Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed what it described as baseless claims to its leadership by former Senate President David Mark and his allies, emphasizing that such moves are in violation of the party’s […]

The Biafra Story is a 1969 non-fiction book by Frederick Forsyth about the Nigerian Civil War (1967–70) in which Biafra unsuccessfully attempted to secede from Nigeria. Reportedly one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the […]

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has released a groundbreaking new book titled, “The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud.” The exposé provides the most […]

The National Emergency Management Agency says it has deployed its officials in 15 high-risk states to further enlighten residents on the impending floods and the need to relocate from flood-prone areas, saying victims of the […]

The Zone A Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, announced that it intercepted 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687bn. Addressing journalists in Ikeja, the Customs Area Controller in […]

Lieutenant Commander Gideon Gwaza, the Base Operations Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Bonny who lost his life during a rescue operation in Rivers State, has been buried. He was laid to […]

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, has urged those wishing Nigeria disintegrate to perish the thought, predicting that the country would continue to remain a united nation. Buratai spoke in Kuta, Osun […]

Normalcy returned to more states yesterday as the protests against the rising cost of living dissipated. With protesters in Akwa Ibom, Osun and Edo states backing down, virtually all 17 states in the South, except […]

Sandie Okoro OBE has been appointed as the first female Chancellor of the University of Birmingham! 🎉 Sandie is a preeminent lawyer and equality rights champion. Currently, she is the Group General Counsel of Standard […]

Police in the Federal Capital Territory FCT have arrested a Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the alleged Murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim […]

A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Buba Galadima has slammed former President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not paying his daughter during the time she worked for him. Speaking on AIT’s Jigsaw program […]

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has described the Mokwa flood that left almost 200 dead as quite unfortunate and an act of God. Babangida who was reacting for the first time over the […]

Forty-five (45) African countries lost a total of €60 million — or $68 million — for their rejected Schengen visas in 2024, a TRT Afrika analysis of the 2024 State of Schengen Report reveals. That […]

General Moses Ali, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament, has declared his intention to run for the Adjumani West parliamentary seat again in 2026. Despite his extensive political career, […]

The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 85 200-litre drums of petrol being illegally conveyed to the Republic of Cameroon. The command also seized 795 25-litre jerry cans of the same product found […]

The federal government has directed the immediate suspension of Arik Air aircraft operations. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, gave the directive on Tuesday. The minister did not state the reason for the decision. Reacting […]

A devastating trail of destruction and displacement has been left in the wake of relentless attacks by assailants suspected to be herdsmen on farm settlements in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, for […]

The Kaduna State House of Assembly says it dug deep and unearthed a “monumental heist” carried out in the state in the guise of project execution during the eight years of former governor, Nasir El-Rufai. […]

Twenty-two states have spent a total sum of N251.79bn to service debt borrowed by past administrations within nine months of assuming office, findings by Sunday PUNCH have shown. Our correspondent also gathered that the states obtained […]