The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Saturday the country hopes to reduce the number of visually impaired people by 25 percent before the end...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of at least nine children who were abducted at different times in the state. The development was...
Several losses had been recorded in the heavy downpour that ravaged many parts of Lagos between Friday and Saturday. Checks by our correspondent revealed that the...
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has assured pensioners in the state of his administration’s preparedness to commence payment of their pension areas. He stated this on...
A councilor, Gambo Yarliyau, his wife and one-year-old daughter have been freed alongside two other unnamed victims by bandits who abducted them, the Katsina State Government...
The Nigerian Army Saturday revealed that it had captured 10 suspected Boko Haram leaders while they were trying to escape troops at Bitta, Gwoza LGA of...
Following the recent sex for grades scandal involving lecturers of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW) has urged President Muhammadu...
Four people have been reportedly killed in a collapsed building in Magodo area of Lagos. The incident occurred during the heavy downpour in several parts of...
At least 39 armed bandits were killed by soldiers in two different operations in Zamfara this week. The Spokesman of the Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Oni...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Friday, returned six mine-resistant multipurpose vehicles which were seized but later found to belong to the United States of America...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, on Friday revealed that the Nigerian Airforce was bridging the gaps in its operations as a way...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday remitted N111, 428,891 cash recovered from looted funds belonging to Kwara State to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The agency...
The Natural Museum of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has won the bid to preserve Alagba’s corpse for the next 100 years. Alagba, allegedly the...
Troops of 242 Battalion on Thursday killed 15 members of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) at Jigalta Village, near Marari, Borno State. Marari...
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) on Thursday urged the organised labour to cancel its plan to embark on nationwide strike over failure of the Federal...
Nigerian Army on Thursday said troops of operation Lafia Dole had arrested one of the top commanders of Boko Haram fighter, Bukar-China, otherwise known as Abdullahi...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu on Thursday arraigned a 64-year-old man, Bassey Archibong, of No. 10 Kunle Dipo Street, Majidun, Owutu, in the Ikorodu area...
Three residents narrowly escaped death on Thursday night when a three storey building collapsed in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency...
If the proposed amendments to the Gender based Violence (Prohibition) Law of the Ekiti State Government gets the nod of the state House of Assembly, rapists...
The Defence Headquarters has said that about 281 repentant Boko Haram fighters have completed its de-radicalisation programme under the Operation Safe Corridor programme in Gombe State....
The Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau State Thursday revealed that it arrested six suspects who allegedly killed five soldiers in the...
At least 50 trailers were on Thursday impounded by the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYRTMA) for parking illegally on Iwo Road, along the Lagos-Ibadan...
Kajuru community In Kaduna State was on Thursday thrown into panic, as gunmen in a fresh attack, abducted the principal of the Government Technical Secondary School,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said 90 suspected drug traffickers had been arrested by its operatives in Niger State. The agency revealed...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) said on Wednesday it would embark on a nationwide strike if the Nigerian government fails to implement the new N30,000 minimum...
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday demanded the establishment of a special court to try maritime-related crimes in the country. It said the request would help to...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the immediate release of a kidnapped pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office, on Wednesday recovered N65, 548.00 from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Zamfara State....
A group of farmers and herdsmen on Wednesday engaged in a disagreement over the proposed anti-grazing bill by Oyo state House of Assembly. Both groups had...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had secured an order from the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, to keep a...
Men of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday killed four suspected kidnappers in a shoot out after they were ambushed by the kidnappers. The policemen,...
A 64-year-old man, Bassey Archibong, of No. 10 Kunle Dipo Street, Majidun, Owutu, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has been remanded in prison custody...
A panel has been set up by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of its...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has revealed that it has paid the over N1bn salary increment arrears which was approved in 2013 by the Federal Government....
The National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to Ogun state command of the Nigerian Custom Service. The students called...
The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill which was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and passed by the 8th Senate....
A few days after a lecturer was suspended at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for sexual harassment, another lecturer at the institution has been shown the...
A non-governmental organization, Save the Children, has revealed that children were the most affected, following a compilation of records kept by sexual assault referral centers in...
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lafia, Mr John Egla, has been kidnapped by some yet to be identified gunmen in...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the last election, Atiku Abubakar has been advised by a Nigerian Spiritual Leader, Sheikh Guru Maharaj...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday that more than 16,000 ad-hoc staff would be trained for the November 16 governorship election in Kogi...
A student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State was on Tuesday swept away in a heavy rainstorm that ravaged some communities in the state. Properties...
The Nigerian Army announced that it would fresh operations Python Dance and Crocodile Smile in the South East,South and South South on November 1. According to...
A captain, 5 soldiers and two policemen have been recommended for punishment by the joint investigative panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Tuesday presented the third witness (PW3) in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the Small and...
The National Universities’ Commission (NUC) on Tuesday condemned the purported establishment of mushroom universities in some African countries targeting Nigerian students. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Tuesday that 17 suspected internet fraudsters including five undergraduates have been arrested in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State....
The Nigeria Customs Service has given a full account of how its officers on Monday killed a student of Ojumo Community High School, Ihunbo, Ipokia Local...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday lamented that Nigeria police was suffering from a bad image. He, however, urged the force image-makers to ensure...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has demanded a thorough probe into the alleged “sex for grades” scandal in order to cleanse the university sytem...
