The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that the Federal government will soon begin oil exploration in the northeast. Sylva disclosed this during an interview with Channels...

The Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The...

The Senate will discuss the issues of the herdsmen/farmers clashes taking place across the country when it resumes on Tuesday. The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, made this known to journalists in his...

The 63 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Asaba, is hosting promotional examination for over 200 officers of the Force. The examination, slated for between February 8 and 12, 2021, is for officers from  the...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the re-arraignment of former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over an alleged N7.1bn money-laundering charge be put on hold pending the resolution...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the president, vice president and governors will be the first set of people to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. He said this...

The path has been cleared for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization after South Korea’s candidate, Yoo Myung-hee...

The outbound flights of Emirates Airlines from Nigeria have been hit with a 72-hour suspension by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. This was contained in a circular issued on February 4 which stated...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mr Mohammed Adamu as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) by three months. Adamu was due to retire from the police last Monday having...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the immediate past service chiefs of the nation as ambassadors. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in...

The refusal of cattle herders in Ondo State to comply with the orders of the State government has led to the arrest of about 37 herdsmen and 5000 cattle. The arrest was made by the Amotekun Corps in...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,138 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 134,690. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Angered by the take-over of their farmlands by armed herdsmen, the women of Epie and Atisa communities in Bayelsa State have staged a peaceful protest. The women barricaded the Edepie roundabout axis...

The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the Nigeria. The 20 new private universities are to be given...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 1,634 cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 133,552. 107551 cases have been discharged and 1613 deaths in total have been recorded...

The Ekiti State government has said it has begun the implementation of the state’s Anti-Grazing Law. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olabode Adetunji who spoke on behalf of...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for giving the Corporation’s Management free-hand to deliver...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over alleged N7.1bn fraud. Council to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Mr Chima Okoronma...

Nigeria has recorded six new cases of the B117 strain of COVID-19 bringing the number of cases in the country to seven. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu...

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the sum of N200m to support the ongoing COVID-19 patient management and treatment efforts of the two Federal Treatment Centres in the state. This,...