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Mar 02, 2022

BREAKING: Protesters block NASS gate over rejected women Bills

Various women groups have blocked the Federal Secretariat axis entrance of the National Assembly to protest the outcome of the voting on constitutional amendmen...

Feb 23, 2022

BREAKING: Matawalle appoints Sen Gusau new Zamfara Deputy Gov

Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle has appointed Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau as Deputy Governor following the impeachment of Barr. Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. Sen Gas...

Feb 23, 2022

BREAKING: Assembly impeaches Zamfara Deputy Governor Gusau

Zamfara lawmakers have impeached Deputy Governor Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. The Nation reports Gusau had parted ways with Governor Bello Matatwalle after he refused...

Feb 14, 2022

ASUU keeps students, govt in suspense

The Federal Government, parents and students were being kept in suspense last night by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Representatives of th...

Jan 31, 2022

February… A ruling party’s month of decisions

The second month of this year begins tomorrow. For the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it is a month in which major decisions critical to its future hav...

Jan 31, 2022

Governors lead opposition to reworked Electoral Bill •Resignation before election, unworkable consensus clauses in contention •Lobby begins against Presidential assemt as Buhari gets Bill today

A row has broken out over the reworked Electoral Bill, it was learnt yesterday. The Bill is due to be delivered to President Muhammadu Buhari today for his a...

Jan 24, 2022

Subsidy: Labour intensifies mobilisation for protests

The Organised Labour has intensified consultations ahead of its Thursday nationwide rallies against the proposed removal of petroleum products subsidy. Its D...

Dec 14, 2021

N13m, N8m quarterly allowances inadequate for lawmakers, says Lawan

Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday spoke on the controversy over salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly. He said contrary to allegat...

Dec 03, 2021

INEC declares Soludo Anambra Gov-elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Prof Charles Soludo winner of Anambra...

Dec 03, 2021

Self-testing: A master key to HIV/AIDS control

The endless grieving, sudden loss of friends and other loved ones– all hurriedly connived to make her world come down crashing around her. The pall of despair w...

Nov 24, 2021

Petrol to sell for N340 per litre next year, says Kyari

Labour cautions govt against unilateral action N5,000 monthly stipend for 40m Nigerians Going by the words of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNP...

Nov 09, 2021

INEC adjusts voting time for Anambra supplementary poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the timeframe for voting in Tuesday’s supplementary election for Anambra governorship poll in...

Nov 08, 2021

Soludo coasting to victory •APGA candidate wins 18 of 20 councils •YPP, PDP take one each •Final results after supplementary poll holds in Ihiala tomorrow

The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Prof Charles Soludo, is coasting home to victory in the Anambra State governorship election. According t...

Nov 05, 2021

BREAKING: Police rescue UNIAbuja lecturers, family members

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has rescued the four lecturers and their family members abducted by gunmen on Tuesday morning from their University...

Nov 03, 2021

NNPC allays fears of fuel scarcity

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, has dismissed fears of any hitch in petroleum products supply follow...

Nov 03, 2021

JUST IN: Gunmen kill two policemen in Rivers

Gunmen have killed two policemen on a stop-and-search duty at Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Commander of a local vigilante group in the area,...

Nov 03, 2021

Victims’ relatives besiege collapsed Lagos building site •Death toll now 21 •Sanwo-Olu suspends official, promises transparent probe

Tears flowed yesterday at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos. Family members of victims besieged the place, some carrying photograp...

Nov 01, 2021

The Nation wins 16 honours at NMMA

The Nation at the weekend confirmed its status as the foremost Newspaper in the country. This newspaper won honours in 16 categories – more than any other ne...

Oct 28, 2021

eNaira app down 48hrs after launch CBN: App undergoing upgrade Bank not disbursing 50b eNaira

The eNaira speed wallet application is down 48 hours after the digital currency was launched on Monday, checks by The Nation have shown. A Central Bank of Ni...

Oct 22, 2021

JUST IN: Gunmen bomb police station in imo

Suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) on Thursday bombed a police station in Isiala Mbano Local Governm...