Reps shot down bill empowering Nigerians to sue govt on security, welfare

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted against a bill seeking to empower Nigerians to sue the government for failing to carry out its primary obligations to the…

Reps order probe of FG’s abandoned N97bn cancer centre

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the National Cancer Control Plan established by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to determine why fewer Nigerians with…

2023: Saraki declares intention to run for president

A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has made his intention known to run for president in the 2023 general elections, Vanguard reports. Saraki made his intention known…

NBA, SANs say Lai’s response on #EndSARS report premature

The Nigerian Bar Association and some Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Wednesday criticised the response of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over his comment on the leaked…

Ex-ASUU president kicks against creation of new varsities

A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, has said Nigeria doesn’t need new universities, urging the Federal Government to stop approving new tertiary institutions.…

Buhari, Tinubu felicitate Gambari at 77

Before the formal commencement of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), led cabinet members in wishing his Chief of…

Group demands arrest of killers of 17 Ebonyi natives, urges Buhari, Umahi to probe incident

A group, Amuda Elites Consultative Forum, on Wednesday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to as a matter of urgency look…

Woman gives birth to first child at 50 following years of infertility

A woman welcomed a child for the first time at the age of 50 after years of battling infertility. Susie Troxler, a psychologist in High Point, North Carolina, gave birth…

Boko Haram and ISWAP setting up camps in Niger state -SSG

The secretary to Niger state government, Ahmed Matane, says Boko Haram and a faction of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) are setting up camps in the state.…

Nigeria receives stolen Benin and Ife artefacts from US museum

Three Benin and Ife artefacts kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in the United States have been returned to the consulate-general of Nigeria in New York. The artefacts, two 16th-century…