The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has begun a clamp down on all forms of cart pushing, in what it says is a bid to return...
The outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges in Nigeria’s education and health sectors, so says President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade...
The Imo State Police Command said on Wednesday 67 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had been arrested for alleged unlawful assembly. The...
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday sentenced a 60-year-old man, Abdu, to death by stoning for defiling a 12-year-old girl. He was convicted...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos chapter, has condemned the purported removal of the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe. The UNILAG Governing Council...
A General Court Martial on Wednesday sentenced a soldier, Lance Corporal Babangida Ibrahim, to 55 years imprisonment for killing a World Health Organisation (WHO) worker, Bello...
The embattled Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, on Wednesday evening asked Nigerians to ignore the announcement of his removal by the institution’s governing...
The Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Wednesday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Ugochukwu Obiakor, to 25 years imprisonment for defiling an 11-year- old girl. Obiakor, who...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of two Lebanese, Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, arrested over alleged $890,000 fraud. Officers...
The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the institution. His removal was announced during...
Pensioners in the country have kicked against the decision of the Federal Government to remove a total of 23,089 pensioners’ names from the pension payroll effective...
A civil rights group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the death sentence order on a 22-year-old musician who was found guilty, by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court...
The Lagos House of Assembly has hinted on having parents of youths found guilty of cultism in the state liable for punishment. This was the position...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a former staff in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mohammed Momoh, for alleged $50,000 fraud....
The Ekiti State Police Command on Tuesday declared 15 persons wanted in connection with the violence and killings at Ire Ekiti in the Oye local government...
Workers in the telecommunications sector on Tuesday gave a 14-day ultimatum to MTN Nigeria, to address the allegation of unfair labour practices in the company to...
Olusola Babatunde, a young man who was arrested by the police for creating a parody account of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has been released. He was released...
The abducted Chairman of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Aduge Okorodudu, has regained his freedom. Okorodudu was freed by his abductors in the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 32 alleged internet fraudsters including three corps members and 19 undergraduates. A statement by Dele Oyewale, EFCC...
The National Examinations Council has released the date and guidelines for the conduct of its 2020 examinations. This was contained in a press statement titled, “Making...
Chairman of the Warri North local government area, Delta state, Hon Aduge Okorodudu, who was kidnapped last Saturday has regained his freedom. This was disclosed on...
The Federal Government on Tuesday through the Ministry of Health received the donation of 200 ventilators in Abuja from the United States Government. The ventilators will...
A 55-year-old man has been handed to the enforcement agency after he repeatedly stabbed his 76-year-old father to death following an augment over broadband speed, Dailymail.co.uk...
A 10-year-old boy chained in a goat shelter for two years in Kebbi State has regained freedom. The boy whose release was facilitated by the National...
Some suspects have been arrested for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping in Nasarawa State by the Police Command. Commissioner of Police in the state, Bola Longe,...
The Delta State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of a fake soldier, Fabian Ojumah, on the Sapele/Benin Road with 420 wraps of weed suspected...
Police on Monday vowed to fish out the suspected killers of the Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Anambra State Governor, Azubuike Ekwegwalu. The Assistant...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday evening suspended its strike in Lagos State. The union had on Sunday announced its...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday shifted the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) screening in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the...
Gunmen on Monday morning killed 13 persons in Edikwu community, Apa local government area of Benue State. Residents of the community told journalists the incident occurred...
The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of the Founder and General Overseer of the Church of Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotolwa,...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will meet on Monday to deliberate on a new date for the commencement of the 2020 admission process. The...
A 20-year-old fashion designer who was allegedly assaulted by a police inspector in Osun State has reportedly died. The deceased, Ayomide Taiwo, was assaulted by the...
Unknown assailants on Sunday killed the Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu. Eyewitnesses told journalists that the incident occurred...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has moved to advise State Governments to take proactive and necessary mitigative measures against flooding in their domains. The warning...
Gunmen on Saturday night abducted the Chairman of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Aduge Okorodudu. Family sources told journalists the gunmen, who...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said on Saturday COVID-19 would help to check “giraffing” among students during examinations. The word giraffing is used in local parlance...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, said on Saturday the suspected killers of the Head of Odu community in Nasarawa local government area of the state, Mr....
Gunmen on Saturday abducted a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Uduak Ikpatt. A family source told journalists in Uyo...
The Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of some people protesting the killings in the southern part of the state and the government’s...
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) on Friday said its branches in Lagos and Ogun states will remain shut despite government directives that places...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.Tukur Buratai, has been ordered by a High Court sitting in Itu, Akwa Ibom State, Friday, to apologise to the...
A 27-year-old man, Abubakar Salisu has drowned while bathing in a pond at Rangaza Inusawa village in Ungogo local government area of Kano State. The Public...
Worried by 59 inherited litigations, the acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Professor Stephen Okodudu, has set up two committees to address...
Heavy downpour which started around 2am on Thursday morning and lasted for several hours has wrecked havoc in Kafanchan, sacking residents of four communities in the...
The Rivers State Government on Thursday ordered the sacking of two Principals in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly flouting COVID-19 guidelines. The...
A popular businessman in Benue State, Chief Isaac Akinkunmi has called on government to legalise the carriage of guns by individuals for self defence due to...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said on Thursday they would proceed on strike...
Policemen in Anambra State have rescued a baby girl dumped in a bush in Idemili South local government area of the state. The spokesman of the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday dismissed the report of a fire incident at its headquarters in Abuja. WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, Demianus...
