Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has pledged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would take Nigeria out of the comity of poor countries in a couple of years to come.
The group in a statement sent to Legit.ng on Monday, April 1 signed by Nihi Oladele John, commissioner for youth political participation, called on law enforcement agents in South Africa to arrest the perpetrators of the attacks.
Enugu Rangers head coach Gbenga Ogunbote emerged the Nigerian coach of the year (male) at the second edition of Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) awards night held on Monday, April 1, at the Eko Hotels & Suites.
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, in the evening of Monday, April 1, joined other Nigerians, especially the youth of the country in calling for special attention at the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Harry Knoesen has called for a racially charged war while the 'enemy sleeps'. Knoesen has claimed that a defensive attitude is not the intelligent route to take.
The vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday, February 23, presidential election, Peter Obi, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure will of people prevails.
Legit.ng has gathered the report of a Nongu u Kristu u i Ser u sha Tar (NKST) church in Benue that sent out Catholics from the church during a wedding ceremony. Read more.
The police command in Rivers, through its spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said that it has has commenced the deployment of personnel at strategic areas and collation centres for poll results collation on Tuesday, April 2.
There was palpable tension in Osogbo, the capital of Osun state on Monday, April 1, when a contingent of anti-riot policemen stormed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s state secretariat, located around Biket area of the town.
Permit me to address to you a matter considered germane to national cohesion and unity. I feel comfortable to place this matter in your hands and on your conscience for two reasons.
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has been warned against rubbishing the image and efforts of the Department of Security Service (DSS) to score cheap political points over the state's gubernatorial election.
A number of celebs have been very vocal about the ills perpetrated by Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) officials following several reports of their brutality. However, popular singer Burna Boy, seems to have a different opinion.
The Benue Elite Development Network has tipped self-style Human Rights activist and public affairs commentator, Philip Agbese, as a possible replacement for Audu Ogbeh who is the current minister of Agriculture in Buhari cabinet.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that he went to meet the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to request that he come to the state to inaugurate his numerous projects.
Dr Adaeze Oreh, a family physician who regularly travels to remote areas on a voluntary basis o provide basic healthcare services in rural communities, writes on the need for government to invest heavily in primary healthcare.
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, April 1, declared before elected members of the ninth National Assembly that the independence of the country’s legislature is non-negotiable.
The Nigerian Senate has queried the federal ministry of finance for high budgetary releases to itself and some of its parastatal agencies.
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Monday, April 1, appointed a new commissioner, Bashir Makama, in Ogun state. Makama was an assistant commissioner of police in charge of operations in Anambra state.
Fast-rising Instagram comedian, Funny Toheeb, recently had a reason to be thankful for his life after he survived a car accident. The comedian’s car had been totalled after it suffered a brake failure.
Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, the Adamawa governor-elect, has constituted a 65-member transition committee to ensure a smooth take-over from the out-going administration of Muhammadu Bindow.
Three police officers have been taken into custody over the fatal shooting of a Nigerian man (Kolade Johnson) in Lagos on Sunday, March 31. Reports reveal that the policemen suspected he was a criminal as he had dreadlocks.
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to liberate itself from those he called bad eggs within the political fold.
In the final episode of the BBNaija reunion show, former housemate, Vandora, was asked if she considers Alex her friend and she replied in the negative. A polygraph test also confirmed her answer and she gave reasons.
BudgIT, a leading civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to remove fuel subsidy.
The Ogun state governorship election petition tribunal has ordered INEC to grant Adekunle Akinlade, candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), access to documents used for the state election.