The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four persons for engaging in kidnapping in the Akoko area of the state in recent times. The Commissioner of...
Following the recent attacks in the state, Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, urged all communities in the state to reject what he...
It has been revealed that a total of 446 Nigerians are currently serving different terms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prisons. Nigerian ambassador to the...
The trial of former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako and his son for allegedly stealing N29 million before a Federal High Court in Abuja was...
The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to pay an ex-staff, Oguntoyinbo Made N9.7 million in salary arrears...
The High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday ordered a trial-within-trial in the N6.3 billion corruption case against former Plateau State governor, Senator Jonah Jang and...
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced three Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) executives of Tai Solarin College of Education to 15 years behind...
Three polytechnic rectors and the secretary of the Committee of the Federal Polytechnic Rectors (COFER) Ayegba Godwin have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and...
The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, has expressed regrets over the report of an official of the...
The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musibao alongside six others that were held hostage by unknown gunmen on Saturday at 8:00 pm along Itoikin...
The police, on Tuesday arraigned three men in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court for attempting to exhume a corpse with the aim of cutting off body...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned a suspect named James Kuve Sughter on a six-count charge bordering on forgery and possession of...
Emerging reports say that Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, was on Tuesday evening attacked by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the attackers invaded...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja hearing the N400 million case of alleged fraud involving the former National Publicity Secretary of the...
Reports from Katsina say no less than seven Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) members were killed following a battle with some bandits in Tsamiyar Jino village...
The Ekiti State government has urged marshals to impose the Anti-Grazing Law 2016 and prevent farmers and herders clashes across the 16 local government areas. Speaking...
Following the breakdown of negotiations with the Federal Government in their demand for better working conditions, workers of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) have declared...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday confirmed that a beggar was crushed to death by a passenger train at Mushin area of Lagos. Mr Jerry...
A major landslide has destroyed 10 houses in Odi community, Kolokuma-Opokuma Area Council of Bayelsa. It was gathered on Monday, that the incident, which occurred near...
Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola has called for establishment of a division of the Court of Appeal in the state to bring justice close to the...
The Nigerian Navy, on Monday handed over a vessel, MV Mama Elizabeth 1 ans its crew, including the captain to the Economic amd Financial Crimes Commission,...
No fewer than 14 people have lost their lives in a clash between members of a vigilante group and armed bandits in Tsamiyar Jino village, Kankara...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has issued fresh warning to Nigerians who still consider illegal migration. It says there is a thriving organ harvest business...
Seven persons have been confirmed dead as the only commercial bank in Ido-Ani community in Ose local government area of Ondo state was on Monday afternoon...
The arrival section of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, was on Monday gutted by fire, sending travelers running for safety. It...
No less than 11 persons were killed at the weekend following a twin bomb blast carried out by two teenage girls, said to be Boko Haram...
No less than 25 bandits in Zamfara State, who have been attacking and maiming innocent citizens, have been neutralized by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). According...
A woman conveying her daughter to school on Sunday drowned when the private vehicle she was driving skidded off the dual carriage bridge between Ososa and...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has disagreed with the popular notion that having Nigerian doctors leave the shores of the country for greener pastures...
A 45-year-old man, Kabiru Oke and his son. 19-year-old Faruq Oke, have been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly molesting and impregnating a teenager who lived...
The new Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (ODS), Akinjide Akinrinade, has said that the JTF under his command would show no...
An officer of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been killed by a service helicopter blade in Bama, Borno state. The aircraftman, who has been identified...
Following its recent visa restriction on Nigerians, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called on the Government of Qatar to reconsider its position on the ban, stating...
The acting Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau and seven others were late Saturday abducted by unknown gunmen, along Itokin-Epe road in Ikosi-Ejirin...
The Police have confirmed the abduction of Wellington Magbisa, the father of the Caretaker Chairman of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Magbisa was, on...
Kakangi village, South-West of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State was on Saturday thrown into mourning after armed bandits attacked the town in broad daylight,...
About 1,400 Nigerians staying at the Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camp in Fufore, Adamawa State, are reportedly facing severe food shortages. A leader of IDPs in...
A 26-year-old man, Ayodele Odebiyi has been paraded by the Ogun State Police Command for raping a 22-year old lady. Described as a serial rapist, Odebiyi...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 16 new cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed from five states in the country, while the...
Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued permits to meter asset providers (MAPs) to begin the roll out of new meters, effective from May 1. This was...
Some concerned Nigerians, on Saturday, marched to the presidential villa in protest of the persistent killings and kidnappings in Zamfara state, which have resulted in apprehension,...
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has accused “fraudsters in banks” of laundering public funds for corrupt politicians and...
A Nigerian, Wahid Somade has been arrested at Jeddah Airport, in Saudi Arabia, for allegedly smuggling about 1,138g of cocaine, Senior Special Assistant to the President...
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, bur Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Friday, said army authorities had approved the establishment of a ‘Special Forces Battalion’ Barracks to be...
No fewer than 19 persons have been killed, and 38 others injured in a ghastly road accident on Daudawa-Funtua road in Faskari Local Government Area of...
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali has sought for a closer cooperation with the Brazilian Government especially in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism and piracy...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has denied reports of a recent attack on its troops, killing 18 soldiers. In a statement on Friday in Abuja,...
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a serving doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Stephen Urueye. Urueye had just...
Following the spate of kidnappings, including the recent foiled kidnapping attempt, along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has on Friday, launched...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says some products branded FanYogo Gin and Ginger drink circulated on social media was not...
