BREAKING: Trump agrees two-week ceasefire with Iran if Strait of Hormuz reopened

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

Metro

Herdsmen cause auto crash in Ogun, two dead

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two persons died early Sunday morning after a truck crushed a herdsman in Ogun state in an accident…

We did not divert bailout funds – Osun Govt

The Osun Government has denied allegations of diversion of N34.99 billion bailout fund it received from the Federal Government to…

Presidency, NASS agree on $300m Diaspora Bond

The Presidency and the national assembly seem to have finally agreed on something after the 2016 budget bickering and it…

Buhari right to verify 2016 budget – APC chieftain

A chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Chris Adighije, has expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision…

Nigerian troops ambush, kill five Boko Haram terrorist

Nigerian troops at early hours of Sunday ambushed suspected Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa forest to Fulawani village during…

Lekki Unrest: Lagos asks IG of Police to take over Disu’s killing

The Lagos State Government at the weekend released a White Paper on the report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

$40m fraud: family of Ex-President Jonathan’s cousin accuses EFCC of impunity

Henry Ojelu The family of Rober Azibaola, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Ambode mourns passage of Jafojo, ex-Lagos deputy gov

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed sadness over the passage of the former Deputy Governor of the State,…

Group wants ICPC to probe Fayemi over N852.9m SUBEB fund

Eromosele Ebhomele A group, Vanguard for Credible Representation, has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC,…

Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Jafojo dies at 80

Kazeem Ugbodaga Former deputy governor of Lagos state during the Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration, Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo is dead. He…

Papa Wemba collapses on stage, dies

Funsho Arogundade Papa Wemba, one of Africa’s most popular musicians, is dead. The influential Congolese Soukous singer died after collapsing…

Buruji Kashamu is a political impostor – Doyin Okupe

Doyin Okupe, former special assistant to former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo on (Media & Publicity) has blasted Senator Buruji Kashamu…
Okupe

Southwest demands position of PDP national chairman – Okupe

Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on Public Affairs to former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has stated categorically that…

NSCDC orders sale of diverted petrol

The Taraba Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it ordered the sale of 27,000 litres…

Nigerian troops foil suicide attack

Troops of 7 Division Garrison Forward Operation Base (FOB) of Nigerian Army on Saturday averted yet another suicide bombing catastrophe…

Fayose’s letter to Chinese govt a display of foolishness – Ekiti Youths

Kazeem Ugbodaga Youths in Ekiti state have described Governor Ayodele Fayose’s letter to the Chinese Government as a display of…

Man arrested for defrauding blind man

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 49-year old man, Prince Cornell Demola has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrate court for allegedly…

Come clean on Shiite killings, Amnesty tells Nigeria

Satellite images and witness accounts offer damning new evidence that Nigeria’s military killed hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims late last…

Saraki: Why I am jumping from court to court

Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has decided to explain to Nigerians why he has been “jumping” from one courtroom to another…

I’m prosecuted for objecting a Muslim-Muslim ticket – Saraki

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has opened the lid on why he is being prosecuted by some persons in the…

I never struck a deal with PDP to be senate president, says Saraki

Bukola Saraki has explained how he emerged the senate president of the 8th assembly dismissing talks that he struck a…

Boko Haram: US to mobilise more aid for Nigeria

The United States on Friday pledged to mobilise more aid and support for Nigeria and other countries affected by the…

Why I fell out with President Jonathan – Saraki

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has explained why he had problems with the country’s immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan. Saraki…

Nigerian troops arrest four Boko Haram kingpins

Nigerian Army troops of 3 Battalion, of 22 Task Force Brigade on Friday made an unprecedented catch with the arrest…

Man, 31, sent to prison for raping his sister-in-law

Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria have arraigned a thirty-five year old man,…

Rickey Tarfa’s trial will go on – Justice Akintoye

Justice A. A. Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Friday, dismissed an application filed before…

Wike sacks 23 LG caretaker chairmen, members

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has dissolved all the 23 Local Government caretaker committees with immediate…

PDP guber aspirant, two others docked for stealing

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A Peoples Democratic Party,PDP former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Alhaji Sikirulai Ogundele and two other party members…

How Nwobike paid Justice Yunusa N750,000 – Witness

A witness in the ongoing trial of Dr Joseph Nwobike SAN, who is standing trial for allegedly bribing a Federal…

Police launch health care scheme for officers in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe In line with the vision of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arese, the police have launched a…