Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria have in a fresh attack on Wednesday in Borno state killed four farmers. The insurgents had previously killed three people...
21 inmates at the Ado Ekiti Prison were on Wednesday set free by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ayodeji Daramola. The release of the...
Italian police Wednesday rescued 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver who doused the vehicle in petrol and set it alight. According to Italian...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is...
AS Roma have announced the launch of a new official Pidgin English Twitter account specifically for fans in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. The Serie A club...
The former Chief Judge of Anambra, Justice Peter Umeadi, has decided to engage in partisan politics. This is as he, on Wednesday, joined the All Progressives...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, are now battling “severe depression and post-defeat hallucination”. The...
Following reports of claims by the Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abdalla Adamu, that former president Olusegun was being paid N40,000 annually...
Former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU),...
Bills from the National Assembly rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 alone rose to 13 on Tuesday following his rejection of five more bills transmitted...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the prayer of the African Action Alliance (AAC) to stop the collation of results of the governorship...
A three-storey building in the town of Dharwad in southern India’s Karnataka state collapsed while under construction on Tuesday, leaving five dead and dozens trapped. “Rescue...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has ordered the full suspension of trading in Diamond Bank Plc shares. This follows a receipt of final approval of the Central...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, hacked into the server of the Independent National...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the State House of Assembly seat in the contended Tafawa Balewa constituency in Bauchi State. The March 9 house...
Over 107 deaths have been recorded as a result of flash floods and landslides in the Papua Province of eastern Indonesia while 93 are reported missing,...
The Senate has also adjourned plenary till April 2 to allow heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) appear before its committees to defend their 2019...
One of the senators who lost his re-election bid, Biodun Olujimi (PDP Ekiti), has described the 2019 general elections as a sham, saying that the poll...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly has described as ‘’shameless’’ comments by governor Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara state that the bandits ravaging the...
Super Falcons forward Francisca Ordega says she is grateful to God who has seen her till this point as she joins the women’s team of Chinese...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has confirmed the death of 13 children to Measles. The agency has also revealed plans to begin the...
Nigeria’s opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Justice Ekwo Inyang, who ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop final collation of Bauchi...
Following last week’s deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist...
An international human rights group on Tuesday provided evidence stating that US military airstrikes in Somalia have killed or wounded nearly two dozen civilians in the...
A 30-year-old suspect named Umar Tambari has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly beating his wife, Hauwa, to death during an argument...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has blamed the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) for the crisis threatening to...
An internet fraudster, Oyesanmi Ayomikun Oluwaseun was sentenced to four months in prison after sharing pornographic and indecent images through his email address. Oyesanmi was arrested...
Reno Omokri, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has weighed-in on the long standing feud between former Plantaishun Boiz band members Blackface and 2face. The...
The free train service from Iju in Lagos to Abeokuta which was declared by the Federal Government on February 11 after the section was test-run only...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global passenger traffic results for January 2019 showing traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5% compared to...
An imate of the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos Oluwaseyi Davies, yesterday asked an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court to compel Prisons’ authorities to relocate him...
One person has been reportedly killed while 10 others allegedly sustained varying degrees of injuries during the fierce clash that ensued between Moro and Yakoyo communities...
An 18-year-old girl, Hadiyat Sikiru, has been allegedly killed by a stray bullet during a crossfire between suspected cultists/kidnappers and Police officers in Adamo community, Ikorodu...
It’s clear the House of Representatives may continue work on the 2019 Appropriation Bill without the approval of the passage of the 2019-2021 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework...
Amidst fears that the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex might be up for sale, the Federal Government has denied such plans. The government through its privatisation...
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Tuesday said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo earns N40,000 annually as a staff of the institution. According to...
Scientists create foam like substance which could replace bone implants Doctors may soon ditch the painful methods to fix broken bones or the lengthy procedures to...
The Federal Government has said the country requires an annual budget of $55 billion to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) This was disclosed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the court order that stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from final collation of Bauchi State governorship election...
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has urged security agencies in Kano State to hold Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso responsible should there be any possible breach...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed plans to extend the ongoing Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano (AKK) gas pipeline system through the Sahara to...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has been asked to zone who produces the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the North Central zone. The plea was...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been warned on the need not to meddle with the governorship supplementary elections billed to hold...
Opposition political parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have raised the alarm over alleged plots to depose the Sultan of Sokoto,...
Seven people died on Tuesday after a truck in which they were travelling plunged into a river at Kotonkarfe Community on Lokoja-Abuja Highway. Mr Emmanuel Abe,...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers operating on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, in...
The former Deputy Governor of Benue State and the defeated All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Steve Lawani has rejected the outcome of the last senatorial election...
Nigerian refineries made a total loss of N132.5 billion in 2018, a 39 percent increase from the N95.09 billion loss it incurred in 2017. According to...
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has lamented the level of insecurity and banditary in the Northwest state, saying the bandits are better equipped than the Nigerian...
For the second time in a day, the Federal High sitting in Abuja, has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from going ahead with collation...
