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50 insurgents killed as troops launch counter-offensive in Borno after general’s death
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s operation Hadin Kai have killed over 50 fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Askira Uba LGA of Borno state. ISWAP had, on…
Tinubu commiserates with Aliko Dangote over brother’s passing
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, has commiserated with business mogul and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over the death of his younger…
Anambra poll: APGA assembles lawyers for Soludo against Andy Uba
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has begun recruitment of election ligation lawyers to face Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress candidate in court over the just…
Domestic Airlines May Demand Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination, Says Ehanire
As the December deadline fixed for all federal civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19 draws near, the federal government is mulling the possibility of compelling passengers of…
In Durban, Buhari Says Nigeria’s Economy Now Restructured from Oil Dependence to Multiple…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration has transformed the nation’s economy from being solely dependent on oil revenue to diverse revenue sources in the past years. He…
Ikoyi building: Engineers unveil preliminary report, suspect structural distress, others
The Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers has stated that lack of quality control, quality assurance, and structural inadequacy may have led to the recent collapse of the 21-storey…
Nnamdi Kanu fighting for us, not himself, must be released – Mbaka
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has commended the Indigenous People of Biafra for cancelling Mondays sit-at-home in the South-East, saying it was…
EndSARS Panel: Sanwo-Olu Sets Up Four-Member Committee For White Paper Report
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise a…
FUTO: ASUU Rejects Own Committee Report Confirming Pantami’s Professorship
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the umbrella for lecturers in Nigerian universities, has rejected the report submitted by a committee in its Owerri, Imo State zone, on the…
Missing OAU MBA Student, Timothy Adenike, found dead
Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student at Obafemii Awololowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, who was declared missing on November 7, is dead, FIJ can report. According to a statement signed and…
Why I Beat Lecturer To Coma – UNILORIN Student
A 400-Level student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Salaudeen Waliu, popularly identified as Captain Walz, who reportedly beat up a lecturer, Mrs Zakariyyah, to stupor after an altercation…
‘ASUU To Go On Indefinite Strike In Three Weeks’
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will embark on an indefinite strike if the federal government refuses to fulfil the promises it made to the union as…
Widow Of Ex-Foursquare GO Dies Three Months After Him
The widow of Wilson Badejo, former General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church, Mrs. Yinka Badejo, is dead. According to Church Times, a publication on churches, Yinka died in the…
Lawan, Gbaja Mourn Sani Dangote
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives, have mourned Sani Dangote, younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The…
ALERT: Iranian Hackers Targeting Telcos In Nigeria, NCC Warns
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians about the existence of a hacking group orchestrating cyber espionage in the African telecoms space. An…
Whitemoney Unveiled As Gotv Ambassador (Photos)
Hazel Onyeze Onoduenyi popularly known as whitemoney__ has been announced as the latest brand ambassador for GOtv. This was announced by the CEO, Multichoice Nigeria John Ugbe at a press…
Court Sacks Lagos PDP From Secretariat Over Unpaid Rent
Following a court order, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been ejected from its Lagos state secretariat located at Adekunle Fajuyi way , Ikeja over unpaid rent.…
Ataga’s Murder: Chidinma Ojukwu Lied To Hide Her Identity – Witness Tells Court
Nkechi Mogbo, the owner of the short-let apartment at 19, Adewale Oshin Street, Lekki Phase 1, where the body of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga was found, has explained why the details of Chidinma…
Nigeria Home To 9,100 Dollar-Millionaires, Worth $207 Billion
Nigeria has recorded about 9,100 high net worth individuals (HNWIs) each with minimum net assets of one million dollars and a combined total wealth of approximately $207 billion, as at…
JUST IN: Gumi establishes school for herdsmen in Kaduna
Renowned Muslim preacher, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Gumi has established a school for herdsmen inside a Kaduna forest, insisting that the provision of infrastructures to herdsmen in their…
Anambra not Imo where defeated candidate became governor – Victor Umeh tells Andy Uba
Victor Umeh, chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), says the people of Anambra chose Chukwuma Soludo, governor-elect, and not Andy Uba, governorship candidate of the…
Nigeria demands autopsy of citizen who died in Ivorian custody
The Nigerian government has demanded a full autopsy on the sudden and mysterious death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Ivory Coast for alleged human…
BREAKING: Lagos #EndSARS panel submits report — one year after inauguration
The Lagos judicial panel on police brutality has submitted its report to the state government. The panel submitted the report on Monday to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state, at the…
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 15.99% — seventh consecutive decline in 2021
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, declined for the seventh consecutive time to 15.99 percent in October 2021. The…