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Female student beaten, burnt to death in Sokoto for “blasphemy”

A Christian student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, identified as Deborah, was on Thursday beaten and burnt to death...

Emefiele, in closed-door meeting with Pres. Buhari, says he will make news soon

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, after emerging from a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday,...

One Year After: Attahiru Foundation, Biography, and Documentary for Launch

  One year after his death, family and friends of Nigeria’s immediate past Chief of Army Staff, late Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, will, on...

Electoral Act: Section 84(12) unconstitutional, Appeal Court rules

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act is unconstitutional, as it violates Section 42 (1)(a) of the...

At last, Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, resigns

At last, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has resigned from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet in pursuit of his presidential ambition. A...

BREAKING: Third Buhari’s minister, Akpabio, quits

  A third minister in the Buhari administration has quit his job in compliance with the President’s directive. He is the Niger Delta...

2023 Presidency: Science Minister, Onu, heeds Buhari’s directive, resigns

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has given his office in pursuit of his presidential aspiration. Onu, according to sources...

Like ASUU, ASUP says it will shut down polytechnics nationwide from May 16

BY SAM OGBEIFUN Another strike in the nation’s polytechnics is looming as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has threatened to shut...

Follow Nwujabu’s example, Buhari tells ministers aspiring to be President

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged cabinet members who are yet to toe the path of honour in pursuit of their presidential and other...

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...