At least nine people died in a boat mishap in Sokoto Wednesday. The spokesman of the Sokoto State Police Command, Muhammad Sadiq, who confirmed the incident...
The Bayelsa State police command on Thursday confirmed the killing of four persons including a man and his pregnant wife by gunmen in the state. The...
Justice Adekunle Adeleye of the Ekiti State High Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old herdsman, Muhammadu Haruna, to death by hanging for matcheting his colleague to...
The Police Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said the entrance examination into the 8th Regular Course of its Academy in Wudil, Kano, has been postponed indefinitely....
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday said that troops of Operation Delta Safe invaded a purported pirates/militants camp in the Niger Delta and killed six of them....
Three Fulani herdsmen have been hospitalised after they were allegedly attacked by youths from the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Secretary of...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned striking doctors under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP)...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has shut two retail outlets in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly producing unverified vegetable oil. The...
The contractor handling the clean-up of Ogoniland, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), said on Wednesday five out of the 21 sites polluted with crude oil had...
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday two of the suspects arrested by the police in connection with the armed robbery attack on a bullion van in...
Napoleon Alale, the abducted 80-year-old father of the chairman of the Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State, has been freed by his kidnappers. The octogenarian...
Hoodlums flog protesting pensioners in Imo, senior citizens blame govt for assault. Imo pensioners who were reportedly assaulted by thugs at the state Government House in...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has tested negative for COVID-19. The judge went on isolation for two weeks after he...
In a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19 in Oyo State, the state government has opted for self-policing rather than allowing security agents to enforce...
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) said on Tuesday it had impounded engines of six passengers’ boat operators in its renewed efforts to sanitise the state’s...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday ordered the schools in the state to resume on Wednesday. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, who...
The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday warned private school owners in the state planning to reopen for all students to desist from such action. The...
The Zamfara State government on Tuesday directed secondary schools in the state to reopen from August 9, to enable students in exit classes to sit for...
The West African Examinations Council on Tuesday released the timetable for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The WASSCE will begin on August...
Gunmen on Monday killed a former treasurer of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Benjamin Ekom. Ekom, who was also a former...
A traditional ruler in Imo State, Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, and one Pastor Caleb Agu have been arrested by police in Imo State for alleged kidnapping. Eze...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Precious Okogbua for allegedly stabbing her live-in lover, one 25-year-old Auwal Sulaiman to death. According to the state...
A father of three, Emmanuel Eze, on Monday, committed suicide at a community in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State. The deceased’s elder brother, Silas...
Doctors in Ondo State on Monday suspended their about two-month-old industrial action. The doctors who are under the auspices of the National Association of Government General...
The Education Authority in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed all schools in the nation’s capital to resume academic activities for students in exit...
A tragic scene played out in the Ozoro headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, when youths suspected to be internet fraudsters (Yahoo...
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has reacted as South African retail grocery store, Shoprite announced its plan to exit Nigeria. According to Sani, who tweeted...
The Kano State government has approved the establishment of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Computer-Based Testing Centres (CBTCs) in the five Emirate Councils. This was...
The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed that a 22-year-old man, Yusuf Abdullahi had drowned in a pond at Danhassan, Kura local government area of...
The man who was rescued in Lagos while attempting to commit suicide over N500,000 debt is a Master Degree holder, the police has said. The man,...
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a commercial bus driver, Habeeb Quadri, for allegedly assaulting a passenger, Emmanuel James, in the...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on all relevant authorities and agencies in the country responsible for the administration of schools in Nigeria...
In coming reports say, a man and his wife were in the early hours of Sunday killed, when a bomb allegedly set off by the Boko...
Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday night abducted a 60-year-old farmer, Nyieda Kpeenu, in Rivers State. One of the woman’s sons told journalists that the gunmen abducted their...
The Lagos State government said on Saturday it had intensified the periodic fumigation/decontamination of all public secondary schools in preparation for the planned partial resumption of...
The Niger State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of seven women from generator fumes at Rijau town, Rijau local government area of the state....
A 72-year-old passenger died on an Abuja-bound Air Peace flight on Friday. The deceased, who boarded the flight from Calabar, Cross River, had been suffering from...
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the traditional ruler of Odu community in the Nasarawa local government area of Nasarawa State, Mr. Amos Ewa Obere. Eyewitnesses told...
The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said its operations in the Northwest geopolitical zone has been hugely successful with the “active resumption of farming, social and economic...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Rose Joseph for being behind a malicious story published on social media about a couple. Rose had reportedly...
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 27 suspected rapists and five other suspects nabbed in connection with offences against public peace in...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday freed 29 inmates serving different jail terms at the Goron-Dutse centre in the state. The governor, who ordered the...
The Rivers State Police Command said on Friday detained one of its officers has been detained for allegedly raping a 23-year-old widow in the state. The...
The Delta State Police Command on Friday confirmed the discovery of four dead persons in an apartment in Asaba. The state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger Sector Command, on Friday confirmed the death of four persons in an auto crash along the Lambata-Minna road in...
No less than five persons, including a father and his son were killed on Thursday evening from the bomb blast that rocked Maiduguri, the capital of...
Two persons were injured when suspected dynamite abandoned at the scene of Wednesday’s foiled bank robbery exploded in Okeho, Kajola local government area of Oyo State....
COVID-19 infections may rise during the Eid-el-Kabir holidays due to an increase in social and religious gatherings, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. The agency’s...
The Kogi State police has identified the killer of Kogi State-based businessman, Nicholas Ofodile, who was assassinated last month along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. The Kogi State...
The Nigerian Army Headquarters on Thursday confirmed the killing of an officer by a soldier serving in 2 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade in Bama,...
