The year 2021 was a dramatic year in Nigeria’s modern political history. With the 2023 general elections drawing closer, a lot of tension was witnessed in...
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old notorious bandit, Sani Mati a.k.a. Mai-Yanmata, said to be specialised in kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling and other...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Saturday cautioned Nigerians on unnecessary travels during the festive period to curb the spread of...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it has restored power supply to areas affected by an explosion that brought down five 33KV Towers at...
The Enugu State Police Command on Thursday paraded 11 criminal suspects for different offences, including murder, kidnapping, child trafficking, armed robbery and stealing. Among the 11...
There was panic in Lagos State in the early hours of Friday morning as a gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) exploded....
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of 60 buildings illegally acquired by a former Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria...
Bandits in Zamfara State have reportedly given seven communities in the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state a four-day ultimatum to pay the sum of...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has disclosed that it arrested about 113 traffic offenders in Bauchi State last week. Specifically, the Sector Commander of the...
An attack on two villages in Faskari Local Council of Katsina State has left seven people dead and several others injured. Disturbed by the rate of...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspected Internet fraudsters for allegedly killing their 20-year-old friend, Uzoma Alexander. The development was disclosed in a statement...
Bandits reportedly abducted scores of passengers along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Highway on Wednesday. Birnin Gwari is a local government area in Kaduna and many of the...
A civic group, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on the National Assembly to use their veto power to sign the Electoral Bill...
A rights group, Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday, called on the Borno State government to halt its recent move to shut down camps of Internally Displaced...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has suspended a female student of the Faculty of Law of the institution over the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday barred the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi; Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the Bureau...
The United States Government through the US Consulate General in Lagos, in collaboration with the West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy (WABMA) and Enugu Literacy Society...
Operatives of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested four suspected electric cable vandals in Ilupeju Ekiti in the Oye Ekiti Local Government Area of the...
Again, unknown gunmen have allegedly attacked a police checkpoint at the Obosi Interchange along the Onitsha-Owerri road in Anambra State, killing two policemen and burning one...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), on Sunday, warned politicians against what they called “politics of destruction” ahead of...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday decried the increasing number of orphans in the state. According to Ortom, the development was because of...
A youth group in Port Harcourt, Rivers Renaissance, has called on the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to address critical issues raised by the former Director-General...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has called on the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee...
The Nigerian Army has admitted 4,800 new soldiers at a passing out parade ceremony held in Kaduna State on Saturday. Speaking on the recruits, the Chief...
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 1x40ft container marked TRHU8058369, loaded with cartons of guns. Ripples Nigeria gathered...
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday said the names of those sponsoring insecurity in the state will be disclosed on January 3, 2022....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday called for an immediate reversal of the privatisation of the power sector, saying its original purpose had been defeated....
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has ordered the total lifting of the curfew in Jos North, Jos South, and Bassa Local Government Areas of...
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has adjourned the hearing of the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) challenging the interim...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday urged Nigerians to unite and fight the bandits and other criminals troubling the nation. The governor stated this...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to postpone the party’s convention...
Operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 3 of the North Central Zone of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted 550 Pump Action gun cartridges...
Azeez Ilias, a 37-year-old son of a traditional ruler in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been found dead in his car parked in...
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected illegal miners in the state. The development was disclosed...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $210 million loan to co-finance the first phase of the Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme, saying...
An inferno that happened in the early hours of Monday morning has razed a shopping complex in the Computer Village part of Ikeja, in Lagos State....
The Lagos State government has shut 34 medicine outlets in the state for non-compliance to regulatory standards. The medicine outlets are located at Shomolu, Bariga, Gbagada,...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dismissed an appeal by the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, challenging the Asset Management Corporation...
A scientific researcher at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Professor Richard Adegbola, has warned that he does not think that the vaccines currently available...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said about three billion individuals have been unable to access healthy, complete diets globally, a...
A bill seeking the compulsory establishment of creches in all public and private workplaces in the country, on Thursday passed the second reading on the floor...
A US federal appeals court has rejected a bid by former president, Donald Trump, to prevent the release of White House records relating to the January...
The Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Biodun Oyebanji has resigned his position. This comes after the recent directive by Governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi...
As part of efforts to beef up security in Ondo State, especially during the festive period, the South-West Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have rescued 20 policemen abducted by terrorists in Buni Yadi in Yobe State. The development was disclosed by the Acting Director...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of the Area Council Polls in...
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo has said the prevailing insecurity in Nigeria was responsible for the country’s fall from the top 10...
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and the country’s government on Wednesday resigned its position, as protests raged against officials’ inability to combat escalating security crisis...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lamented that leaders in the country are playing politics with the threat of terrorism in the country, even as...
The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum (NDPF) has slammed the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for allegedly denying his statement on the delay in...
