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...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the operators in the financial system, especially bankers, up to June 1, 2021 to declare their assets. The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrashed Bawa,...

There was tension in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Wednesday, after the state government decided to reopen the 10 hitherto shut Christian schools, with the condition that Muslim schoolgirls be allowed...

Men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have confirmed the release of the two students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro Campus who were kidnapped at their hostel at Igbole Aibo Quarters...

The Kwara State Government has, late Tuesday, announced that the  10 Christian schools that were recently shut down over the hijab crisis will reopen on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. This was contained...

Sunday’s declaration of a new Biafran Customary Government (BCG) by a former Niger Delta warlord, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has generated disagreement between the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and...

The Ogun State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has given the Nigerian government, the Ogun State government and others four days ultimatum to rescue the two students abducted...

The Committee on Infectious Diseases Outbreak in Kano says at least four persons have been confirmed dead and 189 others on treatment for poisoning from consuming an expired juice drink. The Chairperson...

The national leader of Afenifere, a Pan Yoruba Socio-Political group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti has stepped down from office. Pa Fasoranti, 95, cited age as the reason for his action. He assumed office in 2008. He...

A Magistrates’ Court sitting at Wuse Zone Six, Abuja, has sentenced a 44-year-old businessman, Mahmud Suleiman, to six months imprisonment for threatening his business partner’s life. The Magistrate,...