The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 15-year-old housewife, Hassana Lawan, of Bechi Village, in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state for allegedly poisoning...
An Ibadan based legal practitioner Mr. Musibau Adetunmbi has been abducted in Iwaraja, Osun state by unknown gunmen. Dr. Oluwole Akintayo, chairman of Ibadan branch of...
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on Tuesday said that Nigeria is still threatened by several security challenges. Mansur stated this at the graduation ceremony of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially confirmed its adoption of House of Representatives Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, as its candidate for the position of the...
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh has revealed that the country saved a whooping $21 billion from the importation of food into the country in...
Three policemen were on Tuesday sentenced to death for kidnapping by an Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo. The court presided over by Justice Joy Unwana,...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has re-echoed his earlier stand that the ruling party will not share committees in...
It was a traumatic night for Manchester United on Tuesday, as a brace from Lionel Messi set the tune for Manchester United’s ouster from the 2019...
Dutch team, Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday edged out Juventus to qualify for the 2019 Champions League. Ajax qualification is their first since 1997 as Matthijs de Ligt’s...
Despite claims by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the results of the 2019 presidential election were not on its servers, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential...
Borno Elders Forum (BEF) have reacted to reports it endorsed Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume representing Borno South senatorial district as Senate President for the ninth national...
John Chike Okafor who represents Ehime Mbano/ Ihite/ Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo state, has declared his intention to run for office of Speaker of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it was staying action on the controversial Imo North Senatorial elections as a result of a court...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given reasons for re-arresting a former judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia who was discharged by the court on Tuesday,...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday issued a warrant on the Department of State Security (DSS) ordering the agency to produce the detained former...
Attorney-General Abubakar Malami has demanded the corruption case file of the director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), PREMIUM TIMES can report. Moddibo Kawu was charged...
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday labelled electoral corruption as the worst form of corruption as it undermines...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that a supplementary election will be conducted in Ajeromi/ Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State as the February...
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, under the aegis of Justice Reform Project (JRP), have called on the Presidency to extend corruption probe to other judges. The SANs...
Nigeria’s inflation rate has dropped to 11.25 percent year on year for March 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Tuesday. According to the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Bill, 2019. Also passed by the lawmakers...
In preparation for his second tenure, Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has directed all political appointees in the state to resign by April 30, 2019. In...
Imo State House of Assembly has finally recalled five of its members it suspended six months ago over alleged “un-parliamentary” conduct. The lawmakers were recalled during...
A former Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Segun Adewumi was on Tuesday suspended for engaging in an heated argument with the...
The comments made by Festus Keyamo (SAN), the Director Strategic Communications for President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 campaign suggesting that Senator Ademola Adeleke forged the school results...
An FCT High Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted the suspended Director General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo. The Independent Corrupt Practices...
The Mada people of central Nigeria are predominantly domiciled in Nasarawa State, with Akwanga as their seat of power, housing the paramount ruler. They are generally...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, and other indigenes of the state to come and work for the interest of...
There seems to be division in the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership over which zone of the country produces Speaker of the House of Representatives...
There was palpable panic and confusion among staff of DAAR Communications when officials of the Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCDA) demolished a structure within their...
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has described Nigeria as a failed state, lamenting that the government of the country cannot guarantee the security of its...
Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has come under attack by President Muhammadu Buhari’s new media aide, Bashir Ahmad over her comments describing the state of Nigeria under...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, on Monday said that the battle to end killings by Boko Haram insurgents and other criminal...
A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for spying on Russian navy submarines. Berg who...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s achievements in the areas of corruption and insecurity. According to him, Buhari’s...
There was a mild drama at the Ikeja High Court, Lagos, as Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia made frantic efforts to escape from operatives of the EFCC who...
Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, yesterday in Lagos, said that henceforth, the nation’s policemen will start using stun guns for routine patrols because...
The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three friends, who have drowned in an old well in Basirka town at Gwaram Local Government...
Senator Shehu Sani, the lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, has reacted to comments by Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde who said Nigeria has become...
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has offered an advise to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on how...
The United Nations (UN) has expressed worries over the rise in Measles cases across the world. According to the organisation, measles cases rose by 300 per...
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) said it has suspended 49 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for various irregularities in the ongoing 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Zuba, has ordered the final forfeiture of properties worth N124.5 million illegally acquired by a Principal Accountant...
Sultry singing songstress Simi has revealed how a police officer once pulled a gun at her and her friends over a simple excuse. According to Simi,...
A case has been made for the role of Deputy Senate President to be ceded to the South East, so that all regions will be carried...
The Central Bank of Nigeria will conduct a primary market auction on Treasury bills this week, offering a total of N58.5bn across the 91-day (N5.8bn), 182-day...
Two remaining suspects who are standing trial for the attack on worshipers at St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State...
International beverage making giants PepsiCo is mulling the use of satellites to advertise its product in the sky. Pepsi wants to invade our skies and fill...
The Federal Government has disclosed that discussions were ongoing with the World Bank to secure a $1 billion loan for the development of the power sector....
President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the historic Notre Dame Cathedral for the people of France, after they and the world watched in shock when...
