Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus, COVID-19. The Director of Press and Publicity to the governor, Dr Makut Macham, disclosed this in a statement on...

The Lagos State Government has directed public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday, December 18. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘LASG directs schools to vacate...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The borders are Seme in the SouthWest, Illela in the NorthWest, Maigatari in the NorthWest, and Mfun in the South-South. The...

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday during the 28th Federal Executive...

The House of Representatives has asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the 31st December deadline issued to sim card owners to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN). The...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven years jail term clamped on a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh. A three-man panel...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured of safety around the scene of a gas pipeline rupture along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A press release by the NNPC spokesperson, Dr. Kennie...

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the 28th Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The president who...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday postponed the passage of the 2021 budget till Monday next week. Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this at plenary, said the development followed new items of...

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Boko Haram leader,...

The Ministry of Education in Kaduna State  has directed all schools in the state to close on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 following the rising cases of  COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday morning, Commissioner...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19. The CJN is at the moment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice...

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. This was announced in a statement by the bank on Tuesday noting that the facility is a five-year Country Partnership Framework...

About 19 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers have reportedly escaped from police custody in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The suspects who escaped between Saturday night and Sunday morning...

Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. Masari gave the figure...

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding secondary schools in the state. The order follows the disappearance of many students at the Government Science Secondary...

The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City has dismissed the petition filed by the Action Alliance against Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election. The tribunal dismissed...

Former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday collapsed in court. Thursday’s sitting was scheduled for the hearing of the defendant’s no-case submission,...

Riot has occurred in Rukpoku area of Port Harcourt following the alleged killing by a policeman of a keke driver identified by his nickname of Schoolboy . Angry youths and colleagues of the Keke driver...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government plans to reopen its land borders. The President disclosed this via his official twitter handle after a meeting with the 36 state governors....