Two fake army officers, who abducted and raped a 15-year-old girl last Friday on Akerele Street in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State, have been nabbed...
The crisis in the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the anointing of a candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in the...
Lagos State has officially joined the list of oil producing states in the country, as the federal government has said that four of the five oil...
Tragedy struck again in the Turkish city of Ankara after a bomb laden car exploded close to a police station in the eastern province of Van...
Former Imo State governor, Chief Achike Udenwa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Udenwa was arrested on claims that he received N350m...
For the third consecutive trading session, Nigerian equities sustained modest rally as positive sentiments widened across many sectors of the economy. The benchmark index for the...
The board of directors of Guaranty Trust bank (GTB) Plc has recommended distribution of about N7.36 billion to shareholders as interim dividend for the first half...
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), Wednesday refuted claims that it was ready to negotiate with the Federal Government. The group denied any plan to dialogue with...
An estimated $2.5 billion will be spent by the Nigerian government, in its latest efforts at discovering crude oil in the Chad Basin. This is a...
Nigeria’s quest of an Olympic gold medal in football suffered a huge setback on Wednesday as the U-23 Eagles suffered a 2-0 loss to Germany in...
By Bola Ahmed Tinubu… My Dear Tunji Abayomi, It is said that to err is human. By your letter to me, it seems that you seek...
By Femi Falana… Last week, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrogantly maintained that he would not subject himself to the investigation...
By Reuben Abati… One other outcome of our democratic experience since 1999 is how demanding and insatiable the Nigerian voter has become, and because political office...
Cyber bullying has become a common trend on social media with celebrities being at the end of attacks by sometimes faceless and mischievous social media users...
Fans of the dynamic duo of P Square are excited after one half of the duo Peter Okoye took to his Instagram page to announce that...
By Ochereome Nnanna… I read an interesting Facebook broadcast by a friend of mine, Ray Morphy Ugba, the morning just before coming to the office to write this...
The Federal Government has warned fraudsters using the name of President Muhammadu Buhari and those of his family members to commit crime to desist from such....
By Joseph Edgar… Dear President Buhari, I am constrained to write to you directly this morning on the frenzied search for oil in the northern basin...
Car chargers are nothing new. But the Zus Smart Car Charger certainly is. This innovative device doubles as a Bluetooth beacon to your car and the...
A search to uncover weaponry by Israeli army at the al-Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron has led to the killing of a 17-year-old Palestinian after an...
The expectation that the hotel and hospitality sector will rake in $507 million into Nigeria’s economy in the next four years seems to be threatened. Reports...
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has denied killing any of the kidnapped Chibok girls as claimed by the violent Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram. Boko Haram...
Following the recent flood alert issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, the Bayelsa State Government has stepped up the clearing of major drainages and canals...
In what may qualify as undying love, rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, has sent a message to her Boko Haram ‘husband’ Mohammed Hayatu, saying she still...
In apparent fear of the wrath of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, the Nigeria Police has sealed off the venue for today’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) as he marks his 75th birthday anniversary. In a message he personally signed,...
FORMER President-General of Agbarho Urhobo Improvement Union and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Orido, has boasted to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,...
A trader identified as Joe Fortemose Chinakwe has been arrested in Ogun State, and may soon by charged to court for naming his dog, Buhari. According...
Six suspected burglars have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in the Ikoyi area of the state. Our correspondent learnt that the suspects were...
The Kogi State Government has been accused of money laundering and misappropriation of over N11bn state funds by a civil society group, Egalitarian Mission Africa, EMA....
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has increased banks’ weekly dollar sales to Bureaux De Change, BDCs, from Diaspora-related foreign exchange, from $30,000 to $50,000. This...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Ebonyi State Commissioner of Public Utilities, Mr. Benjamin Okah. The arrest is in connection with...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday lamented that at no time in history, has Nigeria been so ‘fractured’ as it is now. He argued that except...
The increasing incidence of rape cases is Nigeria is a cause of worry as Nollywood actress Iretiola Doyle has weighed in on the disturbing trend in...
Less than 24 hours after rapper Yung6ix declared on Twitter that he is suffering from success after his father left him with a tough choice of...
Former Nigeria military President Ibrahim Babangida has said that his toughest encounter in the army was trekking from Enugu to Umuahia where he sustained injury during...
Gunmen suspected to be robbers killed two mobile policemen attached to a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria along Jos –...
The Nigerian Military on Tuesday in Abuja said that no fewer than 8000 Boko Haram members had voluntarily surrendered to its “Operation Safe Corridor’’ in the...
Joao Havelange, who has died at 100, was the man who made FIFA a global powerhouse, only to resign under a cloud of corruption that has...
An 18-year-old unemployed man, Samson Gbadebo, who allegedly stole goods worth N26, 200 was on Thursday in Lagos granted a N200, 000 bail. An Ikeja Magistrates’...
Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the prison remand of a former Manager of the Oyingbo, Ebute Meta branch...
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to stop land grabbing, yesterday signed into law, Lagos State Properties Protection Law. By signing that law, which stipulates 21 years...
Ohanaeze Youths Council has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately begin direct negotiation with the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi...
About 133 protesters have been arrested by police in Zambia who accused them of attacking perceived supporters of President Edgar Lungu after disputed election result. Supporters...
Residents in the Ajangbadi area of the Lagos State where shocked to the bones to discover a pair of lifeless twins dumped at a canal beside...
Owing to continuous jailbreaks across the country, the Federal Government has dismissed 23 prisons officials and suspended 11 others for their alleged complicity in the events....
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Monday cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC), over blaming former President Goodluck Jonathan for economic crisis. He said that...
Nigeria and Libya are the only two OPEC-member countries not given chance to contribute on the debate on the Organisation’s new initiative aimed at influencing hike...
Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday said that he has commenced briefing the diplomatic community about the alleged crimes involving Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others. The Chairman, House...
The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has described Abdulmumin Jibrin as a coward who must be punished for battering the House...
