8th April 2024 IT is no longer news that the peace pact between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, has colla… Read More

8th April 2024 Napoli’s striker Victor Osimhen’s recent struggles have raised doubts within Chelsea’s hierarchy regarding a potential summer move. Osimhen’s spa… Read More

8th April 2024 The Presidency on Monday unveiled its Citizens’ Delivery Tracker to provide a “strong feedback loop between citizens and government” on the eight priority… Read More

8th April 2024 The Central Bank of Nigeria has again announced the sales of dollars to Bureau De Change operators. It disclosed this in a circular uploaded to its website on Monday… Read More

8th April 2024 Six people lost their lives, while 20 others sustained various degrees of injuries in three separate accidents across Ogun State on Monday. 26 people reportedly escaped… Read More

African Prudential appoints former UBA Group MD as non-executive director The Board of African Prudential Plc has appointed Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, a former Group Managing Di… Read More

26th March 2024 The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company said it has recorded 1,459 cases of energy theft by its subscribers between January and February 2024. This was disclose… Read More

18th March 2024 The Nigerian Army has expressed concern about the inadequate power supply in the Ikeja Military Cantonment, Lagos. This is as the Federal Government allocated N12.7bn f… Read More

18th March 2024 Key Russian ally, China, on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory. With 99 per cent of polling stations having submitted results, Putin… Read More

18th March 2024 The Sokoto Central market is currently on fire, with the motorcycle section of the market affected. An eyewitness who spoke with our correspondent said the fire started… Read More

18th March 2024 Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have begun a nationwide strike today (Monday) over alleged unfair treatme… Read More

18th March 2024 The price of sachet water has surged across Nigeria recently, raising concern and forcing Nigerians to explore alternatives with significant health implications, writes&nb&hell…Read More

18th March 2024 Terrorists on Sunday night kidnapped 87 people after launching a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A member… Read More

12th March 2024 On Tuesday, the Red Chamber experienced a mild drama before the commencement of the plenary at about 11 am when the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Olami… Read More

12th March 2024 The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has explained why he renamed the Abubakar Imam International Airport after President Bola Tinubu. He said the renaming was prom… Read More

12th March 2024 A 30-year-old graduate of the Federal Polytechnics Nekede in Imo State, Nerus Elemamba, has allegedly committed suicide. His… Read More

12th March 2024 Motorists and passengers plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the increase in the operations of ‘one-chance’ robbers in the Mowe/Ibafo-Berger area… Read More

12th March 2024 A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Agboro Omowera,  on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama that 10 officials of the… Read More

11th March 2024 By Okechukwu Nnodim Crude oil earnings by the Federal Government increased by about N449.93bn in the months of December 2023 and January 2024, an analysis of data… Read More

11th March 2024 By Oluwakemi Abimbola International business research firm, Economist Intelligence Unit, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria does not have the liquidity to s… Read More

11th March 2024 By Rotimi Agbana Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is considered a holy month for Muslims worldwide. It begins and ends with the appe… Read More

11th March 2024 By Okechukwu Nnodim Crude oil earnings by the Federal Government increased by about N449.93bn in the months of December 2023 and January 2024, an analysis of data… Read More

11th March 2024 By Dirisu Yakubu The House of Representatives has condemned the recent abduction of citizens, particularly the school abductions of pupils in Sokoto and Kaduna sta… Read More

11th March 2024 Agency Report The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that nine persons were injured in a gas explosion on Saturday at a steel company in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Govern… Read More

11th March 2024 As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts, traders in Kano have continued to lament poor patronage by customers. Some of the traders who spoke to NAN on Sund… Read More

March 5, 2024  The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Housing, Barrister Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has attributed… Read More

5th March 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, indicted banks as being linked to about 70 per cent of the financial crimes in Nigeria. EFCC’s Chairman, O… Read More

5th March 2024 The Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, Segun Agbaje, on Monday, described the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Holdings… Read More

5th March 2024 The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service has sealed Enugu ShopRite and SPAR over non-remittances of purchase tax in their malls to the government. In a statement issued… Read More

5th March 2024 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the… Read More

5th March 2024 The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu has said that more women are living with HIV in Nigeria than men. Aliyu also said you… Read More

4th March 2024 By Oluwakemi Abimbola Qatar Airways has partnered with Access Bank to offer the bank’s customers across Africa discounts on flights. In a statement made av… Read More

4th March 2024 By Oluwakemi Abimbola The National Institute of Credit Administration has called for a credit system that allows students and players in the informal sector to acce… Read More

4th March 2024 Arsenal have apparently drawn up a four-man shortlist of striking options for the summer transfer window, with Super Eagles duo Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface amon… Read More

4th March 2024 Some residents of Lagos have decried the non-implementation of the state government’s free antenatal and child delivery services at some General Hospitals and Primary… Read More

4th March 2024 The Senate has said it will quiz some officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria on how the N30tn Ways and Means loan was obtained and spent by the Federal Government during… Read More

4th March 2024 No fewer than 40 million telephone lines were barred by telecommunication operators over the weekend following the expiration of the February 28, 2024 deadline issued by th… Read More

4th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu has asked Qatari captains of industry to report any Nigerian official who demands any form of bribe before allowing them to do business in the country… Read More

4th March 2024 Hours after urging Nigerians to guard against oil theft, suspected barons of illegal crude oil bunkering on Sunday night reportedly attacked a team of Tantita Security… Read More

4th March 2024 The police have beefed up security at the warehouses belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency nationwide following the looting of food warehouses in the Federa… Read More

29th February 2024 Agency Report Relegation threatened Gombe United Football Club on Thursday confirmed the resignation of head coach, Mohammed Babaganaru. The General Manager of th… Read More

29th February 2024 Agency Report Saudi Arabia’s football governing body, on Thursday, suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for one game over a gesture he made on the pitch last weekend th… Read More

29th February 2024 By Johnny Edward Striker, Victor Osimhen, moved to 13th spot in Napoli’s all-time scorers chart after he bagged his first hat-trick of the season within 1… Read More

29th February 2024 By Johnny Edward https://0a15088ca4a777607436719a18cd8986.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Banyana Banyana coach, Desi… Read More

29th February 2024 By Gbenga Oloniniran Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, will today (Thursday) February 29, 2024, deliver PUNCH Newspapers’ 50th anniversary lecture. T… Read More

29th February 2024 By Gbenga Oloniniran Gridlock is building up in major parts of Lagos as President Bola Tinubu visits the state today. This is amid the gridlock already surfa… Read More

29th February 2024 Okechukwu Nnodim and Lara Adejoro The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, said the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, p… Read More

29th February 2024 Stephen Angbulu and Peter Dada President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appealed for patience from Nigerians over the current economic hardship in the country, giving th… Read More

29th February 2024 By Tope Omogbolagun The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police,  Benneth… Read More

29th February 2024 By Ademola Adegbite The Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, declared that most kidnapped cases in the country were fake or stage-managed. The Force Public Re… Read More

26th February 2024 Edo State All Progressives Congress Youth leader, Tony Adun, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat after the first prima… Read More

26th February 2024 Operatives of the Department of State Services have beefed up security inside and outside the Federal High Court in Abuja as the court is expected to commence the trial… Read More

26th February 2024 The Presidency again on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress not to embark on its two-day nationwide protest against the rising cost of living in the country. A… Read More

20th February 2024 The Senate through its Committee on Finance on Monday frowned at the N17tn loss incurred by the country on tax waivers within the last five years. It consequently ur… Read More

20th February 2024 Fifty trucks conveying foodstuffs out of the country to the Niger Republic were intercepted on Monday by the Zamfara State Transport Agency.  The agency, which… Read More

20th February 2024 The veterinary technologist in charge of the Zoological Garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Mr. Olabode Olawuyi, has been killed by a lion on… Read More

20th February 2024 Civil servants in Niger State have declared an indefinite strike over the failure of the government to meet their demands. The civil servants, acting under the umbre… Read More

February 20, 2024 THERE are indications that the Federal Government may be forced to review the 2024 Appropriation Act as recent developments in the foreign exchange market may have put t… Read More

20th February 2024 The organised Labour on Monday began mobilising its members for a nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. Sou… Read More

The House of Representatives took a significant step forward on Wednesday by approving the Electoral Act Amendment Bill for its Second Reading. Titled “A Bill for an Act to amend th… Read More

By John Akubo (Abuja), Rotimi Agboluaje (Ibadan), Timothy Agbor (Osogbo) and Bala Yahaya (Minna) 06 February 2024   |   4:24 am • NANS to join protests, gi… Read More

By Ann Godwin, Port Harcourt 06 February 2024   |   4:00 am Gov-Fubara • Tinubu restored peace, executive, legislature, judiciary independent in Rivers… Read More

By Editorial Board 06 February 2024   |   3:55 am [FILES] Graduates The Federal Government is right to, as reported in the Press, suspend the accreditation of… Read More

By AFP 06 February 2024   |   9:48 am President Macky Sall prides himself on having transformed Senegal during his 12 year… Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the younger brother of former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, on suspicion of corruption. The arr… Read More

The Super Eagles of Nigeria may have won the semifinal clash against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa even before the match kicks off, if a declaration by former South Africa winger, Junior… Read More

The National Population Commission (NPC) says birth certificates will not be issued to persons older than 18 years of age. The NPC State Director of Oyo State, Mr Akin Oyetunde, told the… Read More

Neil Tovey and Mark Williams, key figures when South Africa won their lone Africa Cup of Nations title, believe defeating 2024 semi-finals opponents Nigeria will be “tough”. B… Read More

5th February 2024 Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, known as Davido has felicitated South African female rapper, Tyla, for emerging victorious in the inaugural Best African Music Performan… Read More

5th February 2024 The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso, has said that about $2.4bn of the $7bn foreign exchange backlog he met when he got into office were from… Read More

5th February 2024 The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, on Sunday, conducted an election (congress) to pick delegates that will participate in the party’s February 22 governors… Read More

February 5, 2024 The Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has recounted his escape from a recent attack by gunmen that resulted in the t… Read More

5th February 2024 The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a pregnant woman identified as Blessing Godday for allegedly stabbing another woman, Mrs Imeran Idema, to death over a bunch… Read More

January 23, 2024 With the Super Eagles of Nigeria already through to the Round of 16, the question revolves around who is likely to be their opp… Read More

23rd January 2024 The Supreme Court has released the Certified True Copy of the judgment on the suit between the Federal Government and the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of B… Read More

23rd January 2024 The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has confirmed that he has been receiving life-threatening messages over his comment on banditry associated with i… Read More

23rd January 2024 THE new bid by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to entrust the management of its largest refinery in private hands begs the question of privatisation. It… Read More

23rd January 2024 Despite the increasing wave of abductions across the country, security experts and families of victims have said that most kidnapping incidents in the Federal Capital Te… Read More

January 23, 2024 Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola explained why he is investing in Dangote Cement, saying it is part of his overall strategy to ensure long-term wealth preservation… Read More

January 22, 2024 Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike. It was the latest i… Read More

January 22, 2024 The Enugu State Government has concluded a multi-million-dollar agreement with Del-York Group to construct a state-of-the-art entertainment and sports park in the sta… Read More

January 22, 2024 UMUAHIA – The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that he is not opposed to any genuine restructuring of Nigeria along t… Read More

22nd January 2024 The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity i… Read More

22nd January 2024 Clothing goods worth millions of naira were on Sunday destroyed when fire gutted the popular Mandilas building on Broad Street, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lag… Read More

22nd January 2024 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Sunday, said it would prepay future royalties and taxes to the Federal Government from the $3.3bn financing deal it g… Read More

By NAN 17 January 2024   |   10:00 am HandCuff Photo:Getty Images The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested three p… Read More

By Owede Agbajileke, Abuja 17 January 2024   |   10:30 am Tinubu An advocacy group, Justice and Equity in Nigeria Leadership (JENL), has urged President Bola… Read More

By Kingsley Jeremiah, Abuja 17 January 2024   |   4:40 am • NUPRC subjects Seplat, Oando, Renaissance to scrutiny• Amnesty International raises concerns ov… Read More

January 16, 2024 Terrorists, bandits, and criminals of other hues took their inglorious activities in the country to a new dimension in the last 48 hours, wreaking mayhem in six state… Read More

January 16, 2024. Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Roma after the Giallorossi won just one of their last six Serie A games and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by city rival… Read More

Political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, has said the presidential candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, and New Nigeria People… Read More

16th January 2024 On Sunday afternoon, it was game time between the Super Eagles and Equatorial Guinea under the scorching sun at the Stade Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan. A young Nigeri… Read More

16th January 2024 In light of the ongoing investigation into the alleged misappropriation of N585m by the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr Betta Edu… Read More

15th January 2024 Five-time finalist Andy Murray slumped out of the Australian Open at the first hurdle Monday, with the British veteran outplayed by Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry… Read More

January 15, 2024 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received 752 complaints of human rights abuse in Plateau between January and November 2023. The Coordinator of… Read More

15th January 2024 The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, has said that no police officer is permitted to search the phones of any Nigerian. He noted that the Police F… Read More

15th January 2024 Today is the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Armed Forces Remembrance Day is an annual event marked on January 15 to commemorate the nation’s departed compatriots as… Read More

January 15, 2024 The Edo Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it secured the conviction of 67 drug traffickers in the state in 2023. The state&rsq&hell…Read More

15th January 2024 President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, celebrated former Osun State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, at 85. This was contained i… Read More

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has disclosed that it has received seven new power transformers at its Akangba 330/132kV transmission Substation in Lagos to improve supply to t… Read More