A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters to various prison terms for fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic...

A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Lagos, Bose Afolabi, has been awarded a $2.5 million research grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The university said in a statement that...

The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Aliyu Garba, confirmed on Monday that gunmen attacked another community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state on Sunday hours after South-east governors met...

The United Nations Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has confirmed the attack on its facility in Damasak, Borno state yesterday. The humanitarian coordinator and head of the un mission...

Gunmen have killed eight miners at a mining site of Cabitex company in Kuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The victims, comprising five women and three men were attacked by suspected...

Governors of the South-East states have resolved to maintain a joint security outfit for the code named Ebube Agu (Wonderful Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first south-east...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said via its official website that Nigeria has recorded 83 new cases of COVID-19 within the last 24 Hours. No fatalities from the virus has been recorded...

The Lagos State Government will be diverting the traffic on Adegbola Street from Sunday 11th April, 2021 for 15 months. The road closure is in readiness for the construction of the Ikeja Overpass for...

Five more students out of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have been released from captivity. Their release comes barely 72 hours after the...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday, disclosed that eight members of the church kidnapped in Kaduna State have been released. Members of RCCG,...

Four bandit leaders on Thursday said they have denounced their illegal activities in Katsina State and surrendered 45 rustled cattle, two General Purpose Machine Guns, 24 AK 47 assault rifles, 109 GMPG...

The Nigerian government on Wednesday said it would publish the names and photos of over 1,800 fleeing Owerri prison inmates in Imo State. Gunmen had on Monday morning attacked the correctional facility...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday decorated Usman Alkali Baba with the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The decoration ceremony held at the Vice President Conference Hall at the State...

Nigeria on the 6th of April recorded 58 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This brings the total number of  infections recorded in the country since the index case was reported to...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, Sa’idu Afaka is dead. He died at the State House Clinic on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the President’s...

A day after gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, Imo State, a group of armed men invaded another police facility in the state on Tuesday. The latest attack was carried out on the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this to State House correspondents...

Judiciary workers under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Tuesday morning shut down the Supreme Court in Abuja, in line with their threat to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract with Tecnimont SpA. The deal is for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refining...