Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, have been sworn in for a second term in office. The Oath of Office was administered around 12 noon by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice...

Celebrated Nigerian-born writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Half of a Yellow Sun has been voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in its 25-year history. Half of...

Elder statesman and former governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, is dead.  Musa’s death was announced by his political associate and former senator, Shehu Sani. Balarabe Musa;Inna lillahi wainna...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday dismissed mounting insinuation of possible scarcity of petroleum products following ongoing disagreement between the Federal Government and...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder, Payment of Pension Law of 2007 in the state. He made the announcement on Tuesday while presenting the government’s...

A younger brother of the Deputy Governor of Edo State identified as Frederick Shaibu has been kidnapped by gunmen while taking his kids to school at Irhiri in Benin City. As of the time of filing this...

The federal government on Monday gave a six-month timeline to its Committee on Disposal of Forfeited Assets to dispose of all  assets forfeited to the government. The Attorney General of the Federation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has declared a nationwide strike. Oil workers under PENGASSAN were ordered by the association to vacate their duty posts. The...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of judges of the apex court from 12 to a record 20. The CJN presided as the eight...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from embarking on foreign trips for medical treatment. The recommendation was given in order to ensure...

Ministers from the South West Zone of Nigeria have asked the Federal Government to launch a thorough investigation into the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos during last month’s #EndSARS protests...

It is now apparent that some Nigerian lawyers and civil society organizations have reported what they considered to be crimes against humanity unleashed on peaceful protesters by security personnel during...

…Says No Fatalities or Injury The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has reported an explosion at a production facility...

A former governor of Benue State and serving senator, Gabriel Suswam has been re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged N3.1 billion fraud. Suswam was on Monday re-arraigned alongside...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka will this month release a new novel titled: Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth. It is coming 48 years after his two previous works of prose, The Interpreters (1965)...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the WASSCE results for 2020. The announcement was made by the council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan via the...

In fulfilment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to ensure mass metering nationwide to end the estimated billing system in the electricity sector, the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) will...

The Management of the Lekki Concession Company has said it is ready to show the footage of the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate by soldiers. The Head of the Legal Department of LCC,...

In the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections now sweeping across many European and American countries and the imposition of new regimes of restrictions, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the...