A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application for bail filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Binta Nyako, the judge, in her ruling on Tuesday, described the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Ariwoola, 62, takes over from the outgone CJN, justice...

Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Channels Television confirmed that he resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health. When contacted, the Special Adviser on...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by President Muhammad Buhari and his attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to challenge the controversial section 84(12) of the Electoral...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the list and particulars of candidates vying for various positions at the federal level in the 2023 general elections. Missing in the list are...

The Metropolitan Police in London on Thursday said Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded and charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest...

The Federal Government has rescinded its decision to suspend Nigeria’s basketball teams from all international competitions. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Ismaila Abubakar...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. Buhari will...

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma...

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending the voter registration on 30 June 2022. SERAP and 185 other...

At least 36 people were reported kidnapped during Sunday’s attack by bandits on four communities in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the residents of the communities...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. Mr Oyebanji polled a total...

The Supreme Court has set aside, the restriction the Lagos state government placed on the use of hijab by female Muslim students in its public primary and secondary schools. In a split decision of a seven-man...

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday, sentenced two co-defendants of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari in an alleged drug deal to two years imprisonment. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the governors declined to speak with the...

At least three persons collapsed at the Eagle Square during the military parade to mark the Democracy Day ceremony on Monday. Those who collapsed during the parade were believed to be members of the different...

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for killing Olufunke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. The...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 13 as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made...

The National Security Council has accused the Islamic State, West African Province (ISWAP) as responsible for the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo which led to the death of about 38 persons on...

President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation via a live broadcast at 7:00 am on Sunday. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed. He said Buhari will...