Anti-kidnapping operatives attached to the Imo State Police Command have arrested six suspects for allegedly stealing a five-year-old baby, Godday Obi, the state police spokesman, Orlando...
The former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied claims that his administration sold 110 government properties, including the Deputy Governor’s house to friends and...
A church accountant has landed himself in prison for defrauding his church of N15.5 million. Ibrahim Aku, an accountant at EYN Church of Christ (Ekilisiyar Yen...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has called on financial institutions in the country to do more towards ensuring...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Monday that at least eight suspected internet fraudsters were arrested at the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo State....
A total of 162,399 candidates have been shortlisted by the Nigerian Customs Service from the 828,333 persons that applied for the 3,200 vacant positions to be...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old cobbler, Olamide Babayemi for allegedly raping a 22-year-old lady and posting her nude video to his friends....
An Imo State man, Sunday Agwim has been accused of beheading his mother, Christiana Agwim and smashing her skull with a hammer. Sunday, 47, allegedly killed...
A Nigerian man has been identified as one of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 which was shot and crashed in Iran on Wednesday...
Properties worth millions of Naira were on Saturday destroyed in a fire incident at the old Automobiles Spare parts Market, Mgbuka, Obosi, Anambra State. One person...
Tragedy struck in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Saturday when a pregnant woman was crushed to death by a commercial bus on the Onitsha-Asaba Expressway,...
A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Motunrayo Bolufemi, has committed suicide, leaving a note behind that says “I am doing this because nothing...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has stopped the use of National Identification Number (NIN) as a requirement for registration in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation...
Fulani Herders under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), on Friday admitted that herders from the North are responsible for the...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Friday admitted that there are 996,000 out-of-school children in his state. The governor, who stated this while fielding questions...
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force have reportedly repelled an ambush by bandits in Ungwan Yako along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Thursday, killing many of...
The Association of Resident Doctors of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has decried the rising wave of attacks on health workers by relatives of patients in...
An official of the Kaduna State Police Command, Yakubu Sabo, has confirmed the abduction of four students at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary School in Kaduna....
Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has urged the Federal Government to regulate filling and retailing of industrial gases to forestall frequent gas explosions....
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has announced that about fifteen cases of defaulting importers and manufacturers of substandard products awaits prosecution in the court. A...
Seven travellers were on Thursday abducted by armed gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway in Borno State. This was revealed by...
No fewer than 10 herdsmen have been arrested in Agatu local government area of Benue state for contravening the anti-open grazing prohibition law. The Benue State...
A storekeeper, Kehinde Lawal, has been remanded in prison custody for stealing cartons of fish valued at N299,000. Lawal, who was arraigned before an Ebute Metta...
The Rivers State Police Command has said that the two policemen and a civilian who were kidnapped on their way to work in November 2019 in...
The Plateau State Police Command has said gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, on Thursday, killed 12 persons and injured one at Kulben village of Kombun District...
Bauchi State government has announced the introduction of fingerprint devices as alternative mechanism to mark its teachers’ attendance. The announcement, which was made by the State...
Gunmen on Wednesday night killed a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Olomu, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased, Paul Onomuakpokpo, according...
At least four seminarians were on Wednesday abducted by armed bandits at the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary in Kakau, Kaduna State. The Registrar of the...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, has approved N428.4 million for payment of outstanding Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to members of staff of the state-owned University of...
One Nsem Godwin has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly abducting two children, aged four months and 9 years in Okitipupa, Okitipupa...
All illegal gas stations and retail outlets in Ebonyi State have been ordered shut by the state government as a way of avoiding fire outbreaks in...
The Kano State Government has announced that it has rescued 19 children from the an illegal orphanage home named Du Merci. Du Merci Orphanage Home is...
In a bid to curb bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers through the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) of Nigeria on Wednesday banned...
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on said on Wednesday it would ensure that importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and...
A chairmanship nominee into the caretaker committee of Ipokia local government area of Ogun State, Saibu Mulero, is dead. Mulero, who was one of the chairmanship...
One person has died of Lassa fever in Olokoro community, Umuahia South local government area of Abia State. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of...
A one storey building was completely razed by an inferno at Ijokodo area of Ibadan metropolis on Tuesday. The incident occurred at 2:10 p.m. with the...
Three men were arraigned at the Ado- Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday over their alleged involvement in the November 2019 bank robbery in Oye Ekiti....
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday said that the agency was considering recruiting staff to...
The Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday reinstated the impeached chairman of Osogbo South Local Council Development Authority (LCDA), Akeem Olaoye. The lawmakers declared the...
The Managing Director of Primero Transport Services Limited, Fola Tinubu, said on Tuesday the company is planning an upward review of transport fares across all routes...
At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge, sources told Reuters on...
The Abia State Police command has confirmed the arrest of five men in connection with the alleged abduction of a boy from Umuoba, the headquarters of...
The Niger State government has moved to mobilize the joint task force for the reinforcement and regular trail of bandits following an upsurge of attacks by...
Seven persons were on Monday kidnapped in Rivers State by armed gunmen. The victims, who were abducted at Ibu in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (LGA) of...
James Tolorunju Ajulo, a ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akungba Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, was on...
A doctor with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola, identified as Abdurrahman Muhammad Kawuyo who was kidnapped on Sunday by heavily armed men has finally regained...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Monday denied hiking electricity tariffs, saying the review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order, (MYTO) does not translate to an immediate...
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old Uber driver, Shuaibu Babatunde for allegedly absconding with his employer’s Toyota Corolla before a Yaba Chief Magistrate...
Chigozie Dim Anyichie an 11-year-old student of Patterson Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha in Anambra State, has been burnt beyond recognition inside the school hostel. The deceased,...
