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Fasoranti tackles Adebanjo as Afenifere’s division over Tinubu deepens

93-year-old Adebanjo replaces Fasoranti as Afenifere Leader

Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has stepped down as the National Leader of the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation, Afenifere.
pension bill for Enugu governors

Enugu Assembly suspends jumbo pension bill for ex-governors

Enugu State House of Assembly has stepped down the controversial life pension bill for former governors, their deputies and spouses.

FG to parents: We can’t secure all schools

The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and the abduction of students.
Buhari signs CAMA

CAN sues Buhari over CAMA

A legal showdown between Christian Association of Nigeria and Buhari government over CAMA, the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020…

No jobs for 23 million Nigerians, unemployment rate hits 33.3%

Nigeria's unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2020 has hit 33.3 percent, with 23.2 million Nigerians jobless.
Smugglers balloon Nigeria's daily petrol consumption

Petrol subsidy: Governors call emergency meeting

Petrol subsidy running into billions of Naira is back and worried Nigerian governors have summoned a virtual emergency meeting to…

Fierce gun-battle in Borno: 41 Boko Haram terrorists drop dead 

The Nigerian Army on Monday engaged in massive shootout with Boko Haram terrorists in Borno, killing 41 insurgents.

Grammy awards: Burna Boy, Wizkid brought glory to Nigeria, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerian music star Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, whose entry won the “Best…

AstraZeneca: I didn’t feel side effect – Sanwo; I felt side effect – Abayomi

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday said he did not feel any side effect after taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19…
Shehu Sani claims Nigerian leaders in power behave like gods

How Shehu Sani hurriedly returned $25,000 to ‘victim’ – Witness

The trial of Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, continued on Monday before Justice I.E…

JUST IN: WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala hits Aso Rock for Buhari

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State…
Sanusi Lamido not leader of Tijjanniyya

Ex-Emir Sanusi rejected by Tijjaniyya sect as leader

The former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has not been appointed the leader of the Dhariqa Tijjaniyya Islamic sect,…

Biafra: Nigerian government replies “the joker” Asari Dokubo

The Federal Government of Nigeria has described the reported formation of Biafra Customary Government by Asari Dokubo as a “theatre…
Bandits in Kaduna

Bandits storm Kaduna primary school, kidnap teachers, students

Bandits have abducted students and teachers from LEA Primary School in Rama, a village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area…
Asari-Dokubo and Nnamdi Kanu

Asari Dokubo topples Kanu, declares himself leader of new Biafra

A former militant in the Niger Delta, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo appeared to have hijacked the Biafra Republic struggle from its leader…
Nigerian army

Nigerian Army loses four soldiers as scores of terrorists killed

The Nigerian Army said the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on Saturday eliminated scores of terrorists allied with Boko Haram…
Burna Boy: wins Grammy Award

Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ wins Grammy award

Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy has won his first-ever Grammy Award for the Best World…
Nigerian Army says two ring leaders of IPOB/ ESN were arrested during a raid in Mgbowo community in Awgu LGA of Enugu State.

Kidnappers strike at another Kaduna school, FAAN quarters

Kidnappers have attempted to stage another mass abduction in a secondary school and also attack the staff quarters of aviation…
President Buhari

Buhari dragged to court over plans to borrow N895billion from Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court over the plans of his government to borrow an estimated N895billion from…
abducted forestry college students

Kidnappers leak video of Forestry College students, demand N500m

At least two videos of some of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Maintenance in circulation…
Ihekweazu: covid-19 cases shrinking

COVID-19 cases sink to another low, 655 discharged

In the latest report released by the NCDC on Saturday, Nigeria recorded just 205 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths.

Kaduna Abduction: Buhari issues stern warning to bandits

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a stern warning to terrorists and bandits targeting schools, saying the country will not allow…

A ’hellish’ night with AstraZeneca vaccine: A reporter’s experience

Be prepared, Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has side effects. They are pain or tenderness at the injection site, headache, tiredness, muscle or…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Herdsmen crisis: Tinubu answers critics, points way out

All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu finally spoke out on Saturday over the herdsmen crisis
Okonjo-Iweala

Okonjo-Iweala lands in Abuja, in first visit as WTO DG

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived Abuja on her first official visit.
An empty COVID-19 isolation centre in Lagos

1,655 declared free of COVID-19, infections stuck on slow lane

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 1,655 people were diagnosed free of the COVID-19 in the last 24…
george Floyd

George Floyd: Minneapolis agrees record $27m settlement with family

The family of George Floyd and Minneapolis have agreed a record $27million settlement to resolve the lawsuit filed against the…
File Photo: Zamfara is mourning, not ready to mark Democracy Day

Bandits strike Zamfara again, scores of villagers killed

Bandits have attacked six villages in Zamfara state and left scores of villagers dead, according to Jamilu Magaji, Press secretary…
Garba Shehu

No money for buying arms missing or misappropriated – Presidency

The Presidency has said no money meant to buy arms to fight insurgency is missing as being reported in the…
General Tukur Buratai

My hands are clean – Lt. General Tukur Buratai

Former Chief of Army Staff,  Lieutenant General  Tukur Buratai (Rtd) has said he never frittered away money meant for arms to…