At least 31 persons were  killed on Saturday night when several blasts went off in Damboa Local Government Area in the southern part of Borno State. Witnesses said the blasts which hit the Shuwari and...

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State says he has dropped his responsibility as the Chief Security Officer of the state, alleging that he had no control over the security machinery in the state. Speaking...

Eldest son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Kola Abiola has revealed that he made three attempts to persuade former President Goodluck Jonathan to confer the honour...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to practise the virtues of Islam beyond the fasting season, urging them not to separate religion and morality because according to him, doing so will...

The Chief of Army Staff , Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, this Friday admitted that the efforts by the Nigerian military to tackle the state of insecurity in the North-Central and North-Western parts of Nigeria...

Italy’s Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal from Shell and four former Shell managers together with an Eni chief  to stop their trial for alleged corrupt practices in Nigeria. The long-running graft...

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the death of 10 people following an attack by bandits in Dutsen-Wake and Oho Villages in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of  state. The Police Public...

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested no fewer than 34 Nigerians for allegedly defrauding businesses and American citizens of several millions of dollars. In a statement...

Two-time Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed why she did not resign from Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, despite numerous calls for her to do so. Speaking about her recent...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has applauded the outcome of  Tuesday’s historic summit between  United States President, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

Former Edo State governor and leading national chairmanship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he would prosecute and jail former president Olusegun...

Nobel laureate and acclaimed human rights activist, Professor Wole Soyinka says it was inappropriate and surprising for President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Bashorun Moshood Abiola and at the same time...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday affirmed that Nigerians will not tolerate the subversion of justice and annulment of elections, the type of  which culminated in the struggle for the actualization...

Unidentified men on Monday afternoon reportedly attacked and murdered the traditional ruler of Ogbozine Akpugo, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Nwatu. Reports say Nwatu was ...

Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention who ran against the late Bashorun Moshood Abiola, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the June 12,...

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said that any government that watches its poeple get killed every day without taking steps to stop such trends is irresponsible. Amaechi made the statement over...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has alerted Nigerians that incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari is planning to jail him in order to stop him from criticizing his government. According to Obasanjo,...

  Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday described the resolution by the Nigerian Senate to probe allegations raised in its report against the military as a welcome development and a sign of hope...

The member representing Sagamu Constituency 1 in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Yinka Mafe has been accused of sponsoring killer political thugs in the state. This followed the arrest...

According to the 2018 edition of Global Peace Index (GPI) which was released on Wednesday, Nigeria ranks as the 16th least peaceful country in the world. In the report which ranked Nigeria 148 out of...