Bandits who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all...
Niger state governor, Mohammed Umar Bago has approved the payment of wage award of N20,000 for every civil servant in the state. This followed the appeal...
National Convener of Labour & Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), Comrade Tony Erha, says the Expatriates Employment Levy [EEL] is a strategic move aimed at bolstering national...
The Federal Government and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have disagreed on Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production, with Wale Edun, Minister of Finance...
The naira yesterday depreciated to N1,620 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,615 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the naira yesterday depreciated to N1,615.94 per...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, swore in 17 Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission out of the 20 he nominated last November. The 17 new...
Popular Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare, has dismissed rumours of her third marriage. Bakare was reported to have gotten married for the third time after flaunting a...
Pensioners, who retired from the Federal Civil Service, have threatened a nationwide protest following the failure of the Federal Government to pay their wage awards. The...
The Federal Government has filed a Charge, bordering on terrorism, against the President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo has been in the...
Civil society and rights groups have lambasted the Accountant General of the Federation, commissioners of finance of the 36 states of the federation and other government...
Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume has said that as a principal officer in the 10th National Assembly, he received more than the N200m allocation, which is...
Suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, has alleged that the Senate is trying to silence or get him arrested for exposing the alleged padding of the...
Plateau State Police Command has arrested two suspected car snatchers in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday...
Residents of Umuahia and other parts of Abia State have expressed outrage over the astronomical increase in price of sachet water, popularly known as pure water....
Paul Alexander, widely known as “the man in the iron lung” or “Polio Paul”, has sadly died. Paul was left paralysed after being struck down by...
The Commissioner of Police, Taraba State Command, Mr David Iloyonomon, stated on Wednesday that his men found seven dead bodies in the bush while on patrol...
The Board of Directors of Access Holdings PLC. has appointed the pioneer Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc., Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede (CFR) as its Non-Executive...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders, raised alarms over the dire humanitarian situation unfolding in Nigeria’s Northwest geopolitical zone. The organization highlighted the...
Africa’s share of global trade has remained stagnant at approximately 3% or less, but there are opportunities for improvement. This was according to the Director-General of...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said some of the reported kidnap incidents within Abuja were ‘stage managed’ The minister stated this...
