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,...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday announced it will ban all inbound and outbound flights of Emirates airlines. The ban is expected to take effect from midnight on Wednesday. The bans comes...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has signed into law, the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021. The governor, Monday, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, approved a 21-year...

The Zamfara State Police Command has redeployed its Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda, over his alleged collaboration with bandits terrorising the area. This was contained in a statement...

As a socially responsible entity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it would do everything within its power to support the fight against drug trafficking in Nigeria. The Group Managing...

The Federal Government has reacted to the reported formation of Biafra Customary Government, BCG, by Asari Dokubo, calling it a “theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’’. Speaking with...

A former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has declared himself the leader of the new Biafra Customary Government(BCG). He said his decision, hinged on the “injustice and marginalisation”...

Suspected hoodlums have reportedly killed a Police Inspector and a young man at Nabordo Village, about 50km from Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital. In a statement, the spokesman for the Command,Superintendent...

The planned protest by members of the African Alliance Congress, AAC, at the headquarter of the Independent National Electoral Commision, INEC, has been thwarted by security operatives. The protest was...

Again, gunmen have reportedly abducted students in Kaduna State. The abductors took some unconfirmed number of pupils hostage from the Universal Basic Education Primary School at Rama in Birnin-Gwari Local...