The bid by a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Timi Alaibe to clinch the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party,...
A police sergeant, Moses Jacob and a kidnapper were killed on Friday during a gun battle between the police and a gang of Kidnappers in Anambra...
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Friday raised the alarm over the alleged stockpiling of arms and ammunition by some persons for the purpose of...
Three persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command in the Kano metropolis. The...
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Friday demanded that the Federal Governnment come up with policies that will end the problem of Fulani harassment. The NEF...
Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, in the country can now operate mobile money wallets without getting approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the apex bank...
Armed bandits have reportedly killed a total of 27 persons in communities in Katsina State in fresh attacks, police and local sources has said. This is...
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, on Thursday recated to the 30-day ultimatum a Coalition of Northern groups gave the Federal Government to rescind...
President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that his administration failed in the area of power supply in the country, saying his performance in the sector was ‘not...
The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, for the March 9 governorship election in Zamfara State, Sani Shinkafi has petitioned the Economic and Financial...
A suspect in the murder of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, Aliyu Usman, has narrated how he and his gang killed...
A graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, LAUTECH, Femi Akeju has incurred the wrath of the Senate of the school for making false...
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sent three persons to jail for abducting and selling a two-year-old boy. The convicts, Olujimi Mayokun, Peace...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has secured the permission of the Federal High Court in Lagos to embark on a medical trip abroad. The court...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gave a hint about the shape of his cabinet, saying “the task ahead requires a formidable team”. According to the President,...
The governorship of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin has withdrawn from the coalition parties in Oyo State that dislodged the All Progressives Congress,...
A 19-year-old Ghanaian, Joe Osein, who is standing trial for rape, has pleaded for leniency, saying he committed the offence under the influence of alcohol. Osein,...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, on Monday blamed declaration of elections as inconclusive on Insecurity. According to him, most...
A Divisional Police Officer, DPO, a pregnant police woman and two policemen were on Monday killed by unknown gunmen when they invaded a police station in...
Labour unions in the country are preparing for another round of face off as the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council and the eight unions in...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for probing into how its members voted in...
A Katsina Senior Magistrate Court has ordered that a couple, Alhaji Samaila Abubakar, 45, and Hafsatu, 22, be remanded in Katsina prison till August 5 when...
Men suspected to be cultists on Monday set the Otoko police station in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State on fire. The hoodlums, according to...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Segun Olawoyin, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after her parents left home for a church...
The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected 19-year-old cultist, Ifeoluwa Dodo, for allegedly killing one Ojo Taiwo in the Bariga area of the state....
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Makoduchukwu Ndubisi for stabbing her husband, John Bosco Ngu, to death in Anambra State. The incident...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has threatened to expose his predecessor, Abiola Ajimobi if he does not stop disturbing his government. Makinde made the threat on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has written a letter to the Clerk of the Senate, asking him to furnish it with the receipts, cash...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old Lance Corporal, Koza Yabiliok for allegedly selling ammunition to a suspected kidnapper that has been terrorising the...
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Harbin Kunama 3 have arrested about 25 bandits while others were killed in gun battles in Sokoto and...
A 24-year-old ex-convict, Abel Opayemi, on Friday bagged another six months jail term after he was convicted for stealing jean trousers worth N3,000. Opeyemi, who was...
The wide outcry that greeted the introduction of new tariffs on pharmaceutical, food and allied products, has forced the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has lamented that the level of industrialization in the country is too low, contributing just 10 percent of the nation’s...
A 34-year-old man, Iwueze Kingsley, has explained how he and his gang rob cab drivers of their vehicles by pretending to be passengers and offering them...
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, will be appearing before a Federal High Court in Abuja to explain his role in the payment of...
The Osun State Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 34-year-old man, Fatai before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Fatai was...
23-year-old Yusuf Mohammed has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beheading his wife, 14-year-old Safiat Yakubu. The Magistrate, Mrs...
The Anambra State Police Command has announced the arresto 53 cultists after raids on their hideouts in different parts of the state. This was disclosed by...
The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has said the South-West would not surrender an inch of its land for Ruga settlement for herdsmen. This was disclosed by...
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged housewife, Mrs Yemi Samuel for allegedly faking her own kidnap in Kabba , Kogi State. Samuel was...
The National Pension Commission, PENCOM, has accussed states operating the contributory pension scheme of failing to remit about N3.4 billion pension contributions deducted from their workers...
A Beninoise, Sunday Anani, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, for killing his employer, Opeyemi Badamosi, the Chief Executive Officer...
The Nigeria Police and the military have come under another scathing criticism from Amnesty International, AI, over their continuous use of torture despite law forbidding the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not deny him access to the controversial server of the Independent National Electoral...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has kicked against the establishment of the proposed Ruga settlements for Fulani herdsmen by the Federal Government in the state, insisting...
Two men are currently cooling their heels in the custody of the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman suffering from mental illness....
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old law graduate, Victor Ohale for stabbing his brother to death in Awka, the state capital. Victor, who...
The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has called on the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in...
An Ikeja Sexual and Domestic Violence Court has remanded a father, Chukwuma Eze, at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling his teenage daughters. Eze, a resident...
A 30-year-old Methodist priest, Rev Peter Adegoke Adewuyi has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court for allegedly faking his own kidnap to...
