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Siminalayi Fubara
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, for six months. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday,...
Less than 24 hours after an explosion struck the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, another blast has...
Umar Damagum
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently holding a meeting to address the revocation of its permanent...
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has officially withdrawn the appointment of two Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was made...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticized the Rivers State House of Assembly for directing the Department of State Services to investigate the state’s...
Siminalayi Fubara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly opposed the attempt to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu, from office. Speaking at a...
Siminalayi Fubara
A coalition of concerned civil servants in Rivers State, along with the Rivers Solidarity for Good Governance, has issued a strong ultimatum to the...
Senate
The Senate has advanced to the second reading a bill aimed at amending the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, to mandate social media platforms...
President Bola Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday held a meeting with the service chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, at the...
Francis Nwifuru
Nigerian Governor Suspends Three Commissioners Nigerian Governor Suspends Three Commissioners Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State suspended three commissioners for one month due to unapproved...
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has revoked the land housing the PDP's national secretariat in Abuja. A revocation notice, dated March 13, 2025, cited the party's...
Rivers State police have arrested two individuals and initiated an investigation into the Trans-Niger Pipeline explosion in Bodo. The explosion, which occurred on Monday night...
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, believes her suspension from the Nigerian Senate is a targeted effort to silence her and that she is...
House Of Reps
Two PDP members of the House of Representatives, Husseini Jallo (Kaduna) and Adamu Tanko (Niger), have defected to the APC, citing ongoing crises within...
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed an explosion on the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Grace Iringe-Koko...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited's (NNPCL) preliminary objection to Dangote Petroleum Refinery...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified Nigeria, along with seven other nations, as at risk of imminently running out of HIV treatment supplies. This...
Mudashiru Obasa
The Lagos State High Court has rejected an attempt to replace Femi Falana (SAN) as the legal representative of the Lagos State House of...
The 2026 World Cup qualification matches for Africa are scheduled for this week and early next week. Nigeria's Super Eagles will be trying to...
An explosion has occurred on the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community, Rivers State. The explosion, near the Bodo-Bonny Road construction site, happened late Monday...
Ibikunle Amosun
Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, accused former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun of twice demolishing his cement plant project in Itori, Ewekoro...
Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote announced plans to construct a major seaport at the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State and to expand cement production. He revealed...
Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, accused former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun of twice demolishing his cement plant project in Itori, Ewekoro...
Nasir El-Rufai
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused Governor Uba Sani's administration of undermining the state's internal revenue gains. In a radio interview, El-Rufai claimed...
Godswill Akpabio
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced that the 2022 Electoral Act will be amended to include statutory delegates in political party primaries for the 2027...
Nyesom Wike
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has authorized the revocation of 4,794 land titles due to over a decade of unpaid ground rent. His aide, Lere Olayinka,...
Police
The Rivers State Police Command has denied reports that rioters set fire to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's residence in Port Harcourt. Police spokesperson SP Grace...
The EFCC's Benin Zonal Directorate has arrested Kelly Okungbowa, also known as Ebo Stone, an Edo State government official, for allegedly abusing the Nigerian...
Niger, under its military junta, has announced its withdrawal from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a global group of French-speaking nations. This decision...
Bishop Kukah
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Kukah as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Applied Sciences,...