalists and those who supported his Presidency bid during th...

There are indications that the police have begun probing the allegations of budget padding levelled against the Speaker, House of Represen...

Fresh troubles may be ahead of some former governors as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abukakar Malam...