The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday ordered the deployment of the 80 freshly recruited soldiers to the Sambisa forest in Borno...
Gunmen on Tuesday killed two persons during an attack on Kizachi village, Kauru local government area of Kaduna State. Two other persons were also injured in...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has set up the COVID-19 task force in all universities across the country to enforce all guidelines outlined by...
The Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission on Tuesday dismissed 21 staff of the Assembly over irregular appointment and absenteeism among others. The commission’s Chairman,...
One Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi has been sentenced to death by firing squad by a Court Martial for shooting and killing the adjutant of his unit, Lieutenant...
The Yobe State Police Command has said that burial expenses of Yobe police officers who died in action between 2013 to 2014 have been released for...
Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck and a...
Emirates Airlines have been ordered to pay a businessman, Mr. Orji Prince Ikem $1.630 million and N50 million for the loss of his luggage which went...
A local government area in Lagos State, Amuwo Odofin, has placed a ban on all manner of sporting activities at fields and sports centres in the...
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, (SSANU), Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, on Tuesday, commenced a three-day warning strike. The peaceful protest by...
The Benue State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old girl identified as Chidinma Omah, for allegedly setting her boyfriend’s house ablaze in the Zaki Biam area...
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested an employee of the state Ministry of Police Affairs, identified simply as Dr Albash, alongside four others, following the...
Mrs. Rosslyn Onuachu, mother of an Mbaise youth, Imo State, Chika Onuachu, who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by alleged youths of Umuasonye in Umuariam Obowo...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) says it has commenced its online lectures, on Monday, January 11, 2021, as scheduled. This information was disclosed in a statement...
A notorious kidnapper, Mohammed Ahmadu, got a taste of his own medicine when he was abducted by another group of kidnappers. Ahmadu, who is notorious for...
A top director in the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Khalid Ndaman, was, on Monday, found dead in his office in Ilorin,...
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of another set of 43 people for allegedly violating the COVID-19 protocols in the state. The...
Police in Oyo State on Monday arrested 47 armed Fulani herdsmen in Igangan area of the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Olugbenga Fadeyi,...
The Akwa Ibom State police command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Odume Paschaline, who allegedly hacked...
Boko Haram fighters have reportedly killed 13 soldiers in an ambush near Damaturu, Yobe State. Two army officers told journalists in a separate chat on Monday...
The Benue State government has declared Tuesday as a work-free day in honour of a former Military Administrator of the state, Col. Aminu Isa Kontagora (retd)....
The Independent Investigative Panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe alleged rights violation and other unethical conduct by police operatives has...
Workers of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Monday, commenced an indefinite strike action over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage approved by the Federal Government in...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos zonal office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are...
The Nigeria Immigrations Service (NIS), on Monday said it has set up a committee to probe the fire incidence at its headquarters in Abuja on Sunday...
A fire outbreak on a building at Rijiyar Zaki in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, has claimed the lives of three persons from same...
A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Princess Odume, has been arrested by the police after she allegedly hacked her male friend to death with...
Professor Demola Oke has been appointed as the acting Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Ojo, by the university’s Senate. Oke, who was until his...
The Lagos State Government on Sunday, announced the closure of the Airport Bridge at Toyota Bus Stop on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. It was learnt that the...
A petroleum products dealer, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami was on Sunday night abducted by unknown gunmen in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Akinbami was said to...
Protesting youths in Kamaru Chawai in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday attacked troops, burning a patrol motorcycle while protesting the killing...
Senator representing Osun West onnthe platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adelere Oriolowo on Sunday escaped an assassination attempt. Although the Osun senator did not...
An early morning fire on Sunday razed the popular furniture market in the Kugbo area of Abuja. Goods and items worth several millions of naira were...
The Nigerian military on Saturday killed 28 suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Gujba town, Gujba local government area of Yobe state. The Acting Director of Defence...
Police in Rivers State on Saturday raided an illegal detention facility in Igwruta, Ikwerre local government area of the state. The facility is used by a...
At least 20 persons were killed on Sunday in a fatal accident in Bauchi State. The spokesman of the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed...
Early morning fire razed the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja on Sunday. The immigration, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed no fewer than 50 bandits in Zamfara State and recovered 272 livestock. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Defence Headquarters,...
The headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire. The NIS disclosed this in a statement on its official...
A Nigerian, Dirisu Abusari Dodo, who was convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in China for an alleged fraud, has written to the Abike Dabiri-Erewa–led...
15 medical doctors have tested positive to the dreaded COVID-19 at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested 243 persons for violating the COVID-19 protocols in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who disclosed this...
Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday attacked Gujba town in Gujba local government area of Yobe State. Many residents of Gubja fled their homes after the insurgents...
The Senate of the Lagos State University (LASU) will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss modalities for the appointment of a new vice-chancellor for...
Security agents in Ondo State on Saturday rescued a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gbenga Ibikunle, who were abducted by unknown gunmen last week. The couple were...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) declared on Saturday that the provision of the National Identification Number (NIN) is compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has postponed indefinitely his 50 years coronation anniversary due to rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun Corps and some Fulani herdsmen have reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in...
A staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Iko Danasabe, has been arrested by the Benue State police for allegedly killing his colleague, Francis...
Some kidnap victims in Katsina state rescued from bandits were on Friday night handed over to the state government. The 37 victims, mainly women and children...
