The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), has identified Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM) and ISGS as groups backing...

President Muhammdu Buhari has nominated Mr. Muazu Jaji Sambo from Taraba State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read Buhari’s letter at the upper chamber...

MTN Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Ltd have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology to support the delivery...

The Nigerian Federal Government has started the administration of COVID-19 booster shots, days after it gave its approval. “Following the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the...

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to settle all verified outstanding claims by its contractors in its efforts to facilitate sustainable development of the oil-rich region. A source...

The United States Government has announced the donation of 2.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Nigeria this week. This disclosure is contained in a public statement issued by the United States Embassy...

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, Dangote Oil Refining Company has awarded scholarships to students of 137 tertiary institutions and secondary schools from its host communities...

The Lagos State Government has raised alarm over the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state with its positivity rate at six per cent. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who made the declaration in...

The death toll following an attack on Angwan Bawa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State has risen  to 21. Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, Sanusi Abubakar had earlier said a vehicle...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has said that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody for allegedly assaulting 12-year-old...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three more cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday. Three cases had earlier been announced...

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK government over the two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 found in the country. At a...

The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, following the commencement of  investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the school who...

 Nigeria’s Second Republic senate president, the Rt. Hon. Dr Joseph Wayas has  died in London at the age of 80. Wayas, according to dependable sources, died in a London hospital after ill health...

Governors of the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria have warned criminals using the name of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their military wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN to commit...

Twenty people have been confirmed dead with seven others rescued after a boat carrying passengers capsized in Bagwai River in Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano State. Police Public Relations Officer...

President Muhammadu Buhari has received President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa at the State House in Abuja. The South African president who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business...

Nigeria is on high alert as three people in the country have tested positive to the newly identified coronavirus variant, Omicron. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a statement...

The Kaduna State Government on Monday confirmed the killing of five suspected bandits and the recovery of arms and motorcycles by security operatives in the state. Samuel Aruwan who is the Commissioner of...

The Kaduna State will begin a transition to a four-day working week from December 1, the state government has announced. The move, which will permit public servants to work from home for one day per week,...