According to Mexican authorities not more than three people were killed and over 100 were injured when an explosion rocked a state-run petrochemical plant in the...
Residents of the new site area of Oba Ile town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State were thrown into disarray when a...
The Defence Headquarters has raised the alarm that the Boko Haram insurgent group has deviced a new method of recruiting members by giving out loans to...
The trial of the former Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, could not continue on Wednesday, as a Lagos...
The United Nations has deployed a team to the Greek coastal city of Kalamata to ascertain the actual number of casualties who drowned in the Mediterranean...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the suspended Director General of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs Nelly Mayshak over an alleged...
Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican candidate Donald Trump both emerged winners of their parties primaries in New York. Both candidates clinched the tickets for...
A Lagos State High Court, on Tuesday, ordered the two engineers, who handled the construction of the collapsed seven-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of...
Authorities in Switzerland have suspended the citizenship of two teenage Syrian brothers after the pair refused to shake hands with their female teachers for religious reasons....
There is serious scramble from candidates seeking employment into the Nigerian Police Force as the Police Service Commission has received 705, 352 applications for about 10,000...
The demise of a male patient who died of Lassa fever at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State has forced authorities at the hospital...
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has wielded the big stick against three High Court judges as it said on Tuesday that it had sacked Justice O....
Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect continued with their daring attacks on Tuesday morning, as they ambushed the convoy of the General Officer Commanding, GOC,...
A police constable, Victor Omorokai, has reportedly been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over his alleged involvement in armed robbery. According to reports, Omorokai,...
Hundreds of migrants making the dangerous trip from Libya to Europe through the Mediterranean sea drowned when a boat conveying about 500 of them capsized. About...
Mr Odion Omoarebokhae, husband to a gospel singer, Yvonne whose lifeless body was found in a private hotel in Benin, Edo state, claims that his wife...
The military on Monday claimed it had repelled an attack by Boko Haram fighters near the border with Niger. The Nigerian Army also reported casualties in...
Fugitive Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and six brothers of former NIMASA boss, Patrick Akpobolokemi, were on Monday arraigned in absentia by the Economic and Financial Commission...
Over 90 herdsmen, armed with dangerous weapons, have been arrested in Abuja on their way to Nasarawa state. Ripples Nigeria learnt that they were arrested...
Intensive search for possible survivors is underway in Ecuador after the country suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which smashed the Andean nation’s coastal region killing at...
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Boko haram insurgents in Kareto, Northern Borno. This was made known by a...
Tragedy struck at the Festac Town end of Lagos State when a 45-year-old man was burnt to death at C Close, when a keg of fuel...
Legislators in Brazil have casted their vote in favour of impeaching incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over corruption charges. Tens of thousand gathered in the capital of...
Five members of a gang of kidnappers are already facing charges at a magistrate court in Port Harcourt for being behind the abduction and murder of...
A bolt of lightning that struck the Heavenly Sure Charismatic Church, in Owerri North LGA of Imo State has left two female members dead, and the...
Defiant North Korea led by iron fisted leader, Kim Jong-un is likely planning to conduct a fifth nuclear test which is likely to be launched before...
A finding carried out by border security at the Manchester Airport in northern England reveals that a team of sniffer dogs set up at the British...
Authorities in Japan have intensified search for missing persons as thousands of rescue workers scan through the debris strewn southern village in Japan for about half...
The South American country of Ecuador has been hit by a powerful earthquake which reports say has left at least 41 people dead. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake...
A couple in Spain have been arrested over links with dreaded terror group, ISIS. The pair, a Moroccan man and a Spanish woman were both arrested...
There is palpable tension on the streets of Brazil as Members of Parliament begin proceedings that could see the toppling of incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over...
A fresh round of earthquake has hit the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu following a second tremor which left 19 more people dead. Authorities in Japan...
Police in Cairo are having a hard time controlling angry nationals after protests broke out following a controversial deal which saw Egypt conceding two islands to...
The family of a missing 32-year-old sawmill worker, Goke Elekun have revealed that they have done everything possible to ascertain the whereabouts of their son who...
A court in Brazil has thrown out a bid to stop the impeachment process of embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The denial by the majority of...
The southwestern city of Kumamoto in Japan has been hit with severe aftershocks following a 6.0 magnitude earthquake which claimed at least nine lives, injuring nearly...
According to South Korean media, neighbours North Korea failed in an attempt to test-fire a missile to mark the birthday of its leader Kim Jong-un. South...
Another round of crisis seems to be brewing over the 2016 budget, this time between federal civil servants and members of the National Assembly. The civil...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged Nigerians to desist from panic buying of petroleum products assuring that the Corporation has enough supply to go...
President Muhammadu Buhari early this morning (Nigerian time) departed Beijing for Shanghai, China, where he met with the Mayor of Shanghai City, Mr Yang Xiong as...
A 45-year-old man, Ikenna Enendu, the Chairman of traders dealing in footwear at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway has been arrested...
For parents of the about 219 girls kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno state in 2014, it was tears of joy, as they came face...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same...
The global headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive documents leak scandal has been raided by Panamanian authorities. According to...
A mother, Mrs. Abigail Brown, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for kidnapping her two children to get ransom from her husband. According...
German comedian Jan Boehmermann has been slammed with a lawsuit by Turkey’s President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan after he read a satirical poem about the Turkish leader...
Mohammed Zahir al-Sharqat, the Syrian journalist and TV presenter who was shot in an attack in Turkish city of Gaziantep has died from wounds he sustained...
A female gospel singer, and mother of one, Yvonne Omoarebokhae, has been found dead in a hotel in Benin, Edo State capital. She was reportedly lodged...
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode on Tuesday commended Cadbury PLC for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and called on companies in...
Scores of commuters and motorists around the Berliet bus stop along Oshodi Apapa expressway scampered for safety after a petrol tanker spilled its contents. Panic pervaded...
