Five smugglers have been arrested by men of Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Mbo local government area, Akwa Ibom State. The smugglers were arrested with...
Over 50 prisoners, on Thursday morning, attempted to break out of the Keffi minimum security prison, Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state, over poor feeding...
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LAWSA) on Thursday confirmed the recovery of bodies of the remaining two victims of the Tuesday boat mishap. It will be...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Nwankwo Kanu, is now Senior Special Adviser to Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha on sports matters. A statement by the governor’s aide...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Thursday said 4,644,808 Nigerians have participated in the scheme since inception in 1973....
Commercial motorcycles operations, popularly known as ‘Okada’ have been banned in some parts of Ondo State by the state government. The restriction by the government majorly...
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, alongside the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye have moved to rescue Nigeria...
Protesters who were demanding for the release of the #RevolutionNow leader, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday defied the security formation that was drafted to prevent them. The...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kano State on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider restructuring the security formation of the country. The...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNICEF, has said in a report that over 17 million Nigerian children between ages 15 and 17 are...
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the leader of the Awka Central Market, Emeka Agumadu, popularly known as Baby Awka for allegedly sponsoring killings by...
A special military team, Operation Whirl Stroke, in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states has arrested 10 suspects involved in kidnapping and other crimes. The arrested suspects...
The Kaduna State Police Command has dismissed news circulating on social media that an Igbo boy was burnt alive in the state. Commissioner of Police, Ali...
Kidnappers of a pastor of a Baptist Church in Kaduna State Wednesday have reportedly demanded a ransom of N20m. The pastor was, until his abduction, in...
Hoteliers, restaurateurs and other consumers of beef, tomatoes and other perishable products were on Wednesday stranded in different markets in Enugu State. The development came as...
The Federal Government says it has no ghost beneficiaries in its social investment programme, N-power. The government, while reacting to alleged reports of critics of the...
A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has called on the leadership of the party to disqualify Governor Yahaya Bello. The group...
Two suspected armed robbers and car jerking syndicates have been arrested by the Police of Enugu State Command. A statement by the state Police Public Relations...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Anambra State Command have apprehended four of the suspected cultists allegedly terrorizing the state. The state police Public Relation Officer, SP...
Sunday Awolola, an alleged rapist of a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) was on Wednesday arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in...
Some nurses, under the aegis of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), on Tuesday sued for adequate understanding between the Federal government and Nigeria Labour...
Following the resurgence of the Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed all airline operators to...
The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, on Tuesday expressed doubt if he will witness the next Ojude Oba festival. The 85-year-old monarch,...
The Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions on Tuesday threatened to commence industrial actions. They said they take the action,...
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, debunked reports on social media that some herdsmen had infiltrated a motor park in Lokoja, the state capital. The...
A 39-year-old motorist, Christian Innocent, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for killing a tricycle driver, Aniete Bassey, after both engaged in road...
The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, on Tuesday imposed a 5-hour curfew on the school community. In a statement made available to our...
There was pandemonium in Onitsha on Tuesday as a clash between police and youths led to the death of one person with several others fatally injured....
The people of Agbala, a community in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo state, on Tuesday expressed joy that they escaped being accused of killing...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has heaped the blame of the tragic bridge collapse which occurred at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi...
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Tuesday condemned the arrest and continued detention of Mr. Ibrahim Dan Halilu, a journalist and former Political Editor of the privately-owned...
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday said he was considering death penalty for kidnappers in the state. Abiodun disclosed this, when Remo League of Imams...
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has warned the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to stop posting graduates without education degrees to teach in schools....
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old father, Emmanuel Ikhine for alledgedly defiling and impegnating his 18-year-old daughter. According to the police, Ikhine had...
The Ondo State Police Command has said it would on Wednesday arraign the soldier who allegedly raped a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko...
The Federal Government on Monday explained that the delay in the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage was because labour unions were unwilling to compromise...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Monday condemned what it termed ‘blanket criminalisation’ of herdsmen in the country. The group lamented that...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday admonished youths in the State to steer clear of cybercrime. Oyetola who declared the act as unholy and illegal...
Oyo State radio on Sunday said it had established a pensioner’s’ radio in the State. The union’s secretary, Comrade Segun Abatan, revealed this when the management...
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu, on Sunday said the command was working assiduously to effect the arrest of the assailants that invaded...
Gunmen on Sunday attacked another hall of residence in the University of Ibadan in Oyo State. The armed men stormed the Abdulsalami Abubakar Hall of residence...
The death toll in the outbreak of yellow fever in Ebonyi State, has risen from 16 to 20, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said...
Hundreds of Students on Saturday shut down Shoprite in Ota, Ogun State, to protest the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. It was reported that the...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that the soldier involved in the alleged rape of a female student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State,...
A chaotic scene played out in the Ijegun area of Lagos State when some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad shot and killed a shop owner....
10 Turkish sailors who were kidnapped three weeks ago onboard a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria in the troubled Niger Delta have been released....
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE had destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHT) Command and Control...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday announced that a soldier that killed a commercial bike (okada) rider in Abia State few days ago has been arrested. A...
The management of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has expelled Over 24 final year students for falsification of their entry qualifications. The spokesperson for the university, Malam...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, presided over by Justice A. T. Mohammed, has convicted 12 fraudsters for illegal dealing in petroleum...
