One of France’s most wanted men has been arrested in Scotland, eight years after vanishing without trace following the murder of his wife and four children. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was subject to an international arrest warrant for the 2011...
The Kano State Police Command have rescued 8 children abducted in the state in 2014, following the arrest of members of a gang that specializes in child trafficking. A breakthrough in the investigation came after one of the suspects, Paul...
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has stated that Nigerians are free to be Shiites but not members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The police boss is in the United Kingdom where he is a member...
Residents of Lagos State have taken to social media to once again lament about heavy flooding in most parts of the state. The heavy rainfall for almost two days is taking a toll on the state leaving most parts seriously...
Residents of Lagos State have taken to social media to once again lament about heavy flooding in most parts of the state. The heavy rainfall for almost two days is taking a toll on the state leaving most parts seriously...
Six female students and two staff of Engravers College, Kakau Daji in Chikun Local government area of Kaduna state are yet to regain their freedom despite the payment of N3.6 million as ransom. TheCable reported that the kidnappers' refusal to...
Several schools and communities have been submerged by floods in Ondo State as a result of the torrential rains being experienced in many parts of the country. This made the State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to direct public primary and secondary...
A woman, Mrs. Jumiah Utache and her three children Faith(9), Domino(2), and one-year-old Daniel have been killed after their house in the Orisha community, Magodo, Lagos state, collapsed during the heavy downpour today Saturday, October 12th. The General Manager, Lagos...
The Coalition of United Political Partes, CUPP, has raised a fresh alarm over alleged ongoing plot by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to alter and jettison the age-long tradition of selecting the 7 most senior Justices as members of...
Following the Appeal Court ruling on Friday upholding the tribunal judgment, and nullifying the Kogi West Senatorial election and ordering a fresh election between Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Sen. Dino Melaye of the Peoples...
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has hailed the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the earlier judgement of the Kogi State National Assembly Election Tribunal, nullifying the Kogi West Senatorial election. He stated that the Friday’s verdict...
President Muhammadu Buhari says that stricter laws are needed to prevent girls from being abused in schools across the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will explore the possibility of using the Nov. 16 governorship election to conduct a fresh election for the Kogi West Senatorial district. NAN reports that the INEC National Commissioner in charge of...
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that states must explore ways to boost their agricultural development and harness the entrepreneurial spirit of Nigerians in order to increase their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Vice President also urged states to...
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Friday, called for an immediate lift of the ban on students unions in all Nigeria universities. He also demanded that the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) stop mingling with...
There appears to be fresh crisis in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Bayelsa State, following the suspension of the State Chairman, Hon. Jothan Amos, Secretary, Comrade Alabo Martins and 10 others over alleged fraudulent diversion of...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, on Friday, denied commenting on rumors of her getting married to President Muhammadu Buhari. She refuted tweets made using her name by a parody account. The account had tweeted: “There...
The Presidency has dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari was getting married to a second wife. Reports had it that Buhari will today marry the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq. This came following the...
Reno Omokri, a staunch critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, has deemed the proposed budget for education in 2020 as a deliberate attempt to keep Nigerians uneducated. The N48 billion proposed for the ministry of education has continued to generate mixed...
The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has criticised the proposed N5 million fine for hate speech by the federal government. Recall that some days ago, the Minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed announced this...
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has warned ministers and the Heads of Departments and government Agencies of not appearing on time before the National Assembly to defend their budget. Lawan issued this warning during the unveiling of the Legislative...
The appeal court has affirmed the decision of the election petition tribunal sacking Dino Melaye as senator representing Kogi west. The court ordered the conduct of a fresh election in the zone. Confirming the news, Dino Melaye Tweeted, 'I just...
Nigeria's worsening insecurity continues unabated as gunmen have allegedly abducted twenty persons around the Zuma rock area in Niger state on the outskirts of Abuja. Victims include include public workers and traders who were returning to their respected homes on...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that all African countries are corrupt and only few countries in the world can boast of not being corrupt. Yemi Osinbajo who was represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Rule of...
A 40-year-old man has been declared wanted for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl and inflicting critical injuries on her. Roberto Lopez, a laborer from Immokalee in Florida with a history of violent offenses, is wanted on a charge of sexual...
The Theatre Commander of Nigerian army’s Operation Lafiya Dole, Olusegun Adeniyi has blamed their inability to conclude the fight against Boko Haram on lack of an “army aviation”. Olusegun Adeniyi who oversees the army’s operation against the insurgents made the...
An Iranian oil tanker has been hit by two missiles off the coast of Saudi Arabia. According to the National Iran Oil Company, a supertanker called Sabiti was struck by two missiles around 60 miles from the port of Jeddah...
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing has announced that the Federal Government will no longer make refund to states that repair federal roads. He advised the states to concentrate on state-funded roads. Fashola announced the paradigm shift in federal-state...
27-year-old Blessing Edet who was arraigned before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for killing her 33-year-old fiance, Edet Ebong during a fight that ensued following her refusal to wear an engagement ring he gave her, has been handed a 10...
Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed on Thursay October 10, announced that online news platforms will now be regulated as he inaugurated a seven-man committee to implement reforms in the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Members of the committee...
