With about 1.5 million Internally Displaced People (IDP) Nigeria has a serious humanitarian crisis that requires urgent attention, and the leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress...
The federal government has communicated with the Indian authorities to ascertain the true identities of two youths who were recently arrested in that country on suspicion...
The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has terminated the concession granted by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) to Afriland Properties for the redevelopment...
A lawmaker representing Aba North State Constituency, Emeka Nnamani, may have run into a cul-de-sac in the legal battle challenging his victory in the House of...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is likely to deactivate a total of 38.78 million mobile telephone lines at the completion of a...
For stating that Ndigbo are free to break away from Nigeria if they feel marginalized, Junaid Mohammed has come under attack by some Igbo socio-political groups...
The General Court Martial sitting in Abuja has struck out one of the three charges against a former Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, Brig....
The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria. UNICEF Country Director, Jean...
In from Enite Benjamin … The leadership of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) says it has uncovered plans by some dismissed members of the organization to...
Residents and commercial organisations in four states namely Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom will from today experience electricity blackout as workers of the Port...
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Ogun State chapter, is setting the stage for a showdown with the Ogun State government for sacking...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Hundreds of protesters trooped to Kaduna Government House have registered support for Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s demolition of Illegal structures on public...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The 28 aspirants contesting the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state have signed an undertaking to...
President Muhammadu Buhari today approved the decision of Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi to voluntarily retire from service. He is to proceed...
Abubakar Shekau has denied being replaced as the leader of the Boko Haram in a new audio message just released. According to the BBC, in the...
Seventeen years after the Jesse town in Delta State was ravaged by an oil spill-induced explosion that killed hundreds of people, the community and others around...
The leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau may still be alive, and leading the group, new developments indicate. It would be recalled that...
In from Ali Smart … The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has seized various landed properties belonging to three senior staff of...
In from Ali Smart … Staff members of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) have embarked on hunger strike to press home their demand for...
The death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, who was finally interned on Friday at Ile Ife has predictably thrown up a scramble among...
It was not a laughing matter for Clifford Osawaru, a 66-year-old hotelier in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, as he saw an...
The Adamawa State Government on Friday announced that it has earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors in seeking divine intervention towards ending the state’s lingering...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have both condemned the Ogun State government for the sacking of six officials of...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency’s (LASEPA) moves to curb noise and air pollution in the state, which...
A seven-day curfew will begin after the remains of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, is committed to mother earth today after...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Thursday charged workers of the National Assembly to shun corruption, inefficiency and bureaucratic delays in the discharge of their...
A Nigerian, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi was on Wednesday found guilty on terror charges by a US federal court and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Babafemi,...
After a while of playing hide and seek with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Director-General of the National Centre for Women...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a suspected fraudster, Idowu Olarenwaju, alias Capt Anthony Abel Saramoh for allegedly defrauding an American Citizen of...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that contrary to media reports, its chairman, Mike Okiro was not indicted by a report of the investigation conducted...
Six officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and a secondary school teacher have been relieved of their duties by Governor Ibikumle...
Adetokunbo Sijuwade, the son of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, on Wednesday officially announced the death of the monarch, saying he would be...
A helicopter this afternoon crashed into the Ocean, under the Third Mainland bridge, behind Oworonshoki Police Station, Lagos. The aircraft marked 5NBGD belonging to Bristow Helicopters...
Lawyer to the family of an army Lieutenant, Benjamin Edim who was reportedly killed has petitioned the Nigerian Army demanding a thorough investigation into his killing...
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 National Hospital Abuja on Monday live-tweeted an open heart surgery on its official account. The operation was an open heart surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect Repair)...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Senate has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to abolish the collection of fixed charges from electricity consumers. The...
At least 40 people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday when an explosion occurred at the cow section of Sabon Gari market in Damboa...
Executive Director of the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) Dr. Mohammed Ahmed, said on Tuesday that new cases of bird flu have been discovered in Abia...
In from Ali Smart … Jaiz Bank has been appointed as the sole collector of Hadaya (Qurbani or animal sacrifice) collections from intending pilgrims to Saudi...
Once again, we had a hectic time picking a winner from the numerous entries for last week’s Silent Cartoon Contest, but one reader had to get...
Nigeria is to spend about N273billion on a proposed census to be conducted in 2016, so says the chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) Mr....
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the proposed rationalisation of ministries and parastatals. It said it will never support...
The Ijaw Young Professionals (IYP) on Monday berated members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State who they said, are set to decamp to...
A 55-year-old mother of five, Amoke Adeko who was unhappy with the treatment meted out to her by her daughter, on her grandson’s birthday took her...
Students in 13 states owing the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will not get to see their performances in the May/June 2015 WASSCE results released by...
Disengaged oil workers of the SeaWolf Oil Field on Monday stormed the offices of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) paralyzing business activities. They barricaded...
The federal government has warned that expected heavy rains, and the impending release of excess water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon in the months to come...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benin the Edo State capital have cried out over what they described as government’s plan to forcefully evacuate them from their...
The Nigeria Immigration Service has said that Nigeria is now a catchment area for the recruitment of youths for the terrorist group, Islamic State of Syria...
