In a week that has been described as a dust storm, leading groups from the three major geopolitical zones in Nigeria have issued strong statements condemning an interim government, which has crept into national discourse, a report by The Guardian stated. The Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa groups all joined...
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed release of kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community.
In a short remark shortly after their release was announced, President Buhari expressed the nation’s appreciation...
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, has rebutted what has been described as a "mischievous and sensational report" by Premium Times on alleged illegal payments in the erstwhile Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
Describing the report as "irresponsible journalism," Fashola said if anything has been stolen,...
Petrol stations in Lagos State are now under surveillance to ensure compliance with the approved pump price band for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says on Monday.
This is coming after News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Federal Government had on March 12 denied...
After being embroiled in a controversy over a leaked conversation with Dr. David Oyedepo, Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, found himself under scrutiny again when the Federal Government accused him of treason. This accusation came weeks after...
On Wednesday, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that a 12-year-old girl named Kope Mary had been hit by a vehicle.
The driver of the Toyota Camry car with registration number BDG 839 FS, identified as Kunle Ogungbeje, claimed to have lost control of the car....
Prof. Wole Soyinka, a recipient of the Nobel Prize, has proposed that the Nigerian presidency should be given to the southeastern region in order to address the lingering scars of the civil war. Despite the passage of over fifty years since the conflict ended, there are still activists advocating...
Award winning Afrobeats musician, 2Baba has been accused of not giving scholarships to children of late colleague, Sound Sultan, who died of lung cancer in the United States on July 11, 2021.
Controversial Nollywood actor Uche Maduagwu made the accusation on Friday moments after the African Queen hit maker published...
In other news, a pro-democracy group known as The Natives staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, asserting their determination to resist clandestine plots by opposition political parties to undermine democratic rule in the country. Led by Smart Edwards, the protesters marched to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral...
Accused Ex-Pension Boss Re-arrested in Niger, Slammed in Abuja Prison
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Abuja has again ordered that the former Chairman of defunct Pension Reform Task Team PRTT Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, be remanded in Correctional Service for the continuation of his trial on the 8th of...