The life of affluence exhibited by some ex-militants who depended on the lucrative contracts of protecting the nation’s oil pipelines may now be over as the...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … As part of efforts to improve the educational sector in the state, and encourage more of its people to go to...
Just days after the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, decried the rot in the nation’s civil service, the sad tale has again been brought to the...
The Northern Christian Youth Solidarity Movement for Emancipation, Justice and Self Determination, has condemned what it described as campaign of calumny against the leader of the...
It is rare to see people working against their countries in a trying period like war time. But in Nigeria, this seems to be the stock-in-trade...
For making ripples.com.ng your favourite site, you deserve plenty. That is why every week we reward a reader with N10, 000 for the funniest and most...
The long arms of the law has eventually caught up with a fleeing Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Eku, as he was on Monday sentenced to life...
With the holiday periods fast approaching, with its attendant increase in number and rate of travellers across the country, Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised...
Dissatisfied with the inventory of army weaponry in stock, and what should have been available given claims by his predecessor, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen....
Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the state’s missing plane has been found in Morocco. He said the plane was hidden in the country...
Officers of the Central Naval Command (CNC) have denied killing any members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). There...
Palpable anxiety now pervades the air in the city of Warri, and the Itsekiri nation is in animated suspense over the health status of the Olu...
In from Ali Smart … Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong Ekpe, the elder brother of the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS) Ekpenyong Ita,...
What could be regarded as an uncommon miracle occurred in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, as a 70-year-old man, Amos Otene, reportedly resurrected from death...
The police in Abia State have arrested a 71-year-old pastor and his wife for illegally adopting an 11-month-old baby girl. The baby was alleged to have...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … An early morning inferno along the busy Aba-Owerri road in the commercial city of Abia State has led to the destruction...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Ekiti State government has forwarded a bill to the House of Assembly proposing life imprisonment for any individual convicted of kidnapping....
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Anyone found riding horses in Borno State henceforth will be considered an insurgent, the Nigerian Army has declared. The 7th Division...
Just two days after a container truck fell off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos, killing three people, another container truck on Friday fell across the the...
Several people were feared dead and others injured when a six-storey plaza in the heart of the popular Balogun market in Lagos was gutted by fire...
The Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Collins Chabuka, has stated that at least about 10 persons suspected to be vandals...
A total of 3,032 soldiers who were dismissed from the Nigerian Army have been reinstated. This followed a review of their cases by the committee set...
Three people were killed yesterday when a heavy duty container fell from Ojuelegba bridge in Surulere area of Lagos State and landed on a Nissan saloon...
It’s that time again, to celebrate our esteemed readers. It was hectic trying to decide which of the funny captions deserves to win, but one reader...
The Bayelsa State Coordinator of Child Protection Network (CPN) Mrs. Mariam Kombo-Ezeh, yesterday told of how a 4-year-old girl was raped to death by a 40-year-old...
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the poverty level in the country on mis-governance and lack of transparency. He insisted that with the human and natural resources...
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it had retaken Gomboru Ngala, a community in Borno State, from the Boko Haram terrorist group. Army headquarters stated...
Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, on Monday held a special meeting with 12 heads of parliaments from different parts of the world,...
The Department of State Security (DSS) today arraigned the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki before a Federal High Court in Abuja on one count...
Former Minister for Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo said on Monday, that at least 64 million Nigerians suffer one form of mental illness or another deserving psychiatric...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Fahad Sefyan, have pledged to work towards deepening the economic ties between...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio was rushed to the National Hospital Abuja, after his vehicle collided with another, when...
About 68 people were killed, and many more injured on Friday night when members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect riding on horse backs invaded Baanu...
The Ijaw Youth Council has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should include former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in the ongoing probe of the past civilian administrations...
A woman pilgrim from Kaduna stated has died on her way to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for this year Hajj. The woman, who whose...
Nigeria’s secret police said Sunday it had arrested notable Boko Haram suspects, including a key commander, linked with several suicide attacks across the country, the AFP...
About 76,000 intending pilgrims from the 36 states of the federation and Abuja are expected to participate in this year’s holy pilgrimage otherwise known as Hajj...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said on Saturday, that it had invited Chika Udensi, for questioning over his alleged complicity in the ongoing investigation of...
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said that about 36, 000 policemen between the constable and inspector cadre have remained in the same rank for...
The Department of State Security (DSS) says it has foiled a planned move by the Boko Haram terrorist sect to bomb the Abuja International Airport. The...
At least seven people were killed this morning, when a Nigerian Air Force aircraft, crashed into a residential building close to the Old Nigerian Defence Academy,...
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for describing him (Soyinka) as apolitical illiterate, who is only good at hunting...
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, Mbu Joseph Mbu and 18 others have been redeployed by the police high command. Also affected...
The N34 billion communications satellite launched into orbit under a deal between Nigeria and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) in 2004 has remained idle due...
A catering staff of Arik Air, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver who was recently picked by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged involvement in smuggling...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Nigerians in Diaspora will be issued the National identity card soon. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said the project will...
The National Universities Commission has revealed that about 57 universities operating around the country are illegal, and that certificates awarded by such institutions would not be...
The battle for the throne of Ooni of Ile-Ife has widened further with new royal frontiers opened thus making it so complex that the council of...
The 36 states and Abuja are to receive new commissioners of police (CPs) as the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved their deployment. The PSC said...
In from Ali Smart … The World Bank assisted Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) has hinted of plans to disburse additional $140million (about N30 billion)...
