As the world marks the 2019 Tuberculosis Day, the Kano state Commissioner of Health, Kabiru Getso, on Tuesday stated that over 335 persons lost their lives...
Six suspected internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys,’ have been arrested by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office. In a...
A North Korean doctor attached to Tsafe Local Government General Hospital in Zamfara state, Dr Jen Sunail, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. Zamfara State Police...
The recurring incidence of building collapse in Lagos on Tuesday received the attention of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS). Addressing stakeholders at a news conference...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) has called on the Federal Government to remove taxes on sanitary materials used by women. This call was...
The Police Command in Anambra State on Monday paraded a suspect named Monday Onyikwa from Umuefi Village, Nteje in Oyi Local Council Area for allegedly selling...
Detectives attached to the Zonal Intervention Squad, Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos on Monday, arrested an herbalist attempting to sell human parts. The Zonal Police Public...
A 45-year-old man, Aduragbemi Idowu, on Monday was remanded in Ilesa Prison by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a four-year-old girl with a...
The Anambra State Police Command have rescued a six-year-old girl who was allegedly sold for N100,000, to be used for ritual purposes. One Monday Onyikwa from...
A man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, has been sentenced to death by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, for killing his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeoye Adeyeoye, a...
Justice Tanko Muhammad, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, has ordered the inspection of all Sharia, Area and Customary courts in the country, to ascertain the...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, has called on stakeholders and agencies in Nigeria’s security architecture to think out of the box in order...
The planned arraignment of a former Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, was on Monday adjourned till May 9 by a Federal High Court...
Months after the suspension of the Nigeria Air project, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has stated that the Federal Government was making plans...
Following the collapse of yet another building which had been marked for demolition, the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Rotimi Ogunleye, has...
The family of one Christian Afenemo Oghoghomeh, who recently died at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, have called for investigation into his death, threatening...
A fire outbreak on Monday destroyed seven classrooms at Badawa Secondary School in Kano State. The state Police Public Relations Officer DSP Abdullahi Haruna who confirmed...
A three-storey building marked for demolition has reportedly collapsed on Kakawa street, Lagos Island on Monday. According to a resident of the street who spoke with...
After securing victory at the Sokoto State gubernatorial poll, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has revealed plans for his second term in office. While addressing scores of jubilant...
An alleged serial killer, Ibrahim Abdullahi a.k.a Tiny and four others at his Ijegun-Egba area hideout, were arrested on Sunday by policemen of the Lagos State...
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Osita Chidoka, has been accused of committing sacrilege by the traditional ruler of Obosi town in Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka II....
A prosecution witness, Aibangbe Maifuwa, has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo that a former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, collected 10...
A former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade, have been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
A woman, Tochukwu Azota, has attacked and stripped her husband’s Facebook female friend naked in Amawbia, near Awka, Anambra State. It was gathered that Azota reportedly...
Three suspected kidnappers terrorising Rivers State have been killed by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit in Rivers State, led by ACP. Bennett...
Anambra State Police command have arrested a security guard for allegedly raping a woman at an ATM gallery at night in a bank in Awka area...
A Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court ordered that a security man, David Osademe, on Friday who allegedly impregnated a 15-year-old girl, be imprisoned pending transfer of...
Graduates of Engineering will no Longer be posted by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to secondary schools to teach. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has reacted to the threat by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, to imprison journalists who...
81 suspects have been arrested in Edo State in connection with cult activities over a period of 40 days. The Edo state Police Command revealed that...
The United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has decried Nigeria’s lack of access to potable water. According to the agency, over 3.6m of the nation’s...
A senior lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Anambra State was killed on Thursday in Enugu State by some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. It...
The Federal Capital Territory Primary Healthcare Board (FCT-PHCB) has lamented the rise in child mortality in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Executive Secretary of the...
Two suspects by the name Olamide Salvador and Olusegun Olatunji, have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office. They were...
A 32-year-old businessman, Lateef Abayomi Hussein, was convicted in absentia on Thursday at the Oyo state High Court after being found guilty in a case of...
The Cross River State Police Command has paraded an official of the Department of State Security (DSS) and three others including a female for alleged kidnapping...
The Chief of Defense Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin, has appealed to the media to showcase the roles of the military in nation building in order to correct...
A group of bandits Wednesday attacked a mining site in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing one of the six mobile policemen on guard and...
Justice Ibrahim Mohammed, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, has sworn in the remaining 13 members of the 2019 Election Petition Tribunals. This was revealed in a...
The National Population Commission (NPoPC) has estimated that the next census will cost well over N220bn. This was revealed by the Director-General of the NPoPC, Ghaji...
A 34-year-old commercial motorcyclist has been detained by detectives at the State Criminal Intelligence Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for allegedly killing a passenger simply identified...
The Nigerian Army has announced the deployment of 197 soldiers and officers to a fellow West African country, The Gambia, for a peacekeeping mission. This was...
A 25-year-old man, Ajibade Olumuyiwa, has allegedly killed his wife’s suspected lover, Olakiitan Balogun, after catching him on their matrimonial bed with his wife. Olumuyiwa was...
Three persons, including a former councilor, have been reportedly struck to death by thunderstorm on Tuesday during a downpour at Osieta Avenue, a border quarter between...
The Anambra state police command has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman and her two children in a fire incident at Umuoffor Village, Okija, Ihiala...
A police sergeant, Raheemi Idowu narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday of how a 27-year-old female teacher allegedly defiled her...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu, has advocated for stiffer penalties for thieves in the country so as...
The Universal School of Aviation, popularly known as USA, has set a record as it becomes the first approved aviation school in Nigeria to have an...
Suspected herdsmen have attacked Tse Ioreleegeb, Babai council ward of Guma local government area of Benue State. At least 10 people are feared dead in in...
The federal government is set to allocate N27.4 billion as intervention fund for victims of conflicts, insecurity and flooding across the country This was announced by...