Pensioners under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) would embark on a nationwide protest from Friday morning to press home their demand for...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday arrested a major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apolos. The NDLEA spokesman,...
An overnight fire razed a section of the Katsina State House of Assembly on Wednesday. However, the cause of the fire has not been ascertained. The...
China and some countries in the Middle East are the world’s most prolific executioners, executing thousands of people each year, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In...
Police operatives in Cross River have a arrested a gang of teenage robbers who allegedly killed a 58-year-old woman simply identified as Doris Andy Inyang in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly invaded a private institution, Greenfield University, in Kaduna State and abducted scores of students. The gunmen attacked the institution...
Police operatives in Kano State have arrested a woman simply identified as Rabi Mohammed for allegedly locking up and starving her daughter, Aisha Jibrin, in Darerawa...
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday, reiterated his displeasure at the negotiations with bandits. According to him, the federal government should apprehend and kill...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested a middle-aged woman for allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in the state. The spokesman of the state police...
Police operatives attached to the Ikorodu Division have arrested six persons for alleged cultism and armed robbery in Lagos. The spokesman of the state’s police command,...
An early morning inferno razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Data Processing Centre in Kano State on Tuesday. The fire which, started at about 10:00...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo. The suspects are...
Reports say three persons were on Monday killed by bandits in Kajuru and Igabi local government areas of Kaduna State. The State’s Commissioner for Internal security...
A trader, Priye Richman, who distributes locally-made bread popularly known as “Madiga”, has been arrested by operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command for allegedly inflicting...
Abductors of Oba David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, have demanded N20 million ransom to free the hostage. Oyewumi was abducted by the gunmen who...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday confirmed that 12 persons were killed in a tanker explosion at Oshigbudu, Agatu local government area of Benue...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday confirmed the death of three of its staff in an auto accident in Borno State. The INEC National...
The news of the death of eight people in a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility in the United States last Thursday brought the number...
Police operatives from the Cybercrime unit in Hyderabad in India have arrested a Nigerian football coach in the country, Henry Chukwudi Opara, for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting...
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and the Nigerian Bar Association on Monday held a solidarity rally in Abuja in a bid to...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old woman, Nnenna Egwuagu, for allegedly taking her jealousy to the extreme by injecting her three-year-old stepson with...
The Amotekun security network of Ondo State, on Sunday, seized about 250 cows, which allegedly destroyed 300-hectare farmland in Ipogun, Ilara Mokin, and Owena Dan areas...
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested about fifteen persons over what it termed conspiracy, disturbances, and cruelty to animals in eight communities located in...
A tanker explosion at Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, has killed about seven persons, and destroyed about 50 houses. The development was confirmed...
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that the state government could not file insurance claims on the mass transit buses burnt during the...
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested a suspected Boko Haram informant in Kamuya, Yobe State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yerima,...
At least 13 persons were feared dead after an 18-seater bus plunged into the Owena River along the Akure-Ondo Road in Ondo State on Sunday. An...
Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have excreted 191 pellets...
A would-be groom simply identified as John Abugu was on Saturday crushed to death by a Toyota Hilux van at Ikyangedu in Keana local government area...
The United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in Damasak and Dikwa areas of Borno State over incessant terror attacks targeting its workers and volunteers. The Resident...
A shooting, which happened on Saturday night, in a mosque located in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan, has left eight members...
Eleven persons were arrested on Saturday in Kano State by officials of the Hisbah Board, popularly called Sharia Police, for allegedly eating during the ongoing Ramadan...
A group under the aegis of Hausa Christian Foundation (HAFCO), has accused the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir, of illegally marrying off a kidnapped Christian teenager,...
Brazilian health officials have advised women to delay pregnancy until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. The Secretary of Primary Health Care of the Brazilian Health Ministry,...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has charged a Miami woman, Niviane Petit Phelps, for allegedly threatening to kill Vice President,...
A private helicopter belonging to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has been suspended from flying by the...
Suspected bandits on Saturday attacked the Chairman of Takum local government area of Taraba State, Shoban Tikari and killed his police orderly. The deceased, who was...
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Saturday morning killed eight people including a family of five at Mbamondu community in Makurdi local government area of Benue...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested four teenagers, including three secondary school students, for allegedly attempting to attack a rival group in the state. The spokesman...
The Federal Government said on Saturday section one of the ongoing reconstruction works on the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonsoki Expressway in Lagos would be completed within three weeks. The...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elulemu, have called for more support for stakeholders in Nigeria’s...
The battle against police brutality may prove to be long-drawn as allegations of police extortion and brutality have continued to emerged. This is evidenced with the...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has sacked the Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Michael Ologunde. The governor had last week accused...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday banned parents from the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) centres. The JAMB Spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who...
The Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a suspected cultist, Rasheed Isiaka, who has been terrorising residents of the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesman...
Police operatives in Oyo State have rescued the three women abducted by hoodlums in the state. The women were abducted on Monday at Onipe along the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced new modalities for collection of results and results by candidates in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the...
‘Unknown gunmen’ have reportedly killed six persons while seriously injuring three others in a midnight attack at Wereng community in Riyom local government area of Plateau...
Residents of Ilemosho-Ekiti, in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have been thrown into fear following the abduction of the community’s monarch, the Obadu of...
A windstorm that happened in the Umuejem community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, has killed a middle-aged man and left three...
