A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted bail to the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. In his ruling on Wednesday morning,...

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has ordered the remand in prison custody of a serving senator and the immediate past governor of the state, Jonah David Jang. Prior to his ruling, Justice Daniel...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of ₦10 bilion for the rehabilitation of all communities affected by  herdsmen attacks in Benue and other states. This was disclosed by Vice President...

No fewer than 13 pilgrims out of the 156 from Delta State who travelled to Israel on pilgrimage last year absconded upon arrival in the Holy City. The Delta State Commissioner of the Bureau for Special...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has given claimants a 90-day ultimatum to challenge the planned repatriation of $625 million of the ‘Abacha Loot’ to the Nigerian government. This is...

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that the menace of graft ravaging the nation will not end until justice catches up with corrupt Nigerian leaders. Soyinka stated this on Monday while speaking...

For the umpteenth time, youths protesting the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and his wife, Zeenat on Monday clashed with policemen at the Federal...

A human rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the United Nations (UN) to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the willful disobedience...

The Catholic Church has warned the Federal Government against any plots to gag the media in the guise of curbing hate and inciting speeches ahead of the 2019 general elections. Speaking in Abuja in his...

Unidentified gunmen on Sunday morning attacked the landing site of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) at Igbogene in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, killing one airman in the process. A statement...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has intensified screening and tests at airports and other points of entry into the country as a precautionary measure following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease...

Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero was on Thursday re-arraigned at an Apo District High Court in Abuja alongside a former police commissioner, John Obaniyi on a six-count charge of  fraud. The...

Renowned Kano business magnate and Islamic scholar, Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu is dead. According to his family, he died on Tuesday in a London hospital after a protracted illness. The late business mogul was ...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Wednesday told the leadership of the Nigerian Senate that he owed them no apologies over his refusal to honour the summons from them for three consecutive...

The Nigeria Police says some security agencies and  lawmakers were behind the April 18 invasion of the Senate and the subsequent hijacking of the Mace by suspected hoodlums. The Divisional Police Officer...

The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded two containers laden with Tramadol Hydrochloride (225 milligrams) reportedly imported from India. The drugs with a total Duty...

The Canadian government is set to curb the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria who are flooding into the country on foot via the United States. According to a statement released by Canadian officials...

The United Nations Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the attack on Gwaska village in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State by armed bandits in which scores of persons...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday left the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja for the United Kingdom to undergo another medical check-up at the behest of his doctor. According to a statement released...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industries located in Lagos, Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Ltd and Bioraj Pharmaceutical both...