The United States of America has condemned the military seizure of power in the Republic of Guinea which happened on Sunday. Army putschists in Guinea had staged a coup and arrested President Alpha Conde. A video sighted by AFP showed some soldiers saying the army has decided to change the country’s Constitution. …

The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. He explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant …

The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His eminence, Reverend Samuel Uche has expressed concern over the non-adherence to the principles of federal character as enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria. The Methodist prelate opined that every geopolitical zone of the country must have a share of the presidency …

Two suspected cultists, Imasuen Raymond, 32, and Precious Ajayi, 24, were on Saturday arrested by men of the Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit of the Edo State Police Command. According to a statement by the state police spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, the suspects were arrested by the police during a …

THE Federal Government has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has wiped off 20 per cent from the $25bn annual diasporan remittances to Nigeria. The government noted that various targeted programmes were being implemented to shore up the deficit. Disclosing this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday to announce …

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, has skyrocketed to a record high of N500 per kilogramme, forcing some Nigerians to turn to alternatives such as charcoal, kerosene and firewood amid high unemployment and poverty levels in the country. The price of cooking gas has risen …

The Yoruba Nation proponents in Cotonou, Benin Republic, have pleaded with the Government of Benin not to cave into pressure and extradite Igboho to Nigeria, alleging that the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari was desperate to crush Igboho and end the Yoruba Nation struggle. One of the activist’s supporters, Mr …

The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using it every day. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit they …

The Department of State Services on Monday tendered 40 items as exhibits at the resumed hearing of the trial of eight accused persons arraigned for the alleged rape and murder of a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin, Omowumi Olajide, at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. Among …

The assent of the Petroleum Industry Bill by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will put an end to petrol subsidy in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, announced on Monday. Sylva announced this while speaking at the Nigeria/Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries: 50 …