The Olori-Ilu of Imope town in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Alademeta Kolawole Omotayo, has been kidnapped after gunmen waylaid him on Saturday. He was moving in a butter-coloured...

The House of Representatives on Monday summoned the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, and the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Ministry of Finance,...

The Ekiti State Police Command says it has arrested three thugs suspected for the violence that disrupted the Ekiti East State Constituency l by-election on Saturday. Police Commissioner Tunde Mobayo,...

Three people, a father, his son and nephew, were Sunday, reportedly shot dead by rampaging herdsmen along a road to a farm reserve in Oghonogbo, a village in Edo State. The attack came a day after two...

The Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), New Era faction, has expressed its displeasure over the 72-hour quit notice issued the Yoruba living in the North by the Arewa Youths Assembly (AYA). In a statement...

In an attempt to checkmate the spate of insecurity in its domain, Onicha Ado, a community in Onitsha, Anambra State, Saturday, formed the Onicha Ado Vigilante Network, with the launch of operational vehicles...

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Friday, affirmed the appointment of Oba Saliu Adetunji as the Olubadan of Ibadanland Chief Olalekan Fakunle, Chief Rasheed Abinupagun and Chief Gabriel Amao,...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella group of monarchs, leaders, and stakeholders of coastal states of the Niger-Delta, has dismissed, Friday, the recommendations of the Governor Bala Mohammede...

Residents of Ifesowapo community in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have been thrown into mourning after a woman and her four children were burnt to death, Wednesday night, as fire gutted their apartment. Luck,...

The Bayelsa State Police Command has denied claims that one of its men shot and killed a boy in the Ovom area of the state. However, there was pandemonium in the area as a policeman attached to the Command,...

The Arewa Youths Assembly, AYA, has issued a 72-hour quit notice to Yoruba living in the 19 Northern states. A statement issued by the Speaker of the group, Mohammed Salihu Danlam reads: “We are hereby...

An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Osazu Segun Godwin, met his untimely death on Tuesday,16th March when he was attacked by commercial Suzuki bus drivers at Anthony Village. This...

After spending six months in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari is back in the country. The First Lady quietly relocated abroad after the marriage...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajiuba has said that Nigeria has more than 10 million out-of-school children, the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Nwajiuba made this known...

The trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, could not hold today at the Federal High Court in Lagos as judges of the court were said to be away on a valedictory court session in honour...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Thursday, said that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) should be held responsible for the crisis in Kwara State over the hijab crisis. MURIC, in a...

Five governors of the Southwest region were absent during at a meeting to discuss security and economy of the region which held at the ancient Mapo Hall, Ibadan, yesterday.   Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.5 billion (about N600 billion) for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. The FEC approved the amount at its virtual meeting held...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. A statement posted...

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Wednesday, ordered that three members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged...