Three policemen and a driver in the convoy of the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, were on Tuesday killed as gunmen, suspected to...
The war against banditry in Zamfara State is now enjoying the support of repentant bandits, who are helping to fight recalcitrant bandits still terrorising the state,...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sworn in 35 members of his cabinet as commissioners and special advisers at an event in Ikeja on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu, who asked...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has summoned the Federal Government, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over the detention of...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed Hon. (Justice) Kazeem Olanrewaju Alogba as the Chief Judge of the state. Alogba, who had been serving as...
Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has revealed how men of the Nigeria Army aided his escape on August...
A tax agent of a Lagos-based company, Kehinde Babatunde, who allegedly defrauded the State of N2.4 million meant for tax payments, Tuesday, appeared before an Igbosere...
The Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday narrated how its men arrested runaway millionaire kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume. Force spokesman, Frank Mba, said Wadume was re-arrested after...
Hamisu Wadume, who could pass for Nigeria’s most wanted kidnap kingpin, has been arrested in Hotoro area of Kano State. The office of Nigeria’s Inspector General...
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Tuesday said he was ready to lead a national protest against ritual killings and corruption in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Monday paraded 21 suspected oil thieves arrested in Rivers State. The State Commandant of the Corps, Muktar...
Kaduna State Chief Judge Justice Muhammad Lawal Bello on Monday swore-in 40 magistrates. He also warned them against engaging in any form of corrupt practices which...
A student of the School of Health Technology, Akure, has allegedly been gang-raped by three other students of the institution. This was confirmed by the Ondo...
Officials of Ekiti State government were on Monday banned by the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, from speaking English language at cultural and traditional activities. The directive...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, remanded a 42-year-old man, Sulaimon Ajigbot Allah, in prison for defiling his 9 year old daughter. Chief...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) on Monday commenced a five-day industrial action. It was gathered...
No fewer than four people have been killed at Tsayu village in Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina State. The spokesman for Katsina police command, ASP...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday asked the federal government to publish names of the 67 Nigerians ‘illegally’ detained and held incommunicado by the...
The death toll from Saturday’s gunmen attack on mourners in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area has risen to nine. This was confirmed by the Benue State Police...
The decomposing body of a farm worker, Ismaila Mukaila, has been found on a tree by men of Ogun State police command. The command revealed on...
Three persons have been reportedly killed by suspected cultists who attacked Opuoko and Lumene communities in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday. The...
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a seven-year-old boy, Joshua Joseph, who was declared missing two years ago, has been found with his adopted...
Gombe communities of Malala, Dukku and others in Nafada Local Government Area have been ravaged by flood, leading to massive destruction of preperty and the death...
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the clash between Yoruba and Hausa traders at Oke-Odo market along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The clash had led to...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Sunday vowed to shut down cattle markets and settlement in states in the South East. Alhj....
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that a decision will be taken over vacant executive seats in the state after...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has embarked on a sensitisation tour of Fulani settlements in Enugu State in a bid to curb...
In a bid to promote peaceful co-existence between the two groups, the Ogun State government, on Saturday, held a joint meeting with Fulani herdsmen and farmers...
The organised labour in Abia State has announced that it has shelved its planned industrial action in the state over the failure of the state government...
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board has announced that 32,673 candidates (representing 58.84 percent) that sat for the NBC/NTC examinations were able to score five...
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that a burial in Tongov District of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State was attacked in the early...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu would be closed on August 24 to enable it carry out...
Men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted 21 contraband drugs including tramadol valued at over N5 billion during the sallah celebration. The National Public...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday said the government of Kogi State needs about N2.8bn to offset the arrears of workers’ salary in the state....
Gan Allah Fulani Development Association on Friday pledged their readiness to work with Ooni of Ife, Oba Eniitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi...
Enugu State Police command, has arrested suspected murderers of the parish priest of St James Catholic Church, Ugboka, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu. Enugu Commissioner of Police...
The Ogun State Police Command has announced that three persons kidnapped at Ode-Omi community in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state have been rescued....
The Makuntiri community in Bunkure Local Government Area of Kano State, has explained why it chased out immunization workers from the community. The health workers had...
A Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital has remanded Lance Corporal Sunday Awolola in prison custody for allegedly raping a 300-level female student...
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) on Friday tasked the military and police to return peace to the troubled Ogoni communities. It...
Police in Benue on Friday said the kidnapped Provost of College of Education, Katsina Ala, Mr Tsavwua Gborigyo, regained his freedom without reportedly paying ransom. The...
Workers of universities across the nation on Thursday announced the commencement of industrial action from Monday. The strike which was expected to last a week was...
No fewer than 13,000 Almajiri children have been registered by Keffi Local Government, Nasarawa State. The Emir of Keffi, Dr. Shehu Chindo Yamusa III, who disclosed...
The Federal Government’s proposed National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) was on Thursday rejected by stakeholders from Benue State. The stakeholders included; traditional institution, the church, socio-cultural...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it will hand over unqualified graduates to the police for prosecution, adding that some of the graduates cannot...
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), on Thursday urged educators across the country to save the...
The Plateau State Police Command has apprehended 11 suspected kidnappers believed to have been behind attacks on the staff quarters of the state polytechnic, Heipang. The...
The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday paraded a 15-year-old boy who allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded a ransom of N500,000 from his father....
A 24-year-old woman, Onyinye Mbadike of Trimnell Street, Surulere, Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for flogging and locking a 10-year-old opharn...
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has accused the Nigerian Navy of illegally detaining 67 persons, including a senior Naval officer, Navy Captain Dada Labinjo and four...
