President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated the appointment of the new military Service Chiefs to the National Assembly and is seeking the confirmation of the Senate. The communication was done through...

After 13 years of legal wrangling, an appeals court in The Hague has ruled that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary must pay compensation for oil spills on land in two villages named Goi and Oruma It also...

Four hundred and twenty-four more Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia were flown back by the Nigerian government to Abuja on Friday. The Chairman, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa,...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,861 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 126,160. The latest numbers were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for disease control...

The Nigerian Customs Service has seized Pangolin scales, elephant tusks and bones from endangered species worth about N952 million and which were bound for export to Vietnam. Area Comptroller, Mr Mohammed...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the country’s new Service Chiefs. The meeting was held behind closed doors at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 document which makes the use of face masks in public places compulsory to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman...

The efforts of the Mallam Mele Kyari-led Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to entrench the culture of transparency in the system have begun to receive recognition with the...

The pioneer Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal, Justice Abdulkadri Orire is dead. He died on Tuesday at the age of 87. In a condolence message, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq...

 Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has tested positive for COVID-19. Mr Ortom confirmed his positive status of the viral infection on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday. “This is to confirm that...

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs and appointed new officers as replacements. The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence...

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it was pursuing yet to be identified hoodlums who set ablaze Sunday Igboho’s house at the Soka area of Ibadan. The Police noted that the hoodlums came to...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed the $2 million money laundering charge filed  against Mr Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Justice Chukwujekwu...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 964 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country to 121,566. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre...

Kidnappers have reportedly killed the Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Mr Salihu Dovo. His murder followed his abduction by the men in the early hours of Sunday at his residence...

Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 infections with 1,964 confirmed new cases. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official...

The Nigerian Governors Forum has said that Nigerians should look forward to the end of February, 2020 for the possibility of accessing vaccines against COVID-19. The nation’s 36 governors, at a virtual...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 1,301 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 113,305. Fifteen deaths were  also recorded in the country. The latest...

Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday suggested that any malaria-like symptoms in Lagos State should henceforth...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has lamented the death of the pioneer Managing Director of the Corporation, Chief Festus Remi Ayodele...