Resident Doctors in Anambra State have given the state governor, Willie Obiano up till 21 days to address the various challenges confronting the health system in...
National Taskforce on Small Arms, Light and Chemical Weapons Director – General (DG), Emmanuel Okereke, has cried out against the influx of illegal weapons in Nigeria...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a policeman who has been sacked from the police force after he was nabbed stealing motorcycles...
Four employees of the Dangote Group have been sentenced to jail on various terms of imprisonment for stealing N15million belonging to their company. The order to...
Fifty five students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) International School, Ogbomoso, were on Monday denied entrance into the school premises for using hijab....
The management’ of the Lagos State University (LASU) has suspended the remittance of check-off dues for lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU). The...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 35-year-old man simply identified as Uwaila for fatally shooting his wife and two sons dead....
For the second time in four days, political thugs said to be loyal to a factional gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara...
Eagle-eyed men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected smugglers in possession of 34,865 live cartridges. According to a police report, the live...
Tragedy struck along the Odukpani LGA axis of Ikom-calabar Highway near the Federal Housing estate, Calabar, Cross River State, when a tanker loaded with Petroleum product...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has released guidelines for the registration for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board also warned candidates...
Nigerian Army said it has arrested a wanted member of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group, Babagana Abubakar (aka Alagarno). The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman,...
The government of Edo State has ordered that principals of 28 private secondary schools in the state whose results for the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate...
A 29-year-old serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), identified as Odedele Feranmi appeared before an Osogbo Magistrate Court over the killing of a...
Pensioners in Benue state under the auspices of The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Thursday gave the state governor, Samuel Ortom seven days to settle...
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state, Clement Faboyede has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to go ahead with...
A number of people on Thursday morning suffered various degrees of injuries as a train went off it’s tracks in Lagos. Many of the injured passengers...
A group of thugs have reportedly attacked the campaign office of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Akure, Ondo...
A trigger-happy police officer simply identified as Mohammed Usman has been arrested for shooting two drivers in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State. According to reports,...
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has confirmed the establishment of four private universities in the country. After the first meeting of the Federal Executive Council,...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said the anti grazing law in the state has led to the arrest of over 400 herders, while some...
A crackdown by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has led to the arrest of no less than 23 suspected cocaine pushers in Kano State....
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the completion of the mausoleum of former president Nnamdi Azikiwe in his country home,...
After 50 years of the first case of Lassa fever in Nigeria, the country is set to host the first Lassa fever international conference. This was...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday as expected, embarked on protests in some parts of the country over failure of Nigerian Government to finalise its new...
Statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shown that Lagos and Kano maintain their lead as states with the highest number of registered...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the seizure of fake drugs worth N60 million from a warehouse in Lagos....
The long arm of the law has caught up with a commercial bus driver identified as Jelili Lawal, 41, for raping a 78-year-old woman. According to...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to commence the weekly publication of its financial activities. According to the Head, Media and Information of...
Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) have reacted to the military’s invasion of the Abuja, Borno and Lagos offices of a daily publication, Daily Trust Newspapers. The groups...
A group, Lagos Liberation Movement (LLM), has called on the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, to immediately reopen the Assembly....
A Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court has ordered the detention of a 27-year-old man identified as Ibrahim Bindiga, alias Tsallen Tunkiya, for stabbing a neighbour, Usman Abubakar,...
The Lagos State Government has ordered that traders on rail lines across the state be evacuated. The government said it had recorded deaths of people along...
The new international terminal of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja has opened for flight operations with the arrival of Asky Airlines flight ET-AVP from Lome,...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has been berated by a group for his comments on the appointment of Hakeem...
The World Bank and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility are currently working on an initiative to assist Nigeria in promoting its REDD+ agenda. REDD+ stands for countries’...
In the heat of campaigns for the 2019 elections, governorship candidates of the two major parties in Lagos State, and their running mates, all met at...
There was a harvest of criminals of some sort when men of the Taraba State Police Command paraded no less than 25 suspected cultists’ and political...
The Christian Association of Nigeria has announced that its members observe a national day of prayer on January 10, 2018 to pray for the peaceful conduct...
Pandemonium struck along the Ikere-Ise Road in Ekiti State when unknown gunmen opened fire and killed an Ekiti State Council accountant. The victim identified as Mr...
Private security guards protecting Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) oil pipelines from Lokoja to Kaduna State, embarked on a peaceful protest Thursday against the non-payment of...
The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has confirmed dead all the five crew members on board the Mi-35 helicopter gunship that was declared missing on Wednesday. The fighting...
A statement by the Nigerian Airforce has confirmed that it has lost one of its helicopters dedicated for the counter-insurgency operations in the North-East state of...
A coalition of civil society organisations has raised worries over the travail of Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju who is being remanded in the Kano Central Prison....
Nigerian workers have been asked to be ready for a prolonged strike action in the new year by organized labour over the failure of government to...
An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke has sentenced a 40-year-old man to three years in prison for raping an 80-year-old woman. Arraigned on two...
The hope of Nigerian workers to have a new minimum wage of N30,000 may be hanging in the balance as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, has...
The African People Alliance Party (APA) in Oyo state has raised concerns over the preaching for forgiveness by the outgoing governor of the state, Senator Abiola...
The camp of rogue bandits terrorising parts of Zamfara State is reportedly located in Birnin Magaji, the hometown of Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, new...
Militants in the Niger Delta, the oil rich region in Nigeria, has cancelled its ceasefire issued to the Federal Government and the Pan Niger Delta Elders...
