Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly summoned the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II over his expenditure since his appointment in 2014. Sanusi,...

  Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has said the President’s spokespersons were not consulted before Punch Reporter, Olalekan Adetayo was...

A Lagos trader, Mrs Titilayo Balogun who attempted to jump into the Lagos Lagoon on March 24, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court at Ebute-Metta. Her offence, according to the prosecutor,...

  A total of 745 deaths have been recorded since the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in some parts of Nigeria. According to figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

  Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a woman, Fatima Kabir, believed to be an ex-wife of a factional leader of Boko Haram, Mamman Nur in Maiduguri. The 15-year-old...

Nigerian business magnate, Ahmadu Chanchangi has died at the age of 87. He died this Wednesday morning along the Kaduna—Abuja Highway while being driven to an Abuja Hospital for treatment. Chanchangi...

  Several prominent lecturers of  Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for  alleged involvement in cult-related activities. This revelation was made by...

The Senate has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to go beyond merely sacking its incompetent officials by restructuring its modus operandi to ensure transparency and accountability. In...

Nigeria’s Directorate of State Services (DSS) has said it thwarted plots by Boko Haram to attack the British and US embassies in Abuja, the nation’s capital. In an e-mailed statement released by the...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday  seized about N4 billion cash allegedly belonging to a former deputy governorship candidate from Niger State. The anti-corruption agency...

Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has denied reports alleging that he received the sum of $200 million as kickback from the controversial  Malabu oil deal. In a statement made available...

  The United States government is working on a $600 million deal to permit the sale of a dozen highly sophisticated turbo-prop fighter planes to Nigeria to bolster its efforts at curbing Islamic...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the northern part of Nigeria is  trying to create an Islamic society that never existed. He stated on Wednesday  this while speaking on the theme...

Former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over  the sum of N3.6 billion realized from the sale of 16 percent of the state’s...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian government to publish details of the spending...

  The Directorate of State Services (DSS) has said there is no truth in the story that the sum of N310 million was stolen from the residence of Senate President Bukola Saraki. The DSS described the allegation...

  The Nigerian House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have the powers to extend the tenure of a permanent secretary or any civil servant who is due for retirement. The...

The Nigerian Army has said that the original Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, is very much alive. This runs contrary to the belief in some quarters, including sections...

  Property worth millions of naira have been reportedly lost to fire which gutted  the accounts section of the Ebonyi State Government House  on Friday. No life was however lost in the inferno which...

The Nigerian Senate has suspended its former leader, Ali Ndume for six months.His suspension was recommended by the Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions whom Ndume caused...