Bauchi State Governor Mohammed Abubakar on Friday pardoned 22 inmates serving different jail terms in the state. He declared this in a broadcast to the people...
The office of the embattled Abdulmumin Jibrin at the House of Representatives building Abuja has been sealed up. The former Appropriation Committee Chairman was on Wednesday,...
Ahead of 2017 election in Anambra State, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ex- governorship aspirant, Dr Chike Obidigbo and 50,000 others have defected to the All Progressives Congress...
There was confusion at Sycamore Junction, Ajara Topa area of Badagry, Lagos State, after some customs officers allegedly opened fire on some residents. It was learnt...
A Pastor, Prince Adewale Fagbire, who was alleged to have been struck dumb and motionless has shared his experience. He had invaded his community shrine at...
A 35-year-old man, Ejike Onyejekwe, has been killed in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State by yet to be identified person. PUNCH Metro learnt that...
Nigerian Federal Government has announced Monday, October 3, as Public Holiday to mark the country’s 56th Independence Anniversary. This is contained in a statement signed by...
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot deny igbo people the right to a referendum. The separatist group was reacting to...
Man who claimed to be a pastor, Raji Michael Ayoola, has been arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos for trying to export banned narcotics....
Former Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Sir Etim Okon Inyang, was on Wednesday confirmed dead by the family. The family, in a statement signed by the...
An Akure Customary Court has dissolved a 15-year marriage between Mr Adeniyi and Mrs Olayinka Adebayo over wife’s desertion of matrimonial home. Mrs Adebayo, a housewife...
A pastor with a Pentecostal ministry, Chinedu Rockson, has accused the management of Ilogbo Central Hospital in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State of removing his...
Borno State Commissioner for Environment, Waziri Imam died on Wednesday morning (today) after a brief illness. The former commissioner reportedly died at the University of Maiduguri...
Nigerian Senate during its plenary on Tuesday admitted oat office to two new senators from Kogi and Imo states. One of them, a former Air Staff,...
A pastor with the Christ Apostolic Church, Onigbogbo, Atan Ota, Ogun State, Pastor Olusegun Omoniyi, is critically ill after he was allegedly abducted and tortured by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Monday said it will take delivery of sensitive voting materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)....
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has disowned Facebook account opened in the name of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology. Mrs...
Crisis is brewing at the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) over allegation of ‘favouritism’ and ‘marginalization’ of some officers in its ongoing promotion exercise. Daily Trust...
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Mr. Ogundare Lawrence Opeyemi, has slumped and died in Bayelsa State. Opeyemi, it was gathered,...
A policeman serving as an aide-de-camp to a politician in Bayelsa State has been killed by gunmen. It was gathered that the policeman whose identity was...
Residents of Surulere Estate, Alagbado, Lagos live in fear after cult members invaded the area hacking a prince and two others to death. In what could...
A pastor, identified as Wale Fagbere, became motionless while trying to destroy a shrine in Ketu, a community in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of...
Dr Vincent Akpotai, the Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has fixed final verification of staff and pensioners of the defunct Power Holding Company of...
Operatives of the National Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) on Friday uncovered illegal fuel bunkering activities at a boundary between Mosan Okunola and Agbado/ Oke...
Families and relatives of the seven dead victims of a boat mishap that occurred in Epe area of Lagos State during the March 2015 general elections...
Nigeria’s oldest university, the University of Ibadan (U.I.) has been listed among one of the world’s top universities. According to the ranking released by the Times...
Civil rights groups on Friday berated the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for incurring a N2.2tn domestic debt in the last one year. The groups, in separate interviews...
Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should stop “persistent political persecution” of Mr Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the director of the Europe based...
By Joseph Edgar… I have just read that Aliko Dangote has advised that we start selling off our National Assets for cash. As is expected, he...
We have been inundated with all kinds of threat since Patience Jonathan’s wahala started with the authorities. Some people have said they will blow up the...
The worldwide Sit-at- Home protest called by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the continued detention of its leader and Director of Radio Biafra Mr. Nnamdi...
Controversial Spiritual leader and pro-Biafra activist, Prophet Anthony Nwoko has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly fuelling the agitation for the actualisation of the Biafran republic...
Tragedy struck at the Ogoja Market, LASU-Igando Road, Lagos State, after operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad shot dead an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo...
In a hurry to submit their answer booklets to invigilators, some candidates forget their expo (materials used for examination malpractice) in the booklets, the West African...
Senators yesterday opposed their President, Bukola Saraki, and kicked against the call for the sale of some national assets. This came at the Senate yesterday set...
President Muhammadu Buhari, challenged developed countries to the fight against corruption seriously by disallowing the inflow of illicit money into their countries. The president, who spoke...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of deliberately working to dent the reputation of former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan due to the latter’s growing international clout....
South African born comedian, radio host and anchor of The Daily Show, a late-night television talk show on Comedy Central, Trevor Noah, has been named as...
Sensational singer Tiwatope Savage has revealed why she signed the dotted lines for an international deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation. Speaking in an interview with...
People aren’t born looking stylish, it’s something they learn, and that means that anyone can use fashion to make themselves look elegant and stylish. You don’t...
By Ahmed Boulor The first round of nominations for the 2016 edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) 2016 set to be staged in...
Three weeks after unveiling the nominees list for the 2016 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, with Tiwa Savage and Wizkid leading the way...
A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her out because she refused to terminate a six month-old...
A 44-year-old man, Eseosasere Gift Osifo, on Thursday appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged impersonation of the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo...
The Sokoto State Government on Thursday said it had established three new Arabic Secondary Schools at the cost of N 500 million. Executive Secretary, Arabic and...
Blames Kaduna govt, security agencies for uncertainty over number of dead, missing persons, lost assets The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday urged the Federal...
Eseosasere Gift Osifo, 44, was on Thursday arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court over alleged impersonation and fraud. Osifo is said to have created a Facebook...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced the prosecution of an Abuja-based businesswoman, Mrs Joy Folake Yobah for allegedly issuing dud cheques valued at...
A notorious criminal, Charles Emeka, popularly called Fela, who had allegedly been terrorising residents of Owerri, the capital of Imo State, and its environs, has been...
The five-day meeting of the bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) taking place in Awka, Anambra State ended abruptly on Wednesday. This, our correspondent...