No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this to Newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, however said that the term ‘condemned criminal’ had ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 19th April 2023 1. The Returning Officer for the Adamawa State governorship election, Prof Mohammed Mele, on Tuesday, declared Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the winner of the state governorship poll. Fintiri ...

The Federal Government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country. Dr Mangai Malau, Head, Tobacco Control Unit, non-communicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health, ...

By  Abiodun Sanusi The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde, withdraw from the state with immediate effect. The IGP also ordered that the CP in charge of Gombe State, Etim Equa, should ...

The Presidency has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a spiritual journey to Saudi Arabia. Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu said his principal embarked on the spiritual journey to Saudi Arabia to thank Almighty Allah as he prepares to hand over to his successor, Bola Tinubu, NAN ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 17th April 2023 1. The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has tasked security agencies to arrest and prosecute those who brutalised one of its national commissioners deployed to Adamawa State ...

By Olalekan Bilesanmi & Dickson Omobola N207 billion may have been expended on 68 million Nigerians who registered to vote in the 2023 elections but for one reason or another ended up not being able to perform that civic responsibility. The inability to vote has been blamed on alleged ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 16th April 2023 1. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, on Sunday morning maintained the lead in the governorship election after the collation of 10 out of the 20 local government areas where the ...

The Times, a British national daily, has reported that Chinese nationals in the mining sector are funding terrorist groups in parts of Nigeria to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves.In an exclusive report published yesterday, the newspaper said through bribes and illegal transactions, ...

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Emmanuel Ebiede, has died after suffering Hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver), according to reports. Ebiede passed on Friday in Port Harcourt at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital. He was a member of the Flying Eagles squad at the African Youth ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 15th April 2023 1. Kano State governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf has alleged that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has released millions of naira to local government chairmen for Saturday’s supplementary elections in ...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has warned the Federal Government not to contemplate the removal of the subsidy on petrol without local refining capacity, in view of its socio-economic implications on businesses and ordinary Nigerians. This ...

Good morning! Here is today’s Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 14th April 2023 1. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has unveiled his preferred successor, but it is not Edward Onoja, his strong ally, who served as Chief of Staff and became Deputy Governor after the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 13th April 2023 1. The first female democratically elected Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has raised an alarm that her life is under threat over the election of former governor of Lagos State, ...

The federal government has warned Nigerians against fake Industrial Trust Fund recruitment advertisements trending on social media. Mrs Suleyol Chagu, Director of the Public Affairs Department Industrial Trust Fund, ITF, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Chagu dismissed claims of ongoing ...

Francis Ugwu Nigeria’s House of Representatives is in the news following a bill seeking to stop medical doctors from seeking greener pastures less than 5 years after medical school. The action of the parliament came as a reaction to the exodus of medical doctors within the last few years. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 12th April 2023 1. A Coalition of Arewa Elders has warned political actors, particularly the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to desist from ‘unguarded post election ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian Newspapers from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 11th April 2023 1. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of Peak Milk, over what it called an offensive Easter advert. In a ...

The Presidency on Monday night said the appointment of service chiefs is not subject to federal character principle and ethnic balancing. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Adesina insisted that security should ...

By  Lara Adejoro The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment ...

By  Tope Omogbolagun The Founder, RIG Nation and Pioneer Church, United Kingdom, Prophet Tomi Arayomi, has announced the relocation of his family out of the country, until a “better Nigeria.” Arayomi and his wife Tahmar, who are both British citizens, were on Friday arrested alongside their ...

By Luminous Jannamike,Abuja Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, said yesterday Nigerians were frustrated by the outcome of the 2023 election, asking them to rise and reclaim their country from the clutches of the current administration. He also noted that justice had eluded ...

Seun Opejobi Following the arrest of Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said the Igbo would not leave Lagos State for anybody or reason. In a statement to mark the 2023 Easter celebration, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro said Igbos ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 10th April 2023 1. Prof Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, who was abducted on Thursday night, has been released after a ransom of N4 million. The professor of law was ...

With 89 assets under construction, spanning the upstream, midstream and downstream of the oil and gas sector in Africa, Nigeria will between 2023 and 2027 top the continent’s upcoming projects in the sector. Information from GlobalData, indicated that Africa will witness 492 oil and gas projects ...

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, (MDCAN) has opposed the bill seeking to compel newly trained doctors to work for five years in the country before being granted qualifying licence to seek greener pastures elsewhere.The proposed legislation which has passed the second ...

By  Daud Olatunji A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died at 89. Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 9th April 2023 1. Indications emerged on Saturday that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, might cut short his foreign trip and return to the country on Monday to take charge of things with regards ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Aviation, has acquired RPA-200MC mobile 3D primary radars. The first of the nine primary radars procured arrived in the country Friday night, according to Defense News Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, received the equipment ...

By  Gbenga Adeniji Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described Obidients as one of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions he ever encountered in any political arena. Obidients is a term describing supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who contested the ...

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo There was tension in Gwadabawa community of Sokoto state following a violent conflict between the Fulani and Hausa people residing in the area, which led to the death of many locals from both sides including a security operative. A local official in the community, Aminu ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 8th April 2023 1. Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described Obidients as some of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions he ever encountered in any political arena. Obidients is a term ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 7th April 2023 1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the outcome of this year’s general elections has made Nigeria more divided than ever before. He said the administration after President ...

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill that seeks to prevent Nigerian-trained medical or dental practitioners from being granted full licences until they have worked for a minimum of five years in the country. The bill, sponsored by Ganiyu Johnson, seeks to amend the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 6th April 2023 1. The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, ordered that the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Nwajagu was ...

The National Population Commission has given update on the 2023 census. The Commission said all plans are set to commence building numbering and household listing by April 17, before the actual census exercise kick-starts in May. It added that five training days for enumerators would commence ...

By  Godfrey George The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammed Sanusi, has said Nigeria has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970. He said the country, because of the elections, was now “dangerously divided along ethnic and religious lines”, adding that ...

The Senate has adopted the Conference Committee report on the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023. It followed the presentation on Tuesday by the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Seriake Dickson. The lawmaker said both the Senate and the House of Representatives committees ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 5th April 2023 1. The Federal Government yesterday said the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, risked being prosecuted for treason over some of ...

Traditional religion worshippers across the country have urged the federal government to make every August 20th a public holiday for traditional religion adherents in the country. The traditional religion adherents also asked the federal and state governments to give more recognition to ...

By  Temitayo Jaiyeola The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in the country. Of the 173, 119 have full approvals and 54 have conditional approvals. After loan apps started harassing Nigerians, the FCCPC began a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 4th April 2023 1. Violence rocked Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday, as supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, clashed along Aba ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 3rd April 2023. 1. Armed men in the early hours of Sunday killed one worshipper during an attack on the Christian Pentecostal Church in Akenawe -Tswarev community in Logo Local Government Area of ...

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi has advised president Muhammadu Buhari to be vigilant as ministers and aides may want to steal the country dry. Amadi’s reaction followed the disclosure by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika that he ...

By  Stephen Angbulu No fewer than 6,471 passports processed in 2022 have yet to be collected from offices of the Nigeria Immigration Services, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This was according to the data obtained from the NIS. The passports were part of the 8,611 uncollected batches in the Federal ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 2nd April 2023 1. The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have given conditional support for the removal of fuel subsidy. The two labour bodies said they would only allow the removal of fuel subsidy if the ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned those agitating for an interim national government following the emergence of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The chairman of Kwara State chapter of ACF, Mohammed Ghali-Alaaya, said those agitating for an interim government should be arrested and ...

By Emmanuel Okogba An unidentified air traveller was removed from a flight over his insistence on President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu not being sworn in come May 29. The lone protester was carried off the Abuja bound flight on Friday despite his resistance. In the video obtained, he is heard ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 1st April 2023 1. Members of the Muslim community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, staged a protest following the alleged invasion of a mosque in the Ilare area by some Oro adherents. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of The Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 31st March 2023 1. The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, yesterday, reversed the suspension of the party’s chieftains, ...