Russia warns ECOWAS against military force in Niger, says it’ll destabilise region

  Russia has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that military intervention in Niger Republic could escalate the crisis. Leaders of ECOWAS member states met in Abuja…

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Knocks trail Akpabio’s statement on senators getting ‘holiday allowance’

  Thursday 10 August 2023 Niger: UN, AU, ECOWAS meet on next move, NSCIA warns FG Four Amotekun officers dismissed for indiscipline – Ondo commander El-Rufai, Wike meet Tinubu over…

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Workers kick as governors borrow N2.2tn from banks

  Monday 24 July 2023 Ganduje intensifies lobby as N’Central APC demands chairmanship slot Senate gears up for ministerial screening, awaits list this week Ogun begins probe as eight die…

IPOB to Tinubu: Release Nnamdi Kanu for crime to vanish in South East

  Sequel to the two week sit-at-home order issued by the self- acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa, cum other security challenges bedeviling South East region of the country, the…

Stay Away From Borrowing More, DMO Warns FG

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) has issued a warning to the Federal Government (FG) against additional borrowing, citing that 73.5% of this year’s revenue will be used to service…

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Over 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women, girls trapped in Mali – NAPTIP

  Wednesday 14 June 2023 10th N’Assembly: Tinubu’s candidates floor APC rebels, Akpabio leads Senate Student loan: NANS demands ASUU’s removal from board Group demands Justice Bulkachuwa’s probe over husband’s…

Abass Defeats Wase, Jaji To Become Reps Speaker

  A member of the House of Representatives from Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas has been elected Speaker of the Green Chamber. The anointed candidate of the…

Subsidy: Petrol Hits N1,200 Per Litre In Ebonyi

  The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, on Tuesday, increased to N1,200 per litre in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following the declaration of the…

African presidents, US, Canadian delegations arrive for inauguration

  Ahead of the inauguration ceremony, many dignitaries, representatives of foreign governments, diplomats and heads of international organisations began arriving in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Sunday. The United States…

CLARIFICATION: Court remands Seun Kuti, orders police to complete investigation in 48 hours

  Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun has remanded the Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Kuti, in a 12-second video clip that…

Obi Denies Leaked Audio

  Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has denied describing the 2023 elections as a religious war, saying he is under pressure to go on exile. In an…

Serving lawmaker in Imo, Arthur Egwim dies, speaker mourns

  Arthur Egwim, a member of Imo State House of Assembly, is dead. He was said to have passed on after a brief illness. The ranking lawmaker, who had represented…

Kanu’s detention: IPOB leader’s brother loses case at UK court

  The brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Kingsley Kanu, on Thursday, lost a legal challenge against the British government about his continued detention in Nigeria,…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu jets out to Europe

  After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration. The…

PSC Bows To Pressure, Removes Naja’atu From Election Duty

  The Police Service Commission has replaced the former Director of the Civil Society directorate of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, as…