A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered that a 33-year-old man, Kabiru Garba be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its suit seeking the forfeiture of N20 billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday ruled out the possibility of engaging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, Eastern...
The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from the 2023 campaign posters currently in circulation on various media platforms. In a statement...
Former Senate President, Dr Iyorchia Ayu has emerged as consensus candidate for the position of national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming...
Three candidates have emerged as contenders for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the northern part of the country. Each...
The three kidnapped students of Christ the King Major Seminary at Fayit Fadan Kagoma in the Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fined a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, a sum of N200,000 for being absent at his re-arraignment,...
A catholic priest, Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie of St Theresa’s Parish, Umuahia, was on Wednesday morning, kidnapped along the Enyiukwu Road, Ohokobe Afaraukwu community, in...
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Godwin Matthew, who allegedly macheted his 64-year-old father, Matthew Audu to death in Akure, for giving...
Three men, Oluwafemi Adeniji, 22; Olatunji Adeoshun, 27; and Peter Oladipupo, 24, were on Wednesday arraigned at the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 52-year-old man, Sunday Anthony, should be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his 17-year-old...
The Senate on Tuesday did a U-turn by reversing itself on electronic transmission of election results, as it empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by the 36 states governors, seeking an order to compel the Federal Government to fund...
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed an attack on its divisional headquarters in the state by unidentified gunmen. The incident was disclosed in a statement...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he has approved the sum of N13.3 billion for the take-off of the Community Policing Initiative across the country. Buhari...
The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya has signed two bills into law, granting autonomy to the state legislature and judiciary. The governor disclosed this on...
The Lagos State Police Command has warned against staging an #EndSARS anniversary protest in the state after it claimed intelligence report revealed plans by some groups...
A military court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday, began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including a former president of the country, accused of assassinating...
The Police on Monday arraigned a 35-year-old man, Kolawole Damilare, in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N1 million under false pretence. The...
There was tension on Monday at the Ilesa area in Osun State, after a commercial vehicle ran over three siblings who were on their way to...
The former Governor of Anambra State and the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Peter Obi has insinuated that...
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen, in the early hours of Sunday, attacked Ngurore Police Station and a house in the Yola South...
No fewer than 18 persons are feared dead, with others injured after a ghastly motor accident that occurred along the Iseyin-Moniya road in Oyo State on...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the killing of three suspected attackers of a police checkpoint in Anambra State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig....
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday declared the Transition Implementation Committees across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state as illegal...
The Kano State Police Command said it has rescued 47 people from an illegal rehabilitation centre in the state. The victims, who are all males, regained...
In spite of denials by the Nigerian government to declare a State of Emergency in Anambra State over rising insecurity, many have continued to ask what...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released the identities of 35 Nigerians arrested over an alleged $117million fraud in the United States. The acting US...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday dismissed reports on the planned return of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The SARS was disbanded...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has decried the non-payment of the basic salary by some state governments since the National Minimum Wage Act was signed...
Five out of the six governors of the South-South geo-political zone on Monday morning, arrived at the Rivers State Government House, for a crucial meeting. Although...
Sixty-two days after they embarked on an industrial action, shutting down government-owned hospitals, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its strike, which began...
Senator representing Bauchi North senatorial district, Adamu Bulkachuwa has joined calls for bandits and their sponsors to be tagged as terrorists. According to the senator, the...
Following the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone the seat of the national chairman of the party to the North, there are strong...
Police operatives in Delta have arrested one Solomon Ebe over alleged possession of 340 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition concealed in a bag of garri in...
A retired Air Vice Marshall, Sikiru Smith who was kidnapped in Lekki area of Lagos State five days ago has regained his freedom. The Police spokesman,...
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, said on Friday the Federal Government has promised to release $120 million to the state to support its livestock programme....
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has directed the restoration of telecommunication services in Gusau metropolis, the state capital, effective today, October 1. The development...
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Mr Ibrahim Dosara Dosara, has disclosed that security operatives in the state have arrested over 2,000 bandits’ informants and their...
A former governor of the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) and former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi III, has condemned the struggle by politicians to zone the...
Following the spate of insecurity across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian Military and other security agencies are taking the fight to enemies...
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said on Thursday the people of the state would not obey the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home order on...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced a retired Navy Captain, Jerry Ogbonna, to 13 years imprisonment for N45 million...
A businessman, Hussaini Shehu, and his wife, Farida Idris, were on Thursday arraigned by the police at the Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja,...
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has maintained its stand that the police report, which claimed its Chairman, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj, forged an...
The Zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday zoned the national chairmanship position of the party to the northern part of the country....
Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Eleven lawmakers in the state have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), from the...
As the continent’s most vulnerable communities confront the triple challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict, and climate change, experts have expressed fears that at least...
Experts said on Wednesday countries in Africa could lose an average of two to five percent of their Gross Domestic Products (GDP) to climate change. They...