The Nigerian Army on Monday disclosed that its troops neutralized scores of bandits/kidnappers in Sokoto and also arrested ransom collectors and informants working for them. In...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has reacted to claims by the Seyi Makinde administration that some of its members who served with former...
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has given President Muhammadu Buhari five days to respond to an appeal filed against his qualification for the...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has warned those involved in kidnapping in the state to desist forthwith from the act as the government would...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described issues of banditry ravaging the North West, especially Zamfara and Katsina States, as a fight over the control of mining...
By Gideon Arinze… The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has consistently shown Nigerians that it is incapable of playing its constitutional role of conducting elections that...
Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State during the 2019 general elections, Uche Nwosu, has vowed not to drop his petition challenging Governor...
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has urged staff of the electoral body to offer their views and criticisms on...
Oando Plc on Monday urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to join it in the lingering face-off between the company’s suspended Group Chief Executive Officer...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have vowed to challenge the ruling of the Presidential...
The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. The board which has Mr. Olufemi Lijadu as Chairman was inaugurated...
National chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has been described as lacking in human dignity. A senator representing Osun East Senatorial District,...
The Police Command in Plateau has arrested 15 suspects over culpable homicide, cattle rustling, armed robbery and kidnapping in the last one month in the state....
Three suspected internet fraudsters have on Monday been remanded by a High Court in Ilorin, Kwara state. The Ilorin Zonal office of the EFCC arraigned the...
The embattled Judge of a Federal High Court, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday where she’s being tried for money...
The South-East Governors Forum has described the demand by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to set up Fulani vigilante group in the zone...
The executive governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday swore-in Olatokunbo Talabi and Alhaji Salisu Shuaib as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and the...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said the country’s external reserves have risen from $23 billion in October 2016 to over...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday said his second term would witness the recapitalisation of the banking system. Emefiele made the...
The Governor Udom Emmanuel-led government of Akwa Ibom has frowned at the recent listing of the state, by the United Kingdom (UK), as one of the...
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met on Monday with Saudi Arabia’s rulers as he sought to coordinate with allies over soaring tensions with Iran. Pompeo...
The pair of Hon Ahmed Lawan Mirwa and Hon Auwalu Isa Bello, both of the All Progressive Congress (APC), have emerged as Speaker and Deputy spSpeaker...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on Monday revealed why a faction of Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), has consistently attacked military base...
The suspected ringleader of Saturday’s failed coup attempt in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has been declared wanted, a senior security official told the BBC on Monday. Amhara’s...
In efforts to decimate insurgency in the country, troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised three Boko Haram terrorists in different clearance operations in the northeast...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has rejected the request by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for permission to inspect a...
Immediate past Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has described as ironic, how foreign herdsmen and their arms make their way into Nigerian borders in the North,...
Eight Australian children have been rescued from a refugee camp in Syria and are in the care of the Australian government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...
Kogi state governor, Yaha Bello has pleaded with different factions in the ruling party to embrace reconciliation in order to win the coming gubernatorial election coning...
A senator representing Oyo North, Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari, on Sunday suggested death penalty for anyone caught culpable in crime relating to kidnapping and other related offences...
MultiChoice Nigeria, organisers of the highly anticipated Big Brother Naija 4 reality TV show, has announced a total prize worth of N60 million for the eventual...
Six kidnap victims, including four corps members, on Sunday were rescued by the Rivers State Police Command after their abduction in Emohua area of the East-West...
Sudan’s ruling military council said on Sunday that Ethiopia and the African Union need to unify their efforts to mediate between the council and an opposition...
The Director of the Treasury Single Account (TSA), Sylva Abor, has said that some Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies are still operating illegal accounts outside the...
Scientists have suggested that a sperm bank could one day open in space, according to a new study. According to the results of a small preliminary...
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has said the menace of banditry and kidnapping and other unrest facing the country could only...
Fresh concerns have been raised over the ‘deteriorating health’ of Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Malama Zeenah, who have both been held in detention since December...
Reverend Supo Ayokunle, who has been re-elected as the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for another three-year term, has been charged to...
The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on what he should do in choosing cabinet...
Two men, Bashar Haruna and Isah Sule, have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The Police Public Relations...
The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshimhole, has expressed disappointment at the manner in which the inauguration of the Edo House of Assembly...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council on Sunday alleged that Fulani youth vigilante groups have been in existence in the South East region of Nigeria for over...
The Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has vowed to petition the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N2.3 billion naira which the immediate...
The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has tendered an apology for his misdeeds in office as executive governor of the State. He said...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reassured Nigerians that his administration would soon bring violent killing of Nigerians by bandits and other criminal elements to an end....
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the fears expressed by the Nigerian Bar Association )NBA) over insecurity and intimidation of judges in the country, has...
One Bawa Gomna, a Suspected kidnap kingpin, has been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army alongside 20 bandits suspected to have been responsible for terrorising...
The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has described as false, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) that Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investments(FDI) plunged...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected robbers who hijacked are Toyota Camry 2006 model car...
Luck has run out for six members of a cybercrime syndicate who have been impersonating the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rev Nicholas...
