Most prisoners escaped this Monday morning from the Benin Prisons along Sapele Road as hoodlums broke into the facility to set inmates free. The hoodlums took advantage of the ongoing protests in the city...

The Nigerian Army has announced that it will flag off its annual military exercise code-named ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ on Tuesday, October 20. The exercise usually involves massive movement...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has given an update on the incident that led to the death of an #EndSARS protester in the Surulere area of the state. He made the disclosure on Saturday via his...

Several people have been injured and at least one person feared dead during an #EndSARS protest in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Many vehicles in the convoy of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola were damaged,...

Nigeria on Saturday night recorded 113 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the country to 61,307. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has refuted reports in a section of the media alleging that it paid bribe to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and provided funds for the...

Protesters this morning brought vehicular traffic on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway to a complete standstill as they barricaded both sides of the expressway in front of the premises of Punch Newspapers. On...

The House of Representatives has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu to appear before its Joint Committee on Justice, Human Rights and Police Affairs. The...

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 148 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,982. This is according to an update posted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria has recorded 179 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The latest figure brings the total number of confirmed cases in the...

Hoodlums this Thursday launched another attack on peaceful #ENDSARS protesters demonstrating at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja. The thugs were armed with cutlasses and knives as they...

The Federal Capital Territory Security Committee has banned #EndSARS protests in Abuja for alleged COVID-19 protocol violations. The resolutions of the meeting were contained in a statement on Wednesday...

The Federal Government has announced the re-opening of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr Sunday...

Nigeria has recorded 225 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,655. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

The Nigerian Senate yesterday confirmed eight justices of the Supreme Court. They are : Lawal Garba (North-West), Helen M. Ogunwumiju (South-West), Abdu Aboki, (North-West) and I. M. M. Saulawa (North-West). Others...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for confirmation by the Senate as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Foremost Nigerian poet, John Pepper Clark, popularly called J.P. Clark, is dead. He was 85. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, Professor John Pepper Clark died...

The Presidency on Tuesday said the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad has approved the five-point demands put forward by youths that have been protesting across...

EndSARS protesters in Rivers State have stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital this Tuesday morning, shunning Governor Nyesom Wike’s directive. The Governor had in a statement issued...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 164 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,430. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...