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Theft: Musician To Clean Court Premises For 3 Months

For stealing a generator, a musician in Minna, Niger State has been ordered to clean court premises for three months.…

Boko Haram Kidnaps 8 More Girls

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped eight more girls from Borno State, residents said on Tuesday, after the extremist group’s…

1,702 Pregnant Women Test Positive To HIV In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Statistics from the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency has revealed that in the last one year 1,702 pregnant…

NGF Condoles With Buhari Over In-Law’s Death

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday described as “painful” the death of Alhaji Halilu Chiroma, father-in-law of the former…

Egypt’s Top Sunni Muslim Group Demands Release Of Schoolgirls

Egypt’s prestigious Islamic institute Al-Azhar has joined millions worldwide seeking the release of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. Al-Azhar urged…

Abducted Schoolgirls: Unthinkable cruelty and evil – Angelina Jolie

US actress Angelina Jolie on Tuesday condemned as “unthinkable cruelty and evil” the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria…

3 Dutch Men Kidnapped In Niger Delta

Three Dutch nationals were kidnapped in Nigeria’s oil producing region while on their way to inspect a hospital built by…

Mahama Writes To Jonathan On Boko Haram

President John Dramani Mahama has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help…

Navy to investigate fire that killed two children

Lt. Way Olabisi, Spokesman, Western Naval Command, Lagos, has said that the navy was investigating the cause of a fire…

N4.4bn subsidy fraud: Court stalls EFCC’s case against Ali’s son, others

An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday 6 May closed the case of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against…

Woman Lynched Over Attempt To Kidnap 3 Kids

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yusuf Muhammed A suspected female kidnapper was Tuesday set ablaze by a mob on Ekoro Road at…

Lagos Boosts RRS, Security Agencies With 100 Patrol Vans

In furtherance of his administration’s commitment to the safety of life and property, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN)…

2015 Elections: APC Aspirants Relocate To Epe, Ikorodu

Jide Osokoya Following the confirmation of the zoning of the 2015 Lagos governorship ticket to Lagos East Senatorial  District by…

Police absence stalls Saraki’s suit against IG

The absence of the police in an Abuja Federal High Court on Monday stalled hearing in a suit instituted by…

I did not disrespect Patience Jonathan – Borno Gov’s wife

Hajiya Nana Shettima, the wife of Borno Governor, said on Monday that her inability to attend Sunday’s meeting with the…

Six injured in Chinese train station knife attack

Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, police said, after a string of…

Nigeria 8th worst place to be a mother on Earth, says report

Nigeria, considered a fragile state, has been ranked the eighth worst place on Earth to be a mother, according to…

Plane smashes into private home

A small plane smashed into a Colorado, United States home Monday, but the pilot was able to walk away and…

Jonathan, Kenyatta vow not to surrender to terrorists

President Goodluck Jonathan and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyata on Monday vowed that their country would not succumb to terrorism…

Diezani Alison-Madueke fails to stop expenses probe

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian court in Abuja has turned down Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s request for an interim order…

National Confab Loses Another Delegate

The National Conference sitting in Abuja was on Monday hit by another sad news of the death of a delegate,…

Abducted girls: Detained activist freed

The Nigerian Police on Monday afternoon released a Chibok women’s leader, Naomi Mutah who was arrested in the early hours…

Ekpu wants House of Reps scrapped, backs state police

Veteran journalist and member of the Committee on Politics and Governance, Mr. Ray Ekpu, has advocated scrapping of the House…

Confab proposes new revenue sharing formula

A new revenue sharing formula was on Monday proposed by the Committee on Devolution of Power at the on-going National…

Bipartisan pressure on Obama to save Nigerian schoolgirls

Calls mounted Monday for US government action to help find and free more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month…

Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s border town

Scores of Boko Haram gunmen riding in armoured vehicles razed the Nigerian border town of Gamboru Ngala on Monday and…

Explosion injures 4 at gas plant in Ibadan

An explosion at a gas refilling plant at Orita-Challenge area of Ibadan on Monday 5 May injured four persons while…

Court did not stop N10bn NNPC probe – Judge

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to appear and explain allegations that it had…

Nyanya blast victims: No FG official has visited us

Some victims of the Nyanya bomb blast receiving treatment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) on Monday called…

Insecurity will end soon – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday expressed optimism that the challenge of insecurity in the country would…