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Militants threaten to attack Chevron workers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt: Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group responsible for the recent destruction of pipeline and oil facilities in…
12- year-old girl was injured when an IED planted by Boko Haram exploded at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe on Friday

Bomb blast rocks Maiduguri, 2 dead, scores injured

According to reports reaching us, a bomb explosion has rocked the busy Musa Usman Secretariat Main Gate in Maiduguri at…
NURTW

Be patient, NURTW chairman tells drivers

The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Jigawa, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, has appealed to commercial drivers…

Navy moves against militants in Niger Delta

The Central Naval Command (CNC) of the Nigerian Navy on Thursday reiterated its resolve to deal with the resurgence of…
Lagos Airport to undergo brief power shutdown on Wednesday

Airport cab operators say no increase in fares

Cab operators at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos have assured commuters that they would not hike transportation fares, following…

N145 petrol price: Balarabe Musa calls for mass protest

Former Governor of Kaduna State and the National Leader of the Peoples Redemption Party, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has called for…

FRSC to begin seizure of vehicles with expired tyres

Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi has announced that the commission would from next…

Digital switch over, new dawn in TV broadcasting – Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting is a…

Man arraigned for allegedly stabbing girlfriend with knife

Kingsley Njuzie, a 26-year-old salesboy, was on Thursday arraigned at a Gudu Upper Area Court for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend,…

Buhari announces tough measures against corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in London pledged that in furtherance of his administration’s ongoing war against corruption, Nigeria will…

Brazil’s senate suspends President Rousseff

Brazil’s Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant’s first woman president. President Dilma Rousseff is accused of…

Iran pilgrims to miss hajj 2016

Iranian culture minister on Thursday said Iran has failed to reach an agreement with Saudi Arabia on arrangements for its…

CAF proposes 16 clubs for Champions League, Confederation Cup

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has proposed major new reforms in the Champions League and the Confederation Cup to…
DSS alerts on relocation of terrorists displaced during military operations in North East to North west and North central, nab 5 suspects

DSS official set ablaze in Delta

Andrew Maduku, 43, a father of four, an indigene of Oghara attached to the DSS office, Bayelsa State has died…

Clerics kick against Oro festivals

Some clerics in Lagos have expressed concern over the restriction of the movement of certain persons during the celebration of…
Lagos

Beggars gives El-Rufai 7 days to withdraw anti-street begging law

Yesterday, beggars in Kaduna State staged a protest over the law banning street begging and hawking while giving Governor Nasir…

Brazil’s Senate set to suspend President Rousseff

Brazil’s Senate looked increasingly likely to vote for President Dilma Rousseff to face trial on charges of breaking budget laws…
Amnesty International

Children, women dying in Maiduguri military detention camp – Amnesty International

Authorities of the Nigerian Army have denied reports linked to an investigation purportedly carried out by Amnesty International at a…

Police arrest 18 for burning senator’s house

For burning the personal house of Senator Kabiru Gaya in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano during a protest, the…

Police receive 897,170 applications for 10,000 posts

The Police Service Commission (PSC) said it received 897,170 applications as at 4 p.m. on May 11 from applicants seeking…

Brazil’s President Rousseff loses appeal, faces suspension

Brazil’s Supreme Court has on Wednesday in Brasilia, rejected an appeal by President Dilma Rousseff, to block a Senate vote…

Osinbajo meets Senate, Reps, Governors Forum agree on new pump price

Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo appears to have brokered a deal that will see the implementation of the new…

Marketers happy with new petrol price

Independent oil marketers have expressed satisfaction with the decision of the federal government to increase the price of petrol to…

New fuel price: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Meet

Following the increase in the price of the premium motor spirit (PMS) from N86.50 per litre to N145 per litre…

Kachikwu pressured to appoint retiring officer as PEF boss

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe kachukwu, is believed to be under pressure from some officials of the…

NLC vows to resist fuel price increase

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) will resist the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, announced by the government on…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Petrol subsidy swept away, price now N145

The pump price of petrol in Nigeria was almost increased by 100 per cent today to N145, from N86.50, ending…

Police quiz councillor over nephew’s death

The police in Anambra have arrested a councilor, Mr Chidiebere Onyema, representing Nsogwu Umunze Ward 2 in the Orumba South…

Fantastically Corrupt Nation: Nigerians speak out

Some Nigerians on Wednesday expressed displeasure over statement credited to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, that Nigeria was a…

Drug Trafficking: 2 Nigerians, 8 others to be executed

Two Nigerians are among 10 foreigners whose execution stakes are being prepared in Indonesia for being involved in drug trafficking.…