NATIONAL NEWS

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections, adding that the country needs healing. He advocated national reconciliation in order to enhance the healing needed for national peace and cohesion. Obasanjo said this on Thursday at the Yaradua Centre in Abuja during a book […]

Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the recently concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, has said that there is pressure on him to leave Nigeria. Mr Obi, in a statement on Wednesday night, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some government agencies, of trying to divert the […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday said the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed,  risked being prosecuted for treason over some of their utterances on the February 25 presidential election. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who gave the warning in Washington, United States on Tuesday, said Obi […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway road project will be completed soon while the Second Niger Bridge will be commissioned and opened to traffic in May. The minister spoke during the pre–inspection of the Loko-Oweto Bridge in Nasarawa State, according to a statement by the Director of Press and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Council on Digital Innovation Entrepreneurship (NCDIE). The council’s establishment is based on the Nigeria Startup Act, 2022 (NSA, 2022), which was signed into law in December 2022. The NCDIE which is chaired by the president has 13 other members including the Vice President; Ministers of Finance, Budget, and […]

The Plateau State Police Command has sealed the state House of Assembly Complex in order to forestall the breakdown of law and order following the reinstatement of former speaker Ayuba Abok by the state high court. Officers of the state police command were at the assembly entrance early Wednesday barring anyone including staff from gaining […]

Following the clash between members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday, the Rivers State Police Command has invited the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole for questioning. The Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong confirmed this during a phone conversation. Speaking on […]

The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA has received another batch of one hundred and forty-four stranded Nigerians from Niamey, Niger Republic. Its Co-ordinator for Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nurudeen Abdullahi, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Dr Abdullahi, represented by the National Emergency Management Agency Kano Head […]

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in the country. Of the 173, 119 have full approvals and 54 have conditional approvals. After loan apps started harassing Nigerians, the FCCPC began a registration drive to protect citizens from the atrocities of these apps. It released a ‘Limited […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned calls for an interim government in Nigeria after May 29, 2023. The lawmakers feared that such calls is capable of truncating the country’s young democracy and causing anarchy across the country. This followed a motion of urgent national importance raised by a member, Unyime Idem drawing attention of […]