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Edo Election: PDP alleges illegal interruption of collation

Adamawa proposes N142bn budget for 2022

Adamawa Executive Council on Wednesday approved about N142 billion as the 2022 proposed budget.
Aisha Abubakar loses first son in auto accident

Ex-minister’s son dies in road crash, 2 other sons hospitalised

Two other sons of the minister and a daughter sustained injuries in the accident. They have all been hospitalised.
Obaseki says he has power to make COVID-19 vaccine compulsory

Obaseki boasts: I have power to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory 

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has boasted that he is empowered under the Gazetted Quarantine Regulations to make COVID-19 vaccination…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal appeals for calm in PDP

Tambuwal signs 10 Executive Orders to combat insecurity

The orders were signed following wide consultations with all stakeholders and constituted authorities as well as security and law enforcement…
Nigeria slams Amnesty International for siding terrorists such as IPOB

Nigeria vows to snub Amnesty International, accuses it of bias for IPOB terrorists,

The latest attack by Nigeria against the agency followed a report about "enforced disappearances" of detainees in Nigeria.
CP Ayuba Elkana of Zamfara Police Command

JUST IN: Police confirm abduction of 73 students in Zamfara school 

The Zamfara Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 73 students of Government Day Secondary School Kaya, Maradun Local Government…
Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation

Lagos to divert traffic as renovation begins in Ikeja

Lagos State Government has commenced junction improvement works at Awolowo Way/Kodesho/Oba Akran Road, Underpass (by Computer Village) in Ikeja LGA.
Onigbanjo briefing newsmen

Lagos reports 10,007 sexual, gender based violence cases

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday disclosed that 10,007 cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (GBV) have been reported…
Mike Awoyinfa

Mike Awoyinfa, ex-Concord editor to be honoured by Osun

He will be conferred with the Distinguished Citizen Award, as part of the 30th Anniversary of the creation of the…
CP Ayuba Elkana of Zamfara Police Command

Zamfara shuts schools, imposes curfew after bandits abduct students

The Zamfara State Government on Wednesday announced a dusk-to-down curfew in 13 local government areas in the state after bandits…
Edo CP, Philip Aliyu Ogbadu

Shot Edo DPO Muhammed battling for life

Doctors at Irrua Specialist Hospital, in Edo State, are battling to save the life of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO)…
Umaru Waziri Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi

Poly student, Khalid Kabir-Argungu electrocuted in Kebbi

The Management of the Umaru Waziri Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, has set up a committee to investigate circumstances leading to…
Bandits

Breaking: Bandits abduct hundreds of students in fresh raid in Zamfara school

Suspected bandits have abducted hundreds of students at Kaya Day Secondary School in Zamfara State.
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State

30th Anniversary: Osun to honour Ajiborisha, Akande, Adeboye, Akinrinade

As part of activities lined up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State, the government has…
2023: Nigeria Labour Congress calls for restructuring

Electricity tariff hike: NLC threatens nationwide strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the Federal Government should implement a…
Police

Police declare fleeing lover wanted for attacking girlfriend with machete

The Police Command in Ebonyi says it needs information that would lead to the arrest of a man, who allegedly…
President Muhammadu Buhari vows action against Adamawa terrorists

Buhari opens up: Why I sacked two Ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he sacked two ministers due to non-performance after subjecting their works to critical review.
27 burnt to death, property worth N3 trillion destroyed

20 people burnt to death in Kano

The Kano State Fire Service says 20 people were killed and property worth N5.6 million destroyed in different fire incidents…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Three suspected kidnappers remanded in prison in Edo

Three suspected kidnappers, Bright Emumwen, Evans Osariemen and Chukwudi Anyanwu, were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody, by an Edo…
Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu with the beneficiaries

Sanwo-Olu presents bank drafts to beneficiaries of 2021 Lagos Exams Support

Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has presented bank drafts to beneficiaries of the 2021 edition of annual Lagos…
Buhari fires Saleh and Nanono

Breaking: Buhari fires Power Minister Saleh, Agric Minister Nanono

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono and the Minister of Power, Mamman…

Court freezes Abiodun’s aide Rufai’s bank accounts, seizes properties

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds as well as properties…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi reacts to claim by one Ms Fagbule that he duped her of $180,000 with a promise of marriage

Ooni of Ife drops statement on African traditional medicine

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has called on concerned stakeholders to invest more in research and…
Suspected phone thief Balogun busted in Lagos

Notorious serial phone thief Balogun busted in Lagos

Officials of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), have arrested a serial phone thief who journeys in and out…
PDP tells DSS to question Akume on Benue killings

PDP tells DSS to question Akume on Benue killings

The party also called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the former Benue governor over embezzled…
Gov. Lalong

PDP lambasts Lalong over Plateau killings

According to the main opposition party, the governor does not need the control of security agencies to curb killings in…
IPOB issues warning over its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who it claimed is seriously sick in solitary confinement in the custody of DSS

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers stripped naked by DSS

He said they were practically stripped naked while DSS were searching for incriminating materials during a court-ordered visit.
Police arrest notorious Cross Rivers kidnap kingpin, Kufre Etim, aka Romance three years after he was declared wanted.

Bad market day for kidnapper, killed as he collects ransom

Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development said the incident occurred on 26 August in Song Local Government…
Basketmouth wife, Elsie Okpocha

Basketmouth’s wife Elsie: I almost lost my third baby

Elsie said she was rejected by two hospitals, while in labour before she was admitted to Reddington Hospital in Victoria…
A market woman masked-up against COVID-19

COVID-19 latest: 14 dead, 626 new cases in Nigeria

The COVID-19 death toll has now increased to 2,469, while confirmed cases hit 192,431.