The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday described statements credited to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on the Supreme Court’s...
The bill for the creation of Ekiti State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps passed through first and second readings at the State House of Assembly...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two siblings and 13 others for alleged internet-related fraud. The Acting Spokesperson of the EFCC, Tony Orilade,...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) posted a marginal decrease in its total market value today as sell pressure in some stocks dragged the index down. All...
The Presidency on Thursday accused the disgruntled opposition politicians of paying miscreants to boo the President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Maiduguri, Borno State. The...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday evening declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Douye Diri, cannot be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday it would act on the judgment of the Supreme Court, directing it to withdraw the certificate of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Thursday’s nullification of the election of David Lyon as Bayelsa State governor-elect as a victory for democracy. The Supreme...
The sacked governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, was at the stadium rehearsing for his swearing-in ceremony when the Supreme Court gave a ruling sacking him....
Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a top military general in Sudan, has told rights group he will “co-operate fully” with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it...
The cofounder of Play Network Africa, Charles Okpaleke, sole rights owners of the remake of the 1994 Nollywood classic ‘Glamour Girls’ has revealed that it will...
The family house of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, was razed by fire on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said the inferno...
The African Action Congress (AAC) has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for its decision to deregister 74 political parties describing the move as unjust....
The leader a faction of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, on Thursday warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to return to Borno State, saying the group’s...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai has declared that troops of the Nigerian Army have been able to defeat insurgency in the...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex sociocultural organisation of Igbos of the Southeast geopolitical zone, is no doubt a once very powerful powerhouse in the zone, just like...
A journalist, Agba Jalingo who has been in detention for about 174 days, and being prosecuted by the Cross River State government led by Ben Ayede...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Wednesday night paid a visit to an hospital caring for residents of the state that were attacked by suspected...
Mr. David Lyon, the Bayelsa State governor-elect and his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo, were on Thursday sacked by the Supreme Court. The court handed down the decision...
Waidi Soremi, a 25 years old with two of his friends have been apprehended for allegedly stealing the head of a dead neighbor, Taiwo Mesioye. The...
The trial of Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, will now commence on March 11 to March 13, 2020. The trial which was to kick...
500 Startups, a San Francisco based seed accelerator programme company for innovative firms, has listed Nigeria’s Fintech startup Thank U Cash among other international startups to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has extended the designation of global health emergency earlier declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the outbreak of the...
The death toll arising from the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China which has fast spread across the globe has surged past 1,300 with Chinese...
The Lagos State police command has arrested two Chinese men identified as Yang Liang Ming, 41, and Wang Gui-Moi, 45 for allegedly rapi’ng their collegue, Jun...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that Nigerians will remain helpless until the nation’s security system is completely overhauled. CAN made the assertion in...
Governors of the Southeast geopolitical zone and the apex Igbo Sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday took different positions on how to approach the growing insecurity...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning, February 13, 2020 1. Buhari to Borno residents: Boko Haram militants aided by locals...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday warned security agencies in the country, especially the Police and the Army not to push them into an...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah has been warned to stop fanning the embers of religious discord over the rising spate of insecurity...
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, APC Unity Forum, has rejected the leadership of a former Interim National Chairman of the...
Ahead of the burial of parents of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, in Afara Ukwu, Abia State, on Friday, rights group, Amnesty...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on the security situation in the country. The state...
The President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told people of Borno State that the Boko Haram insurgents or any of their factions cannot carry out attacks on...
The Nigerian government has discovered about one billion barrels of crude oil in North East part of the country, a minister in charge of the petroleum...
Sporadic gunshots suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram fighters rocked the Jiddari Polo general area of Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday evening. The...
A crowd of Borno residents on Wednesday booed President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Borno State to commiserate with the people over last Sunday attack...
Magistrate Daniel John of the Yola Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the lawmaker representing Song constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly,...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress have climbed three places in the world ranking to sit as 14th best in the world. The rankings were released by...
The Director of Finance and Administration, National Examination Council (NECO), Dr. Jacob Ekele, said on Wednesday the body conducted examinations for students in 19 states on...
The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed as malicious, report that President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, has secured employment with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). The...
The Nigerian stock market recorded marginal gain for the second consecutive day today on the back of investors’ interest in mid-cap equities. A positive market breadth...
One of Nigeria’s highlife music legends, Sir Victor Olaiya, died on Wednesday in Lagos. The music maestro’s death has sent shock waves across the country with...
The founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba armed militant, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has been sentenced to a five and a half years jail term by a court in...
Fire on Wednesday razed a section of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos and destroyed some property. However, no casualty was recorded...
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, said on Wednesday the Senate Committee on review of the 1999 Constitution would consider recommendations of the 2014 constitutional conference...
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday approved the proposal for the creation of the South West Security Network, Amotekun, in the state. The approval, according to...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles’ defender and captain Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team. The spokesperson for the football...
A police officer was on Wednesday crushed to death by a heavy-duty truck along the Owerri -Okigwe highway in Imo State. The deceased police officer, Paul...
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani on Wednesday lamented the growing insecurity in the country, saying Nigerians now live in perpetual fear...
