Five persons were feared dead and many injured as President Muhammadu Buhari campaigned in Jalingo, Taraba State yesterday. The deaths have been attributed to the stampede caused by the unruly behaviour...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has reacted to the deployment of Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer  to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Tinubu...

With less than two weeks to the commencement of the 2019 polls, Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the...

After being closed down for more than a year, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday re-opened the 40-year-old Apapa/Leventis Bridge in Lagos State to traffic. The bridge was closed...

A Federal High Court on Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr. Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade. The...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has clarified a controversial statement he made about killing foreign forces who interfere in Nigeria’s elections. On the popular TV programme run by the Nigerian...

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has ordered an immediate clampdown on the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly threatening to scuttle the forthcoming elections...

Some retired military officers in Nigeria on Monday endorsed the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) . The retired officers, who cut across the three armed...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite his administration’s efforts to rid the nation of corruption, some government agencies were still diverting government revenue or refusing to fully account...

Williams and Associates, the United States-based polling firm hired by the Goodluck Jonathan administration ahead of the 2015 elections but which predicted victory for Muhammadu Buhari has predicted the...

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday accused members of opposition political parties in the country of working with hostile foreign intelligence services to undermine the forthcoming general elections. The...

The new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye has been sworn in. Owasanoye becomes the fourth substantive chairman of ICPC...

Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presented the year 2019 budget proposal of N852.316billion to the House of Assembly. The Governor said N462.757billion representing 54 percent of the...

According to the latest report by Transparency International, Nigeria is still perceived as a corrupt country without clear policies aimed at addressing the menace. The anti-corruption campaigner which...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has adjourned hearing in the case of false assets declaration filed against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen indefinitely. Announcing the...

Nigeria’s Acting Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu has retired all the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs). The retired DIGs, who were Adamu’s senior served with the former IGP, Ibrahim...

Transparency International Nigeria has condemned TraderMoni, a collateral-free loan initiative targeted at petty traders and artisans as part of the National Social Investment Programme of the Federal...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said it will be difficult for him to fulfill the promise made by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to construct a railway linking the South-East zone...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has turned down Thursday’s withdrawal request of the presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili. Ezekwesili...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday restored a former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke as the authentic presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Before delivering the...