A former National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has said that the predicted disintegration of Nigeria as a nation may come to pass if urgent...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed to effect the payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage on or before December 31, 2019. The Minister...

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has so far disbursed over $76.5 million recovered from the loot of deceased former Head of State, General Sani Abacha to address the plight of the poor and less...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 23 property allegedly linked to the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. The presiding judge,...

The Nigerian Army has said that Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters were smuggling smoked fish into the country to sustain their insurgency and other criminal activities. In...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will hold bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin during the three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from October 23 to 25. A statement issued...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday reviewed the bail conditions which were imposed on the convener of RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Delivering her ruling...

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of two property in Ikoyi, Lagos State belonging to former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to the Federal Government. The presiding...

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the organized labour in the country on Thursday reached an agreement over the implementation of the new national minimum wage. The Minister of State for Labour and...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the oil tanker fire incident in Onitsha, Anambra State which happened on Wednesday. “I am profoundly touched by the sight of the charred...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of monkey pox in Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and two other states. While Lagos recorded three cases, Rivers and Akwa Ibom...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has deported seven Koreans for life. The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede carried out the deportation following the approval...

A former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos State, Olusegun Banjo on Tuesday said that former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode sidelined his ministry in the controversial purchase of 820 buses...

The death toll from the recent outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi State has hit 22. The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BPHCDA) on Monday confirmed six new deaths after the 17 previously...

The Katsina State Police Command on Monday uncovered a rehabilitation centre in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari where over 300 inmates were reportedly being subjected to inhuman treatment. The...

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has sacked all local government political appointees in the state. According to a three-paragraph letter released on Monday, those affected are Special Advisers,...

A Nigerian elderstatesman and a former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said that Nigeria’s political landscape has been hijacked by selfish politicians. Represented by his...

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday asked the Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Sanni to invite the immediate past governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode over  820 buses purchased during his administration. The...

The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued six students of the Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State who were abducted on...

Operatives from the Sokoto State Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday recovered money to the tune of N65,548,000 from an office belonging to the Independent...