The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has received a petition from a contractor, Lewis Ihama, who claimed to have worked for the Living Faith Church,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday approved the appointment of Tunde Lemo, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the Chairman of the...
A no-case application was filed before an Ikeja High Court by the Registered Trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and other defendants in the...
A new development came to the fore Thursday in the ongoing trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu and others before Justice M.B....
Three containers full of fake drugs, cables and other contraband worth over N356 million have been intercepted and seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) following...
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) attached to the Operation Awatse outfit, have busted a syndicate which alleged specializes in stealing fuel from an NNPC pipeline...
There are palpable fears among some members of the recently proscribed and terrorist tagged Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Ebonyi as the state has begun...
Tragedy struck in the early hours of Tuesday between Rofia and Mauta in Agwata village in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State when 16 people...
Residents of Bayelsa State are in a state of panic over confirmed reports of a breakout of the deadly monkeypox virus in the state. According to...
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a decision to commercialise the State House Medical Centre, Abuja, which offers free medical services to patients. The announcement was...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday expressed concerns over the number of boat mishaps and the unprecedented activities of operators of illegal jetties in the state’s...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has been dragged before the FCT High Court Maitama, Abuja, by popular activist, musician and entertainer, Charles Oputa also known...
Three notorious gang members who specialise in dispossessing residents of their goods and valuables at night, in Adamawa, Kaduna and Taraba states have been arrested by...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it has discovered two properties which a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola...
The Federal Character Commission Headquarters in Abuja was Tuesday gutted by fire. The fire, which was said to have been caused by an electrical fault, mostly...
A former Director-General, Institute of Agriculture Research and Training, Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede, has been slammed with 40-year jail term following a court...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the Anambra and Ondo states governors, Willie Maduabuchukwu Obiano, and Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu who was accompanied by the Minister of...
The long arm of the law has caught up with one Mr. Ismail Adeyemi, a robber and the prime suspect who killed 2006 Gulder Ultimate Search...
Family, friends and colleagues of Emmanuel Agene, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Zamfara State Police Command,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces at the headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri Borno State in celebration of...
Fr. Lawrence Adorolo of the Catholic Parish Priest of St. Benedict Church, Auchi Diocese who was abducted along Auchi-Okene highway about 6pm last Wednesday while returning...
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU) Saturday announced the suspension of its nine-day-old strike following negotiations with the Federal Government. The...
Ahead of Nigeria’s 57th independence anniversary on October 1, the Nigeria Police Force has beefed up security to ensure peaceful celebrations nationwide. The Inspector-General of Police,...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious gang members allegedly responsible for an attack in Jos, a forthnight ago, which witnessed...
As Nigeria celebrates its 57th Independence Anniversary, Nigerian youths undertaking the National Youth Corps Scheme in Taraba State have made a call on Nigerians to remain...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday attended Juma’at Prayers in commemoration of 57th Independence Celebration of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja. Others at the service included...
The long arm of the law has caught up with Yahaya Idris, 40, who has been arrested after he allegedly deceived, raped and impregnated the 15-year-old...
Rampaging armed men in Zamfara State have abducted an Assistant Commissioner of Police, simply identified as ACP Emmanuel and serving in Gusau, Zamfara State. He was...
The Acting Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mrs Yetunde Oni has been dropped. In her place, the...
A 27-year-old woman named Mrs. Victoria Amodu who is standing trial for alleged conspiracy and armed robbery claimed before Justice Kudirat Jose of an Ikeja High...
Civil Servants in Kogi State have made a special appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the case of their prolonged non-payment of salaries by...
A 35-year-old commercial driver, Ahamed Kolo was Wednesday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over an alleged attempt to murder...
The fight against criminal activities got a boost on Wednesday as the Lagos state governor, Akinkunmi Ambode commissioned and handed over a DNA Forensic Centre, the...
After long inconsistencies occasioned by cancellations, and his absences, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting. The president only recently...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, that Cameroonian soldiers have tortured, assaulted, and sexually exploited Nigerian asylum seekers in remote border areas, since 2015. The...
A Nigerian journalist has written a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over what he said are human rights abuses, torture and extra-judicial killings allegedly...
The Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, played host to the case of a 23-year-old woman Folashade ldoko who allegedly stabbed her husband to death after she...
The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, Tuesday met with the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), over the recent seizures of Pump Action rifles...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai on Tuesday, received a courtesy visit from the commander, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Anthony Atolagbe and his delegation, deployed in...
Following a visit to Ogba Zoo and Nature Park after an incident which witnessed the killing of no less than three policemen and the abduction of...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has condemned the shooting that took place at the palace of the Olubadan on Monday, while also calling on security...
There was pandemonium at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji during the installation of Mogajis and Baales on Monday when unknown...
A 77-year-old man identified as Abubakar Jauro is now cooling his heels in police net after he was arrested by men of the Gombe Police Command...
The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama held a meeting with the Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel during the UN General Assembly Meeting 72...
A group of criminals suspected to be fakers of NAFDAC registration numbers have been busted following various raids on their hideouts in Lagos and Edo states...
Suspected militants have reportedly attacked a tugboat laden with crude oil, killing three crew members in the same area where about three weeks ago an ambush...
A civil rights organisation, Dignity In Labour on Saturday added a new dimension to the strike by a faction of the Nigerian labour movement, United Labour...
The Medical and Health Workers Union chapter of National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday announced commencement of an indefinite strike over...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 70-year-old man identified as Simon Alobu after he was arrested by men of the Ebonyi...
With the Nigerian Peace Corps bill recently passed by the National Assembly still awaiting presidential assent to become law, the Lagos State police command, on Friday...
