Chidinma Ojukwu has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga. The 22-year-old pleaded not guilty on Tuesday when she and one Adedapo Quadri, another the suspects in the murder case,...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved N13.3 billion for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative as part of efforts to boost security nationwide. Buhari disclosed this in Abuja at the...

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation calls on Petroleum Tanker Drivers to, in the interest and welfare of the Nigerian people call off its planned strike action. The strike is about the condition...

The United Kingdom has reviewed its travel protocols for travellers from Nigeria who have taken their complete jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by authorities in the country. This was announced...

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Certificate of Incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He was presented with the certificate at the State House on Friday by the...

The Police in Zamfara State have rescued 187 people abducted and held captive by bandits in Tsibiri Forest in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Some of those rescued are natives of Gora Namaye,...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented a total budget of N16.39 trillion for the year 2022 to the National Assembly. Speaking at the assembly chambers, the President tagged the appropriation...

The Nigerian federal government has approved the payment of N75,000 per semester for every student studying education in public universities across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,...

Governors of the South-South have decided that states in the region should join the suit filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) challenging the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by states. This...

Ikeja Electric Plc on Monday said some communities under its franchise network in Lagos State will experience an eight-week power outage. In a briefing, the Chief Technical Officer of the company, Jide...

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the Executive Secretary and board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report...

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 74 case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 206,138. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike. At their emergency National Executive Council meeting, held in Abuja on Sunday, NARD resolved to go back to work...

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing across the state, into law. Assenting to the bill called  “Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the application by Lagos State, through its Attorney General, to be made a respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said communication lines will be disrupted to launch an offensive against militants hiding in some local government areas. El-Rufai in a chat with BBC Hausa service...

Seventy-seven oil companies owe the Federal Government N2.6 trillion naira debt, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said. NEITI Executive Secretary, Dr. Ogbonnaya Orji...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred the Federal Government from retrying the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, based on the N7.1billion money laundering charge the...

Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dora Akunyili, has been killed by gunmen at Nkpor, in the Idemili North Local...