President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit. The visit is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. The President’s arrival was confirmed in a tweet by...

Nigeria has recorded 543 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 38,344. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

Suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram Islamist sect have shot dead five persons believed to be humanitarian workers. The Boko Haram terrorist group released a video online purporting to show the...

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor confirmed his current status via his twitter handle.   I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back...

Nigeria recorded 576 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, within the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of recorded cases in the country to 37,801. The latest figures were disclosed by...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said the appointment and sacking of service chiefs was the perogative of President Buhari. Adesina said this in a statement...

The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to publish, within 48 hours, the names of members of the 9th National Assembly whom he claimed got...

Nigeria has recorded 562 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 37,225. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged the winner of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary which took place on Monday. Akeredolu polled 2458 votes to defeat other nine aspirants...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing away of his longtime friend, Malam Isa Funtua.  Isa Funtua died of cardiac arrest on Monday. He was  aged 78. President Buhari in a...

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei passed out this afternoon while being grilled by members of the House Committee on Niger Delta who are...

Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria has recorded 556 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 36,663. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria...

Nigeria has recorded 600 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 35,454. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded 595 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 34,854. The specialist...

Nigeria has reported 643 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 34,259. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

Security operatives have surrounded the home of former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike  moved...

The suspended Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been released after 10 days in detention. He was released on Wednesday evening. Magu was arrested...

Twelve directors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended with immediate effect. The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked Tosin Ojaomo, who is counsel to former Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to direct the request for his client’s bail to the Presidential...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years in prison...