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Niger coup: Mali’s military leader confirms call with Putin

Col. Assimi Goita emerges head of Mali junta

Colonel Assimi Goita has emerged the head of the military junta in Mali that ousted the elected government of President…

Nigerian Govt condemns Mali coup, wants ECOWAS force in action

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday condemned the coup d'etat in Mali, West Africa, Africa.

ISWAP terrorists overrun Nigerian town of Kukawa, hold hundreds hostage

Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have taken hundreds of people hostage in the Borno town of Kukawa,…
Obasanjo

Obasanjo: I want to live above 100 years

Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he wished to live above 100 years.

Mali military junta announces vague transition programme

The junta who ousted Mali’s elected president and government in a military coup promised on Wednesday to restore stability and…

Faces of Mali’s coup leaders

Tuesday's military coup in Mali that supplanted the government of President Boubacar Keita was led by two colonels: Sadio Camara…

President Keita resigns, parliament dissolved in Mali coup d’etat

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned. He announced this in a televised address on Tuesday, as the coup in Mali…
An empty COVID-19 isolation centre in Lagos

Update: Uptick in COVID-19 cases in Lagos, 4 deaths reported

Lagos for the second day led the grim chart in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, according to new figures announced…

Coup plot in Mali, President Keita detained by mutinous soldiers

Mutinous soldiers in Mali have detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as a possible coup plot unravelled.

I don’t care if anybody insults me or not – Oyedepo

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo on Tuesday said he does not care if anybody insults him…
Obasanjo

How Carrington leaked information of my arrest by Abacha to me – Obasanjo

Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how late former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington leaked information of his…

JUST IN: Jonathan meets Buhari again in Abuja

Nigeria's former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met behind closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.

PGF DG Salihu Lukman replies Oshiomhole

The Director General, Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman has replied former National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade…

Between Fani-Kayode and IBB

One would have thought that former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, will be…

International flights: PTF differs as Sirika fixes August 29

The Coordinator of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the Aug. 29, resumption of international flights, as…

Malam Wada Maida NAN chairman, ex-Buhari aide dies suddenly

Malam Wada Maida, Chairman, Board of Directors of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is dead. He was aged 70.…
Lagos leads in daily COVID-19 cases again

COVID-19 cases escalate in Nigeria as national tally hits 49,485

Nigeria recorded an escalation in COVID-19 cases on Monday as the NCDC announced 417 new cases.
Speaker Tajudeen Abbas leads dignitaries to pay glowing tributes to late Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba at a valedictory session at Green chamber.

Na’Abba opens up on meeting with DSS

Former Speaker Ghali Na’Abba has opened up on his meeting with the Department of State Services (DSS), saying he was…
Festus Okoye

Annulled Bayelsa election: INEC says ANDP submitted invalid nomination

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made a stunning revelation about the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) which made…
Salihu Moh. Lukman

You pig, you empty brain: Oshiomhole blasts DG PGF Salihu Lukman

Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole tongue-lashed Salihu Lukman, the director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum(PGF)…
Ex-Aviation minister Hadi Sirika, others to be arraigned Thursday

Hadi Sirika announces start of international flights

Sen. Sirika Hadi, the federal minister for aviation has announced that international flights will resume in Nigeria by August 29.

Face of UNILAG alumnus John Osagie Otema jailed for rape

John Osagie Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos bagged 50 years of imprisonment on Monday for raping a…
Bayelsa kicks against BudgiT 2022 report, faults indices

Diri heads to Appeal Court to challenge Tribunal’s judgment nullifying his election

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has gone to the Appeal Court to challenge Tribunal's judgment nullifying his election as governor…

Oyedepo dares FG: I can’t be alive to see a minister close Church accounts

Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has dared the Federal Government, saying that he cannot be alive…

Create your country and live by your laws – Presidency to Oyedepo

Lauretta Onochie social media aide of President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide Bishop…
General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida

Babangida at 79 and June 12 haunting shadow

Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, (IBB) Nigeria’s ex-military dictator who turns 79 today defies description. While some call him Maradona after the…
Governor Douye Diri:, imposes curfew on Bayelsa waterways as part of measures to check cases of insecurity along the creeks in the state

Breaking: Tribunal nullifies Diri’s election as Bayelsa governor

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal on Monday nullified the last governorship election in Bayelsa State.

Oyedepo to Sanwo-Olu: I decree opening of churches on weekdays in Lagos

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has decreed that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu should allow churches…
NCDC boss

Nigeria posts 298 COVID-19 cases, tally tops 49,000

Nigeria posted another low figure for confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the national tally topped 49,000.

No going back on support for Southern Presidency in 2023 – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday said there is no going back on his support that the 2023 presidency…