The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday has said that poor and vulnerable Nigerians will not be experiencing any electricity tariff increase. The disclosure was made by the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Col. Milland Dikio (retd.) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme. The Presidency also announced the disengagement of Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo as...

The Attah of Igala, one of Nigeria’s most respected traditional rulers and the king of the Igala people, Michael Ameh Oboni II, is dead. Sources say he died on Thursday morning while in hospital. The...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 221 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 53,021. The latest development was disclosed in a tweet by the...

President Muhammadu Buhari is hosting a virtual Council of State meeting with former Heads of State. Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, is the only former leader physically present for the meeting. Also...

Mr Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential Aide on Social Media,  Lauretta Onochie confirmed the news in a congratulatory...

The Federal Executive Council has approved N722.3 million for eight field forensic auditors to audit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The latest development was disclosed by the Minister...

President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. The President had before the start of the meeting sworn-in 12 permanent...

Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Tuesday stated that pieces of evidence from reliable researches and reports showed...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 252 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 52,800. The latest development was disclosed in a tweet by the...

The World Health Organization has certified  that Africa is now free from cases of wild polio, as global efforts to completely eradicate the virus continue to move in the right direction. Currently, only...

The Senate of the University of Lagos, one of Nigeria’s most regarded citadels of learning, has for the first time in the institution’s 58-year history, elected a woman, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola...

Nigeria has recorded 322 cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 52,227. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga...

Six months after he was deposed and banished from his domain, the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 this Sunday jetted out of Lagos to Kaduna to begin an elaborate visit to some cities in the northern...

Nigeria has recorded 340 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51,304. The latest figures were released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) via...

The leadership crisis which has rocked the highest level of the administration of the University of Lagos has taken on a new twist with the Federal Government directly wading in through the Ministry of...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday virtually joined other West African leaders to discuss the military coup in Mali. “The Authority of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of...

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has surpassed the 50,000 as 590 new cases were recorded on Wednesday. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

President Muhmmadu Buhari is presiding over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. The meeting which started by 10 am also has Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...