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Armed suspect shot at White House gate, Obama unharmed

The US Secret Service shot an armed man at a security checkpoint outside the White House Friday, causing the complex…

Gov Ajimobi appoints chief of staff, others

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has appointed Dr Gbade Ojo and Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin as his Chief of Staff…

Have hope, Nigeria ‘ll survive difficult time-Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has assured Nigerians that the nation will survive the difficult period it…

Atiku to set up animal feeds factory in Abuja

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday announced that he would establish an animal feeds factory in Abuja as part of…

ECOWAS warns Liberia against becoming a christian state

The ECOWAS Parliament has called on Liberia to reconsider aspects of its constitutional review where proposals have been made to…

Buhari condoles with Egyptians over plane crash

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condoled with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and the people of Egypt on crash of…

Ijaw group condemns pipeline vandalism in N’Delta

The Coalition of Ijaw Youth Leaders (COIL) on Friday, condemned pipeline vandalism and other criminal activities in Niger Delta. The…

Police arrest, release Giwa after inauguration of factional FA chairmen

Men of the FCT Police Command on Friday in Abuja arrested and released Chris Giwa after the inauguration of factional…

Buhari assures oil companies of protection in Niger Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Federal Government is…

Lagos doles out N39m to 248 poor residents

The Lagos State Government said it had disbursed N39 million to 248 vulnerable residents in dire need of financial assistance.…

No forex to import petrol, oil marketers tell govt

Oil marketers on Friday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to assist them in making foreign exchange available for…

NCPC boss, Mr. John Kennedy Opara fired

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disengagement of Mr. John Kennedy Opara as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian…
Ogbeh

No plan to remove subsidy on fertilizer-FG

Prof. Victor Chude, the Chairman, National Fertiliser Technical Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, says the Federal Government has no plan of…

Strike: Police attack Ebonyi NLC chairman

Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, the Chairman of the Ebonyi chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has been hospitalised after being…

Adamawa Govt. distributes free radio to IDPs

The Adamawa Government has commenced the distribution of free transistor radios to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps in the…
Suspected pirates

Navy hands over pipeline vandals to civil defence corps

The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Friday handed over four suspected pipeline vandals with 218 jerry cans filled with petroleum…
PDP

National Convention: Sheriff, Secondus, others undergo screening

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has assured that…
Ali Modu Sheriff

PDP will carry everybody along—Sheriff

Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will carry everybody along…

Organisers cancel rock festival over Islamic comment

A concert, Eagles of Death Metal, scheduled to take place during a rock festival in August in Paris has been…

4 gendarmes killed in helicopter crash

A military police helicopter crashed in South-Western France on Friday, killing four gendarmes on board, local authorities and the national…

Activist raises doubts over second rescued Chibok girl

Nigeria has claimed the rescue of a second Chibok girl, just days after the first, but campaigners on Friday cast…

Minister urges diplomats to promote Nigeria’s image

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday, reminded foreign service officers of their roles in positively repositioning…
First Lady Aisha thanks Nigerians for supporting her husband, Muhammadu Buhari, wishes incoming government of Tinubu peaceful tenure

14 widows of military personnel acquire skills

The Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA) Skills Acquisition Centre, Abuja on Friday graduated its first set of trainees,…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

Rivers police ready for PDP convention

The Rivers Police Command says it is ready for Saturday`s National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled to…
Lagos sets humongous N2.5bn revenue generation target for LASTMA

100 LASTMA officers dismissed in one year

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, said that no fewer than 100 officials of the Lagos State…

Ex-NIMASA boss, Omatseye bags 5-year jail term

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr.…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

No farmers/herdsmen clash in Abuja says CP

Mr Wilson Inalegwu, the Commissioner of Police in FCT has said that the command has not witnessed any clash between…

Pastor nabbed in Ondo for hawking fetish meat

A mild drama was recorded in Akure, the Ondo State capital, when a self- acclaimed pastor with one of the…

Alleged wife killer, Shonde remanded in prison for 30 days

Alleged wife killer, Lekan Shonde was on Friday ordered to be remanded in prison for 30 days by an Ebute…

Car dealer docked over alleged N8m fraud

A car dealer, Zephaniah Okoli, 53, who allegedly converted his customer’s car worth eight million naira to his own use…