Nigeria Times

The All Progressive Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Yahaya Bello has been declared the winner of the governorship election held in Kogi State on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The INEC’s Returning Officer for the election who is also the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria,...

A Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, congratulated the Governor-elect of Bayelsa state, David Lyon, describing his victory as deserving. Frank in a statement in Abuja also urged National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and the National Working Committee...

Popular musician, Davido has been reportedly arrested for inflicting injuring an unidentified young man said to be a fan. According to a Twitter report, the victim had reportedly approached an already tipsy Davido in an elevator. Things didn't turned out well as planned as the music star got infuriated and broke a...

The court documents of the judgement delivered by justice Othman Musa, of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the case filed by Busola Dakolo, wife of popular singer, Timi, has revealed that the court actually awarded N1m cost against Busola.. Justice Musa had last Thursday, 14th November, 2019 dismissed the the...

The Nigerian Army has maintained its onslaught against Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters. The gallant troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have left no stone unturned in its bid to totally wipe out the fleeing insurgents. As seen in some photos that went viral on social media a couple of months ago,...

The Nigerian Army and other security agencies deserve massive commendation for what it described as near-perfect election in Bayelsa State, according to the Centre for Democracy and Change (CDC). At a press conference on Saturday in Yenegoa, the group of election observers stated that rather than vilify the Army and other security agencies...

….wants Nigeria to emulate counterparts The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria (CHRMGN) has hailed India for the ban meted on international non-governmental organization, Amnesty International (AI). Following suspicious activities, the Asian nation in 2014 began a crack down on foreign NGOs, suspending or banning thousands of groups,...

African Music Giant, Burna Boy, On November 15, 2019, appeared on the original soundtrack of upcoming American movie, 'Queen and Slim.' The movie is an upcoming romantic thriller that will be released in the United States on November 27, 2019. It stars Danieal Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloe Sevigny and more.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, approved the development of Electronic Based Customs known as E-Customs for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) This was disclosed by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) at the graduation of Senior Course three of Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College,...

A human rights activist, Comrade Ibrahim Abubakar, has raised an alarm over the rise in fake news in the country, describing it as a “higher threat than terrorism”. Mr Abubakar made this known on Thursday at a one-day workshop/presentation of assessment report on the impact of fake news on the war against terrorism...