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Two lawmakers staged a walkout on Tuesday when the Oyo State House of Assembly received the amended report of its committee reviewing the Council of Obas and Chiefs. The Assembly, facing backlash over the proposed…

An overnight rainfall on Tuesday has led to the escape of seven inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, after the facility’s old perimeter wall collapsed. According to the Nigerian…

The oil and gas sector more than doubled its demand for foreign exchange in 2024, rising by $1.23bn (119 per cent) year-on-year despite reduced fuel imports and efforts to boost domestic refining, according to data…

The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the proposed compulsory voting bill under consideration by the House of Representatives, describing it as unconstitutional and draconian. In a statement signed by its…

The Federal Government has described the performance of electricity distribution companies in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, as disappointing. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu, who stated this at a…

Two herders – a male and a female – were reportedly killed on Monday around Tahore community in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau state. Herders in the area said the deceased were ambushed and shot…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained Monetary Policy Rates (MPR) at 27.5 per cent. Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, made the disclosure in Abuja while briefing the press on the outcome of the 300th…

The wife and mother of Nigeria’s most wanted bandits leader, Ado Aliero, have reportedly been arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities. It was gathered that the two women were apprehended in an intelligence-driven…

Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, has been named the Best Commissioner of the…

BudgIT on Monday said its findings revealed that the National Assembly inserted 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion into the 2025 budget. BudgIT, a civic tech organization focused on public finance transparency, said the…

Hampered by internal crises in their respective parties, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Governor Peter Obi are in discussions with a new…

Foreign direct investment into Nigeria sank nearly 50%, central bank data shows, despite headline-grabbing pledges from high-level…

Residents of some communities in Zamfara State have resorted to fleeing their homes every evening and returning only during the day. This is happening as a fresh wave of attacks by suspected bandits in Kauran…

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS), have destroyed bandit camps at Konyo Gbise around Akwaza in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state and recovered a huge amount of weapons. The…

The trial of the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Mr Ahmed Kuru, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, was stalled on Monday due to the absence of his lead…

Nigerians have remained in darkness in many parts of the country as the power plants under the supervision of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria are still struggling to generate 1,000 megawatts of…

Despite official denial, locals speak of secret mining deals, military blind spots, and a decade of underground resource exploitation by insurgent group Boko Haram in Borno, writes ISAH OJO It is no longer news that…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board  has announced that it will on Wednesday release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between Friday and…

A fresh wave of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) importation into the country has made the row between oil marketers and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to linger, amid signs of deepening tensions in Nigeria’s downstream…

Traditional leaders and stakeholders from Ibadanland and Ogbomosoland have strongly opposed a proposed legal amendment by the Oyo State House of Assembly seeking to make the Alaafin of Oyo the permanent chairman…

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa bandit group have attacked a church in Zagani village, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, on Sunday, abducting an undisclosed number of female…

Canada has introduced stricter rules in its Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), raising concerns among skilled foreign workers, including many Nigerians, who now face greater risks of deportation due to…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed May 26 to hear a suit filed by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others. NIBSS, in the suit, is seeking an…

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has told a Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the case of alleged N2.2bn fraud, filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…