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2017 FG’s audited report : Buhari gets 14-day ultimatum to probe missing N300bn 

  The non-implementation of the 2017 audited report by the Auditor General of the Federation has drawn the flak of the Socio-Economic Rights...

BREAKING: After month-long treatment, Abia Gov. Ikpeazu says tested negative to COVID-19 

  Abia State Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, who tested positive for Coronavirus about a month ago and has been undergoing treatment, says he has...

Ebonyi governor Dave Umahi tests positive for coronavirus

  Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement Saturday. He has also directed his deputy, Kelechi...

Liverpool win English Premier League title

  The 30-year wait is over. Liverpool is champion of England again. Liverpool clinched its first league title since 1990 on Friday, ending...

‘My Queen!’ Tony Elumelu pays tribute to wife Dr. Awele on her 50th birthday

    Visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist, Mr. Tony Elumelu is raising a glass for his wife’s milestone birthday with loving social media messages....

Breaking: Hours after APC governors visited Buhari, IG-P seals off APC National Secretariat, Abuja

  The National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory has been sealed on the orders of...

Edo Gov Godwin Obaseki joins PDP

  Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has taken a big gamble in fight towards securing a second term in office. He has officially joined...

COVID-19 : Organized Private Sector lauds CBN’s intervention in manufacturing and agribusiness sectors 

    The Central Bank of Nigeria’s planned disbursement of N93.2 billion out of N1 trillion intervention fund for manufacturing and agribusiness sectors has...

Senate Probe Panel Indicts Akpabio Over NDDC N500m Project Scam

  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, may have soiled his hands in a N500 million Niger Delta Development Commission’s project...

Jailed ex-Abia Governor, Orji Kalu, released from prison

  Following a Lagos court judgment, jailed former Abia State Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Wednesday night released from Kuje Correctional Centre,...

Breaking: Lagos High Court frees Orji Uzor Kalu from prison

  Reprieve came the way of jailed ex-governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered...

For Second Straight Day, Nigeria Surpasses 300 New Cases of Coronavirus

  The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria surpassed 300 for the second consecutive day on Sunday and the number of...

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s cases rise by 553 in one-day record

  Nigeria has recorded 553 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rise since the outbreak began in the...

President Donald Trump announces US will pull out of World Health Organization

  Speaking at a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump announced the United States will pull out of the World Health Organization. Trump...

COVID-19 :FG plans to use schools,hostels as patients isolation centres

  Faced with dearth of facilities for COVID-19 patients, the Federal Government says it will resort to the use of hotels and schools...

INEC mulls electronic voting as from 2021

  With effect from 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will introduce electronic voting in major elections. “We will pilot the...