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North East Governors to Buhari: Mambila Electricity project existed only on paper

North East Governors Forum has appealed to the Federal Government to fast-track work on the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project.

Lagos leads as COVID-19 kills 16 Nigerians in 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 16 additional COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths…

Oba of Lagos, Akiolu under fire for keeping $2m, N17m in palace

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu is under fire over his comment on Wednesday that hoodlums who invaded his palace during…

Buhari orders security forces to shoot on sight anyone with AK-47 

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered the military to shoot on sight on anyone seen with AK-47 rifle in the…

FEC approves N6bn for water projects in Ogoniland

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N6.04 billion for the provision of potable water in the four local government…

What Nigerian universities must do to advance nation’s economy – Jonathan

Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged Nigerian universities to aspire to produce the kind of workforce that would…

EFCC secures 2 convictions for counterfeit notes

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), secured the conviction of Badamasi Hamisu and Isah…

Edo Judge charges journalists on objective reportage

Justice Joseph Acha of Benin City High Court, on Wednesday, charged journalists covering court proceedings to be objective in their…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu: Rising COVID-19 cases in Lagos confirm third wave alarm

Sanwo-Olu promises not to neglect Lagos identity

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday reiterated his administration's commitment to the actualisation of the six pillars of…

Sanwo-Olu commissions Glover memorial hall (Photos)

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, commissioned the renovated Glover Memorial Hall in Lagos Island.
Bello Matawalle and Buhari: SERAP says they should be held liable for school abductions

Buhari’s declaration of no-fly zone in Zamfara in order – Matawalle

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on Wednesday said he agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari's no-fly zone order imposed on the…

Lagos seeks private investors for feedlots establishment

Lagos State Government has on Wednesday, called on private investors to partner with it, in establishing feedlots.
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says federal government must renegotiate with states for solutions to the nation's current economic challenges.

Covid-19: LG administration can’t be the same again – Obaseki

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that local government administration in Nigeria can never be the same again, in…

Senate wades into abandoned Badagry-Sokoto Expressway project

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, initiate a Build-Operate-Transfer or Public-Private Partnership arrangement…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says federal government must renegotiate with states for solutions to the nation's current economic challenges.

Obaseki’s a liar, our strike not politically motivated – Edo NUT

The leadership of Edo state Wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has debunked allegation made by the state governor,…

Buhari condoles with Gov. Bagudu over brother’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State over the loss of his brother, Shehu…
Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan

Senate amends law to accommodate Lafia Teaching Hospital

The Senate, on Wednesday, commenced an amendment to the University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards) Act 1985, to accommodate the…
UNESCO, Japan launch programme to empower girls

All 279 Jangebe schoolgirls are medically okay – Commissioner

The 279 girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara, released by kidnappers on…

Flush the bad eggs, Ex-senator tells Fulani herdsmen

Alhaji Suleiman Ajadi, a former Senator representing Kwara South senatorial district, has advised leaders of herdsmen across the country to…

2 fraudsters convicted, forfeit luxury cars in Abeokuta

Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, convicted Komolafe Ololade Olajide…

Fake NSCDC officer bags 7 years imprisonment

A Sokoto State High Court sitting in Sokoto today March 3, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Abdulrashid Isa Aliyu to…

Fears of epidemic in Ogun secretariat over collapse of sewage system

The sewage system started collapsing about two years ago without any attention from the Ministry of Environment.  

PHCN Benefit Scam: Ex-BPE DG, granted N1bn bail

Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama Abuja today Wednesday, March 3, 2021, granted bail to…

NDDC to begin construction of Imo-Rivers road

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Wednesday directed the contractor handling the 24 kilometres dual carriageway linking Imo and…

Breaking: #EndSARS protesters stole $2m, N17m from my palace – Akiolu

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Wednesday disclosed that the #EndSARS protesters who stormed his palace last year stole his…

PDP expels former governorship candidate, Aminu Ibrahim

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled its former Jigawa governorship candidate, Aminu Ibrahim.

Maryam Abu Shinga, Kano fraudster to refund N110m to victims

Justice Lewis Allagoa has ordered Kano fraudster, Maryam Abu Shinga to refund N110million to victims of her Ponzi scheme.

Apapa gridlock: We will fight, name, shame saboteurs – Sanwo-Olu 

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday vowed to fight, name and shame saboteurs trying to frustrate government's effort to…

Gov. Zulum seeks external support to end insurgency

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has called on the federal government to seek external support from neighbouring countries, in order…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Gunmen storm Sokoto Commissioner’s residence, abduct family members

Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of Bashir Gorau, Sokoto State…