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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced remarkable progress in the ongoing airlift of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A statement by NAHCON’s Assistant Director,…

Women from the Bille community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State staged a protest on Monday at the Government House in Port Harcourt over the abduction of eight students travelling to write the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to deploy gunboats to urgently rescue 18 passengers abducted by sea pirates along the Bile and Bonny waterways in…

Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said he and Lamido would not have tolerated the current state of affairs in Nigeria if they were still serving as governors. Amaechi, who chaired the Nigeria…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have launched coordinated attacks on three military bases in Rann, Gajiram and Dikwa in Borno State, killing at least four soldiers. Security and local sources confirmed that…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Fred Ajudua, a Lagos-based socialite and businessman, in connection with an alleged $1.43 million fraud. The arrest took place in Abuja on Tuesday,…

Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has called on President Bola Tinubu to settle the ₦45 billion debt owed to the late Chief MKO Abiola by the Nigerian government. Lamido made this appeal during the…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works and other ministers are heading to an International Press Conference in London, the United Kingdom, where they will present…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ose Local Government Area of the state, Nelson Adepoyigi. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of APC in Ifon Ward 5 in…

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for rotation of the offices of the president and vice president among the six geopolitical zones of the country. The bill…

Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have mounted roadblocks on the road leading to the All Progressive Congress (APC) state secretariat on Acme Road in an attempt to restore peace. Since Monday, protesters have been…

The United States lawmakers have proposed a bill seeking to impose a 5 percent tax on remittances sent abroad. According to a draft of the…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in the suit challenging the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the…

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has raised critical concerns over national security, religious freedom, and institutional…

Peter Ogban, the disgraced Nigerian professor convicted and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for rigging a 2019 senatorial election for the country’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has been walking…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has received a formal request from a law firm, John Nwobodo…

• Independent analysis: At current rate, country needs 11 years to achieve $1tr economy target • Govt defends…

Gunmen have demanded N20 million as ransom for the release of Sunday Agbo, an immigration officer serving in Benue state. Agbo was kidnapped by the gunmen from his residence in Makurdi, Benue’s capital city, at…

Former presidential candidate and activist Omoyele Sowore has sharply criticised Professor Pat Utomi’s proposal to establish a “shadow government” in Nigeria, calling it an ineffective and symbolic gesture with no real…

Hundreds of Nigerians under the banner of Rescue Nigeria Now stormed the Nigerian High Commission and the UK Home Office in London on Monday, May 12, 2025, demanding the deportation of former Nigerian National…

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Bayo Ojulari, has promised that oil exploration in northern…

Two people have reportedly been killed in a bomb blast which happened along the Damboa–Maiduguri highway. The victims, Blessings Luka and Gideon Bitterleaf, were said to be staff of the Damboa Local Education Authority…

Several members of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress are set to stage a mega protest today (Tuesday) at the party’s secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja, as well as in the Somolu area of Lagos.…

Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has expressed optimism that Nigeria is on the path to greatness, citing President Bola Tinubu’s policies and leadership vision as…