The Federal Government of Nigeria has mandated schools in the country to carry out weekly risk assessments ahead of planned resumption. This was contained in a...
The Ebonyi State government has ordered the reopening of public and private schools in the state as the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic flattens within its borders. This...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared Friday as a work-free day in the state. The state governorship election holds on Saturday. In a statement issued...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Jamila Abubakar, over the alleged murder of her stepson, Muhammad...
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (retd), has approved the appointment of two new Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs and five Assistant Comptrollers-General...
Gunmen on Wednesday night killed an Osun State hotelier, Falola Oke, in Ilesa. The deceased, who was shot dead by the assailant near his house at...
The Taraba State government on Thursday directed all schools in the state to reopen on September 21. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Johannes...
P*rn actor and producer, Tobilola Jolaoso popularly known as KingTblakHoc and five others arrested for shooting a p*rnorgraphic flim at Osun Osogbo grove have been granted...
Following the intervention of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) seeking a review of the judgment by a court in Kano jailing a 13-year-old boy to...
Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have resolved to halt distribution of petroleum products from Lagos to northern parts of the country till further notice. PTD, in a...
One Alice Peace John, alongside her boyfriend, Fadi Alloush were on Wednesday re-arraigned before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for alleged...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of two principals as Tutors-General into the State Teaching Service. The Tutors-General are- Mrs. Omogbemi Margaret...
To ensure security during the September 19 Edo State governorship election, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced the deployment of no fewer...
Justice Ibrahim Galadima of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediately end their...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Hawkins, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reverse the conviction of a 13-year-old boy,...
The Benue State Government has directed all schools in the state to reopen for academic activities on September 21. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis...
The abductors of an ex-United States soldier, Major Jide Ijadare, have demanded N20 million ransom from the victim’s family. The hoodlums abducted Ijadare and one other...
The Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate the management crisis at the University of Lagos will submit its report to the...
The Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Mouboghare, said on Wednesday the state-owned tertiary institutions would resume academic activities on October 2. Muoboghare, who...
The Defence Headquarters has revealed that several bandits have been eliminated and their logistic supplies destroyed during airstrikes by the Nigerian Army. This was contained in...
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has issued a strong warning to 102 local government areas in 28 states of the country, over possible flooding as...
The Anambra State Police Command has rescued not less than eight children, including a 15-year-old pregnant teenager reportedly stolen at gunpoint from different parts of the...
At least five people are feared dead in an ongoing building construction collapse incident in Aba, Abia State. It was gathered that the incident happened on...
The Post-No-Debit order placed on accounts of 38 companies, including that of Baba Ijebu, a betting company, has been lifted partially by the Central Bank of...
The Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has ordered an investigation into the death of a suspected internet fraudster while being chased by police officers attached...
The Federal and Lagos State Governments on Tuesday stopped the barge operations along the Marina coastline in the state. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and...
A group of protesters on Tuesday evening protested the death of a young man in an auto crash in Osogbo, Osun State. The accident was reportedly...
A total of 1,785 successful graduates of the Nigerian Law School were called to the bar on Tuesday. The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof....
The abducted four personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been rescued by security agents. 26 FRSC personnel were attacked by bandits while travelling...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, upheld the conviction of a cleric, Basil Princewill, for defiling a 14-year-old girl and attempting to abort the pregnancy....
Gunmen on Tuesday killed one person and abducted two others at Ijan Ekiti, Gbonyin local government area of Ekiti State. One of the abducted persons is...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has lost two of his aides within five days. The Special Adviser on Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to...
A Department of State Services (DSS) operative has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Katsina State. The victim, Sadiq Bindawa was killed after his abductors reportedly...
Following shut down of its flight services by some aviation unions on Monday, the management of Arik Air has announced that business activities have resumed. The...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has revealed that 86 suspected human traffickers have been arrested and 135 victims rescued during...
An autocrash involving a commercial bus and a truck have lead to the death of five persons, while eight others were injured in Emure, Owo Local...
An Abuja-Kaduna train was reportedly attacked on Monday, when suspected hoodlums threw stones at it shattering its glasses. Some Nigerians had gone on social media alleging...
Rape offenders deserve to be sentenced to death or life imprisonment, not to be granted amnesty, women in Kogi State have charged government. Women of Kogi...
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six people for allegedly shooting a p*rnographic film at the Osun-Osogbo Grove. The suspects, identified as...
One Kareem Taiwo has been arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital for allegedly trying to defraud residents who are interested in enlisting into the state...
The Lagos State police command said on Monday the owner of AVID Shawarma Spot, Chimezie Amaechi and five other persons had been arrested in connection with...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday visited the scene of the fatal accident involving a commuter train and two vehicles along the Oshodi area of...
The Ogun State police command on Monday confirmed the arrest of four men in connection with the death of a policeman in the Sango Ota area...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the recruitment of 84 doctors, 45 pharmacists and 365 nurses in a bid to enhance healthcare delivery in the...
Two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa: Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola and twenty-eight others have been arrested over their suspected involvement...
Primary and secondary schools in Oyo State are to resume for the 2020/2021 academic session on September 21, the state government said in a statement on...
The Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced a fake crude oil merchant, Adesanya Olufemi, to a twenty-one year imprisonment. Olufemi was...
Two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been killed, while 10 others were kidnapped by suspected bandits. The suspected bandits attacked a vehicle...
An injured passenger has lost his life, just after being rescued by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) after a train collided with a passenger...
Following the show down by four unions in Lagos State University (LASU), the institution’s management has directed the students to go home and resume for academic...
