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2019 election: Don advocates regulatory framework for tracking campaign finance

Prof. Habu Galadima, Director of Research/Chief Operating Officer of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), has underscored…

2019: Avoid politics of inducement – Primate

Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to avoid…

Ezekwesili upset at BON General Assembly

The Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria(ACPN) Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt complained of harassment by…

Eastern rail line: Amaechi explains delay

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has denied the alleged exclusion of Eastern rail line from Port Harcourt to…
WHO renames Monkeypox

Better housing brings better health, well-being — WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines, highlighting that better homes invariably lead to better standards of health and…
UNAIDS said new HIV infections down by 45%

U.S. AIDS programme supports 17m people in Africa

The U.S. says its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved more than 17 million lives in Nigeria…

Troops repel Boko Haram attack in Kukawa

The Nigerian Army said its troops repelled Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno.

Maiduguri set for President Buhari

Borno Government on Tuesday called on the people of the state to come out en masse, to welcome President Muhammadu…

Suffocation may be cause of Zainab Nielsen’s death – Pathologist

A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has been told how Nigerian singer, Zainab Nielsen, alias Alizee, and her three-and-a-half-year-old…

Obasanjo eulogies Kofi Annan for service to humanity

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has eulogised the life of late former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan as one that was…
Oby Ezekwesili

I’m prepared for governance, ready to fight for Nigerians – Ezekwesili

The Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has expressed readiness to fight for…
Senator Rasheed Ladoja

Trial ends in 10-year old N4.7b money laundering charge against Ladoja

Trial has ended in the 10-year-old case of alleged N4.7 billion money laundering case preferred against a former Governor of…

Bank Robberies: Oyo summons Security Chiefs to emergency summit

Stakeholders in security in Oyo State have been summoned to an emergency security summit aimed at nipping in the bud…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Reps urge Buhari to intervene on release of funds to Judiciary

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zanab Ahmed,…

Anambra traders shut markets to protest colleagues’ detention

Traders in Nnewi, Anambra, on Tuesday shut down major markets to protest continued detention of their 33 colleagues by the…

NSE: Capitalisation dips further by N149bn

Huge losses posted by some blue chips on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday took a toll on its…

Ekiti suspends unauthorised activities in forests

The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday suspended flitching and unauthorised logging activities in its forests across the 16 local government…

Ebonyi parades 2 over alleged female genital mutilation

The Ebonyi Government on Tuesday paraded two women in Okpuitumo community, Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state over alleged…
Workers of the Edo State House of Assembly, under the aegis of PASAN protest the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

Edo Assembly raises committee to probe delay in opening hospital

The Edo Assembly has constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the delay in the opening of the ultra-modern Central Hospital,…

Sanusi, religious leaders, others partner to fight gender injustice

African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development Centre (LSD), in collaboration with traditional and religious leaders on Tuesday, launched “Side…

Bagudu tasks media on malnutrition

The wife of Kebbi State Governor, Dr Zainab Bagudu, has urged the media to increase their reportage on maternal and…

Jigawa Emir hails FG for degrading insurgency

The Emir of Dutse in Jigawa, Dr Nuhu Sunusi, on Tuesday said the Federal Government (FG) has done well in…

PDP politicizing Nigerian soldiers’ killings in North-East – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, accused the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) of politicising the recent killings of some…

ABSUTH health workers resume strike

Health workers of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, on Tuesday, resumed their indefinite strike, locking the entrance to…

Leadway Assurance launches multi-feature Mobile App

Leadway Assurance has introduced a mobile insurance application that enables customers to transact all insurance businesses on their Internet-enabled devices…

Nigeria’s Taxpayer Population Hits 33m-Fowler

Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB) and Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Fowler says the country’s taxpayer…

Group insists Fani-Kayode is threat to national unity

A political group in Nigeria has reiterated its call that former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode be arrested for divisive messages…

Alleged poor performance: Obaseki walks BEDC MD out of his office

There was mild drama on Tuesday at the Government House in Benin, when Governor Godwin Obaseki walked the Managing Director…

2019: Kogi youths promise to support Buhari, Osinbajo

Members of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Kogi chapter on Tuesday promised to support the re-election of President Muhammadu…

Assault: Court Strikes Out Case Against Businessman

Paul Iyoghojie A Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island, Lagos, south west Nigeria has struck out a case of alleged assault…