Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has told Akwa Ibom residents to hold Petroleum Tanker Drivers responsible for the artificial scarcity being experienced in the state. The...
Suspected bandits have allegedly attacked a school in Zamfara state, abducting six people at Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Moriki town of Zurmi Local Government...
Nigerian House of Representatives has again summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before its chamber to explain what his government is doing to address worrying insecurity...
Nigerian Police anti-banditry, kidnapping and other crime fighting team, code named Operation puff Adder, has been launched in Edo State. The exercise which had earlier been...
Clashes between opposition supporters and Venezuela’s armed forces in Caracas left a woman dead and 46 people injured on Wednesday. This came in after Venezuelans heeded...
Following the growing issues of insecurity in Kaduna and other states of the federation, acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered immediate redeployment...
Nigerian UK born Fiona Onasanya has been removed from office as a member of the British parliament after her conviction for an over-speeding offense which she...
In a bid to secure his second term aspiration, Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has visited the national leader of All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu in...
Sultry singer Tiwa Savage has secured an international recording deal with Universal Music Group after parting ways with Supreme Mavin Dynasty run and owned by music...
The Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has said it is ready to comply with directives from the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) to commence...
Some retired workers from the Lagos State Ministry of Education have lamented the delay in the payment of their pensions. The former teachers said more than...
Two groups, the Lagos State Auto-Parts Dealers Association (LASAPDA), Mushin zone and Concerned Citizens and Stakeholders of Papa Ajao/Ladipo Community have cried out over a lingering...
Seven days into President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom with no public appearance of the president in Britain save for his arrival...
India has commenced the evacuation of 800,000 people and organized emergency personnel as the country’s east coast prepares for a severe cyclonic storm. It will be...
Singer Simisola Ogunleye popularly known in music circles as Simi has officially parted ways with her record label X3M Music, breaking a union cemented five-years ago...
A Dutch Court on Wednesday gave an interim ruling in favour of wives of four leaders of Ogoni land that were killed in 1995. According to...
A team led by associate professor Yutetsu Kuruma of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology has constructed simple artificial cells that can...
The Federal Government has decried the performance of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) since the privatization of the power sector in 2013. The government also said plans...
Following protests at the popular computer Village in Lagos, the leader of traders in Lagos and the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, says the...
Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has given a hint that his government may delay in paying the new minimum wage in the state. During this year’s...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate at the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar have both told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that President...
The Police in Enugu State have arrested a palm wine tapper, Camillus Onah (75), over the death of his son after allegedly drinking his produce. The...
The students of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday took to the streets to react against the killing of a fellow student, identified...
Embattled governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello has been warned by Kogi State workers to ensure that he pays outstanding salaries owed, or forget his re-election...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on civil servants in the state to pray for the improvement of the finances of the state so...
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday, indicted state governors over the festering insecurity in parts of the...
A Wuse Magistrates Court has ordered that a former Director General of the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation, Smuggling of Small Arms, and Light...
The outgoing Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said he would pay about N20.2bn outstanding deductions and salaries his administration is owing workers in...
Reluctance by European buyers over high prices has left about 20 cargoes of Nigerian crude oil from April loading unsold, Reuters has reported. The reluctance of...
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said not less 523 children are currently languishing in different prisons in Anambra State. This was disclosed by the...
Despite protests by some rights groups in the country, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday signed into law a “sovereign internet” bill which will allow Russian...
The district head of Daura, Katsina state, Musa Umar, has been kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen. The kidnappers reportedly stormed Umar’s residence in Daura at about...
Four abducted staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who were kidnapped last Tuesday in Obua-Adual Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State, have regained...
The Plateau state police command has confirmed the killing of three persons and 319 cattle in different attacks in Miango district of Bassa local government area...
Thousands of Venezuelans gathered in Caracas on Wednesday, after heeding a call from Juan Guaidó, who launched a dicey effort to spur the military in ousting...
Lionel Messi bagged a brace to help Barcelona secure a 3-0 victory at home against Liverpool in a thrilling Champions League semifinal clash. The Spanish champions...
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has cautioned the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, against reducing the commission to “a willing...
A medical doctor, James Negedu, has been remanded in the Lafia prison for the death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps, Pascaline Madueke,...
With effect from May 1, 2019, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has closed down the Gombe and Kebbi airports as a result of over...
Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Abdulrahaman, has been redeployed with immediate effect to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The Inspector-General of Police,...
British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Wednesday sacked her Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson following a probe into the leak of news that Britain had conditionally allowed...
The Nigerian Air Force has denied claims by the Emir of Bungudu, Hassan Attahiru, that the force ignored distress calls put through when bandits were ravaging...
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is currently in South-Africa to lead the election observation mission of the Electoral Institute for sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its former Deputy National Chairman (South) and former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni over anti-party activities. The party’s...
More than seven months since the arrest and illegal detention of 15 Nigerians, including three top military officers, by the Nigerian Navy without prosecution, distraught family...
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange who sought asylum in the South American country’s London embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden has been sentenced to...
The statement by a member of the Presidential Committee on the Northeast, Sidi Ali Mohammed, that soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists earn N1,000 as daily allowance...
Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi on Wednesday ordered the immediate dismissal of 560 Senior Technical Assistants and Technical Assistant as well as coordinators of 64 development...
Facebook-owned Instagram is going to test hiding “like” counts this week as a way to make “a less pressurized environment” on the app, Head of Instagram,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has accused some unnamed politicians of compromising some of its staff during the just concluded 2019 general elections. That much...
