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Seven Internet Fraudsters arrested in Kaduna

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday…

Read Prof. Molara Ogundipe’s Last Interview With TheNEWS

Professor Molara Ogundipe, one of the members of the older generation of Nigerian writers, academics and feminists, died on Tuesday…
Okupe

EFCC closes case in N702m fraud suit against Okupe

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday closed its case in a 59-count charge, bordering on money laundering,…

Interswitch rewards outstanding customers, sales team

Interswitch Group, the pan-African digital payment company, recently honoured its partners and employees, with various awards at the Interswitch Connect…

Abba Kyari has proven his mettle in office – Group

Amidst current protests by some faceless group against some principal aides of President Muhammadu Buhari, including his Chief of Staff,…

I didn’t order mass sack of LG workers – Gov. Fintiri

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has refuted media reports that he ordered the sack of all council workers recruited…
Nigerian soldiers shot 10 bandits dead

Army kills 24 bandits, arrests 61 others in Kaduna

Troops of the Nigerian Army 1 Division, Kaduna have arrested 61 bandits and killed 24 others in Kaduna and other…
Workers of the Edo State House of Assembly, under the aegis of PASAN protest the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

Edo Assembly crisis: Police bar groups from planned protest

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday barred a group, Joint Action for the Advancement of Democracy in…
Members of opposition parties in Ogun declare support for reelection of Gov. Dapo Abiodun ahead of governorship and Assembly elections

Court strikes out another suit against Ogun Gov., Abiodun

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a case brought against the Governor of Ogun State, Prince…

Lagos impounds Bullion Van, arraigns driver for one-way drive

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Wednesday arraigned a bullion van driver for driving against traffic (One-way)…

Anne-Elisabeth missing wife of Norway’s tycoon believed killed

Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, the wife of a wealthy Norwegian businessman who disappeared nearly eight months ago was probably killed, with the…
Ex-Gov. Amosun speaks on presidential jets seizure, says Zhongfu firm is an impostor

Arms importation for 2019 elections: Amosun speaks

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of Ogun State, has denied illegally importing massive cache of AK47 assault rifles and ammunition…

Governor Wike abolishes user-fees for treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDS

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has abolished the payment of user-fees for persons living with HIV/AIDS…

Why women’s role in nation building very paramount – Sanwo-Olu’s wife

Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has said that the role played by women in nation building cannot…

Watch Omotola, Blaq, Sobowale in Shadow Parties trailer

The official trailer for ”Shadow Parties” starring Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Sola Sobowale, Toyin Abraham, Yemi Blaq and many other profound actors,…
Fashion designer

6 men in court for stealing N30m jewellery from judge’s house

The police on Wednesday arraigned six men who allegedly broke into the house of a Lagos State Judge and stole…

Court jails Internet fraudster four months

Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court 1, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced one…

Housewife fakes own kidnap, demands N5 million ransom

The Police Command in Kwara on Tuesday said it had arrested a housewife, Mrs Yemi Samuel, who allegedly arranged her…

Yoruba youths mock Afenifere faction for misleading Nigerians over Osinbajo’s comment

A Yoruba youth group has mocked the breakaway faction of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, for deliberately trying to mislead Nigerians…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State

You are clean, Court dismisses suit against Kwara Governor

A High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday dismissed the certificate forgery case filed against, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara…

Lagos sets to pay 197 families of deceased LG, SUBEB staff insurance packages

The Lagos State Government, in conjunction with LASACO Assurance Plc is set to pay families of 197 deceased staff of…

Trump in trouble over death of migrant dad, daughter

President Donald Trump and his immigration policy were roundly blamed Tuesday night after a migrant man and his 23-month-old daughter…
NDLEA operatives

NDLEA arrests 362 suspected drugs traffickers in Edo

The Edo Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested 362 illicit drug suspects and…

3 abducted Lebanese regain freedom

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command says it has secured the release of three kidnapped Lebanese abducted on 8…

Shameful: Ghana deports 17 Nigerian Yahoo boys

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has deported 17 out of 29 persons arrested in Ho, the Volta Regional capital for…
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

Zamfara APC to challenge INEC over Supreme Court ruling

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara said it will challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission over some elective posts…

Nigerian troops record tremendous successes against Boko Haram terrorists

Nigerian troops are flaunting 'tremendous successes' in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists and their ISWAP mates, during clearance operations,…
Drug abuse

Nigeria can be freed from drug abuse

A Lagos lawmaker, Mr. Gbolahan Yishawu on Wednesday, said Nigeria could be freed from drug abuse and illicit trafficking, if…
Yari

I left no debt in Zamfara – Yari

Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, the immediate past governor of Zamfara, has said that he left no debt or liability to the…

Nigerian Govt’s revival of History subject in schools commended

Some Primary and Secondary school teachers in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have lauded Federal Government’s revival of History…