Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the 2019 elections in Nigeria which brought President Muhammadu Buhari back into office for a second term were marred by political violence, some of it by soldiers and police...

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central, has been elected Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Omo-Agege polled 68 votes to defeat his  rival and former...

Dr Ahmad Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial District has been elected as President of the Senate of the Federal Republic  of Nigeria. By this, he also becomes the leader of Nigeria’s ninth...

Justice Mohamed L. Garba has been appointed to replace Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa of the Court of Appeal as the Chairman of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Justice Garba , who is the...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called for the appointment of five new Justices of the Supreme Court to fulfill the requirement of the Constitution which provides for the appointment of 23...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock and sadness over the death of scores of people in the  attacks by bandits which occurred on Saturday in three communities in Rabah Local Government...

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) has named  militant Fulani herdsmen as the fourth deadliest terror group in the world. Only Boko Haram, the Islamic State In Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Shabab were deemed...

The Police  in Imo State on Thursday confirmed that a bomb explosion at Eziorsu community of Oguta Local Government Area of the state has killed three persons. Confirming the incident, the state’s...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has reversed the withdrawal of the operating licence of DAAR Communications Plc by the National Broadcasting Commission over alleged breach of the nation’s broadcasting...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned Thursday’s closure of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Recall that the NBC on Thursday...

Following the suspension of its operational licence by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the signals of DAAR Communications Plc’s major stations, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and...

Negotiations between Nigeria, the United States of America and the Island of Jersey for the return of the fresh $300 million looted by former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha have reached an advanced...

No fewer than 20 persons were rescued and evacuated from a shrine allegedly used as a den for ritualists at Agungun area of Ibadan by men of the Oyo State Police Command. The Police say the discovery which...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday described residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as a necessary evil even though they did not vote for him during the 2019 general elections. Buhari,...

Suspected bandits on Sunday opened fire on the motorcade of the Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle while he was on his way to condole with victims of an attack by bandits on a community within Gusau...

The Federal High Court has ordered that a federal lawmaker, Femi Gbajabiamila be served the proceedings of the suit seeking to remove him from the House of Representatives over his alleged conviction in...

According to a report by UK newspaper, MetroUK,  money to the tune of £211,000,000 has been seized from a Jersey bank account belonging to the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha. This...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday called on Muslims in the country to sustain the virtues of the Ramadan period. In his Sallah message to Nigerians issued through his media aide, Garba...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced a former Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Calistus Obi to seven years imprisonment over...

  Staff members of Oando Plc were on Monday forced to stay away from work and return home after policemen stormed the head office of the company in Lagos. The policemen who occupied the premises of...