A magistrate court sitting in Ikeja on Monday arraigned a trader, Immaculate Otam, 35, on an offence bothering on stealing of a month-old baby. Otam, who...
Police operatives at Edo State Police command have foiled an attempt by some suspects to bomb Oko Prison in Benin with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, and...
Herdsmen in the country on Sunday made demands which, in their views, would help curtail incessant killings in the country. This is coming as Miyetti Allah...
The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has revealed that a 43-year-old Nigerian living in South Africa, Benjamin Okoronkwo, has been killed by unknown gunmen in...
Some yet to be identified gunmen on Saturday killed the Adamawa Southern Senatorial Zone Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Sa`idu...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has reacted to the murder of a Catholic priest of St James the Greater Parish, Ugbawka, Enugu...
The Kaduna State Government on Saturday warned people living close to the Kaduna River to relocate to safer areas because of the possibility of flooding in...
The National Chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, Sali Bayari, has said that Fulani herdsmen in the country carry arms in self defense...
A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, in Osun State, Opeyemi Grace Dara has reportedly committed suicide. Dara was said to have taken her...
Two women, Inno Abubakar Moriki, 55, from Moriki in Zamfara State, Halima Muhammad, 50, and Lawali Musa, a 13-yr-old boy from Isa Local Government Area of...
The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday confirmed that four other victims kidnapped alongside RCCG deaconess, Mrs Ibelegbo Chidinma, have been rescued from the den of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dispelled possibility it may go on strike to enforce the implementation of the new minimum wage. President of the NLC,...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday morning reportedly abducted a lecturer with the Federal University, Dutsinma in Kaduna State. The lecturer, Abubakar Idris was reportedly forced into his...
Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Friday night, said only one pastor of the church was abducted...
Men of Ogun state Police command said one of the abducted officials of the Redeemed Christian Church of God along J3 forest on Ogbere road, in...
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called on individuals and corporate bodies to help the government in fighting cancer in the country. Osibanjo who decried Nigeria’s...
The Nigerian Airforce has said that its fighter aircraft operating in the North East, on Thursday killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists at the fringes of...
A 200 level student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Asogwa Nnamdi, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a 400...
The partial closure of portions of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been postponed by the Federal Government to September 2, 2019 The closure, which was scheduled to...
Gunmen, on Thursday, kidnapped five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who were on their way to the church’s ministers’ conference. The General...
Despite moves by the Olubadan, Oba Samuel Adetunji, to end the long time rift with the high chiefs of the town, the crisis appeared aggravating as...
No fewer than five shops were demolished on Thursday in Ibadan with a filling station sealed for violating the environmental law on building regulations and failure...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, on Thursday said the 8th Senate led by Bukola Saraki did not confirm the acting chairman of...
The Federal Ministry of Health has disbursed N12.7 billion of the budgeted N55 billion one percent of the consolidated fund for health care fund. Disclosing the...
Christian Onuoha is one of many in a list of Nigerians killed extra judiciously, by trigger happy policemen. Patrick Egwu visited Umuahia, and the family of...
The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday faulted recent claims by the Presidency that Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated. This was as the UN said that...
Indications have emerged that trafficking activities are on the rise in Edo, Kano and Delta states. Data released from the National Agency for the Prohibition of...
No fewer than 18 people have been handed over to the police in Lagos State by the Lekki Concession Company Limited on offences bothering on fraud...
A 25-year-old man, Umar Yakubu has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano State High Court on Wednesday for stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Adamu,...
A cult clash between rival groups in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has claimed no fewer than two lives while several others were rushed to the...
Cultists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital reportedly killed an engineering student of the Rivers State University, RSU, on Wednesday. Identified as Linus Chioma, the...
A school proprietress, Josephine Udeh, was on Wednesday convicted by a court based on charges from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She was sentenced...
Marketers in Anambra state under the aegis of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) on Wednesday placed a ban on daily and weekly prayers in markets...
Authorities of the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State on Wednesday closed down the varsity, following alleged abduction and killing of some students and staff in the...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kebbi Office, on Wednesday apprehended two suspected drug dealers and recovered 2.193 tonnes of hard drugs. The drugs recovered...
The Police on Tuesday said it will recruit some members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) among others to combat insecurity in the country....
Popular author, poet and novelist, Prof. Bayo Adebowale has reacted to claims made by a blogger that he raped five of his daughters while they were...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’. It was...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Tuesday convicted four suspected oil bunkers. Justice A. T Mohammed convicted the suspects who are;...
A non-governmental organization, Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) on Tuesday raised the alarm over the high rate of minors’ defilement in the country. The right...
The Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday ordered the directors of the state specialist hospital and Umaru Shehu Hospital to sanction some medical...
NO fewer than 20 million Nigerians are believed to be on the hepatitis death list, with the country contributing significantly to the global chronic viral infection....
The Federal Government on Monday said there will be relief for travelers, and members of the the Redeemed Christian Church of God hoping to attend the...
After 26 months of disagreement, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji on Monday put an end to the rifts between himself and his council...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it seized over 702.063 kilogrammes of hard drugs in Kano in July alone. Commander Ibrahim Abdul,...
Four suspected kidnappers in Taraba State have been killed in a gun battle with the police in the Bali Local Government Area of the state. This...
The Ogun State Police Command has rescued workers of Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, who were kidnapped on Tuesday at the Ogunmakin end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway....
A security guard, Micheal Nwaogwu has been arraigned before the Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, for allegedly stealing N2,385 church offering. Nwaogwu, who was...
Three passengers traveling from Katsina-Ala to Makurdi were killed on Monday by unknown gunmen who opened fire on their vehicle about five kilometres into their journey....
An intervention by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pushed off the planned strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD....
