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NIMASA rescues 3, searches for 8 others after vessel collision incident

Search and Rescue personnel of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have rescued three crew members and recovered…

Police kill 3 bandits in Delta, Kano states

The Police in Delta said they killed two suspected armed hoodlums after an attack on a military patrol team and…

CMDs to meet on quality HIV service delivery in hospitals

At least 90 heads of tertiary and secondary hospitals will converge on Abuja and Calabar to strategize on ways to…

Buhari warns lecturers against academic corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned university lecturers against academic corruption and inciting students. Buhari, who gave the warning at…

Kogi: Appeal Court reinstates 21 sacked LG bosses, councillors

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday reinstated the 21 Local Government Council Chairmen wrongfully sacked by Gov. Idris…

Abducted former NMA Chairman, another doctor, regain freedom

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two of the three medical health workers who were kidnapped in Imo State about a week ago have…

Ambode to spend N1bn on schools renovation, pledges to end LASU crisis

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said his administration has earmarked over N1billion for renovation and supply of furnitures…

Oyakhilome splashes N1bn on Benson Idahosa University

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Founder and President of Believers Loveworld Ministry, otherwise known as Christ Embassy, Rev.(Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome, on Friday…

Boko Haram seizes town on Cameroon-Nigeria border

Boko Haram Islamists on Friday seized control of a town in the far north of Cameroon which lies on the…

NLC wants 16-yr Borno embargo on employment lifted

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Borno chapter, on Friday called for the immediate lifting of the 16 years embargo on…

Ogun Assembly confirms Dayo Adeneye, 4 others as commissioner-nominees

The Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday cleared Adedayo Adeneye popularly known as D1 and four others commissioner-nominees sent to…

Many dead following blast on Yola mosque

Many people are feared dead as bomb blast rocked a newly opened Friday mosque in Jambutu area of Yola in…

Ogbulafor mobilises support for Buhari’s corruption war

The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has urged Nigerians to give maximum support…

Flood control: RSG begins demolition of structures

The Rivers State Government has commenced the demolition of structures which are impeding the free flow of water along the…

I’m not shy around women, says Buhari

The claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is shy around women, purportedly made by one Gideon Samani yesterday and published by…

Tribunal confirms Amosun’s election

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The State Election Petition Tribunal in Abeokuta, Ogun state has struck out the petition of Gboyega Nasir Isiaka,…

DPC hails Buhari over new INEC Chairman

The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as the Chairman of the…

10 dead in Maiduguri bomb blasts

At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern…

Alleged murder: NURTW Chairman gets reprieve

Paul Iyoghojie The office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, western…

WHO DG visits Abuja to delist Nigeria as a polio endemic country

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria is at the verge of eradicating polio as the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to formally…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

N789m Subsidy Scam: EFCC closes case against Majope Investment, 4 others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, closed its case against Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment, Abdullahi Alao, Axenergy,…

45 Boko Haram suspects arested in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe Forty-five people suspected to be members of Boko Haram who reportedly planned to bomb Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi,…

Ogun Guber: Amosun, Isiaka know fate today

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tension is high in Ogun as politicians, residents and observers impatiently await the verdict of the governorship election…

Maiduguri Blasts: Rescuers deposit six bodies in mortuary

Rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies of the victims of an early morning…

N20m Fraud: EFCC docks ex-Adamawa Commissioner

A former Adamawa State Commissioner for Finance and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, John Elias, was on Thursday, October 22,…

Twin bomb blast rip through Maiduguri mosque

Two bomb blasts have ripped through a mosque in Maiduguri killing many, eyewitnesses say. The blast is believed to be…

Solar energy an incredible opportunity for Nigeria, Africa – Osinbajo

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that solar energy provides an incredible opportunity for Africa to be…

620 million Africans including 96mn Nigerians lack access to electricity

At least 620 million Africans lack access to electricity and 96 million of them are from Nigeria, the most populous…

UNESCO translates English Primer into Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Kana

UNESCO has commenced the translation of the Literacy by Radio Learner’s Primer into four local languages, to revitalise adult and…

‘Fear of Buhari’: Nigeria’s rich lying low amid graft crackdown

Business is slow at the moment for Benedict Okafor, who sells luxury cars from a lot near the port in…