The Oba of Benin,  Ewuare II has called for tougher global sanctions on syndicates still involved in human trafficking across the world. The monarch who made the call when he received the United States...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday commended the peaceful and successful conduct of the just concluded general election in Enugu State, describing it as exceptional and one...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered substituted service of the petition challenging the outcome of the February 23 presidential election on President Muhammadu...

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Wednesday morning sentenced Seidu Adeyemi to death by hanging for killing Khadijat Oluboyo, the daughter of a former deputy governor of the state. Khadijat,...

  A Justice of the Supreme Court, Sidi Bage has emerged as the 17th Emir of Lafia Emirate in Nasarawa State. He succeeds the late Emir Mustapha Agwai I who passed away on the 10th of January this...

A new public survey released on Tuesday by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has rated the Nigeria Police as the most corrupt public institution in Nigeria. The SERAP report...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed regret over some actions and decisions taken by the Senator Bukola Saraki-led 8th National Assembly. Buhari, who made his feelings known when he hosted state...

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Bala Mohammed,  has won the Bauchi State governorship election. Bala defeated the incumbent governor, Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress...

After Saturday’s tense supplementary elections, incumbent governors Aminu Tambuwal, Simon Lalong, Samuel Ortom and Abdullahi Ganduje have been declared governors-elect of Sokoto, Plateau, Benue and...

Governor of Sokoto State and the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has scored the highest votes in the Sokoto State governorship election after polling a total of 512,002 from both...

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is not bothered by Friday’s judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal which declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic...

The Osun State Governorship Election Pet‎ition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of last year’s governorship election in the...

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said the current state of disunity in the country is worse than what was witnessed during the country’s civil war. Speaking at the 2019...

The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has written to the country’s Inspector General of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) alleging...

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government will soon effect a policy aimed at prosecuting parents who refused to enrol their children into schools across the country. Speaking...

The United States government has expressed  disappointment over the scale of irregularities which characterized the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. According to a statement reportedly sent to one...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to correct the lapses he has encountered in his first tenure in office during his second term which begins on May 29.  Buhari gave the assurance on...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has fired back at the U.S. government over a report by the State Department criticising Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts. The U.S. Bureau of Democracy,...

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that supplementary elections will be conducted in 18 states of the Federation on  March 23, 2019. This was revealed via INEC’s...

Mr Awal Yakassai, a retired director at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, on Thursday, testified as  the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter...