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We’ll make Port Harcourt cleanest city in Nigeria – RIWAMA

The Rivers Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) on Thursday said it had commenced efforts towards making Port Harcourt the cleanest city…

Insecurity: Zazzau emirate cancels Sallah durbar

The Zazzau Emirate Council in Kaduna state, on Saturday announced the cancellation of Eid-El-Fitr durbar and all other festivities in…

Sallah: Security beefed up in public places in FCT

Security measures have been reinforced in some public places and markets in the FCT ahead of the Eid-el Fitri celebrations.…

Oil theft: JTF Commander pleads for more gunboats

The JTF Commander in Bayelsa, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, on Saturday appealed to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-…

APC governors helped Aregbesola pay salaries – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osun state on Friday 25 July alleged that governors of Rivers, Lagos, Osun, Edo and…

Boko Haram violence our challenge with polio – Bill Gates

United States philanthropist, Bill Gates has described the violence in northern Nigeria perpetuated by Islamist sect Boko Haram, as the…

Cameroon jails 14 Boko Haram members

A military court in Cameroon has handed down prison sentences of up to 20 years to 14 Boko Haram members,…

Osun Election: Omisore supporters kill APC member

Senator Iyiola Omisore’s political supporters have been accused of killing a member of the opposition party on Friday 25 July.…

FG open to negotiation to free Chibok Girls – UN

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Joy Ogwu, says the Federal Government is still open to negotiation to…

Oyinlola supports Omisore’s ambition -PDP

The Campaign Organisation of Senator Iyiola Omisore, PDP’s governorship candidate in Osun, said on Friday that former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola…

Soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims Clash in Zaria leaves Four Dead

At least four persons have been reported dead after the clash between soldiers and adherents of the Islamic Shiite Movement…

SSS shuts down office Opinion Poll company

Two weeks to the governorship election in Osun State, armed operatives from State Security Services, SSS have reportedly swooped on…

Army chief urges soldiers to maintain high security standards

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Friday urged officers and men of the Nigerian Army to…

Liberian with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Nigeria

A Liberian man hospitalised in Lagos with Ebola-like symptoms has died, an official said Friday, without confirming the virus was…

Lagos urges residents to embrace state’s initiative to own houses

Lateef Ibirogba, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, on Friday called on Lagos residents to take advantage of…

Enforcement of new drivers licence by FRSC illegal

Some lawyers in Abuja on Friday said that the plan by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to begin enforcement…

Army trains 67 NSCDC personnel on weapon handling

The Nigerian Army on Friday completed a one-month training for 67 personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…

Suspect of Kaduna explosion targeted at Buhari arrested

The Defence Headquarters on Friday said that troops in Kaduna have arrested a man suspected to be connected with the…

Total Transformation Of Osun Is My Priority, Says Aregbesola

Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has reaffirmed that total transformation of the State of Osun…

Guard Hangs Self At Mr. Bigg’s

Nkem Taiye-Ulebor & Okanlawon Taiwo  Circumstances surrounding the suicide committed by a security guard at the popular eatery, Mr. Biggs,…

Aturu Buried

Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, who died last week, will be buried today at Ogbagi, his birth place in Akoko,…

Police Boss Abubakar Set To Retire

Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is set to retire as there are no indications that President Goodluck Jonathan would…

Kaduna Bombing: IGP sets up high-powered investigation team

In a move that is clearly unusual since the country began to experience bomb attacks, authorities of Nigeria Police on…

2015 Election will be free and fair, Jonathan tells Intl community

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night reassured the international community of his administration’s commitment to credible and peaceful elections in…

Lagos’ Quest To Raise Young Entrepreneurs

Kazeem Ugbodaga  Master Adeola Shobowale, 18, a student of Government Technical College, Agidingbi, came to the NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja…

Biggest US–Africa Leaders Summit Opens on Monday

By Simon Ateba United States President, Barack Obama, will host 51 African heads of state and government at the US-Africa…

CAN condemns Kaduna, Kano explosions

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed shock and sadness at the explosions that rocked the cities of Kaduna…

Oyegun advises politicians against unguarded utterances

Chief Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised politicians to shun utterances that could disrupt peaceful co-existence…

Boko Haram displaced over 500 people in Damboa – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that said over 500 indigenes of Damboa in Borno state had…

Over 83 groups benefit from Oyo govt. Ramadan largesse

Over 83 groups in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State on Thursday benefited from the state government’s Ramadan gifts.…