Foremost Nigerian poet, John Pepper Clark, popularly called J.P. Clark, is dead. He was 85. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, Professor John Pepper Clark died...

The Presidency on Tuesday said the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad has approved the five-point demands put forward by youths that have been protesting across...

EndSARS protesters in Rivers State have stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital this Tuesday morning, shunning Governor Nyesom Wike’s directive. The Governor had in a statement issued...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 164 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,430. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Despite the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, protests continued yesterday in several Nigerian cities including Abuja, Onitsha, and...

Nigeria has recorded 163 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,266. This was disclosed on Sunday night in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre...

The Federal Government has dissolved the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS). This was disclosed in a statement made by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu via the official twitter...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has won the Ondo State governorship election held on Saturday. The incumbent governor, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, swept to victory by winning 15 of the...

Nigeria has recorded zero deaths from COVID-19 for five straight days. This is according to the latest reports released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle. According...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented the proposed 2021 national budget of N13 trillion to the National Assembly. The budget termed Budget Of Economic Recovery and Resilience will address key...

The Federal Government has announced its plan to completely close a section of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs from the midnight of Friday October 9 to midnight of Sunday, October 11, 2020. A statement...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 155 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 59,738. The 155 new cases were reported from eight states – Lagos (84), Rivers (31),...

The World Trade Organization has said Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee have advanced to the final round in the race for the position of  director-general. The implication...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2021 budget estimate at a joint session of both chambers of the National Assembly today. Senate President Ahmed Lawan announced this on Wednesday while...

Eight persons have been confirmed dead following a gas plant explosion which occurred at Baruwa in the Ipaja area of Lagos this Thursday morning. Several houses were also brought down by the explosion. According...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC)  has approved the sum of N653,886,584 to procure and deploy a hybrid spectrum monitoring system that will track radio signals in the southern part of the country, particularly,...

Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamali has emerged as the 19th Emir of the city of Zaria which is traditionally called Zazzau in Kaduna State. He succeeds Alhaji Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20, 2020,...

On Tuesday, the number of daily coronavirus cases found in Nigeria was 118, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 59,583. The latest figure was recorded in the following 14 states:...

Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and five others have been sentenced to life imprisonment for last year’s disappearance of a one-year -old child, Gold Kolawole from the church. Other...

On the 5th of October 2020, 120 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria bringing the total of confirmed cases in the country to 59,465. Of the total confirmed cases, 50951 cases have been discharged...