BREAKING: Iran Warns US: Gulf Ports “for everyone or no one”

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

Metro

I’m surprised, embarrassed by arrest order, Dasuki tells Buhari

The immediate National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki has stated that he is not only surprised but embarrassed by the…

British couple keep Nigerian immigrant as slave for 24 years

A British couple was found guilty on Tuesday of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades, forcing…

Yola market blast kills 32, injures 80 – NEMA

A blast that hit a market in Yola, Adamawa state on Tuesday evening, killed 32 people and injured 80 others,…

Ogun Police rescue stolen two-week old baby, arrest suspect

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The combined team of Onipanu Police division in Ota and Ifo division on Saturday rescued a two-week old…

TSA: Talk is cheap, facts are sacred – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, insisted on Tuesday that funds that have accrued to the Treasury Single Account…

Buhari receives fraudulent arms procurement report by Jonathan’s administration, orders arrest

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has received a report on the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces…

N2b, not N6b spent on presidential air fleet – Presidency

The Presidency said on Tuesday that a little above N2 billion and not N6 billion has so far been has…

Nigeria will join the “big league” under Buhari – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had shown that Nigeria…

Hate Messages: Lagos to place mosques, churches under watch

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it will start to place mosques and churches in the state under watch…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno schools shut in 2013 to re-open on Monday – Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Tuesday said public secondary schools in the state, shut down since March 2013, would…

World Cup qualifiers: Nigeria beat Swaziland 2-0 to progress

Taiwo Adelu Swaziland’s all home-based team made Nigeria’s Super Eagles work very hard for a 2-0 victory in the second-leg…

Enough is enough, army warns pro-Biafra protesters

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has warned agitators for Biafra that they are now crossing the red line…

Lagos saves properties worth N89.26bn from fire

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has disclosed that properties estimated at N89.26 billion have been saved from being consumed…

German police trains EFCC operatives, others

As part of efforts to strengthen the capacity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other law enforcement…

Court awards custody of daughter to boyfriend

A house agent, Joshua Obed, on Tuesday secured the custody his daughter from his girlfriend, Sofia Isaac, 28. Obed, 30,…

LASU students union protests increment in acceptance fee

The Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU) on Tuesday urged the institution’s Authorities to revert the increment of the newly-admitted…

Buhari will restore Nigeria’s integrity, says Ex-PDP chairman

Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence in the ability of…

Wife sues husband for hiring assassins to kill her

A man in Australia was on Tuesday in Sydney charged to Supreme Court for hiring hit men to assassinate his…

Global terrorism death hit 80%, ISIL, Boko Haram account for 51%

The number of people killed in terrorist attacks has jumped by 80 per cent to 32,658 in 2014 as 11…

Man docked for attacking co-suspect inside police cell

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 37-year old man, Henry Usifo has been arrested and charged before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo…

Couple eats genitals of wife’s rapist

A newly-wed Indonesian couple have been arrested over claims they dined on the genitals of the woman’s suspected rapist after…

VIDEO: LASTMA officials display indiscipline, prove Ambode was right

There’s been loads of talks around Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s decision to reduce the powers of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority…

IGP seeks total commitment and professionalism from Squadron commanders

For the first time since his posting as the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase yesterday held a meeting with…

PDP chieftains in Kogi defect to APC

With less than a week to Kogi governorship election, members of Senator Smart Adeyemi’s political organisation and notable Peoples Democratic…

Protesters block Lagos Assembly over abnormal electricity tariff

Eromosele Ebhomele Residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria on Monday blocked the two entrances to the State House of Assembly…

PICTURES: Boko Haram’s rocket-making factory

Nigerian military has finally admitted that a rocket producing factory owned and managed by Islamist sect, Boko Haram does exist…

Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram kingpin named ‘John’

Another Boko Haram kingpin has been arrested in Maiduguri, Borno state and he goes by the name John Trankil sparking…

AUDIO: Nigerian Prof explains why he solved 156-year old maths problem

A maths problem, which has gone more than 150 years without a solution, has finally been solved by Nigerian academic…

Stampede: NAHCON blames Saudi over inability to account for casualties

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has blamed the Saudi Arabian Government for the commission’s inability to give accurate…

Man dressed like woman to defraud other men arrested

The police in Lagos have arrested a man who allegedly defrauded some men of various amount of money by dressing…