Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has lamented the level of insecurity and banditary in the Northwest state, saying the bandits are better equipped than the Nigerian...
Two persons were reported killed during a clash between two rival cult groups on Sunday in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to...
The Nigerian Army has said that it repelled and killed many of the Boko Haram terrorists who attacked and sent indigenes of Michika in Adamawa State...
A suspect named Akeem Lawal was sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Monday for shooting and robbing his stepmother,...
The head teacher of Okotie-Eboh Primary School in Sapele Local Government Area, Mrs Vero Igbigwe, has been suspended by the Delta State Government for allegedly collecting...
A suspect named Segun Oni was arrested by the Ondo State Police Force on Monday for allegedly killing his brother-in-law, Sunday Oluwadare over a N30,000 debt....
In furtherance of government’s efforts at reducing the number of out of school children, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has announced that Nigeria will soon...
As a part of it efforts to prevent further building collapse, the Lagos State Government, has warned property owners in the state to demolish properties that...
The Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation alongside 29 other firms may lose properties worth total of N4.8bn to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission...
Ekiti State Government on Monday expressed its resolve to conduct psychiatric tests on rapists as well as publish their names and photographs on the Ministry of...
A traditional ruler, Godwin Aigbe, the Enogie of Ukhiri, has been allegedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was...
The Garrison Commander of 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army (Shadawanka Barracks) Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack, has been shot dead. He was shot on Sunday along...
The family of a car dealer, Sodiq Bakare, who went missing, has called on the police to help find him. Relatives say he disappeared after leaving...
Members of an armed robbery gang said to be terrorising residents of the Lekki area of Lagos State, have been apprehended by a team of police...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has blamed the prevalence of fake news in the country for the outbreak of violence during the conduct...
The abductors of Kano-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman have demanded N300, 000,000 ransom for his release and that of five other persons kidnapped along with...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the governments of Lagos and Oyo states to take immediate action to address the numerous ongoing human rights...
A former executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Bem Angwe was shot on Saturday by suspected gunmen. According to sources, Angwe was said...
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has assured that his government would make sure that the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operative that allegedly killed a Peoples...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday released lists of senior officers of the force approved for immediate postings and appointments. This was contained in a statement it...
The Taraba State government has said it would foot the medical bills of the victims of post election violence that rocked the state. The state Commissioner...
The Nigeria Police said on Saturday that it would apprehend those who killed a police sergeant on Friday night in Yenogoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed fresh attack on Nandu village in Sanga Local Government Area (LGA) of the state that led to the killing...
Reacting to the post-election violence that broke out in Taraba state following the announcement of the governorship election results, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Taraba...
Another waterfall which is set to be unveiled, has been discovered at the Ife Grand Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun State. This was disclosed by the Ooni of...
Several Civil Society Organizations have commended the Nigerian Army and other security agencies for their “professionalism” during the recent polls in the state that saved it...
Oyo State Government disclosed on Saturday morning that there was no casualty in the building collapse incident which occurred along Bode, Molete area of Ibadan on...
Six policemen who were assigned to guard three Registration Area Centres (RACs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State have been arrested and...
Following reports from different quarters alleging gross misconduct of men of the Nigerian Army, a nine-man committee, headed by Maj.-Gen. T.A. Gagariga, has been set up...
With the agony from the collapse of a school in Lagos still fresh, yet another three-storey building which is still under construction Friday collapsed along Bode,...
The Police in Katsina State has confirmed the abduction of a popular Kano-based Quranic reciter, Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman in the state. Sulaiman was kidnapped alongside five...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has de-certified 13 secondary schools and issued warning to 56 others in Kogi for their involvement in examination malpractice during...
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded massive seizures of rice, sugar, vegetable oil, second-hand clothes, shoes and other items smuggled into...
The Federal Government has commented on the recent terrorist attack on two places of worship in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. The attacks took...
The 80-year-old Hajiya Maistiyari, mother in-law to governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has been released by abductors. This came after the octogenarian was kidnapped last...
The ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ coalition has acknowledged the resignation of fiery activist Deji Adeyanju, two days after he told the world that he was severing...
The remains of an expatriate engineer who was kidnapped while working at a construction site in Kano State three days ago was found by Kano State...
The Lagos State Building Control Agency on Friday, began demolition of defective buildings within Lagos Island. This came after a three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday at Massey Street,...
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee that disbarred a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),...
The Osun State Police Command have commenced investigation to unravel the mystery behind an unidentified corpse that was discovered in River Osun on Thursday. According to...
No less than five suspects have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for buying and selling permanent voters card (PVC) for unsuspecting voters. The...
Four more suspects have been arrested by the police for the murder of House of Representatives member for Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency, Temitope Olatoye. ACP Frank Mba,...
Not less than 17 vigilantes were killed by armed bandits in Jan Ruwa Village in Birnin Gawri Local Government of Kaduna State on Thursday. This was...
Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, has announced that its troops has inflicted heavy blow on the terrorists operating in the fringes of Lake Chad. According to...
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, adjourned abruptly the resumed trial of accused persons in the Offa robbery incident, citing security concerns....
Speaking against the backdrop of the collapse of a three-storey building in Lagos Island, All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has admonished the Lagos State...
Latest statistics by the Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has indicated that about 1.9 million Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDS in the country. The...
Not less than 35 alleged drug suspects were arrested at motor parks in Anambra State on Thursday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The...
Following the tragic event that occurred on Wednesday after a three-storey building collapsed at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island, witnesses and hospital sources have revealed...
A sad tale befell a 400-level student of the Cross River State University of Technology who was crushed to death on campus by a fellow undergraduate...
