The convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue was involved in an accident in Utokon community of Ado Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Ortom and his entourage were heading for the Peoples’  Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign rally in Igumale, headquarters of Ado, when the ...

Edidiong Ikpoto Friday Olokor, Abiodun Sanusi, Gift Habib and El-ameen Ibrahim The United Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria in the latest security advisories issued on Thursday. Also, the European Union warned that insecurity might prevent elections ...

By Udeme Akpan, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Lawani Mikairu & Mariam Eko The Federal Government has officially increased the price of petrol by 8.8 per cent to N185 per litre, from N170 per litre. The ex-depot price also shot up from N148 per litre to N167. However, Vanguard’s findings show ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 20th January 2023 1. The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, ...

•Obasanjo: He’s an ambassador of ambassadors Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday, expressed disappointment in Nigeria’s deterioration, and regretted the alarming number of poor people in the country. Anyaoku made the comments yesterday in Lagos during his ...

By  Deji Lambo The Lagos State Government has declared a four-day work-free day for public servants to enable them collect their Permanent Voter Cards at their respective local government/local council development areas in the state. The Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who confirmed the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday !9th January 2023 1. The Edo State Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs in connection with the January 7 train attack which resulted in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 18th January 2023 1. Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, former governorship candidate, Bisi Kolawole, acting PDP State Chairman, Lanre Omolase, seven of the nine PDP National Assembly ...

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited (NNPC), has said it has no plan to exit the country, contrary to a report in the media. In a statement by the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public ...

By  Sodiq Ojuroungbe The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has insisted that the challenges facing the country cannot be solved unless the government involves the traditional institutions in the decision-making process. Oba Akanbi, who noted that the traditional institutions should be ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of 17th January 2023 1. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele on Monday resumed office at the CBN headquarters after spending several weeks in the United Kingdom and the United States ...

The Department of State Security Services, DSS, has debunked reports making the rounds that its operatives invaded the office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. There have been reports that the operatives of the secret police invaded the CBN on Monday with the ...

The Lagos State Government has arraigned Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. Drambi Vandi, for the alleged killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The State preferred a one-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 16th January 2023 1. Some political parties have adopted special security measures in a move to protect their officials and supporters as the campaigns intensify ahead of the elections. The ...

Bandits in the early hours of Sunday attacked St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church located along Daza Road, Kafin-Koro in the Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State and burnt the priest, Very Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi to ashes. A source in the area told SaharaReporters that Fr. Achi's assistant ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summaryof Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of Sunday 15th January 2023 1. The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has emerged as the major minority party in the Gombe State House of Assembly. This followed the defection of the member representing ...

By Anietie Akpan, Calabar Calabar, the Cross River State capital, yesterday, was gripped with palpable shock, as the Supreme Court of Nigeria dethroned the Obong of Calabar,  Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, after 15 years of legal tussle. However, the Supreme Court judgment ...

By Guardian Nigeria The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday adjourned for judgment, the petition filed by former Gov Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election. The Chairman of the ...

*FG can now recommence investigations into corruption allegations against family Alex Enumah in Abuja A five-man panel of the Supreme Court yesterday refused to grant a request by members of the family of the late General Sani Abacha, for the stoppage of fresh criminal forfeiture proceedings ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Friday announced the discovery of oil in Nasarawa State and said it was set to drill the first foot of an oil well in the Northern state. It said the discovery was in continuation of its oil exploration activities in the ...

Adelani Adepegba, Sami Olatunji, Lilian Ukagwu, Damilola Aina, Oluwafemi Morgan and Daniel Ayantoye The Central Bank of Nigeria may be under pressure to extend the deadline for old naira notes to cease being legal tender as bankers and customers push for the extension. The old notes are ...

•Say, you’re leaving behind no enduring legacy •In states, lawmakers are puppets of their governors By Samuel Oyadongha; Peter Duru; Steve Oko & Ibrahim Hassan In a few weeks from today, Nigerians will be electing lawmakers from their various constituencies. Some of the lawmakers are ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 14th January 2023 1. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) will drill the first oil well in Nasarawa State in March 2023 as part of its frontier exploration services. The Group ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 13th January 2023 1. The leadership of the North-East Youth and Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressive Congress has threatened to withdraw their support for the APC vice presidential candidate, ...

By  OpeOluwani Akintayo   The price of household Kerosene, also known as cooking kerosene skyrocketed by over100 per cent in one year. Latest data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics for November, showed average retail price of kerosene per litre rose by about 146 per cent from ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of 12th January 2023 1. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu says the commission is not contemplating any adjustment to the election timetable, let alone ...

By  Stephen Angbulu The Nigerian passport has fallen by 38 places in a global passport ranking in the last 17 years. This is according to the Henley Passport Index reports between 2006 and 2022 collated by The PUNCH The Henley Passport Index ranks passports according to the number of ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of latest Nigerian news from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 11th January, 2023 1. Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council is planning an alliance with smaller parties in a bid to boost the chances of its ...

By Seun Opejobi The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has warned of an imminent nationwide industrial disharmony over some unresolved issues. NARD said the unresolved issues are threatening industrial peace and harmony in the health sector. In a statement by its ...

Travellers across the South-East states who were returning to their various destinations after the Yuletide celebration were on Monday stranded and unable to make return journeys as the roads and motor parks were deserted because of the Monday sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of ...

…Insists no going back on BVAS, IReVl …Real-time polling unit results’ll  be uploaded on IReVl …INEC must manage security threats — IFES By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has lamented the growing wave of election-related insecurity across the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of Tuesday January 10 2023 1. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has raised the alarm that the forthcoming elections risk cancellation or postponement ...

Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, has reportedly failed to resume official duties after exhausting his approved vacation period, Peoples Gazette can confirm. This is as the apex bank governor has concluded plans to seek asylum in the United Kingdom over developing threats to his position and personal ...

The Police in Lagos has narrated the deadly clash with Yoruba Nation agitators at Ojota on Monday. There is palpable tension in and around the area after the demonstrators confronted security agents. A young man was lifeless in a photo posted on Twitter. Another is feared dead while ...

Men of the State Security Service (SSS) have arrested the President of Middle Belt Youth Vanguard, Godwin Meliga, who was part of the coalition of groups who alerted on the plot by the agency to arrest the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for alleged terrorism financing. ...

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed start-up tools and cash to 26 beneficiaries of the Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS) in Borno State. The beneficiaries were trained for three months on hard and soft landscaping as well as Plaster of Paris (PoP).  The ...

By  Anozie Egole Freight forwarders have said there may be congestion of imported vehicles at the nation’s seaports following the Nigeria Customs Service’s decision to raise duty on imported vehicles by 10 per cent, The PUNCH has learnt. The agents, in exclusive interview with our ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday, 9th January 2023 1. Soldiers, police personnel and vigilantes are currently tracking the abductors of no fewer than 31 train passengers who were whisked away from the Tom Ikimi Train Station, ...

The federal government has shortlisted 20 candidates for the position of a new and substantive accountant-general of the federation (AGF). According to a circular seen by TheCable, the 20 candidates were drawn from different ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). In May, TheCable had ...

Officers said the team was trying to apprehend three Nigerians whose visas had allegedly expired but the men attacked them, and two of the persons who had been detained managed to escape, Indian Express reports. At least 100 people who hail from Africa have allegedly attacked a team of ...

The year 2022 has passed but Nigerians will not forget in a hurry how the country was hit by high profile deaths. Daily Trust Saturday compiles a list of 15 of such deaths recorded in the last one year. Olubadan In January, 2022, when the country was in the mood of the New Year, the Olubadan, one ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of Sunday 8th January, 2023 1. Edo State Police Command has said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri in Delta State were ...

The Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM) has assured Nigerians that the new Naira notes in circulation are of the highest quality as the old notes, while warning the public against carrying out experiments on the new notes. Massive criticisms continue to trail the new Naira notes, ...

By  Emmanuel Ojo In this interview with EMMANUEL OJO, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, speaks on the measure taken by the police authorities to address the case of a group of policemen caught on camera drinking beer at a relaxation spot while in uniform during the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest Nigerian news from Nigerian Newspapers: of Saturday 7th January, 2023 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered Deposit Money Banks not to pay customers making over-the-counter withdrawals of new naira notes. Instead, the apex bank directed the banks to load ...

The federal government has confirmed the outbreak of avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, in 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Figures released by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture on Friday indicated that more than one million birds were affected and depopulated and more ...

The governors of 28 states who are leaving office on May 29 or running for re-election and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory have piled up about N5.8tn sub-national debts amid an economic crunch. The debt figures were based on an analysis of the sub-national debts reports by the Debt ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest Nigerian news from Nigerian Newspapers: of Friday 6th January, 2023 1. Following the endorsement of Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu has disclosed that former President Olusegun ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers: of 5th January, 2023. 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Kano State, expressed optimism that his party would capture Kano State and Nigeria as a whole, ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, queried the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the scarcity of new naira notes, a few weeks to the deadline for the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a ...