Gunmen on Wednesday night stormed the Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi and kidnapped two students. Sources say the gunmen, who were three in number stormed the students’ off-campus community and...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted its suspension on microblogging site, Twitter, seven months after it took the action against the social media platform in the country. This development was...

A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, is dead. Alao-Akala who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State on June 3, 1950 died at the age of 71. Details of his death remained sketchy as...

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a church building collapse which happened at Okpanam near Asaba in Delta State on Tuesday. The confirmation was made by the Police Public Relations Officer in...

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former Head of the Interim National Government 0f Nigeria which succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida is dead. He died on Tuesday in Lagos at the age of 85. Shonekan...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has begun mass mobilisation of civil society organisations (CSOs) ahead of its planned January 27 and February 1 nationwide protests against the proposed removal of petrol...

Thirty abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State and a teacher have regained their freedom after spending six months in captivity. Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser on...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor...

The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists. The declaration titled ‘Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice, 2021 is contained in Volume...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser. Mr Salami was until now, the Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). “A 1989 doctorate degree...

One of Nigeria’s prominent politicians and erstwhile presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Tofa has died. Tofa, aged 74, died on Monday at a hospital...

The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022. In a joint statement...

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022. Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview on Friday...

At least five people were killed on Thursday after three explosions rocked Maiduguri the Borno State Capital. The blasts which come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state...

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 4,035 COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily infection tally since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed...

No fewer than 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. Officials of the Kaduna State Police Command say they have however rescued 48 of the...

The Federal Government has reinstated Emirates’ winter flight schedule to Nigeria following the offering of daily slots to Air Peace at the Dubai Airports, DXB. This is contained in a letter to the Emirates...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion estimate presented by the president. The Senate is also expected to pass the appropriation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially written the National Assembly, rejecting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The rejection was conveyed in letters read in the two chambers of the National Assembly...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday stated that Nigeria has entered the fourth wave of coronavirus disease following a 500 per cent increase in the number of cases in the past two weeks. This...