The Borno State government says it has donated some parts of Sambisa Forest, an enclave of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents for the establishment of the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The...

The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Dr. Ibrahim Kana has disclosed that the number of Nigerian pilgrims who have died while performing the 2019 Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen...

 Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on Monday announced that he has settled the rift between him and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki disclosed...

  In a rare display of honesty, the Managing Director of Peace Mass Transit, Dr. Sam Maduka Onyishi has returned a whopping sum of N2,219,500,000 which was wrongly credited into his account. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police are the only bodies uniting Nigeria. According to a statement by his Senior Special...

Thousands of motorists were left stranded for several hours after angry articulated truck drivers blocked both lanes of the Abuja-Kaduna highway in protest against the killing of a driver who was allegedly...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) to further detain the convener of the RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore for 45 days to enable...

The Kaduna State government has given conditions which must be fulfilled before it will allow the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat to travel...

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday offered explanation for the circumstances which led to the killing of three policemen on covert duties in Taraba State by its personnel. A statement issued by the spokesman...

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Friday ordered that a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu be remanded in the custody of the Economic...

The Kaduna State government has expressed its intention to file an appeal against Monday’s decision of the state’s High Court which granted permission to the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday restrained both the Senate and the House of Representatives from taking over the legislative duties of the Edo State House of Assembly. Justice Taiwo Taiwo...

Men of the Nigeria Police on Monday foiled an attempt by suspected kidnappers to hijack a Lagos bound 15-seater commercial bus around Rumuji along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government Area of...

The Nigeria Police on Tuesday morning arraigned six persons, including a lawyer who were arrested during Monday’s RevolutionNow protests before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos . The...

The Kaduna High Court on Monday granted permission to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat to travel to New Delhi, India to receive medical attention. Men...

Heavily armed security operatives from the Lagos State Police Command, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Airforce and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps on Monday morning barricaded the entrancse...

A Catholic priest of the Enugu Diocese, Reverend Fr. Paul Offu was on Thursday night  shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Awgu Local Government Area of the state. Fr. Offu’s death is coming barely five...

Nigeria’s Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that the future prosperity of the country will be enhanced through the development of the business environment, talents and creativity. Osinbajo,...

Governors from 11 North-West states  on Thursday directed herdsmen to stop carrying arms whenever they were in public places in that part of Nigeria.  Groups such  as Yansakai were equally banned from...

Armed bandits on Tuesday evening reportedly injured two soldiers, one member of a vigilante group and two residents when they attacked four villages in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The...