The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing that occurred on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The group, in the...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that education cannot be funded by the government alone. The minister stated this while speaking...
The Lagos State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the murder of a Chief Superintendent of Police, Kazeem Abonde....
The United States has said it welcomes the conclusion of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry with the transmission of its final report on the...
Five people have been confirmed dead following the gas explosion that occurred at Ladipo in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The spokesman of...
The Taliban have arrested a man for allegedly selling about 130 women in northern Afghanistan after duping them into believing they would be marrying into money....
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed a gas explosion at 21, Ojekunle Street, Ladipo, Mushin in Lagos State. The development was disclosed in...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, accused of murdering Super TV’s Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, continued...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reiterated that electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them under the National...
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Council for Legal Education, Body of Benchers and some lawmakers on Monday kicked against the move by the Senate to enact...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for a full investigation into the sudden and mysterious death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian serving a 20-year imprisonment...
Armed bandits have killed at least 15 persons in Illela and Goronyo local government areas of Sokoto State. The state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed the incidents...
Unknown gunmen in the early morning of Saturday killed a couple at Kebberi village in Malammadori Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The spokesman of the...
Police operatives in Katsina on Sunday repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara local government area of the state and rescued 11...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Lawal Usman, said on Sunday the party must zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the North for...
The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said on Saturday the Federal Government has concluded plans to engage venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to...
At least four persons died on Saturday when gunmen attacked mourners at a funeral ceremony in Imande Abur village, Mbategh local government area of Benue State....
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the deaths of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and other soldiers killed during an attack by terrorists of the Islamic...
Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Mr Monday Ubani has lauded the Federal Government for the arrest of...
The Lagos State government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday signed a $200,000 Unilateral Trust Fund Agreement to grow the coconut value chain...
The National Union of Railway Workers (NURW) and the Senior Staff Association in the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday night directed the staff of the...
The Nigerian Police Force has said that a hit-and-run driver killed the Vanguard reporter, Tordue Henry Salem, who was found dead on Thursday in Abuja. The...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed plans to conduct a National Agricultural Sample Census, which will provide data on the composition and operations of...
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced two men, Danjuma Fayomi Femi, 30, and Jamiu Oyediran, 30, to death for conspiracy...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe, conducting land, maritime and air operations to counter activities of criminal elements in the South-South zone have demobilised over 20 illegal...
Police operatives on Thursday foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap travellers along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The spokesman of the Kaduna State police command, Mohammed Jalige,...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday ordered the arrest of anyone enforcing the weekly sit-at-home directive in any part of the South-East. In a...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday the global food trade is poised to hit a record high in both volume and value in...
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said a total of 3,906 prisoners, who fled some of the nation’s custodial centres during various incidences of...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo Command, on Thursday, arrested 20 suspects in connection with illicit drug trafficking. NDLEA commander in the...
The police on Thursday announced that 14 people had been arrested for their roles in the invasion of the Abuja home of a justice of the...
The House of Representatives has called on the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to brace up to the challenges of insecurity in Nigeria, saying the problem was...
Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, has been impeached by the country’s lower house. The development has therefore set up a trial in the country’s Senate on whether...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded governorship election in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has congratulated his counterpart in the...
A multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, Kaspersky, has disclosed that attackers are embracing more sophisticated methods to compromise systems and data in Africa, especially in Nigeria,...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment and Member of the Paris-based Climate Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said the lack of funding, policies and legal...
The United States government in partnership with the government of Ogun State on Tuesday launched an electronic court scheduling and case management system for the state...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it would continue to remit its operating surpluses to the government, noting that the funds are used to...
To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Nigeria and other African countries need to invest an estimated $2.8 trillion in a clean energy mix. Also, to meet...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a notorious drug dealer, for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs to the United Kingdom. According to the...
The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has issued the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to publicly parade and prosecute those who invaded the house of Justice...
As collation of results in the Anambra State Governorship Election continues, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo has taken an early...
Following reports that some men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, protested the non-payment of their feeding allowance,...
The immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki has broken his silence on the crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly, describing it as an embarrassment...
The outgoing United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, said on Saturday about 11 million Nigerians need humanitarian assistance. Kallon stated this during a farewell...
Nigerians in the West Coast of the United States have appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to speed up actions to re-open the Consulate-General of...
Police on Friday arraigned three men including two herbalists at the Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, for the alleged murder of a woman...
Justice Haruna Mshellia of the Borno State High Court 3, sitting in Maiduguri, on Thursday sentenced a civil servant, Ma’aji Shettima Arfo, to 28-years-imprisonment for engaging...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has projected that by the year 2030, about 50 per cent of the world’s population would live in coastal...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay the sum of N5million to a businessman,...