The US State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters  worth nearly $1bn to Nigeria after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation...

The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the Council of State meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which started at 10 am, was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo;...

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have threatened a total and indefinite strike. The Joint...

Bandits have abducted five students of the College of Health Science and Technology in Tsafe area of Zamfara state. The students were reportedly abducted in the early hours of Wednesday. The bandits invaded...

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has, on Wednesday, lifted the movement restriction on human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was, in 2019, restricted to Abuja by a Federal High Court following charges...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18, 2022, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Easter. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known...

European Union (EU) Ambassadors in Nigeria on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, seeking to strengthen its partnership with Nigeria in...

Few hours after Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo declared his interest in the 2023 presidential election,  National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is...

Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday officially declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. He made the declaration in a short broadcast shared via his official Twitter...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has today struck out eight of the 15 counts contained in the charge against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. Justice...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35 per cent of appointments in the public sector to women. Justice Donatus...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari this Wednesday signed a new executive order ( Executive Order 11 ) on National Public Buildings Maintenance. The signing of the document preceded the weekly virtual...

The Federal Government has detected over 1,500 workers who joined the Federal civil service with fake appointment letters in the past year. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan,...

The Nigerian government has lifted the nationwide midnight curfew, limitations on gatherings as well as other restrictions imposed on citizens more than two years ago to curb the spread of coronavirus. “The...

At least 11 soldiers have been killed and some others injured by bandits otherwise called terrorists who attacked a military base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The gunmen who came...

146 of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria,...

The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications companies to immediately bar all outgoing calls for all Nigerians who have failed to link Subscribers Identity Modules( SIM) with their National Identity...

An Appeal Court in Enugu on Friday dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, from office. Governor Umahi and his Deputy had...

A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal sitting in Abuja has restrained Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on April 1. The...