The Nigerian Correctional Services, (NCOs) has said 69 per cent of the 77,849 inmates in its custody across the country are awaiting trial while 3,413 others are on death row. Mr Abubakar... Read more »
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned against a possible takeover of the Port Harcourt Refinery by cabals of government. The union also demanded an audit of the refinery and called on the... Read more »
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has revealed why he agreed to run for a second term in office after persuasion from religious leaders and other stakeholders. He said he would not have... Read more »
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has changed its stance on crypto assets in the country and asked banks to disregard its earlier ban on crypto transactions. This is according to a... Read more »
Protesters have gathered at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, expressing discontent over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reported intervention in the political crisis in the state. The demonstration, in solidarity... Read more »
— Unauthorized funded 593 Bank accounts located in the UK, US, and China — Fraudulent cash withdrawal of $6.23 million from CBN vault under a purported approval of the president to pay... Read more »
The Federal Government has paid N25,000 each to 3.5 million Nigerians under the conditional cash transfer scheme, minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu said. She said this on Thursday,... Read more »
On Friday, local authorities reported that the death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Northwest China has reached 117 in Gansu province, contributing to a total of 148 casualties in Gansu and... Read more »
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, for allegedly stabbing her domestic staff, Nafi’u Hafiz, to death. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, confirmed the incident while... Read more »
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate payment of the unpaid nine-month stipends of N-Power beneficiaries across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, made this known in a statement... Read more »
Hundreds of workers, under the auspices of the Organized Labour in Rivers, staged a solidarity walk along some major roads in Port Harcourt on Friday to reject the recent peace accord reached... Read more »
According to Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, if Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, were from China, he would have faced... Read more »
The Nigerian government on Friday called for patriotism, nationalism, and support for the armed forces to move the country in the right direction. Minister of Information and National Orientation Alhaji Mohammed Idris... Read more »
An ‘X’ user has taken to the platform to disclose how his father turned down a contract after the site engineer slashed the N3.5M quotation to N1.75M. The user identified as Semper... Read more »
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has received support from organized labor amidst his confrontation with Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike. This backing was demonstrated by the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade... Read more »
In a ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court confirmed the election victory of Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Justice Mohammed Garba, delivering the lead judgement, dismissed the allegation that Mbah did... Read more »
A Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded an alleged WhatsApp hacker, Stephen Andrew Ojo, at the Ikoyi Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services. Justice Akintayo Aluko remanded the defendant following his... Read more »
Some hoodlums on Thursday attacked a bus carrying Christmas gifts meant for some family heads (Mogajis) in Ibadan. It was gathered on Friday that the attack happened while the bus was making... Read more »
A woman was killed, and two people were injured by a large Christmas tree that fell over in the Belgian city of Oudenaarde on Thursday evening. Security camera footage on Belgian news... Read more »
The Upper Shariah Court in Kofar Kudu, Kano, has initiated proceedings in a case where a son-in-law alleges that his wife and her father were involved in taking a share of the... Read more »