The Senate on Tuesday approved the 2021 budget of N257billion for the Nigeria Customs Service. Of the N257,183,671,694.71 approved, capital expenditure is to gulp N137,933,180,013.00 while Personnel and...

The Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure has thrown out the petition challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in last year’s governorship election. Mr Eyitayo Jegede...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 70 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 164,303. The latest numbers were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 26 new cases of COVID-19. This is the lowest daily case tally recorded in over one year in Nigeria. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Two police officers have been killed in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east, in a deadly attack by gunmen on a police facility in the state in the early hours of Monday. The slain officers have been...

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 80 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This brings the total number of recorded cases in the country to 164,080. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria...

The Federal Government on Thursday said the issuance of new SIM cards will resume on April 19. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy communicated this in a statement signed by Femi Ademiluyi,...

Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Units in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Baba gave the order in Abuja at the opening of a conference...

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after weeks in London for medical consultation. The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some of his aides landed at the Presidential Wing...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 89 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 164,000. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease control...

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 18.17 percent on March amid accelerating increase in food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The NBS says the consumer price index, (CPI) which...

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has replied the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, for denying that the Federal Government printed N60 billion in March to support allocation...

The Federal Government has denied it printed N60bn to augument March allocation to States as alleged by Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, told...

Nigeria on the 13th of April 2021 recorded 74 new cases of COVID-19. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle. 74 new cases of...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited the former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha for questioning. The senator was arrested about 4pm on Tuesday, April 13, at his Unity House private...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a 37.21 % decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021. This is contained in the January 2021...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NAN) has announced 44 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,837. The NCDC disclosed this on its official...

A fire incident, on Monday, burnt down 30 shops in Oro town in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident which occurred in the afternoon at about 3:12pm at the Oro Central Market, was...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Monday night announced the sighting of the moon and noted that the 2021 Ramadan will begin on Tuesday, April 13th. This is according to a broadcast...

Nigerian Army on Monday buried the remains of Captain Adeolu Adedayo and 11 other soldiers killed by bandits in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. The Army had on Friday confirmed the killing...