The European Union (EU) on Monday announced funding of €44 million (N21billion) for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) aimed at employing graduates who recently concluded the mandatory one-year National

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke,

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said the suspended top police officer Abba Kyari is a member of an international drug cartel. NDLEA also declared Kyari, a

Nigeria’s federal government through the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Sunday announced that it had taken delivery of 15 brand new power transformers through the Apapa Port, Lagos. The

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari over the failure to publish the terms and conditions of the agreement, which the

The European Union (EU) is working on a €20 billion ($22.7 billion) financing package to support African transport networks, as well as energy, digital, education and health projects to counter

Nigeria’s federal government has condemned Canada for repressing truckers who were protesting over COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions in the country as insurrectionists. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai

An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of codeine

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would on Monday decide whether to proceed on another indefinite strike or to suspend the industrial action. But the Director General of Michael

President Muhammad Buhari, former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and other eminent Nigerians including the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, THISDAY and Arise News Channel, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, have expressed

Nigeria’s federal government is ramping up the disbursement of the N140 billion solar intervention fund, a facility by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to close the huge energy gap,

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday day, urged young Nigerians to avoid being tempted by divisive sentiments and elements using tribe and religion, but advised their generation to bury the old

As reactions continue to trail Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying President Muhhamadu Buhari”s Executive Order 10 (E10), which directed the implementation of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary

Following the circulation of adulterated petrol in Nigeria, which damaged vehicle engines last week, the federal government has turned back two tankers carrying petrol loaded in Antwerp, Belgium, and destined

The Head of Sokoto kingmakers, the Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, who died on Saturday, has been laid to rest in a glorious ceremony.President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep

An apparently angry Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday ordered a fresh investigation into the allegations of fraud levelled against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, who

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria’s debt sustainability is at risk and causes a great deal of concern and unease in the long-term. IMF reiterated the need for

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said suppliers of the methanol-blended petroleum products in the country were liable for the bad fuel and should be held accountable. Buhari directed relevant

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, said only a combination of political and social solutions, as well as kinetic measures, would end insurgency in the northern parts of the

Armed robbers on  Thursday attacked a billion van in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, and allegedly killed two policemen and some civilians. It was learnt that the gunmen hijacked the