President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said that Nigeria is ready to work closely with the European Union in tackling the rising incidence...
The trial of Stephen Oronsaye, a former Head of Service of the Federation, continued Tuesday. A prosecution witness, Rouqayya Ibrahim, detailed how pension funds were diverted...
Amnesty International has called on government to halt its violent campaign of demolitions and forced evictions of waterfront communities in Lagos State which it said had...
The Elejigbo of Langbasa town in Lagos, Oba Hafeez Badiru, has lamented the absence of public secondary school in Langbasa, while pledging to commit to the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday formally announced the appointment of Professor Moji Adeyeye as the Director-General (DG) of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday landed in Ebonyi State, for a state visit. He was welcomed on arrival by some governors of the South East region,...
Two days after the World Internal Security and Police Index ranked the Nigerian Police Force as the worst in the world, a recent survey now rates...
A call has been made by a member of the House of Representatives to the Federal Government to treat killer Fulani herdsmen as terrorist, as is...
There was chaos in Oyo State when students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, who were calling for the removal of the...
An Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi Monday sentenced two civil servants, Mohammed Audu and Yusuf Ayodeji, to 105 years imprisonment for fraud. The convicts who...
Amidst protest by labour unions and some Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave his nod to moves by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State to...
A day after making a controversial suicidal statement on Facebook informing his friends on the social media platform that he was unhappy and angry at everything,...
The Headquarters of the 28 Task Force Brigade, of the Nigerian Army, says it has instituted a Board of Inquiry (BOI) to look into the shooting...
The failure of the Federal Government to implement all the agreements it entered with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) since 2016 has unavoidably forced...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is set to get a new Director-General in the person of Prof. Moji Adeyeye, the...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 20-year-old housewife identified as Samsiya Hassan after she allegedly dumped her one-day-old baby in a...
For moving a political motivated motion during plenary, a member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency in the House of Representative, Hon Istifanus Gyang, is in serious...
Despite being ranked as one of the worst in the world, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has described itself as one of the best globally. The...
Four states namely Ebonyi, Ondo, Abia, Imo and Ogun have reportedly put plans in motion seeking the passage of anti-open grazing law in their various domains...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been ranked worst in the world according to the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI). The WISPI was...
The police in Benue State said Friday that they had intercepted 1,427 cartridges of 5.56mm live ammunition along Makurdi-Lafia road. The police spokesman in the state,...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday played host to Members of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the State House in Abuja....
A free-for-all between two groups- farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, has left a 28-year-old man identified as Hassan...
The Governor Samuel Ortom-led government of Benue State has denied rumours in some quarters that the state’s Anti-Open Grazing law which came into effect on November...
The Nigeria Police Force said Thursday that as part of its investigations into the kidnapping of four British missionaries, two people suspected of involvement have been...
Indications emerged on Thursday that the Senate may summon the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, following the death of 26 Nigerian girls in the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Nigeria Police to pay the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) N12.5 million for violation of their...
Two men identified as Ernest Obieze and Ferdinand Okechukwu have both been convicted by a Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu State for unlawful procurement and...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has declared an emergency curfew of 24 hours on five local government areas of the state. The affected LGAs are...
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a bill to provide legal framework for the formal inclusion of climate change actions into government policy, and also domesticate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof Isaac Adewole, to commence investigation into reports of an ‘unknown disease’ killing children in Jigawa State....
While prosecution of delisted CBT centres remain pending despite earlier assurances, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has restated its justification for delisting about 72...
There was a harvest of no less than 104 criminals paraded by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command yesterday who were all arrested over various crimes...
A $3.600,191,206 billion lawsuit has been slammed against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), a subsidiary of the Royal-Dutch Shell Plc., in the United Kingdom...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned 29 persons on one count count charge before Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of Federal High Court,...
One of the keys identified by the Lagos state government, at ending the rising spate of child abuse, is for traditional rulers to use their positions...
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to invest US$100 Million over five years to tackle malnutrition in the worst-affected parts of Nigeria. This is a fallout...
Residents and parents living in the Gidan Dugus in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State have been left in confusion after a strange disease claimed...
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Monday stated that the Jibowu and Costain bridges of Lagos were marked for demolition in the planned construction of the Lagos-Ibadan...
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that he was committed to continue fighting the scourge of corruption in...
Elizabeth Omotosho , mother of the National Chairman of Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho, has reportedly been abducted by four gunmen. Omotosho, who confirmed the kidnap...
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to halt its reported efforts to shut down online newspapers, blogs and websites perceived to constitute...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the duo of Idakwoji Cyril Ameh and Oboma Chisolm, formerly of Access Bank, before Justice Adamu Turaki...
Men of the Ondo State Police Command are currently on the hunt for a group of gunmen who kidnapped two victims Olugbade Ibikunle and Rafiu Isiaka...
President Muhamadu Buhari has revealed that the Federal Government would support universities affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Buhari made this known...
Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Office, says the Federal Government has fulfilled all its obligations to...
Five policemen who were on duty when suspected kidnapper, Ogonna Alioka (a.k.a Pilot) and three other suspects escaped police detention have been arrested on the orders...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday gave approval for former Vice President Alex Ekwueme to be immediately flown abroad for medical treatment. According to a statement by his...
Tired of his continued detention and slow pace with which his court case is moving, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, the alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin has reportedly...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two serial phone thieves identified as Idris Owolabi 26, and his friend, Benjamin Ademola 31, after...
