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Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says governors and others defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lack conscience and cannot be trusted. The governor…
The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday, opened up on why he escaped from the country in spite of the criminal charges of terrorism and treasonable felony…
There is tight security presence by the combined team of the police and the operatives of State Security Service (SSS) as the Federal Government brings the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the federal government is building broadband infrastructure in order to crash the cost of internet data to N390 per 1GB in the next three years. A gigabyte of data currently costs…
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and…
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday reacted to the 72-hour ultimatum given by Fulani jihadists and Miyetti Allah to the Delta State Government to review its ban on open grazing, saying he is extremely…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed six farmers including four women in a Tiv settlement in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. President, Tiv Development Association (TIDA) Nasarawa State,…
Nigeria is set to construct a gas pipeline from Nigeria to Morocco this was revealed during an exclusive interview with Nigerian NewsDirect in Abuja last week. The Chief Operating Officer of the gas and power of the…
Students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, have trooped out in their numbers to kick against a newly introduced medical fee of N2,000 by the management of the university, chanting, “we…
Vicar of Anglican Church of the Epiphany Abuja, Ven. Ifeanyi Akunna has urged the Federal Government to ban the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality Tv show and any other similar programme in the country. The News…
The Popular Nigerian Monarch, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Wednesday added his powerful voice to the calls for the scrapping of Big Brother Nigeria reality show, popularly known as BBNaija. The great…
COVID-19 may soon be a bygone as positive cases depreciate in Nigeria. The minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, said that the positive cases dropped by 2,000 in July. Ehanire further said the number of tests carried out…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July, 2020 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola while making the declaration on…
On Monday the July 27th, the federal government extended the phase two of the ease of lock-down in the country by one more week. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has revealed its support of the Federal Governments plan to keep schools closed, therefore preventing students from taking the WASSCE earlier scheduled to begin on the 4th of…
The House of Representatives Committee on Works, has frowned at the slow pace of work by Julius Berger Construction Company in handling the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan and the…
The Nigerian senate has urged President Buhari to direct the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity to set up a Committee to review the age limit for job seekers. This decision was taken by the upper chamber to…
The Senate on Wednesday in an adopted motion asked the Federal government to direct the setting up of a committee to review age limits into the public service in Nigeria. This followed a motion sponsored by Senator…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed the entire 40 counts bordering on alleged N34bn fraud filed by the Federal Government against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a company linked to a former…
Startimes has won the right to broadcast the matches of the Spanish La Liga to its teeming subscribers. This comes after the Federal Government had prohibited exclusivity rights of PayTv operators to broadcast sports…
