Despite a subsisting court order, over 4,000 residents of Otodo Gbame were ruthlessly rendered homeless after their waterfront community was demolished by the Lagos State government....
The governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Ganduje has condemned the kidnapping of a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Garba Durbunde, representing Sumaila/Taka federal constituency....
Deadly criminals, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have attacked two villages in Edo Central and Edo North Senatorial Districts of Edo State. During the reported raid,...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has told Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in some parts of the country that government will continue work to ensure their security,...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has said that it is now teaching the 82 rescued Chibok girls how to speak English. They are among the almost 300 senior...
The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) says that the sit-at-home order it issued was observed by Igbos in about 75 countries around the world. The group...
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday inaugurated the Nigerian Industrial Policy And Competitiveness Advisory Council (NIPCAC)at the State House, Abuja. Read also: PHOTOSCENE: Osinbajo presides over...
A meeting between the Lagos State Government and parents of the six abducted pupils of Igbonla Model College, Epe, has revealed the stance of the government...
Following a fresh outbreak of violence during the ward primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Monday, at least two party...
Following threats by Nigeria security forces over the May 30 sit-at-home declared by agitators of Biafra in the eastern part of the country, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo...
No less than 18 suspects including the brother of veteran Nollywood actor Pete Edochie have landed in police net after the killing of five persons at...
A bricklayer and a five-year-old girl who was fast asleep both lost their lives when a three-storey building located at No 9 Daddy Alaja Street, Oke...
Recent intelligence reports indicate that terrorists may be planning to attack military bases in the country; that much information was revealed the Chief of Air Staff,...
Two motorcyclists in Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State lost their lives following a collision when they were accompanying a corpse from...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra not...
The kidnappers of six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, in Epe area are demanding the sum of N1billion for the release...
A Nigerian couple based in the US Adeboye and Ajibola Taiwo who were initially expecting four kids have been blessed with sextuplets, 17-years after waiting to...
An angry mob lynched a young man identified as Abdulmalik, to death in Ogaminana, Adayi LGA of Kogi State after he allegedly stabbed an old woman...
Half of Nigerian children go through at least one violent experience according to findings of the 2014 Nigeria violence against children survey conducted by the National...
The kidnappers of six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, in Epe area, had reportedly earlier written a letter to the school...
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) Meeting held at the Council Chamber Abuja. Photos: Courtesy Presidency...
Vigilant officers of the Borno State Police Command foiled a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri when they gunned down three female suspects. According to Mr. Victor...
A Lagos State Magistrate Court, Samuel Ilori Court 4, Ogba, on Tuesday sent a 34-year old woman, Onyinye Chukwu, to Kirikiri Prison for locking up and...
Pandemonium struck in the Idare district, in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State when unidentified assailants attacked and killed a masquerade and three of his...
Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) again on Tuesday uncovered and intercepted a 20-foot container laden with 440 guns of various sizes and...
A manhunt for three-motorist who gang raped a one-year-old baby is currently underway by men of the Katsina State Police Command. According to reports, the baby’s...
Abiodun Ayo, 21, appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State after he was charged for stabbing his friend identified as Alaba Akinleye, in the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside some anti corruption stakeholders on Tuesday took to the streets of Lagos to sensitize members of the public...
Worried by increasing incidences of rape in Nigeria and its attendant traumatic impact on the victims, the Senate, on Tuesday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has vowed to drag the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to court if he fails to order...
The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court played host to the case of a 14-year-old secondary school student who forcefully raped his co-tenants seven-year-old daughter. While addressing the...
Over 90 members of the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) were on Monday arrested by the Police during rally in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital and in Cross...
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday signed the “Open Rearing and Grazing bill” into law and vows to ensure that anyone found culpable of the...
No less than 13 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group including six females and four males have been killed by troops of the 8 Task...
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described the Almajiri practice as one borne out of hunger and poverty and said that it does not represent...
Security agencies in Abuja, have urged residents to be watchful, following recent threats by members of Boko Haram to bomb Abuja. To this end, an emergency...
Following alleged neglect of his constituency, Senate Majority Leader Ahmed Lawan, was on Saturday reportedly turned back along with his convoy from attending a wedding party...
A 30-year-old fisherman identified as Ayebaeifin Gabriel was shot in the head by men suspected to be pirates in the Akassa community of Brass Local Government...
The famous Eyo Festival took place on Saturday at the Tafawa Balewa square, Lagos, with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Oba Rilwan Akiolu...
There were tears of joy as the 82 Chibok schoolgirls, freed following Federal Government and Boko Haram swap deal, reunited with their parents and relatives on...
The Abia State Police Command led by Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, the Commissioner of Police paraded a welder identified as Ugochukwu Oleka who allegedly raped a 13-year-old...
At least 90 Nigerians were on Friday deported to the country by the South African government over allegedly immigration-related offences. The development means that 187 Nigerians...
A nurse, Alfred Aderigbebe, who allegedly administered overdose of contraband drugs on the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, on Thursday, denied giving him overdose of medicine that...
A global watchdog organization, Transparency International (TI) has revealed that no less than 20,000 Nigerians died as a result of faulty arms procurement deals carried out...
There is tension and fears of reprisal attacks in Agatu area of Benue state over the killing by villagers of three herdsmen and their cattle. Reports...
An unidentified woman lost her life at the Eleyele end of Ibadan, Oyo State when she was burnt beyond recognition in a tanker fire incident which...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has retracted its announcement on Wednesday that one more of the 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been found. It said the girl who...
The Badagry chief magistrate’s court in Lagos State played host to a court case involving a 35-year-old man identified as Bolaji Ojo who allegedly punched off...
Less than two weeks after the rescue of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, another one has bee rescued from the Boko haram terrorists and brought to Abuja to...
Yet to be identified assassins in the early hours of Wednesday murdered a former acting chairman, Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Christopher Hobobo. Hobobo, who...