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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred a national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on Labaran Maku, former Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence, raising questions about the…

Jesam Michael, Chief Executive Officer of Afriq Arbitrage System Limited, was on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says those criticising the N39 billion spent renovating the Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC) “do not have good taste”. The minister spoke on…

Halima Buba, the chief executive officer of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed aviation agencies to investigate the incident at Murtala Muhammed  Airport Zulu terminal, Lagos. A row broke out on Wednesday at the…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and 1999 presidential candidate, Olu Falae, has claimed that he, not Olusegun Obasanjo, won the election that ushered Nigeria back to civilian rule. Speaking on Arise…

Boko Haram insurgents recently launched fresh ferocious attacks on some communities in Adamawa state, the third in the last two months. The attacks came from an area that borders the dreaded Sambisa forest, base of…

Bello el-Rufai, a member of the house of representatives, says he was naive for criticising Goodluck Jonathan during the latter’s stint…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has suspended Shehu Ahmad, the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Development Agency. Ahmad’s suspension was announced by Lere…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his pleasure over the litany of the crisis rocking the major opposition parties in the country. The president made his stance on the opposition to these political crisis known…

Seriake Dickson, the former governor of Bayelsa State has slammed President Bola Tinubu over the state of emergency and suspension of Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Speaking while commemorating the 26th Democracy…

A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday, June 12, said that the National Assembly is gradually becoming a shadow of itself. Saraki stated that the National Assembly seems to have lost the vibrancy and the…

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration is doing everything possible to make the agricultural sector attractive for Nigerians and investors. Speaking while delivering the 26th Democracy Day Speech at…

LEKAN Abiola, one of the children of the late Moshood Kashimawo, MKO, Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, elections, yesterday, disclosed that former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida…

The last surviving female twin to be rescued by Mary Slessor, a Scottish Missionary in Arochukwu Ancient Kingdom of Abia, over a century ago, Madam Malinda Mgbafor Okereke, otherwise called Mama Nsu Bekee, is…

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been driving democracy backward as the system has been in recession since he took over two…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, along with the Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, criticised President Bola Tinubu over his remarks expressing satisfaction at the prospect of a…

Efforts by the Federal Government to ramp up oil production to over two million barrels per day suffered another setback last month, The PUNCHreports. This was as Nigeria’s daily oil production declined again in…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours on more than 80 Nigerians—both living and deceased—during his inaugural State of the Nation address in honour of this year’s Democracy Day. The President, who…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday granted posthumous pardon to the Ogoni nine, who were convicted and killed during General Sani Abacha’s regime. The president also conferred a National Honour on Ken Saro Wiwa and…

The Nigerian Government has responded to a petition alleging the distortion of Yoruba history in Nigerian school textbooks, particularly over…

African Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Group, on Wednesday released its audited results for the year-ended March 31, 2025, revealing that its Nigerian operation lost 1.4 million in the last two years. While…

Residents and business owners in the north-eastern region are counting losses, following a blackout occasioned by the construction of a 330kV Turn-In and Turn-Out towers at the new Bauchi 330kV substation…

The recent spate of attacks and killings in various villages in Plateau State has claimed no fewer than 41 lives and left numerous people wounded within a week. Hundreds of houses were razed down by the…