Month: November 2020
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Monday that politics and other considerations cannot distract him and his colleague governors in the South-West geopolitical…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has discovered the sum of USD 919,202.07 (approximately N450 million) fraudulently hidden in a bank account…
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed an Associate Professor with the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Karl Kwaghger, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. According to The…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace and stability. Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th anniversary…
Six persons on Saturday died in an accident, which involved a truck and a Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle in the Ogere area of Lagos-Ibadan…
A woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her mother and chopping the body into pieces in Urua Aran, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom. According to…
Nigeria has taken delivery of an ancient Ife Terracotta head from the Kingdom of Netherlands. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, received the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight -month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities .…
Oba Adegoke Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon under Ose Local Government Area Ondo State, has been murdered by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, SaharaReporters can…
A new report, the Global Terrorism Index, has ranked Nigeria the third terrorism most impacted country in the world. According to the report, which was…
The Central Bank Governor , Godwin Emefiele , has said the Coalition Alliance Against COVID – 19 will rehabilitate all the police stations that were…
The Imo State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association has downed tools. The group announced the commencement of the strike on Wednesday in a statement…
Argentine football icon, Diego Maradona, is dead. He was 60 at the time of his death from heart failure. The World Cup winner was in…
Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has absented himself from court in a suit against Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey. Garba had dragged Dorsey to…
The House of Representatives , on Wednesday, has raised the alarm over a spread of the recent attacks on the Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria…
The Senate on Wednesday , mandated its committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to summon the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy , Isa Ali…
The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ) , has said the realisation of the refinery roadmap that was rolled out two years…
United States President-elect, Joe Biden, has officially unveiled members of the cabinet that will serve in his administration from January 20, 2021. In a broadcast…
Despite threats of sanction from the Nigerian Government over its investigative report on the shooting at Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSARS protests, CNN has…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19 across the country.…
The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the hikes in fuel pump price and the electricity tariff on Sunday ended in…
Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has said that he was unaware that the Nigerian Army Headquarters had…
Nigeria is among 12 most dangerous countries for children in conflict, a new report by Save the Children International has said.Other countries listed in the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State disclosed on Saturday that the dissolution of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University , Ogbomoso would not affect…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has warned that there could be anarchy if the Senate is scrapped as being clamoured by some Nigerians. Rather,…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, said Nigerians will have to make a choice between fuel subsidy or the payment of their…
Cable News Network, CNN has reacted to the threat of sanctions from the Federal Government, insisting that it stands by its report. It said its…
Chile’s police chief, Mario Rozas, has resigned after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across the country. President Sebastian Pinera disclosed…
Residents disclosed that a boy was shot at Toyin roundabout around 1 a.m this morning. The incident occurred around Ikeja to Ojota axis. The incident…
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram Terrorist group has released a new video a few days after the military authorities in Nigeria declared him…
A Nigerien helicopter has been allegedly gunned down by suspected Boko Haram fighters in Borno state. A senior security source told The Nation that five…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday assured that Nigerians will get used to the deregulation of the pump price of petroleum…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that not under his watch another EndSARS protest will be staged by Nigerians as it happened in the month of…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it is offering 424 scholarship slots for Nigerian students to study various courses in Saudi universities. A statement by…
The hike in food prices and other individual consumption across the country further increased the rate of inflation in Nigeria to 14. 23 per cent…
The naira weakened further on Monday , trading at 475 to the United States dollar in the parallel market amid a rise in demand for…
42 Pastors and their families accept Islam in Abuja According to reports, 42 pastors accepted Islam at the conference hall of national mosque in Abuja…
There was palpable tension in Enugu State on Monday following the report of a suspected Yellow Fever outbreak in three more local government areas of…
Manuel Merino, President of Peru, has resigned following the death of two protesters. The deaths, which happened while people were protesting the sudden impeachment of…
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi says youths’ anger and hunger should be pacified with supports in form of training, mentorship and other empowerment initiatives.…
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said teachers without requisite qualifications, competencies and practicing license are presently migrating out of the Nigerian…
A septuagenarian, Hunsu Sunday, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command, on Thursday, over allegation of impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter.…
The Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr Chris Ngige , has expressed optimism that the prolonged strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. The public chose…
The Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibrahim Magu , for questioning. This…
The Legal Practitioners ’ Privileges Committee on Friday named 72 successful applicants for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. They will be sworn in…
Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology undergraduate at the University of Benin, Edo State, who was gang raped and killed by her attackers, has been buried.…
The fast – declining number of Justices of the Court of Appeal has dropped to 70 from the 81 that it was as of July…
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company , a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation , has increased the ex – depot price of Premium Motor…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has urged undergraduates to explore other areas of keeping themselves engaged while the 8-month long strike action continues.…
Over 700 soldiers of the Nigerian army have been amputated as a result of war against boko haram terrorism in the north-eastern region of the…
Lawyer representing Adene Eromosele, Babatunde Jinadu, has written to the Nigeria Police Force to release the rights activist on bail. Eromosele was arrested from his…
The Nigerian Army , on Wednesday , released a list of 86 people wanted in connection with the act of terrorism.They were alleged to be…
The Federal Government was able to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners after telling a Federal High Court in Abuja that the funds in…