President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his position on the idea that bandits terrorising the country should be granted amnesty to stop their activities.  The president represented by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff during a joint security meeting of the Northern State Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers, on Thursday, February 25, 2021, said his administration will […]

The wife of late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, has appealed to the Federal Government to complete the e-library initiated by her late husband at the Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa State. Mrs Yar’Adua said, “This is to remember my husband’s legacies and as an alma mater of the school and due to the importance […]

The defendants were arrested for allegedly breaking into a property sealed by the state government. An aide to Senator Rochas Okorocha, Eberendu Chiimechefulem, his legislative aide, Steve Asinuobi and 12 others were arraigned before a magistrate’s court sitting in Owerri on Monday. The 14 defendants were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, breach […]

“I am under attack here by hoodlums,” the senator who represents Imo West in the upper legislative chamber, Rochas Okorocha, bellowed into the phone as gunshots rang around him on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Before long, hoodlums armed with grenades, guns, cudgels and bottles were ransacking the cars of the ex-Imo governor and his aides […]

The Imo State Police Command, on Monday, said former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, has been released. Spokesperson for the state police command, Orlando Ikeokwu, made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme monitored by The PUNCH. Ikeokwu said Okorocha was released on Sunday night after he was “invited” for “questioning” over […]

Canada has warned its citizens against ‘non-essential’ travel to Nigeria due to the high level of insecurity and crime. A series of warnings came in a travel advisory on the website of the Canadian government. Canadians are advised to “avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the […]

Governors of the 19 Northern States and traditional rulers of the region are meeting in Kaduna over security challenges bedeviling the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-day meeting, which opened on Thursday, is also being attended by Senate President, Ahmad Lawal, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photography), Mr Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed the meeting in a pictorial report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the new EFCC boss was formally introduced […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, made this known on Thursday in Abuja when she addressed State House correspondents on the state of the nation’s economy under the Buhari-led administration. According to her, gaining more revenue from the sale of crude will yield more revenue for government as well as […]

Ehanire says Nigeria has put all facilities in place to receive the vaccines. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says Nigeria may receive COVID-19 vaccines by the end of February. Ehanire made this known while speaking at an inspection tour of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Saturday, February 21, 2021. He said, “We […]

Benin Republic has always wanted to be a part of Nigeria. Nigeria may have its endemic structural and leadership problems, but Benin Republic has been casting envious glances across the border and wouldn’t mind being a part of Nigeria’s bigger economy. “The President of Benin said as far as they are concerned, they want (not […]

The group says the appeal is based on the national acceptance of Obi. A socio-political organisation, Movement for the Election of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction, wants Mr Peter Obi to contest the 2023 presidential poll. Obi was the Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 election. The group made the call […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part of Nigeria. Onyeama, who stated this shortly after a close door meeting with Beninoise Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Aurélien Agbenonci, said the Beninoise president gave the offer when he […]

The Nigerian government on Saturday says it won’t pay ransom to secure the release of the abducted students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara. SaharaReporters had reported how gunmen suspected to be bandits stormed the school on Wednesday, abducting many students and workers While one student who tried to escape was gunned […]

New details have emerged about the case against Instagram influencer, Ramon Abbas, fondly referred to as Hushpuppi.  According to the United States of America’s Department of Justice, Hushpuppi laundered money for North Korean hackers.  The revelation was made known when federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed a case against one Ghaleb Alaumary, 37, of Mississauga, […]

The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. Artimas quoted the minister as saying this when he received the Guild of Actors and Film Producers, […]

Nigerians have flooded the social media with their reactions to the plan by the All Progressives Congress to present former President Goodluck Jonathan, and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for the presidency in 2023. SaharaReporters observed that many of the comments had to do with Jonathan, who was defeated by President Muhammadu Buhari in the […]

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency in 2019 for selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his proxies at N100,000 per unit. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Bawa as the substantive […]

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested 46-year-old Sobola Olatunji, pictured, a staff of Remo North Local government for allegedly stabbing his 38yrs old wife to death on mere suspicion of infidelity. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the spokesperson of the state police command who confirmed this to newsmen, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint […]

The Senate on Tuesday received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for confirmation of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Buhari’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Tuesday. “Dear Distinguish Senate President, request for confirmation of appointment […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, have congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Atiku and Okowa in their separate congratulatory messages on Monday believe the Delta-born former Minister of Finance is the right person for the job, assuring her of the […]

The World Trade Organisation on Tuesday acknowledged Nigeria’s nominee for the post of its Director-General. Earlier this month, The Cable Newspaper reported that President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO’s Director-General. The current WTO Director-General, Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, has announced he will step down on August 31, 2020. […]

A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.  Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021, found them guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretense brought against them by the […]

Good morning. We are reporting on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s landmark achievement, a series of security meetings to deescalate violence across the country, and Nigeria’s continued hunt for COVID-19 vaccines. Okonjo-Iweala Makes History Nigeria’s ex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed by the World Trade Organisation as its next Director-General. The news sent Nigerians into a celebration […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. The organisation gave the green light for the vaccines on Monday, February 15, 2021 ending a wait to have them rolled out globally through COVAX, a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The assessment of […]

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the ethnic crisis that broke out at Shasha market in Oyo state on Friday, February 12, 2021. The crisis, which started after a Hausa cart pusher stabbed a Yoruba cobbler led to a full blown violence on Saturday as the Yoruba were accused of targeting the Hausa in […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said that the National Arts Theater would become the number one event centre in Africa. The minister disclosed this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bankers’ Committee and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in Lagos. Mohammed also […]

Comedian  Debo Adebayo who is better known as Mr Macaroni has condemned the police for the treatment meted out to him and other protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, claiming that they were stripped naked.  “When we were picked up, we were taken to Adeniji where we were beaten, we were stripped naked,” he said […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the arrest of some protesters by the police in the Lekki area of Lagos State. In a statement on Saturday following the arrest of the youths at the Lekki tollgate, he decried that the police abandoned their responsibility of protecting the protesters. “The 1999 Nigerian Constitution, as amended […]

An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has commended the Nigeria Police Force over what she described as the professional conduct of its operatives on Saturday. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Onochie said nobody was hurt during the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest in Lagos yesterday. “Kudos to the @PoliceNG for the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lago State over the arrest of Lekki tollgate protesters on Saturday, February 13, 2021. The opposition party said the arrest showed that Governor Sanwo-Olu led administration in Lagos prioritises the billions of naira generated at the Lekki tollgate over the welfare of the residents of the […]

Police have arrested popular comedian Debo Adebayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, at the Lekki toll gate. The comedian joined protesters at the the tollgate to express their dissatisfaction with the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry allowing its operator, Lekki Concession Company to reopen the Lekki tollgate. Adebayo was said to […]

The Federal Government has warned those planning a fresh protest at Lekki Toll Gate to shelve their plans as violent protests will not be tolerated. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who gave the warning while addressing journalists on Thursday, in Abuja, said every Nigerian has the freedom to protest but violence in the name […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, has closed its case in the ongoing trial of Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as “Mama Boko Haram,” before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The prosecution closed its case today after calling the last two witnesses, Geoffrey Okolorie(PW3) and Bashir […]

Less than 24 hours to the planned protest at the Lekki Toll Gate by some aggrieved youths, police authorities in the state have launched a show of force exercise to express its disapproval of the protest. Policemen from the Rapid Response team staged a walk round the toll gate on Friday as they prepare to […]

Rinu Oduala, a youth representative on the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate has pulled out of the panel. Oduala cited cyber attacks and intimidation from accounts loyal to the government as reasons for stepping down from the panel. The youth representative […]

Police operatives in Lagos have been deployed to some areas in Lagos Island including Lekki tollgate ahead of the planned #occupylekkitollgate protest on Saturday, February 13, 2021.  According to the state police command, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, the state Rapid Response Commander has led a team of police to strategic locations on the island to deter crime […]

The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday approved a new Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for Nigeria, for the period of 2020 to 2023. The strategy allows the government to borrow more from domestic sources. The Debt Management Office disclosed this in a press release titled “Federal Executive Council approves a new debt management […]

The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday approved a new Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for Nigeria, for the period of 2020 to 2023. The strategy allows the government to borrow more from domestic sources. The Debt Management Office disclosed this in a press release titled “Federal Executive Council approves a new debt management […]

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Information and Culture and the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as the Bankers’ Committee for the renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the […]

No fewer than 400 residents on Foreshore Road, Lekki, Lagos State, have been displaced after men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Sanitation (Enforcement) Unit demolished and burnt their houses on Wednesday. The PUNCH learnt that the team also included policemen from the Maroko division. A member of the community, who did not […]

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 1,024 cartons of fake pharmaceutical products and other contraband goods worth over N869,550,345 million. The Comptroller, Mr Yusuf Lawal told newsmen On Wednesday in Owerri that the fake pharmaceutical products and other contraband were intercepted between Jan. 1 and Jan. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks and other financial institutions to, henceforth, accept Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRCTD) and Refugee Identification Card, as means of identification for financial transactions. The directive was given by Dr Kevin Amugo, Director, Finance Policy Regulation Department, on Wednesday, in Abuja, through a memo to the […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N9.43 billion to complete the digital switch over, which had previously missed the deadline set for implementation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting in Abuja. Mohammed […]

A mobile police Inspector, simply identified as Umoh, on Wednesday shot himself dead after he returned from an official assignment in Owerri, Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Inspector, until his death, was serving at Area Command Headquarters in Owerri. The tragedy, according to an eyewitness account, occurred when the officer went […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stay out of politics and stick to the business of banking. Falana’s call was made in reaction to the unfreezing of bank accounts belonging to 20 #EndSARS promoters. Following the #EndSARS protest that rocked the nation in October […]

The Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the Central Bank of Nigeria and Securities and Exchange Commission for prohibiting banks from dealing in cryptocurrencies and closing down of suspected bank accounts. In the suit number, FHC/L/CS/ 188/2021, DRLI wants the court to declare that virtual currencies are […]

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said those in charge of the funds provided for the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccines must ensure judicious utilisation of the money. The Head National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, had said Nigeria would take delivery of its first coronavirus vaccine doses in February. Lawan, […]

he Army has refuted some media reports that five soldiers were killed and others abducted by insurgents during repair of an electricity facility along Maiduguri- Damaturu road on Monday. Col. Ado Isa, the Army Deputy Director Public Relations, made the rebuttal in a statement released in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Isa who described the report as “fake […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kano–Dutse–Jibia (Katsina State) – Maradi 284 Km rail project connecting Kano in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic, virtually. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 1.96billion dollars project was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by the president […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says posterity will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari for embarking on massive infrastructure development in the country. The minister stated this on Tuesday in Katsina at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi rail project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports President Buhari performed […]

he Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday said the use of cryptocurrencies in Nigeria contravenes existing laws. The apex bank was responding to public criticism of its Friday notice warning Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to desist from transacting cryptocurrencies and dealing with entities who do same. According to the CBN, cryptocurrencies are “issued by unknown […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered all banks to close accounts of anyone who transacts in cryptocurrency. The order was contained in a circular to banks and other financial institutions, signed on Friday by the Director of Banking Supervision, Bello Hassan, and it is expected to take effect immediately. According to the CBN, dealing […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed April 13 for the hearing of an application seeking the final forfeiture of the sum of $5.8million USD and another ₦2.4 billion, said to have been illegally acquired by former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Justice Chika Obiozor fixed the date on Monday after lawyers involved […]

Following the move to reopen the Lekki Tollgate, many Nigerians mostly youths, have taken to social media threatening to stage another protest. Youth representatives at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Saturday had opposed the reopening of the Lekki toll gate arguing that reopening the toll-gate at this time would be hasty and premature. […]

A former pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries, Mike Davids, who has accused the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, of sleeping with his wife, has said he will expose the truths behind the Stephanie Otobo’s sex scandal. Davids in a video noted that he and Apostle Suleman both knew how they got […]

A 61-year-old woman, Mrs. Stella Omoigui, has demanded N50million compensation for her 11-year-old son, Master Osasu Omoigui, who was allegedly hit by a stray bullet in his genitals during #EndSARS protest.__The little Osasu can only pass out urine through a fixed pipe attached to his abdomen, a situation that has forced him to always have a cloth […]

Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, has said that $500 million worth of Bitcoin has been traded in Nigeria within the last five years. Moghalu, who was once the Head of Directorate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (a unit which he says is in charge of the financial systems), disclosed these figures while reacting to […]

Sanwo-Olu had promised to give the camera to the panel after Fashola handed it over to him. Ebun Adegboruwa, representative of civil society on the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating the shooting of EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate, says the panel has not received the camera the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde […]

Atiku advises FG create jobs for Nigerian youths because unemployment is the number one challenge of the country. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban cryptocurrency trading in Nigeria.  Atiku said with Nigeria’s economic crisis, the country needs to open up the economy. The […]

former Pastor with the Omega Fire Ministries, Mike Davids, has released an audio clip in which the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, is heard threatening that the pastor “will die prematurely.” According to Punch, the audio clip was said to have been recorded during a phone conversation between Apostle Suleman and Davids […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said on Thursday that his regime had achieved success in stemming corruption and sharp practices in the nation’s oil and gas industry. Buhari said when he was elected into office in 2015, the industry was in a very dire situation, worsened by a backlog of joint venture cash […]

The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has failed to shortlist Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines following the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. The Nigerian government had stated that it was expected to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative, […]

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it is pushing hard to recover the N4.4 trillion debts owed the company in failed financial institutions it took over its liabilities. Mr Jude Nwauzor, Head, Corporate Communications Department of AMCON, said this on Thursday in Enugu while briefing journalists on enforcement on an indebted person’s property […]

The State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure while repatriating the beggars in Kano on Friday. Muhammad-Umar said that the beggars were arrested in Kano metropolis with 70 per cent being women and children, and 30 per cent men. “Those arrested included women, children, men and Almajiris. The […]

The apex bank has warned that financial institutions who breach this directive would face severe sanctions. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions to close accounts of persons who are using their systems for cryptocurrency trading. A cryptocurrency is a virtual or digital currency that appreciates […]

Helen Odaudu, the mother of Emmanuel Odaudu, an ex-military man detained illegally by the Nigerian Army since June 12, 2020, has said life without her son has become unbearable. Helen, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Thursday, described the young man’s prolonged detention as suspicious because he had been dismissed already for the offence he is […]

No fewer than 1,718 children suffered sexual and domestic assaults in Lagos State, out of a total of 3,193 cases received in the state in 2020. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team revealed the date, observing that there was a spike in 2020 which also witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to extend the expired tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu as illegal and unconstitutional. Adamu’s tenure expired on Monday, February 1, 2021, when he attained 35 years in service, but instead of replacing him, the president decided to retain him […]

In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Benin, the stakeholders said there was nothing to justify the approval, when the existing universities were neither adequately funded nor properly monitored to ensure compliance, with appropriate guidelines. Prof. Monday Omoregie, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Benin chapter, […]

The Bayelsa government on Thursday condemned the attack on operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state by suspected militants engaged in oil theft. The condemnation was contained in a press statement issued by Mr Doubara Atasi, Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Sen. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the future of APC lies in strengthened internal democracy; transparent electoral processes; pro-people policies and programmes, and value of each member’s contribution to the party’s growth. The president stated this during a virtual meeting with APC youths held at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. He noted that the on-going members’ […]

On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a memo from the Ministry of Education which contains the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. The 20 new private universities will be given provisional licenses to run for three years, during which time the ministry will monitor and evaluate their […]

N1.2 billion of the amount was approved for the purchase of surveillance equipment for Lagos and Abuja airports. The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at […]

27 of the 420 returnees are children while 393 are adults. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 420 Nigerian returnees arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM. Balogun said on […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin, with street values worth over N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The drugs were said to have been seized from Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, a 33-year-old lady, who arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 27, from Sao […]

Segun Adewole Two suspects engaged in international child pornography have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Interpol National Central Bureau, Abuja. The suspects based in Kano are identified as Ibrahim Muazzam Mohammad Aminu and Mohammad Tahir Umar. Both men are accused of taking advantage of underage girls whom they sexually abuse, make video […]

The Senate said the National Assembly Committees on Public Account would probe the allegation of misappropriation of N4.4bn by the federal parliament, as contained in an audit report. The Deputy Director of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Kolawole Oluwadare, had in a statement alleged that an audit report revealed that the fund budgeted for […]

ecurity agencies have been mandated to enforce the curfew.  The Delta State government on Friday, January 29, 2021, announced a fresh curfew in the state as part of measures to check a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.  Secretary to the State Government, Chiedu Ebie, who announced this in a statement, said the curfew takes […]

Buhari says a continuous sense of ownership by members will strengthen the party structure. President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of the party at the grassroots. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the […]

The forensic experts had been expected to submit their report on Friday, January 29, 2020. Three months after Nigerian soldiers allegedly killed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate, forensic experts hired to examine the incident have been asked to submit their reports on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Justice Doris Okuwobi (retd.), the Chairman of the Lagos State […]

President Buhari will on Saturday at Sarkin Yara Ward, Daura, participate in the APC’s nationwide membership registration exercise. President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Daura, Katsina State, his home town, to participate in the national membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

The police in Anambra state have arrested a 28-year-old man identified as Chukwuemeka Obijofa, of Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo LGA of Anambra State, for allegedly killing his wife and their daughter on Tuesday, January 26. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, states that the suspect allegedly ran amok and […]

The international lawyers representing suspected Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi, have applied to withdraw from his case. The US Lawyers identified as Gal Pissetzky and Vicki Podberesky said Mr. Abass (Hushpuppi) stopped communicating with them and has retained new lawyers to defend him in the case. The lawyers reached the decision […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the new service chiefs at the Presidential Villa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service chiefs, who were appointed on Tuesday, arrived at the villa in their old official vehicles at about 4.00p.m. NAN gathered that the new service chiefs – Maj.-Gen. Lucky […]

The council approved N792 million as ratification for the emergency roads repair done in Zamfara State in 2016. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N995million for road rehabilitation and procurement of an information and communication device that would enhance highway management system for roads across the country. Minister of Works and […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered accelerated hearing in a suit challenging the appointment of a consultant for the monitoring and implementation of the 300 million dollars allegedly looted by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. The money was recently repatriated to Nigeria through a tripartite agreement between the United States […]

Buhari signed the document on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. In a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 to make the use of facemask compulsory in public spaces. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha made this known on […]

Bill Gates says Nigeria should not divert the very limited money it has for health into trying to pay a high price for COVID vaccines. American philanthropist and Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates has advised the Federal Government to focus more on revitalising its health sector rather than spending its limited money on COVID-19 vaccines.  Gates […]

Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo has penned a goodbye message to Manchester United after his one-year loan. Ighalo spent one year at Manchester United on loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua. On the expiration of the loan deal, the Nigerian striker took to Instagram to say his goodbye. “It’s so hard to see this dream come to […]

Moghalu says an important criteria for choosing Nigeria’s next president should be competence. A former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, says he’s making consultations on a second run for the presidency in 2023. As a candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) contested in the […]

Fired from the frontlines in 2017, Ibrahim returns as Buhari’s new army chief. President Muhammadu Buhari finally replaced his under-fire security chiefs on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Major-General Leo Irabor–Chief of Defence Staff Major-General I. Attahiru–Chief of Army Staff Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo–Chief of Naval Staff Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao–Chief of Air Staff Ibrahim Attahiru who […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally fired his under-performing security chiefs, while naming replacements. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced in a statement that: “President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. “Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the public to support the newly appointed Service Chiefs to perform their constitutional roles of protecting the country’s territorial integrity and tackle emerging security threats. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary of the APC Caretaker Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, made the call in a statement on Tuesday in […]

A 22-year-old mother, identified as Seun Oladayo, has confessed to how sold her newly born baby for N10,000, after a failed attempt to kill it in Ondo State.It was gathered that, Oladayo cut the umbilical cord of the baby after delivery with the motive of killing her. When the baby didn’t die, she sold it […]

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has denied that he was being probed by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, saying maybe the police were investigating his ghost. The cleric noted that there was no such thing as the allegation against him that he allegedly slept with the wife of […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a probe into allegations that the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, sleep with the wife of one Pastor Mike Davids.  The woman, Pastor Faith Edeko, heads the Abuja branch of Omega Fire Ministries in Utako, while her husband, Pastor Davids, has left […]

The police, in Ebonyi, have confirmed the death of eight persons and arrest of more than 60 others, following clashes between Effium and Ezza Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Garba, made the disclosure on Sunday during a joint security operation, which included […]

The Defence Headquarters says the Air component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralised several armed bandits at Chikwale Forest in the Mangoro area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Enenche said the operation was conducted on Saturday following credible intelligence […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the round that it would resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in a flyer titled “Fake News Alert” on its social media on Sunday, said no date had been fixed for such exercise. “INEC wishes to inform […]

This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications of NIN, in Abuja. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, in his bid to ensure seamless enrolment of all diplomats in the country for the purpose of the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage and other needs, directed the setting up […]

The president approved the release of the funds due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide, in a bid to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients who desperately require oxygen.  This much […]

Kayode Oyero Foremost political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, has said that the incoming administration of US President-elect, Joe Biden, won’t oppose the candidacy of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the race for the director general of the World Trade Organisation. Utomi, who stated this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday, said Biden has demonstrated multilateralism […]

Patrick Odey, Uyo SUSPECTED militants have attacked facilities at the new Norfin Offshore Shipyard located in the boundary shoreline of Ikot Ukpong in the Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The inauguration of the shipyard initially billed for January 23, 2021 has been shifted to January 30 by Governor Udom Emmanuel following […]

President Donald Trump began his final full day in the White House Tuesday with a long list of possible pardons to dish out before snubbing his successor Joe Biden’s inauguration and leaving for Florida. On Wednesday at noon, Biden will be sworn in and the Trump presidency will end, turning the page on some of the most […]

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Northwest zonal office of the Special Investigation and Prosecution Taskforce on Electricity Offences have announced the arrest of seven suspects in connection with pre-paid metre cloning, theft, metre vandalism and other related offences in Kaduna State and its environs. The Zonal Head of the Task Force, ASP Aliyu Bamalli, who paraded […]

A former member of the House of Representatives, Jerome Eke, has died few days after losing his wife identified as Joan. Eke represented Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party between 2015 and 2019. It was gathered that the former federal lawmaker passed on last Friday, […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the deployment of a former Minister of State for Defence, Demola Seriki, to Spain as the Nigerian Ambassador while a former Minister of Mines and Steel, Sarafat Ishola, will serve as the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Ishola, who is from Ogun […]

•Shutdown of NPDC facility triggers N1.2bn reduction in trading surplus•Other subsidiaries post impressive results Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan As learning institutions reopen today, concerns continue to rise following an insistence by teachers that necessary measures have not been put in place in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established […]

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the federal government to apprehend all those involved in the circulation of fake COVID-19 vaccines in the country.NMA said the government should not waste time in arresting and prosecuting the peddlers of the fake vaccines regiment for the crime. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and […]

• Elumelu assures communities, others of shared prosperity, economic development Peter Uzoho The investment of over $1billion by Heirs Holdings (HH) in the acquisition of the strategic OML 17 from Shell, ENI and Total, has been described by various analysts as a positive affirmation of confidence in the robustness of the Nigerian economy. The analysts […]

More than 8,000 passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train route have accessed the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) e-ticketing platform three days after into its test running. A statement by Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, Media Assistant to Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the Federal Government on Wednesday announced the commencement of the test run. She said that e-ticketing […]

Members of the House of Representatives have disagreed with the Federal Government over its decision to allow schools across the country to resume on Monday, January 18, 2021, amid the growing cases of the second wave of the COVID-19 infections in the country.  The Federal Government had recently reiterated its decision that schools would resume academic […]

The awards were received by the various countries’ ambassadors and representatives of institutions present. President Muhammadu Buhari, nine other African Heads of State and Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB) have received awards for their contributions to the kick-off of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The award ceremony was organised virtually […]

The Lagos State Government has further extended the work-from-home order to all state public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below from Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 to Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive in a circular signed by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in Lagos on Saturday. The News Agency of […]

A 25-year-old suspected sea pirate, Tony Ebiyepade, has narrated how him and his gang made millions of Naira kidnapping foreigners. The suspect was recently arrested alongside two others, in connection with the kidnapping of four Americans sometime in 2020.  According to The Sun, he said, “In 2007, we abducted 10 foreigners, seized their ship and […]

As counting of votes from the Uganda presidential election proceeds, opposition candidate Bobi Wine said early Friday that the vote has been marred by “widespread fraud and violence.” He however adds that he remains confident of victory. 38-year-old Wine is challenging 76-year-old incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been President of Uganda since 1986.  Votes are being counted […]

Social media platform, Twitter, is having a laugh at the expense of the Nigerian presidency on a Friday afternoon, because a band of pigeons released to fly by President Muhammadu Buhari, just wouldn’t obey orders from the nation’s Commander-in-Chief. Every year, elected officials lay wreathes on this day to commemorate the end of the Nigerian […]

Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government will have access to as much as N850 billion from the special trust fund of unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances. Speaking on Tuesday at a virtual public presentation of the 2021 budget, Ahmed assured that the funds will be released […]

The federal government (FG) expended a total of N3.10 trillion on debt servicing for the 11 months (January- November) 2020, out of its N3.48 trillion retained revenue for the same period. This puts Nigeria’s debt-to-revenue ratio, a key measure of debt sustainability, at 89 per cent for the period under review, a far cry from […]

The Federal Government spent a whopping N118.37 billion on COVID-19-related expenses in 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said. The minister said this while speaking at a virtual public presentation of the approved 2021 budget, on Tuesday, January 12.  According to her, a total of N10.08 trillion was […]

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says the state government is set to prosecute those misinforming people on the existence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The governor said this during a stakeholders meeting organised to deliberate on the COVID-19 Task Force resolutions on Wednesday in Jos. He expressed concern that many people were living in denial […]

The reality TV star and Miss Eradiri are to work harmoniously to inspire the girl child in Bayelsa state. The Bayelsa state government has cleared the air on the recent appointment of former BBNaija housemate, Nengi Hampson as face of the Bayelsa Girl Child. The state government made this known following reactions after it appointed Ebizi […]

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria will generate more revenue with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Lawan made this known while addressing Senate Correspondents at a forum to mark his 62nd birthday in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the Senate would on resumption from the Christmas break on Jan. […]

By Davidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered Emirates Airlines to pay $1.630million to a businessman, Mr. Orji Prince Ikem, being the amount contained in his hand luggage, which went missing in the airline’s custody during a 2007 China trip. Justice Muslim Hassan also ordered Emirates Airlines to pay Ikem N50million as […]

Ahmadu fell victim to another kidnap gang when he visited the gang’s hideout to sell ammunition. The leader of a kidnap gang was forced to pay the ransom of N1.5 million after he was abducted by another kidnap gang. Police Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said during a media parade of suspects on Monday, January 11, 2021 […]

More than 10,000 people have downloaded the app which was released on December 21, 2020. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians not to download an app that claims to link the National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM card records. The NIN is issued upon enrolment into the National Identity Database and is […]

Five soldiers of the Nigerian Army and six Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a gunfight in the Alagarno area of Borno State on Monday, January 11, 2021. The terrorists were members of main Boko Haram faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a report by HumAngle. The military reportedly launched an […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says the Force arrested a total of 21,296 criminal suspects involved in various violent crimes between January and December 2020. During a review of the scorecard of police operations on Monday, January 11, 2021, the Police boss said 3,347 firearms, 133,496 ammunition, and 960 stolen vehicles were recovered from […]

Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has condemned incessant kidnapping of catholic priests and other ministers of God, describing it as molestation of the church. Kaigama, in his homily on Sunday at St. Anthony’s Parish, Yangoji, Abuja, said an act of kidnapping was criminal, ungodly and degrading to humanity. Kaigama, who […]

A corps member, Odume Princess Paschaline serving in Akwa Ibom was reportedly arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. It was alleged that Paschaline, was nabbed with bloodstains all over her body while trying to jump out from a fence at the house where she had gone to hookup with […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the President of the United States, Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari.  The ruling party said this in a statement titled, “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions” on Saturday, January 9, 2021. In the statement signed by John Akpanudoedehe, the […]

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has impounded over 100 commercial motorcycles as part of efforts in ensuring sanity on the roads in the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said this on Sunday in a statement signed by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Mr Taofiq Adebayo. Jejeloye said that the […]

Troops of the newly inaugurated Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya Dole, eliminated 28 Boko Haram terrorists in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Saturday. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops identified and encircled a ambush site and engaged them […]

The Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have threaten to embark on a three-day protest on Jan. 12 . The unions in a circular jointly issued on Sunday in Abuja said that the planned strike was to protest the non implementation of an agreement reached […]

Kayode Oyero Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said on Friday that seven SIM cards can be linked to one National Identification Number on the National Identity Management Commission Mobile App launched recently. The minister said the ministry and NIMC are working on transforming the NIN enrolment process and the onward linkage […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end Boko Haram insurgency once and for all this year.  The president made the promise while speaking during the Juma’at prayer for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration at the National Mosque, Abuja on Friday, January 8, 2021. Buhari, who was represented by Defence Minister Magashi Salihi said, “This […]

Due to the recent controversies surrounding the operations of the South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that efforts must be made to ensure the security outfit does not become another Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.  There have been allegations of recklessness and extrajudicial killings […]

An accident involving a fuel tanker has resulted in a massive fire outbreak in Lagos State. The tanker, loaded with PMS, exploded at Toyota Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa expressway on Thursday, January 7, 2021. It’s unknown yet if there were casualties as emergency responders battle to contain the fire.

Members of staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State have gone on strike. Channels Television crew was at the NIMC office, located on the premises of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) office in Alausa, on Thursday morning. While hundreds of residents were seen as early as 8am, NIMC workers […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja. According to […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an increase in electricity tariff nationwide. The new tariff takes effect from January 1, 2021, according to a directive signed by NERC Chairman Sanusi Garba.  The new hike is by 50 percent. NERC states that the new tariff will be enforced until the issuance of another minor review […]

A clergyman identified as Pastor Sodje Masodje, has been arrested over the disappearance of a woman named Beauty Sorbari Nwigbaranee. Sodje was arrested by the operatives of Garrison of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt after Sorbari went missing on Christmas day. A source disclosed that 20-year-old Beauty, a final year student of […]

Sustainable development is impossible when a country is struggling with severe infrastructural deficits, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President made the remark on Tuesday when he received Mr Wang Yi, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “We thank China for its support to us in various […]

A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has fixed January 8, for ruling on the bail application filed on behalf of Mr Omoyele Sowore and four others. Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello fixed the date on Tuesday after listening to the application for bail moved by the lawyer to the defendants, Marshal Abubakar and the opposition by […]

No fewer than 83 suspected cultists, armed robbers and others were, on Tuesday, paraded publicly in Makurdi by the Benue Police Command, following a crack down on criminal activities in the state during the festive period. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Mukaddas Garba, told newsmen that the command also recovered 13 guns, 20 […]

The Lagos State Police Command says 71 people were arrested during a raid on two nightclubs in Lagos for violating COVID-19 guidelines. Night clubs are barred from operating according to the latest COVID-19 safety restrictions announced by the Federal Government in December 2020, and a 12 am to 4 am curfew remains in effect. The Lagos Command […]

Six persons were confirmed dead while nine others had various degrees of injuries on Tuesday in a ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Toyota bus around Car Park C on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, confirmed the incident in an interview with […]

Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday signed the state’s N248 billion 2021 budget into law. Speaking at the ceremony in Government House, Maiduguri, Zulum charged all government ministries, departments and agencies to comply strictly with the provisions of the budget. The governor expressed appreciation to the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage of […]

Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for ordering the demolition of a house slated as venue for a sex party in Kaduna state. Runsewe who gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday said organising such sex party was a total disrespect […]

The growing spate of insecurity in Nigeria has recently been a major cause of concern for Nigerians in the northern part of the country as Boko Haram insurgents and gunmen struck again on Saturday, January 2, 2020.  On Saturday, a humanitarian aid worker, Abubakar Garba Idris was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno […]

Parents of 11-year-old Don-Davies, a JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Idoro Uyo, have demanded the sum of N100million compensation for the inhuman torture their son was allegedly subjected to in the school.  This is contained in a letter addressed to the Principal of the School,  and dated December 22, 2020. In the letter obtained […]

A former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested in the company of other activists participating in a protest against the Nigerian government in the early hours of Friday, January 1, 2021. According to a report by Sahara Reporters, owned by Sowore, police officers attacked and arrested the protesters during a peaceful procession to mark the […]

Muri made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday in Kaduna on the successes recorded by the command during the last quarter of the year. The police commissioner attributed the success to the unwavering determination of gallant police personnel. He explained that, while 29 were arrested for kidnapping, the 53 others were arrested for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was committed to seeing young people prosper in Nigeria and reiterated his administration’s promise to fulfill the five key requests demanded by #EndSARS protesters last October. The President voiced this position during a New Year message broadcast to Nigerians home and abroad. “In this journey to nationhood, we […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he holds no grudges against Nigerians who feel his administration hasn’t made enough progress in the past five years, especially as it relates to insecurity. The President made the remark during his 2021 New Year message to Nigerians. Nigeria was inundated with multiple violent crimes in the past year, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed Nigerians in a traditional New Year broadcast. In the speech, the President reiterated his commitment to the Nigerian project and urged other Nigerians to do the same. Below is a full text of the President’s speech. NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has adopted the “booking system” for applicants to obtain their National Identity Number (NIN). “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues to severely affect public health and cause unprecedented disruptions, the commission wishes to announce that it has adopted a couple of measures to contain the […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians to pray more ahead of the new year. He believes that through prayer and more hard work, the situation of the country can be turned around. The former president gave the admonition on Wednesday while speaking to journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He also urged Nigerians […]

Restates directive to CBN not to give forex for food importsNigeria, now competitive in rice production, says Bagudu President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday committed his administration to checking the soaring prices of foodstuffs, which have become a major driver of inflation in the country. The president, at a virtual meeting of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council […]

Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 and the attendant lockdown, the nine months 2020 financial results of 13 commercial banks have shown that they raked in a total of N36.759 trillion as customers’ deposits. This represented an increase of N6.931 trillion or 23 per cent as against the N29.828 trillion reported in the comparable […]

In his address shortly after signing the budget, Mohammed commended the House of Assembly for working in synergy with the Executive Council to get the budget approved within a short time. He thanked the lawmakers for their “usual cooperation irrespective of party differences’’, adding that there were very little changes to the budget proposal presented to […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the governing All Progressives Congress to steer clear of its governors and their states in its quest to divert attention from the failures of the APC-led administration. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan said this in a statement titled, “APC Is Bitter, Envious of Our Governors, […]

The controversy triggered by the reports that the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has relocated out of the country took a new twist on Tuesday. This comes as Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the First Lady), refused to disclose Mrs Buhari’s whereabouts. Rather than […]

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, said the impact and interest generated by the ongoing implementation of the Survival Fund under the Economic Sustainability Plan of the Federal government to address the Economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to expand the scope and reach of the benefits to an even […]

The Police Command in Niger State says 23 persons lost their lives when a truck fully loaded with dozens of cows and 45 persons, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush. The accident occurred at about 0500 hours along Bokani-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state, according to the Commissioner […]

The National Assembly has transmitted the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5tn to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this to The PUNCH in a terse text message on Monday. Omoworare said, “The Appropriation Bill has been transmitted by the National […]

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19. Adeyemi, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, […]

The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was announced on Feb, 27 2020. According to the centre, the country has recorded a total of 84,414 cases and 1,254 fatalities since the […]

The Federal Government says it is graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity. In a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, warned religious leaders that […]

Lawan made the call on Sunday during a thanksgiving service and 10th anniversary celebration in honour of the late Chief Johnson Kalu, the father of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, at Igbere in Bende Local Government Area of Abia. He said that the country had great potential to be great, if […]

A facebook user identified as Ella Ada has claimed alleged fraudster, Hushpuppi is her boyfriend and she revealed the length she’s taken in a bid to pray for him. According to Ella who took photos of Hushpuppi to the mountain, she prayed and went on a 30-day dry fasting for his cause. Sharing the photos, […]

Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs has tested positive for COVID-19. The minister disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 27, 2020, saying she is asymptomatic and has gone into isolation. Tallen urged Nigerians to pray for her while advising them to stay safe and observe COVID-19 protocols. The statement reads, “Following interaction with […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested 79 road traffic offenders in Akwa Ibom between Dec.1 and Dec. 24. The FRSC Sector Commander in Akwa Ibom, Mr Oga Ochi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Sunday. Ochi said that the offenders were arrested for […]

Lagos State Government has shut down some night clubs and event centres in the state for failing to observe COVID-19 guidelines.  The facilities were shut by officers of the Lagos State Safety Commission while monitoring compliance with the government’s directive on the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria during the holiday. Some of […]

The Senate Public Account Committee has queried the Federal Ministry of Power over N7bn found in its budget without appropriation from the National Assembly. The Senate panel hinged the query on the 2015 report of the Auditor General for the Federation, currently being scrutinised by its members. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, […]

• Bank credit grew by N290bn in six weeks, says apex bank• Businesses lament, knock govt over poor inflation management Nike Popoola and Tunde Ajaja Barely five days to the end of the year 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that a survey carried out by its Statistics Department revealed that the naira is expected […]

Kwara State government has explained why it sacked 2,414 teachers from the service of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The state government in a statement signed by the Press Secretary, state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mr Yakub Ali-Agan said the teachers were not qualified for the job. Some of the teachers according […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the sacrifices of 20 doctors reportedly killed by COVID-19 in the country, saying the welfare of frontline medical workers is a priority of his government. The president had sent his condolences to the Nigerian Medical Association over the death of the doctors due to the pandemic. Reacting to the sacrifices […]

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, warned the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, to stop stigmatising the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The minister, in a statement titled, ‘FG Urges Religious Leaders To Eschew Message of Disharmony’, also warned religious leaders in the country to “refrain from stoking the […]

The Kano State Government has impounded a truck laden with alcoholic drinks worth over N25m. Nabilusi Abubakar, Public Relations Officer of the State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), disclosed this in a statement. The agency is a member of the state’s task force on unwholesome products, drug abuse and expired products. Abubakar said the truck, […]

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 23 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from Dec. 25 to Jan. 5. The NPA made this known in its publication, Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. According […]

Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has urged Nigerians to observe COVID-19 safety protocols as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Uzodinma gave the advice on Friday in Owerri in his Christmas message to Imo people. He urged them to pray for the healing of Nigerians who had contracted the virus. He advised Imo residents to recommit […]

The Presidency has alerted the public to a smear campaign in the works against Mr President and his office by disgruntled political elements in the country. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the disgruntled elements had been […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled the annual Christmas get-together at the Presidential Villa in line with coronavirus-enforced restrictions. The 78-year-old annually hosts religious and community leaders in the capital city for the Christian holiday, but it will not take place this year according to a statement by the presidency. Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said on Thursday, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular she signed and issued in Abuja on Thursday. The permanent secretaries are: Mr Musa Istifanus, from Ministry of Communication and Digital […]

Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. “The true position is that, indeed, 17 corps members that completed the 2020 Batch “B” Stream 1B orientation programme at Ede, Osun State, on Tuesday, December, 22, 2020 boarded vehicles heading towards the northern part […]

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill as it pegs government’s expenditure at N13.58 trillion. The passage followed the presentation of the harmonised Appropriation Committee report of the two chambers by the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Betara. In the document passed at the Committee of Supply, the House retained federal government’s […]

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday alleged that there is an ongoing plan to launch “a smear campaign” against President Muhammadu Buhari. He claimed that the plan of the sponsors who he described as “disgruntled political elements” is to portray Buhari as not being in charge of […]

he Federal Government has approved contracts worth N44.5 billion for various projects under the ministries of Works and Housing, Power and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The approval was granted at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. FEC equally approved the sum of N8.1 billion for the completion of the […]

The Financial Times of London has described Nigeria as a country going backwards economically and plagued with terrorism, illiteracy, poverty, banditry, and kidnapping and risks becoming a failed state if things don’t take a drastic turn. The UK-based newspaper said this in an editorial on Tuesday titled, ‘Nigeria at Risk of Becoming a Failed State’. […]

The Nigerian Army has revealed how it was able to recover no fewer than 70 AK-47 rifles and 191 Dane guns from bandits and other criminal elements terrorising the North-West region of the country. The army made the recoveries during Operation Sahel Sanity and Operation Hadarin Daji in the North-West which covers Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto […]

Most Nigerian consumers are not likely to purchase expensive or luxury items in 2021., according to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Consumer Expectations Survey (CES). The report for December 2020 was released by the Statistics Department of the apex bank on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the report, most consumers believed that the next one […]

Chief Clement Maleghemi, Director of Palace Administration, Olu of Warri Palace made the disclosure in an official statement signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Maleghemi said that the monarch was indisposed and currently receiving medical attention by a team of qualified specialists. “The attention of the Palace of His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, […]

The president said this on Tuesday at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa while inaugurating the Integrated Gas Handling Facility and LPG Processing and Dispensing Plants. The plant was built and operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, an Upstream Subsidiary of NNPC in Oredo, Edo. According to him, the Oredo Integrated Gas Handling […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its strike action after agreeing on major issues with the Federal Government. The union’s strike started in March 2020 right before Nigeria went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has been negotiating with the government on a range of issues since then. ASUU […]

The House of Representatives is set to investigate the N19.2 billion railway rehabilitation contract awarded to Eser Contracting Industry Company Incorporated in March 2011. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion filed by the Minority Leader, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) at the plenary session on Monday. The contract was for the rehabilitation of […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a Special Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mohammed, a member of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said while the government appreciates the negative economic impact of another lockdown, it would not rule out restriction […]

The governor says the budget will increase the state’s ability to respond to economic challenges. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday signed the 2021 state appropriation bill of N268.8 billion into law. He signed the budget, which the state lawmakers increased by N2.2 billion, at the Executive Council Chambers of the governor’s office, […]

THE Senate on Monday doubted the ability of the Federal Ministry of Health to effectively store and distribute the COVID-19 vaccines when they arrived in the country. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and his colleagues expressed the reservation when its leadership met with the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and his counterpart in the Ministry […]

The President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered the closure of all bars, night clubs, pubs and event centres, and recreational venues for the next five weeks to contain the spike in COVID – 19 pandemic. Also ordered to be closed included all restaurants, while schools would remain closed till at least till January […]

The deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers has been extended by three weeks. This is according to a statement issued on by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The ministry said the extension was the outcome of the meeting of the National Task Force on National Identification Number […]

The Federal Government has on Monday ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to stay at home for the next five weeks from Monday. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known in a statement on Monday. He also announced that all schools would remain […]

he Lagos State Government has shut down Cubana night club in Ikeja for violating COVID-19 protocols. “The Lagos State Safety Commission @safety_lasg just sealed CUBANA Ikeja and a few other facilities for non-compliance to the State Government COVID-19 protocols,” the Lagos State Safety Commission tweeted on its handle on Saturday. Chief Press Secretary to the […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. The Human Rights group in a statement on Sunday asked the President to “instruct the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa […]

European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”. As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain, […]

The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the 2021 budget presented by Governor Gboyega Oyetola before the legislature on November 10, 2020. The passed budget has a total of N109,855,051,640 (One Hundred and Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Fifty-One Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty Naira) with the recurrent expenditure of N50,620,283,140,00 and […]

An Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, has described the recent abduction of 344 pupils from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, as stage-managed. It said the incident was business as usual for Northern leaders. The Igbo youth group, which wondered what the rationale behind the drama was, added that it […]

The management of MTN Group Ltd., yesterday promised to work with the federal government to implement a regulatory requirement that all mobile lines be linked to residents’ identity numbers by the end of the year. As part of the push by government to tackle rising insecurity in a country where only one in four people […]

A tanker conveying petroleum products exploded on Saturday near Otedola Estate on the outbound service lane of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A video on social media showed thick, dark flames leaping into the air, clouding the evening sky as vehicles continued to move on other lanes of the Expressway. The Otedola section of the Expressway has […]

The Federal Government has described as senseless the claim in certain quarters that the abduction of some students from a boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State, and their release was stage-managed. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the claim on Saturday when he featured on a special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority […]

The National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for the prompt intervention in rescuing kidnapped students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday through his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, stressed the need for upgrading of the country’s security infrastructure. Recall […]

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has taken a swipe at the President over the recent abduction of hundreds of students from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. She believes there is a problem President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address, saying the countries around the world think Nigeria is a joke. […]

A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the House of Representatives have called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent abduction of over 300 schoolboys at Kankara in Katsina state.  The lawmakers had recently called on Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against the president […]

Nigeria has now recorded over 77,000 cases of COVID-19 with 1,212 deaths. Due to the rising spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and state governments have imposed a ban on large gatherings. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday, December 18, 2020, banned concerts, carnivals, street parties and nightclubs. His counterpart […]

The National Identity Management Commission, the body issuing national identity number, has announced 15 locations abroad to enrol Nigerians in the diaspora.  NIMC said that the firms would obtain and transmit biometric data from the countries which they operate to the commission. The commission had earlier stated that without a NIN, Nigerians in diaspora would […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that private test centres who are issuing fake test results will be prosecuted. Sanwo-Olu noted that the government had zero tolerance for this kind of criminal conduct, and would not hesitate to prosecute anybody found culpable. In his speech on Friday, the governor noted that religious houses, […]

Prominent leaders from various ethnic groups from the South-West, South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt have described the 1999 Constitution as a fraud put together to subjugate other nationalities under the control of the Fulani perpetually. The aggrieved leaders gave the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government a 90-day ultimatum to constitute a committee on Sovereign National […]

The trial of a self-styled herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka, who allegedly impersonated the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, to defraud a South Korean National, Keun Sig Kim to the tune of N30million, resumed on December […]

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have released all students abducted from Government Science Secondary School in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, SaharaReporters has gathered. The students had been in the kidnappers’ den for six days. They are currently on their way to Katsina, sources told SaharaReporters. Gunmen, who came on motorbikes had […]

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has assured Nigerian students that the federal government will soon resolve the ongoing ASUU strike.  Academic activities have been paralysed in universities across the country for over eight months, after members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike in March. Since the industrial action […]

Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN), on Wednesday, allayed fears expressed by some Nigerians that the clamour for restructuring was an indirect call for the break up of the country,. Rather, he said, the issue of restructuring, if it succeeded, will only help in righting the wrongs in critical areas, instead of creating disunity […]

Terrorist group, Boko Haram, has released a video to confirm that it was responsible for last week’s abduction of school students in Katsina State. Gunmen invaded the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara on Friday, December 11, 2020, with at least 400 students unaccounted for a week later. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, claimed responsibility for the attack, but […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday, December 11, 2020 as a big relief to their families and the entire country.  The Government of Katsina State announced the release of the schoolboys on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Shortly after the release of the students, President Buhari […]

According to Forbes Africa, the Nigerian passport is one of the lowest ranking passports in West Africa, with visa-free access to just 2.1 percent of the world’s GDP. Nigerian citizens currently have visa-free access to 54 destinations, a modest 23.7 per cent of the 227 countries and territories in the world. Less than Ghana, Cameroon, and […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says an applicant for driver’s licence will now be required to present their National Identification Number (NIN). The NIN is issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) upon enrolment into the National Identity Database and is used to capture an individual’s records. The Federal Government has been pushing […]

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has advised traditional and conventional medicine practitioners to strengthen efforts towards solutions for emerging diseases like COVID-19 and others that have continued to reappear in the region. Director General of the organisation, Prof. Stanley Okolo gave the advice yesterday while launching volume two of the ECOWAS herbal pharmacopeia at […]

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, and the Nigerian Ambassador to Chad, Zannah Umar Bukar Kolo, on Wednesday, met with the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, and the Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Abakar Saleh Chahaimi, to discuss the possible return of thousands of Nigerian refugees. Most of the refugees led from Borno State […]

The Comptroller General of Customs’  Strike Force Team on Wednesday said it has intercepted 564 bales of textiles materials falsely declared as machinery, foreign parboiled rice, footwears and foreign bags worth N895m. Speaking while unveiling the seizure, the Co-ordinator, CGC’s Strike Force, Zone A, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, said it also raised a debit note […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The borders are Seme in the southwest, Illela in Sokoto State, Maigatari in the northwest, and Mfun in the south-south. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance at the end of the 28th virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday. The President also […]

lot of reactions from Nigerians have continued to trail SaharaReporters’exclusive report that First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has relocated to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for over three months, citing insecurity at the Aso Rock Villa. Most commentators knocked the First Lady for absconding from the country and lavishing taxpayers’ money on foreign trips. Many people wondered where […]

An aggrieved man, Confidence Leera, has begged the Abuja Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating abuses by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad to prosecute an Assistant Superintendent of Police, David Agbo, for allegedly killing his brother, Edward Leera. Leera told the panel in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Monday that ASP Agbo killed his brother in […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed all network operators to disconnect every SIM card not synchronized with the valid National Identity Number by December 30, 2020. The order was issued after an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry convened by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on […]

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are still missing after bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night.  The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche corroborated the figure earlier released by the Katsina State Government on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. “The principal reported that […]

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, in the early hours of Sunday, raided some identified bandits hideouts at Tomatar Ugba and Kundi villages in Mbacher Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State following human intelligence reports. A statement by Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, indicated that the troops stormed the camps, […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the 17 Assistant Inspector Generals of Police in the Force to deploy all the recently trained members of the Special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT, for routine patrols with immediate effect.  According to a Vanguard report, the IGP gave the order in a message to the AIGs […]

Three suspected ritualists have been arrested at a house where abducted persons were slaughtered in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspects, Bode Omoboye, Eric Ogungbamila and Tayo Loto who served as their agents, are currently being detained at the Igbokoda police division. According to residents of the community, Tayo confessed after […]

The Nigerian presidency has disputed abduction figures tendered by the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari. On Friday December 11, 2020, at around 9:40 p.m., gunmen wielding AK-47 rifles stormed the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, shot into the air and rounded up the students. The attack was reminiscent of the kidnapping of […]

A group of Boko Haram terrorists embarked on a failed mission on Saturday in an attempt to attack Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State in north-east Nigeria, the military has said. The Deputy Director of Public Relations 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Colonel Ado Isa, confirmed this incident in a […]

The US green-lit the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in less than […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, to probe how the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources spent N116 million to buy stationery items in 2015. SERAP in a statement signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare on Sunday, December 13, 2020, […]

ohn Alechenu, Tunde Ajaja, Bola Bamigbola and Peter Dada The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr Tunde Balogun, has disclosed that the founding fathers of the party had an agreement in 2014 that the South-West geopolitical zone will produce the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He said it […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and military authorities came under fierce backlash on Saturday following the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday night. The Peoples Democratic Party, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum and others described […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security operatives to ensure all students, whose school was attacked by bandits on the night of Friday, December 11, 2020, are safe. Armed bandits invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina around 10:15 pm and abducted hundreds of them including the wife of an employee in the school. Some […]

The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement said the stolen mace was recovered at about 8:30 am on Friday, December 11, 2020. Burglars had invaded the Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday, December 10, 2020, and made away with the symbol of authority. The burglars also […]

#EndSARS protesters’ lawyer says he’ll like to ask Sanwo-Olu and Fashola some questions about Lekki shooting incident. Adesina Ogunlana, lawyer to #EndSARS protesters has again asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of protesters by soldiers in October at the Lekki tollgate to summon the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Ogunlana […]

The President left the Presidential Villa, Abuja after Friday Muslim prayers for his home State, Katsina. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, confirmed the President’s arrival in a tweet on his personal handle @GarShehu, saying: “President Muhammadu Buhari has just landed at the Helipad in Daura, Katsina State for a weeklong private visit.” Shehu, in an official […]

The United States on Friday donated a shipment of maritime security equipment worth One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars to the Nigerian Navy, to upgrade the anti-piracy and nautical security functions of the country’s Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC). The donation comprises a selection of best-in-class sensors and radars, communications and networking equipment, thermal-imaging cameras, […]

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, has died aged 85. The retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal reportedly died in Washington DC on Thursday, December 10, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Friday expressed sadness over Nsofor’s death and commiserated with his family and friends. “Nsofor was an outstanding […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced its readiness to investigate members of the Nigerian Security Forces and Boko Haram insurgents for war crimes, rape, murder and several other criminal offences. The ICC said it has found a reasonable basis to believe that members of the security forces and the insurgents committed the charges preferred […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into self-isolation after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced in a statement by the state government on Friday, December 11, 2020. The statement said the governor and members of his team will be tested by the Lagos Biobank, after which they will all […]

The Nigerian Senate has approved a sum of N199.2 billion (199,240,531,350) for the Federal Capital Territory Administration as budget for 2021 Fiscal Year. This is against the N126.44bn (N126,443,423) proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The approval followed the consideration of a Bill for an Act to authorise the issue from the Account of the FCTA […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday approved contracts for roads and aviation projects worth N59.350 billion. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents by Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fasola, Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed who briefed alongside other ministers at the end of FEC meeting held in council […]

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said timely delivery of justice was vital to the health of the justice system and how it was perceived by the public from which it derives its ultimate authority. Okowa who stated this at a Special Thanksgiving Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year held […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) and his staff allegedly beat up two BBC journalists and their driver and confiscated their mobile phones and media equipment on Wednesday. According to BBC Igbo, the journalists—Chioma Obianinwa and Nnamdi Agbaelo—were at the Adoration camp to interview Mbaka when they were attacked. According to […]

High Court in Kenya on Wednesday ordered over N454million (KSh100 million) that was confiscated from a Nigerian national, Muazu Bala, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to be deposited at Central Bank of Kenya. According to KenyaReport, Bala was arrested at the airport last Friday with the cash, with the Assets and Recovery Agency, suspecting […]

South-East group, Igbo Board of Deputies, has filed a suit at an Abuja High Court, against the Nigerian government and China Exim Bank for depriving the five Igbo states of capital projects to be funded from a $22.7 billion loan. The application is asking the China Exim Bank to suspend loan disbursements to the Nigerian […]

Rep. Benjamin Kalu, spokesperson for the House of Representatives says the invitation extended to President Muhammadu Buhari was not aimed at ridiculing him over security matters. Kalu said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, that the President was rather invited for engagement with the house on ways to address security challenges in […]

16 cows were reportedly seized from the herdsmen. Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun says herdsmen attacked its operatives in Ondo State while men of the agency were trying to settle a rift between them and farmers in the state, Punch reports. Amotekun operatives in the state were reported to have moved to Osi Community in […]

The lawyer faulted the CBN governor’s reliance on the Terrorism Act to obtain the order. Lawyer to Bolatito Oduala and 18 other #EndSARS protesters, Femi Falana, SAN, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allegedly ordered the freezing of bank accounts associated with some promoters of the #EndSARS protests […]

The Federal Government says the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund scheme has over 300,000 direct beneficiaries paid so far, amounting to close to N10 billion Mr Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on MSMEs, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Physical/Virtual 12th meeting of National Council on […]

The People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Bakura constituency bye-election of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Tukur has been declared the winner of the poll. Tukur was declared the winner on Wednesday, four days after the election was conducted in the north-central state. INEC Returning Officer for the supplementary election, Professor Tanko Yahaya made the announcement, […]

Documents relating to the regulatory submission for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Pfizer said Wednesday. “It is important to note that no BioNTech or Pfizer systems have been breached in connection with this incident and we are unaware of any personal data being accessed,” a statement said. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ended a meeting with 36 state governors on the issue of security with a charge to them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies. The President, who listened to presentations by a governor from […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is digusted at the manner in which the foreign press handled coverage of the recently concluded  #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria.  The President in a tweet via his official Twitter Handle on Wednesday said the foreign media houses did not balance their reportage on the protest. According to him, the reports […]

Governor Ortom approached a sensitive issue like intimate partner violence with a demeanour of normalization. On Saturday, December 5, 2020, Ifeanyinwa Angbo, a Medical Doctor and wife of Channels TV reporter, Pius Angbo took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal via a now viral video. Her husband of six years, with whom she has four […]

The Federal Government has denied allegation by the United States of engaging in systematic and egregious religious freedom violations. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said Nigeria did not have a policy of religious persecution. The minister described the allegation as a case of […]

The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The agency recorded an additional COVID-19 related death, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,181 It said that the new infections have brought the total number of cases in the country to 69,645. It disclosed that, 173 patients were discharged after recovering […]