The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated an electronic temporary passport to replace the emergency travel certificate for effective identity management. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said...

Commercial bus drivers plying the Badagry-Mile 2 axis of Lagos State, under the aegis of Mega-City Transport Association, MCTA, yesterday, urged the Lagos State government and security agencies to rescue...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a subpoena to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, to appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the...

Many persons have reportedly been feared dead as commercial drivers are currently disrupting socio-economic activities in Akure, Ondo State. Reports say the crisis involved factions of the drivers’ union...

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has condemned in strong terms, the Kwara State government’s approval of the wearing of hijab in grant-aided schools, where its use is disputed. CAN, in...

The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command says it has reunited 15 children who were victims of trafficking, with their parents. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP...

The United Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to return the sum of £4.2 million  stolen by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori to Nigeria. The British High Commission to Nigeria,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office on Monday said it has arrested 37 internet fraud suspects in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to a statement signed by EFCC’s ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has reacted to claims by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that he was about to defect to the party, declaring that the APC was merely covetous of...

Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Nji, said Nigerian refugees, who fled to Cameroon due to the Boko Haram insurgency, began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary...

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has promised to arm the vigilante groups in the state with pump-action guns to enable them  confront bandits and address other security threats. Speaking with...

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the September 19, 2020 election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and his running mate, Alhaji Gani Audu, Monday morning emerged...

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is dead. The Hon. Justice died on Sunday after a yet-to-be-determined illness. The senior judge was preparing for his retirement since he would...

The Kwara State Government has announced that the 10 public/grant-aided schools that were earlier shut down over the Hijab controversies will remain shut till further notice. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry...

Men of the Oduduwa Peoples Congress (OPC), have arrested Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani herdsman allegedly notorious for seizing hectares of farmlands, raping of women, and kidnapping the rich for ransom in Ayete,...

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has attracted the angst of the Agbekoya Farmers’ Society for opposing the ban imposed on open grazing of cattle in the Southwest region. Miyetti Allah is contending that...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday received jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines at the State House, Abuja. The president’s chief physician, Suhayb Rafindadi, administered...

Gunmen have attacked the staff quarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Kaduna. The incident occurred on Saturday, but the police authorities in the state have yet to confirm the...

Men of the Nigerian Army have arrested five suspected  armed robbers in the Kuje area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with two vehicles containing locally made guns. The suspects were nabbed...

Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has felicitated with ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 84th birthday. Describing Obasanjo as a sincere patriot, Jonathan thanked...