The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for appointment as Executive Directors of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Those confirmed include Francis Alabo Ogaree, Executive Director,...

A Federal High Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe and two others for N450 million fraud. The court also sentenced Raymond Dabo and...

One of the five authors of Nigeria’s National Anthem, Professor Babatunde Ogunnaike is dead. He was 65. Ogunnaike was born on March 26, 1956 and hailed from Ijebu Igbo, Ogun...

The planned arraignment of former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on N2.9bn corruption was stalled. Okorocha, currently a Senator representing...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has encouraged Nollywood filmmakers on use of trains to shoot their films across the country. According to him, the world must see what President...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has endorsed ex-Governor Tanko Al-Makura’s bid to become national chairman. Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Monday explained why the whole...

President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors will meet today to further discuss the party’s forthcoming National Convention. The chairman of Progressives Governor Forum Governor Abubakar Bagudu disclosed...

Police operatives have foiled an attack by suspected terrorists in a community located along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. According to the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged nations, institutions, private and public bodies, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. Buhari made the call on Monday in reaction to Britain’s handover of...

A presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, Justice Rita Pemu, has escaped kidnap attempt. Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu, said the justice’s...