The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the Executive Secretary and board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report...

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 74 case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 206,138. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike. At their emergency National Executive Council meeting, held in Abuja on Sunday, NARD resolved to go back to work...

White Money has won the Big Brother Naija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eyes’ reality show. He was announced as the winner on Sunday night, closely followed by Afije Roseline Omokhoa a.k.a Liquor Rose. White...

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing across the state, into law. Assenting to the bill called  “Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the application by Lagos State, through its Attorney General, to be made a respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS...

Tunisian President Kais Saied has named Najla Bouden Romdhane, a little-known university engineer who worked with the World Bank, as the country’s first female prime minister. President Kais Saied has...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said communication lines will be disrupted to launch an offensive against militants hiding in some local government areas. El-Rufai in a chat with BBC Hausa service...

Seventy-seven oil companies owe the Federal Government N2.6 trillion naira debt, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said. NEITI Executive Secretary, Dr. Ogbonnaya Orji...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred the Federal Government from retrying the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, based on the N7.1billion money laundering charge the...

Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dora Akunyili, has been killed by gunmen at Nkpor, in the Idemili North Local...

Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers – nine women and two men – took...

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted sharp with concern to the position adopted by the Northern Governors Forum in their meeting with their traditional and religious leaders yesterday in Kaduna. In a press statement...

The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has expressed concerns over insecurity in the country even as it commended government effort at handling the challenge suggesting that government...

President Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of five commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.  The request was contained...

Nigeria on monday recorded 296 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the 204,752. 12 new deaths were also recorded bringing the number of deaths to COVID-19 complications...

Governors of the 19 states in the North have opposed the call by their southern counterparts that the Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023. This formed part of the resolutions reached on Monday...

Ten more out of the 21 students of Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, kidnapped by bandits on Sunday regained their freedom. The students were released this afternoon and have since been returned...

The Northern Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers from the region are holding an emergency meeting in Kaduna State. It was learnt that the meeting is to discuss issues relating to the Value Added...