The Lagos State government said it had begun a week-long post-festive disinfection and decontamination of 26 major live birds markets in the state, effective January 6....
The Bauchi State government led by Governor Bala Mohammed has uncovered 596 dead staff and pensioners on the state payroll after a compulsory BVN screening was...
The closure of all gas refill stations located within residential areas in Kaduna State has been ordered with immediate effect by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The governor...
A 30-year-old housewife, Hauwa Lawal has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly pushing her rival, Zuwaira Sani, 35, and her 18-month-old son,...
The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday listed the Chairman of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Prof. Simon Mallam, and four others as victims of Saturday’s...
The Lagos State Police Command has told owners of unregistered vehicles in the state to have them registered in seven days or face prosecution. The directive...
A 26-year-old man, Christian Nweke has been remanded in a correctional centre for beheading and drinking the blood of a 2-year-old boy, Onyedikachi Nwali in Ebonyi...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Sunday over 650 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres have so far been accredited for the 2020 Unified...
Gunmen at the weekend abducted Madam Fehintola Wewe, the 70-year-old aunt of a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, Tola Wewe, in Sabomi,...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on Sunday said Saturday’s gas explosion in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, was caused by illegal transfer of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)....
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has cautioned residents of the state to be careful at this time of the year so as to avoid outbreak...
Port Harcourt International Airport runway was on Saturday night closed temporarily by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The closure followed outbreak of fire in...
Three men kidnapped in Okene, Kogi State on Monday have been released by their abductors, the Kogi State Police Command said on Saturday. This was disclosed...
A gas cylinder explosion on Saturday morning killed a yet to be identified victim at Ajegunle area of Lagos. At least five buildings in the area...
Suspected killers of a final year Sociology student of Lagos State University (LASU), Favour Daley-Oladele, on Saturday told journalists how the deceased was gruesomely murdered for...
A midnight fire has razed a section of the famous Urhokpota hall in Bénin City, Edo State. The hall was first built during the reign of...
Several people were killed in a gas explosion at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday. The incident, according to reports, occurred at a shop located...
Two persons lost their lives on Saturday after a truck laden with granite rammed into a Lexus SUV after coming off the crash barrier on Otedola...
The Benue state Commissioner of Police, Garba Mukkadas, said on Saturday the Command arrested 27 suspects for alleged kidnapping, robbery and theft during the yuletide period....
66 police officers have been promoted to their next ranks by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in recognition of their dedication to fighting crime....
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced moves to recover the excess minimum wage arrears paid to some of its operatives through the Integrated Personnel Payroll...
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have abducted three indigenes of Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ekiti local government area of Kwara State. The victims were abducted on December 31, 2019...
Over 57 Nigerians, seven Sri-Lankans and two Ghanaians, suspected to be involved in oil bunkering, were handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
Two persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa State Command, for trying to vandalise a telecommunications facility in Yenagoa,...
About 19 people have been killed by suspected gunmen during an attack on Tawari local government area of Kogi State. The raid which took place on...
The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) is pushing for the passage of a Rights and Privileges of Older Persons...
A customer care officer with First Bank Plc, who was arrested over the robbery attempt on the Mpape, Abuja Branch of the bank has narrated his...
The Taraba State police command Thursday confirmed the abduction of the Tiv Chief of Dananacha, Daniel Mbatelen, by unknown gunmen. Gunmen on motorbikes accosted Chief Mbatelen...
The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has approved the appointment of Prof. Abiodun Adewuya as the Acting Provost of the Lagos State...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the mastermind of the December 21 armed robbery attack on a commercial bank...
A train that left the Rigasa station, Kaduna at about 10 am on Thursday at about a few kilometres to Katari which is 70Km to Abuja,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Thursday that at least 17 persons sustained various degrees of injury in different accidents across Ogun State on...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday, said that its troops rescued 165 women and children from Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno...
The Nigerian Air Force Wednesday redeployed 76 senior officers to other areas within the Force to enhance operational efficiency. At least 36 Air Vice Marshals and...
The Nigerian Air Force said Wednesday night its officers attached to Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East, on Tuesday night, killed several Boko Haram terrorists...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that at least 26,039 babies were born on New Year’s Day in Nigeria. The figure, according to...
The Kano State government under the leadership of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has suspended its ban of opposite sexes riding in the same tricycle in the...
The Kara cattle Market along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway was on Tuesday engulfed by fire. The cause of the fire is yet unknown as at the...
There was pandemonium in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, as a military armoured tank exploded in flames in the early hours of Monday. The incident occurred...
The Lagos State Government led by Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sternly warned hospitals, health centres and clinics to stop rejecting victims of gunshot wounds and other trauma...
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit at the weekend demolished over 2,500 illegal structures comprising shanties, kiosks and containarised shops in...
The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) has arrested one of its officers, Sani Yahaya, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old...
Two persons have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly duping a bank manager of $200,000 (about N70million). The suspects, Oluba Falaye and...
Policemen from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command Saturday foiled a robbery attack on First Bank Plc branch in Mpape, Abuja. The policemen shot dead...
The popular Lagos night club, Club Quilox, has been re-opened by the state government after the management signed an undertaking to comply with the state’s Environmental...
The opinion held by the General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr Daniel Olukoya, that Christmas is “unbiblical” has continued to generate tons...
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday said a 28-year-old man, Eze Augustus has been detained in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Joy Osain,...
Founder of the Resurrection Praise Ministries, Worldwide, Archbishop Samson Benjamin has called for a generational change, as the antidote that would bring needed developmental changes to...
Alhaji Yahaya Yusuf-Abubakar, the kidnapped district head in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, has escaped from his abductors. Yusuf-Abubakar, who was kidnapped in a commercial bus alongside a...
The Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday arraigned three applicants, Haruna, Jeremiah and James before a Kabusa Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for...
