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Presidential race: Junior Education Minister, Nwajiuba, blazes the trail, quits

... aspiring ministers and other appointees to hand in their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022

Resign now, Pres. Buhari orders Amaechi, Ngige, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has given a marching order to ministers and other appointees running for elective offices to resign their appointments with immediate...

Tragedy as articulated vehicle crushes 14 passengers in Benue

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A cement-laden truck on Tuesday evening had a head-on collision with a fully loaded 14-seater bus along Otukpo/Enugu expressway,...

Party primaries: IPAC calls for extension of timeline by two months

BY SAM OGBEIFUN Ahead of political party primaries fixed for later in May, the Inter-Party Advisory Council IPAC has called on the Independent...

Ground rent: FCTA vows to prosecute defaulters, recover N29bn debt

BY SAM OGBEIFUN For the land allottees in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, who are yet to pay their ground rent over the...

Buying Presidential Nomination Form for me a hoax, insult, unauthorized, says ex-President Jonathan

"We want to state that if the former President wanted to contest an election, he would make his intentions clear to the public...

Breaking: Ex-Pres. Jonathan obtains N100m presidential forms by proxy

  The immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, may have made good his intention to run for President on the platform...

JUST IN: Senate President Lawan, Oil minister Sylva, Gov. Ayade pick APC presidential forms

Ahead of May 17 deadline for the picking of nomination and expression of interest forms, more aspirants on the platform of APC have...

Show cause why Emefiele should not contest election, judge tells INEC, Justice Minister

Contrary to some media reports, the Federal High Court in Abuja did not refuse the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s...

Resuming Abuja-Kaduna train services  without rescuing kidnapped passengers insensitive — family members

The families of the over 100 passengers kidnapped by terrorists who attacked the AK-9 train along the Abuja-Kaduna route, have urged the Nigerian...

Nigeria’s Apex Bank Governor, Emefiele, is an employee, not eligible to contest — Adegboruwa (SAN)

The Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is ineligible to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos lawyer,...

Update: 2023 Presidency: Emefiele loses bid to restrain INEC, AGF on his presidential bid

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has lost his bid to restrain the Independent...

After 90 days “warning” strike, ASUU declares another 12 weeks

The industrial crisis rocking the nation’s ivory towers may be far from over as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday...

BREAKING: Airline operators suspend planned shutdown

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) say they have suspended the planned suspension of flights earlier scheduled for...

Just in: Imo second republic politician, octagenarian Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, exits

A second republic politician, Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, has passed on. Aged 83 years, the news of the Oguta-born  politician and businessman broke...

Buhari jets out to Abidjan for 2-day UN environment conference

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday to attend a United Nations-organized conference on the future of land,...