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$29.9bn loan: Presidency replies Emir Sanusi

The Presidency has said that the proposed external borrowing of 29.9 billion dollars by the government is meant for the…

APC candidate, Akinwunmi wins Lagos by-election

Mr Nurudeen Akinwunmi, Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday defeated his opponents to emerge winner of the…

Falcons beat Cameroon to win African Womens Nations Cup

Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Saturday in Yaounde won the 2016 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) for the eighth time…

Trump appoints Nigeria’s Ogunlesi member of economic team

Nigerian-born Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and one of Fortune 500…

el-Rufai responsible for attack on my office-Senator Sani

Senator Shehu Sani says the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai is responsible for the attack on his campaign office…

Breaking: 9 die in California club fire

At least nine people have died in a fire during a club night near San Francisco, authorities say. The fire…

Gunmen attack Senator Shehu Sani’s campaign office

The campaign office of the senator representing Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani, has been attacked by unknown gunmen, the police…

Lagos by-election: INEC, CP blame low turnout on poor awareness

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday blamed the low turnout of voters for the Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency by-election…

Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari is ill, flown to UK

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, is ill. A top government official confirmed this to…

14 dead, 8 houses burnt in petrol tanker fire in Niger

Fourteen persons in Tegina town in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state, on Friday, lost their lives as a…
German court sentences Bai L. a guard of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to life in prison for murder and attempted murder

Gambians topple Yahya Jammeh

Gambia’s opposition candidate Adama Barrow has won the presidential polls with 263,515 votes, beating the incumbent Yahya Jammeh, with over…

Julius Berger says Lagos-Ibadan, Sagamu Interchange ready in 2 weeks

The Health and Safety Manager of Julius Berger Construction Company Plc., Mr Philip Geddes, on Friday said that the Lagos-Ibadan…

Jubilation in Gambia as Jammeh suffers defeat after 22 years in power

There is wild jubilation in Gambia as Yahya Jammeh, the country’s authoritarian president of 22 years, suffered a surprise defeat…

There is corruption in EFCC – Magu

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Friday said there is corruption in every…
FRSC Board promotes 445 officers

Reckless drivers kill 70 FRSC officials

At least, 70 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC, were killed this year by reckless drivers across the…

BREAKING: Court orders immediate release of Shiite leader

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday ordered the unconditional release of detained Shiite’s Islamic leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky…

Breaking: Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh concedes defeat

President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years, has conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow, the…

18 killed as passenger bus plunges into lake

Chinese authorities say 18 people have died and two more are in hospital after a small passenger bus plunged into…
Inflation

FCT traders lament low sales as Christmas approaches

Traders in some markets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are lamenting the low sales they are experiencing even as…

Data tariff: Expect poor data services, telecoms operators tell consumers

The Association of Licenced Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Thursday informed consumers to expect poor data services, without the…

Buhari says Nigeria’s break-up unthinkable, not possible

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the essence of the unity of Nigeria, urging those contemplating its break-up to have a…
Soyinka says Buhari's government was a disaster

Nigeria is sinking under Buhari-Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday lamented that Nigeria is sinking under the government of President Muhammadu Buhari as…

Illegal oil depot uncovered in Lagos, Police arrests 8 suspects

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday uncovered an illegal oil depot located underneath the Oregun-Opebi Link Bridge in Onigbongbo…

“I threw away my green card”, says Soyinka

Nigerian Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green…

Breaking: Court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail again

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday declined to grant the bail application filed by Nnamdi…

Appeal Court orders continued trial of Ikuforiji, aide

The Court of Appeal, Lagos has set aside the ruling of a Federal High Court that cleared former Speaker of…

Falana asks Buhari to investigate killing of 150 MASSOB/IPOB members

Human right lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a panel…

Fire guts Lagos Chief Judge’s chambers

There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, Southwest Nigeria, as fire gutted the chambers of…

Hurray! NCC suspends directive on data price floor

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday said it has suspended any further action on the directive to introduce price…

Ondo governor-elect begs IGP to pay allowances to policemen

Governor-elect of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has appealed to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to urgently pay the…