Yam sellers at Yan Doya, a popular market in Kaduna, have been lamenting low patronage because of high cost of yam which goes for as high as N10,000 per tuber. Traders say 100 yam tubers […]

Chairman of Ogbete Market Amalgamated Traders’ Association (OMATA), Mr. Stephen Aniagu, was on Saturday night murdered in cold blood. The development has created tension in Enugu, the Coal City capital. It was learnt that Aniagu, […]

As part of the ongoing probe of the N2.6 billion allegedly spent on Nigeria Air, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debriefed top officials of Ethiopian Airlines on some of its findings on […]

Nine people have been feared dead following a bomb explosion at a local bus stop in Mairari village, Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the deadly blast was caused by an […]

Dangote has purchased 5 million barrels of US crude scheduled for delivery next month and in September, Bloomberg is reporting. According to the report on July 11, the refining company also started a tender process in […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday held a private meeting with suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at his residence in Lagos, marking their first official engagement since the political crisis that led to the […]

‘This Has To Stop!’ Okonjo-Iweala Asks Politicians To Stop Weaponising Insecurity The former Nigerian finance minister delivered a keynote address entitled, ‘A Social Contract For Nigeria’s Future’. The Director General of the World Trade Organisation […]

Sowore Condemns Continued Detention Of Ijele Despite Meeting Bail Terms, Laments Prison Authorities’ Failure To Produce Warrant Keeping Him In Jail Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow movement on Wednesday lamented that Ijele has been […]

Three Bangladeshis sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 11 years for protesting against their government, state media say. A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has jailed […]

Police did not rescue us, abductors collected N40m before releasing us – Nasarawa poly student A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, who was kidnapped alongside 29 others, has disclosed that the kidnappers collected about N40 […]

Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024, a report has shown. The report, released yesterday by the SBM Intelligence, showed that 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country within the period. […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, told the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, that the Senate chamber was not a night club, therefore, she must be recognised before speaking during plenary. The Senators were […]

The Presidency has reacted to the raging controversy that had trailed the N573 billion received by states. The response is coming in the wake of uproar the issue has generated between governors and the federal […]

Ekiti State Government has restated its commitment to due diligence, transparency and accountability in the management of public funds. The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun who gave the assurance in a statement made […]

Following the burial of ceremony of the late Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) has said it will sue the Ogun State Government over “desecration of Yoruba […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the monitoring unit to conduct a thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a businessman, Andrew Ochekwo, who was reportedly linked to the disappearance of […]

Eight months after the Federal Government commenced payment of N35,000, a wage award in addition to N30,000 minimum wage to workers, and urged state governments to replicate it, 15 states are yet to do so while […]

Yusuf Adenoyin, a suspected ritualist, has been nabbed with eight human skulls by the security agencies at Isua Akoko, in the Akoko South-East LGA. Mr Adenoyin, 37, was arrested at one of the checkpoints between […]

Enugu Governor To Commission The Largest Asphalt Plant In The South East Governor Peter Mbah set to commission the newly installed Enugu State Asphalt Plant, tomorrow, the largest in the region. @PNMbah’s road construction, rehabilitation […]

The Edo State Working Committee of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday expelled former deputy governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu and the South South Vice Chairman of the party, Dan Orbih at […]