There was tension in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Wednesday, after the state government decided to reopen the 10 hitherto shut Christian schools, with the condition that Muslim schoolgirls be allowed...

Men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have confirmed the release of the two students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro Campus who were kidnapped at their hostel at Igbole Aibo Quarters...

The Kwara State Government has, late Tuesday, announced that the  10 Christian schools that were recently shut down over the hijab crisis will reopen on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. This was contained...

Sunday’s declaration of a new Biafran Customary Government (BCG) by a former Niger Delta warlord, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has generated disagreement between the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and...

The Ogun State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has given the Nigerian government, the Ogun State government and others four days ultimatum to rescue the two students abducted...

The Committee on Infectious Diseases Outbreak in Kano says at least four persons have been confirmed dead and 189 others on treatment for poisoning from consuming an expired juice drink. The Chairperson...

The national leader of Afenifere, a Pan Yoruba Socio-Political group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti has stepped down from office. Pa Fasoranti, 95, cited age as the reason for his action. He assumed office in 2008. He...

A Magistrates’ Court sitting at Wuse Zone Six, Abuja, has sentenced a 44-year-old businessman, Mahmud Suleiman, to six months imprisonment for threatening his business partner’s life. The Magistrate,...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday announced it will ban all inbound and outbound flights of Emirates airlines. The ban is expected to take effect from midnight on Wednesday. The bans comes...

Nigeria’s unemployment rate has increased from 27.1% to 33.3% in the fourth quarter of 2020. This was disclosed in the Labour Statistic Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. “The...

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 17.33% in February 2021, from 16.47% recorded in the previous month. This represents the highest inflation rate recorded in four years. This is according to the latest...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has signed into law, the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021. The governor, Monday, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, approved a 21-year...

The Zamfara State Police Command has redeployed its Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda, over his alleged collaboration with bandits terrorising the area. This was contained in a statement...

Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has said on Monday that Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a deal for two world heavyweight title unification fights. Confirming the agreement, Hearn told ESPN: “The...

As a socially responsible entity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it would do everything within its power to support the fight against drug trafficking in Nigeria. The Group Managing...

The Federal Government has reacted to the reported formation of Biafra Customary Government, BCG, by Asari Dokubo, calling it a “theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’’. Speaking with...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has congratulated Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Burna Boy and Wizkid respectively, over their victories...

The Vatican’s office responsible for church doctrines: the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has said the Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions despite their “positive...

A former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has declared himself the leader of the new Biafra Customary Government(BCG). He said his decision, hinged on the “injustice and marginalisation”...

Suspected hoodlums have reportedly killed a Police Inspector and a young man at Nabordo Village, about 50km from Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital. In a statement, the spokesman for the Command,Superintendent...