A Nigerian, Bayode Treasures-Olawunmi has set a new Guinness World Record for ‘The Longest Reading Marathon (Read Aloud)’.He achieved the feat at exactly 3:30pm on Saturday at the YouRead Library...

Boko Haram militants on Thursday night attacked two villages in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, abducting three persons and leaving many injured. Residents say the militants sneaked into...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said Nigeria is currently suffering its worst outbreak of Lassa fever even as local health officials disclosed that at least 72 people had died from the...

The Nigerian government has dragged the management of  Alabama State University in the United States to court for allegedly mishandling the scholarship funds meant for students’ books, rent and food. According...

The leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah has accused the South African government of maltreating him while he was in detention. In a statement released shortly...

Nigerian authorities have released two Cameroonian separatists who were detained by the Police in Abuja on Wednesday last week. Five members of the Ambazonia Separatist Movement, an Anglophone group seeking...

  Saddened over the circumstance that surrounded the abduction of 110 female students of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, the apex northern socio-cultural group,  Arewa Consultative...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declined to assent to the bill establishing the Peace Corps. In a letter read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara at Tuesday’s plenary,...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has admitted that the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram has not yet been defeated by the country’s military and its other security outfits. Special Adviser to President...

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam says the Nigerian military should be held responsible for last week’s attack on Dapchi town which resulted in the abduction of 110 school girls. Gaidam made the allegation...

Lobbying appears to be in top gear at the Senate as there are apparent moves by majority of the lawmakers to override President Muhammadu Buhari if he decides to veto the recent amendment of the Electoral...

  The Nigeria Airforce (NAF) has stepped up its day and night search for the 110 school girls abducted from Dapchi town in Yobe State last week by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The Federal Government...

Few hours after exchanging handshakes with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council of State meeting on Thursday at the Aso Rock Villa, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has taken another swipe at...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give him more time to decide whether or not he will contest the 2019 presidential elections. In...

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday announced the discovery of  $100 million unapproved loans allegedly spent on four airport terminals. According to the Senate Committee, the loan was...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the cabal in his cabinet to enable him effectively prosecute the...

  The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) says it foiled an attempt by armed bandits to free 18 prisoners from the court duty vehicle which was conveying them to court in Sokoto. A statement released on...

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said that the demolition of the headquarters of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State by Governor Nasir El-Rufai was a sign of...

Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole says primary health care is not the responsibility of the Federal Government but that of local governments. While fielding questions from journalists on Wednesday, Mr....

The Nigerian Military on Wednesday night rescued some of the girls who went missing from Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School in Dapchi, headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area...