Gunmen have attacked a police patrol team at Ashaka, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, stabbing an inspector to death while inflicting injuries on others and setting a patrol vehicle ablaze. The...

The kidnapped Olori Ilu of Imope, Imope-Ijebu in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo, has regained freedom. Omotayo was abducted on Saturday afternoon while returning...

The Nigerian Senate will proceed on a-19-day Easter break beginning from Thursday, March25. This was disclosed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the end of plenary on Wednesday. He said that standing...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to pursue a comprehensive audit of funds expended on the maintenance and rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries. The refineries include the Port...

FIFA said Wednesday it had extended the ban on its former president Sepp Blatter and former secretary-general Jerome Valcke by six years and eight months, in relation to the receipt of huge bonuses. Blatter,...

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr Haliru Nababa as Controller General (CG) of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS). This followed the adoption, Wednesday, of the report of the Senate Committee...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent to the Senate a list of 16-man nominees for confirmation and appointment as chairman and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). This...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an extension by two months, the deadline to link National Identification Number (NIN) with Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The extension was ordered by Justice...

A 34-year-old Chinese businessman, Arvin Wu, Wednesday, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for receiving stolen railway sleepers belonging to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). A panel of...

The Edo State Government has, Tuesday, pulled down three properties at the Government Reservation Areas (GRA) within the state capital, Benin City. one of which belongs to the immediate past Deputy Governor...

A 27-year old Okonkwo Nzubechukwu of Nigeria Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa Ibom State, who proudly identified himself as a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, has been arrested by operatives of...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has accepted the petition of the Tiv people from Benue State resident in the United States of America, USA. This came after the uproar generated...

Chairman of the Caretaker-Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC) and governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, has said the party was working towards retaining...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has voted to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5% This was disclosed by Governor, CBN, Godwin Emefiele while reading...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has promised that his administration will ensure safety of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state so they can serve the people better. Fayemi...

Lawmakers in the Gambia, on Monday rejected government’s proposal to lift a ban on skin-lightening products, citing health or religious reasons. Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African state...

19 Super Eagles players have already arrived camp for the remaining two 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho. According to the team’s media officer, Babafemi Raji,...

The ruling All Progressives Congress has constituted a 61-member Contact/Strategy Committee, with a former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode as member. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has described the recently approved rehabilitation exercise of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity...

A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),were Monday,...