The controversy trailing the Ooni stool in Ile-Ife, Osun State, may have finally been put to rest as Ife kingmakers have asked the Giesi Ruling House...
The Islamic community in Nigeria is enmeshed in a controversy over the actual date for this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Jamaátu Nasril Islam, the umbrella body for...
In a bid to support students to keep them attentive in classes and stay healthy by eating balanced diets, Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria,...
Job seekers angling to get employed into the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will have to be extra vigilant and exercise caution, in dealing with agents...
The noose appears to be tightening against the Boko Haram insurgent group as scores of its members have surrendered their arms. Army spokesman Sani Usman in...
Coming from the cold about two days after he was reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia over false claims, a former Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and...
In from Ali Smart… Worried at the rate at which the nation’s human capital is being wasted through avoidable road accidents, the Federal Roads Safety Corp (FRSC)...
Henceforth any officer or soldier who involves in a proven case of human rights violation should be ready to face tough disciplinary actions, President Muhammadu Buhari...
Indications have emerged that the financial ‘recklessness’ witnessed in the past in the Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will soon cease as the government...
A former Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Senator Hassan Barata, is presently cooling his heels in a detention facility in faraway Saudi Arabia, for...
It’s a case of double trouble for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in one of the camps in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, as the place was...
Intrigues surrounding the selection of a new Ooni of Ife have continued to climb as one of the ruling houses, the Giesi Ruling House has made...
In efforts to unravel what went wrong, and prevent a reoccurrence in the future, the Federal ministry of power has sent a technical team to the...
Medical error or the urge for financial gain has reportedly rendered five innocent Nigerians in Yobe State blind after being wrongly administered a drug. The drug,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again given clear indications that he is not done with cleaning the public service, especially agencies of the Federal government. He, on...
What could have led to the death of four people, one of them a Grade Level 14 officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...
A few weeks after Justice Folahanmi Oloyede received a query from the National Judicial Council (NJC) to explain her role in a divorce mess, Chief Justice...
The death of a female student, Ouchi Anekwe, at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, on Tuesday has led to the closure of the institution as...
Determined to wear the crown despite the unease that they say usually lies on the head that wears it, the Giesi ruling house has presented a...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Still basking in the euphoria of its recent successes against the Boko Haram terrorist group, the Nigerian army today released 128...
The life of affluence exhibited by some ex-militants who depended on the lucrative contracts of protecting the nation’s oil pipelines may now be over as the...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … As part of efforts to improve the educational sector in the state, and encourage more of its people to go to...
Just days after the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, decried the rot in the nation’s civil service, the sad tale has again been brought to the...
The Northern Christian Youth Solidarity Movement for Emancipation, Justice and Self Determination, has condemned what it described as campaign of calumny against the leader of the...
It is rare to see people working against their countries in a trying period like war time. But in Nigeria, this seems to be the stock-in-trade...
For making ripples.com.ng your favourite site, you deserve plenty. That is why every week we reward a reader with N10, 000 for the funniest and most...
The long arms of the law has eventually caught up with a fleeing Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Eku, as he was on Monday sentenced to life...
With the holiday periods fast approaching, with its attendant increase in number and rate of travellers across the country, Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised...
Dissatisfied with the inventory of army weaponry in stock, and what should have been available given claims by his predecessor, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen....
Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the state’s missing plane has been found in Morocco. He said the plane was hidden in the country...
Officers of the Central Naval Command (CNC) have denied killing any members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). There...
Palpable anxiety now pervades the air in the city of Warri, and the Itsekiri nation is in animated suspense over the health status of the Olu...
In from Ali Smart … Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong Ekpe, the elder brother of the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS) Ekpenyong Ita,...
What could be regarded as an uncommon miracle occurred in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, as a 70-year-old man, Amos Otene, reportedly resurrected from death...
The police in Abia State have arrested a 71-year-old pastor and his wife for illegally adopting an 11-month-old baby girl. The baby was alleged to have...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … An early morning inferno along the busy Aba-Owerri road in the commercial city of Abia State has led to the destruction...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Ekiti State government has forwarded a bill to the House of Assembly proposing life imprisonment for any individual convicted of kidnapping....
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Anyone found riding horses in Borno State henceforth will be considered an insurgent, the Nigerian Army has declared. The 7th Division...
Just two days after a container truck fell off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos, killing three people, another container truck on Friday fell across the the...
Several people were feared dead and others injured when a six-storey plaza in the heart of the popular Balogun market in Lagos was gutted by fire...
The Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Collins Chabuka, has stated that at least about 10 persons suspected to be vandals...
A total of 3,032 soldiers who were dismissed from the Nigerian Army have been reinstated. This followed a review of their cases by the committee set...
Three people were killed yesterday when a heavy duty container fell from Ojuelegba bridge in Surulere area of Lagos State and landed on a Nissan saloon...
It’s that time again, to celebrate our esteemed readers. It was hectic trying to decide which of the funny captions deserves to win, but one reader...
The Bayelsa State Coordinator of Child Protection Network (CPN) Mrs. Mariam Kombo-Ezeh, yesterday told of how a 4-year-old girl was raped to death by a 40-year-old...
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the poverty level in the country on mis-governance and lack of transparency. He insisted that with the human and natural resources...
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it had retaken Gomboru Ngala, a community in Borno State, from the Boko Haram terrorist group. Army headquarters stated...
Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, on Monday held a special meeting with 12 heads of parliaments from different parts of the world,...
The Department of State Security (DSS) today arraigned the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki before a Federal High Court in Abuja on one count...
Former Minister for Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo said on Monday, that at least 64 million Nigerians suffer one form of mental illness or another deserving psychiatric...
