Nigeria News

The Kano State Government has filed fresh charges against the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly diverting N57 billion. Named in the charge sheet alongside Ganduje, who is the immediate past governor of Kano State, is his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two others. Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged […]

House of Representatives committee Chairman on Petroleum Upstream, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, has challenged Abdulmumini Jibrin to provide evidence for his claim that he (Doguwa) was involved in the killing of seven PDP supporters at a campaign rally in 2019. Naturenex reports that the two lawmakers from Kano State have been at loggerheads for days now,

The Nigerian Government on Thursday, August 8, said it has suspended the planned sale of subsidised rice to civil servants. A fresh circular issued by the Ministry of Special Duty and Inter-Governmental Affairs said it has withdrawn the circular directing civil servants interested in subsidised rice to apply. Dated August 2, 2024, the circular was

Nigerian road and track cyclist, Ese Ukpeseraye, had to borrow a bicycle to compete at the 2024 cycling race in Paris. Initially, Ukpeseraye, who is representing Team Nigeria could not compete as there was no bicycle made available for her in the keirin and sprint events due to the short notice of her participation However,

Bayer Leverkusen manager, Xavi Alonso shared his thoughts on the Premier League title race, expressing his belief that Arsenal and Liverpool will be strong contenders against Manchester City. Following his team’s 4-1 loss to Arsenal in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday night, Xavi Alonso highlighted Arsenal’s potential, emphasizing that Mikel Arteta’s leadership and the club’s

The Chief Executive Officer of Matrix Energy, Abdulkabir Adisa Aliyu has called on the  federal government to stop Dangote Refinery from operating as a monopoly in the oil and gas sector. Aliyu stated this on Wednesday while testifying before a Senate ad-hoc committee investigating alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry. Aliyu said that Dangote declared

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue has suspended Senator Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of the state, for alleged insubordination. The move comes a few days after the party suspended the immediate past governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. In a statement on Thursday, Bemgba Iortyom, Benue PDP spokesperson, said Terngu Tsegba, a former

Paul Ibe, a media aide to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its handling of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, alleging that the government has resorted to using propaganda as a state policy. Ibe’s remarks come in response to a controversial incident involving a video posted on the President’s official social media

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has opened up about how the death of his dad affected his childhood. Naturenex reports that the 24-year-old singer, in a chat with GRM, said the deaths of his father and brother left him with the responsibility of catering for his family at a young age