BREAKING: Second US Aircraft shot down during dramatic F-15 rescue over Iran

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

Metro

CJ pardons alleged chicken thief in Jimeta prison

The Chief Judge of Adamawa, Justice Ishaya Banu, has ordered the immediate release of nine people including an alleged chicken…

Hardship in Nigeria: How to fix the economy

As the economy takes a bashing, Nigerians who groan under its weight design positive and negative survival strategies. The situation,…

Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigerian Police have arrested five kidnappers who have carried out kidnapping activities at Isheri area…

FBI investigating Clinton’s email hack

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, has said the FBI is investigating whether Russia was behind a hack on his…
Harrison Ford: injured filming Indiana Jones 5

Firm fined £1.6m over Harrison Ford injury

A production company behind the latest Star Wars movie has been fined £1.6m after Harrison Ford broke his leg on…

Tinubu vs Oyegun: Lagos Assembly questions presidency’s silence

The Lagos State House of Assembly has questioned the presidency’s silence in the wake of the recent rift between Asiwaju…

Ambode charges new Perm. Secs to uphold excellence

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday swore-in two new Permanent Secretaries into the State Public Service, with a…

Igbonla kidnap: We’ll rid Lagos off criminal elements-LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed the release of the four pupils and teachers of the Lagos…

Ibrahim wins $100,000 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature

A Nigerian journalist, Abubakar Ibrahim has emerged the winner of the 2016 Nigeria Prize for Literature as he won a…

650 athletes to participate in 8th NAF games

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said 650 athletes would participate in the 8th NAF games scheduled to hold…

11 killed as youths, Shiites members clash in 3 states

Eleven have been reportedly killed across Katsina, Kaduna and Sokoto states, when Shiites members and youths clashed during their procession.…

Community leaders commend NYSC health initiative in Rivers

Residents and leaders of Elekahia community in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers, on Wednesday commended the National…

100 aides on average serve governors – Survey

Since the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria began in 1999, opinions have been divided on its desirability, given the cost…

UN to feed 600,000 children in Kenya in 2016

The UN World Food Program (WFP) Kenya Country Director, Annalisa Conte, on Wednesday said it planned to feed 600,000 school…

wife loses marriage for making husband laughing stock

A mother of six, Titilayo Abdul-Hammed, has lost her 17-year-old marriage for making her husband a laughing stock in the…

Man nabbed for defiling teenage girl

A 29-year-old printer, Luke Adeyemi who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’…

Police arraign man for assault in Ogun

A 53-year-old man, Ademola Adesoji, appeared in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly punching a woman on her…

Kaduna targets 3m children for polio immunisation

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Agency said on Wednesday that it targets the immunisation of a total of three…

Corrupt judge prostrates, begs DSS boss after seeing proof of N500m bribe

One of the seven judges arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, has admitted that he took bribes running…

NCC approves Visafone’s share to MTN

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has approved the transfer of Visafone’s shareholding to MTN Nigeria, and not the…

Husband ask court to dissolve 14 years marriage

A housewife, Foluke Adesuyi, on Wednesday told an Akure Customary Court that her in-laws wanted her to be a slave…

Teenager bags 18 months in jail for trafficking drugs

A 20-year-old boy, Abiodun Oyatolu, who had pleaded guilty to trafficking in 9.9 grammes of heroin in Lagos, is to…

Brother sues siblings over family property

An Ibadan-based businessman, Mr Mumini Adegboyega, has dragged his siblings to an Oyo State High Court over a family property,…

Breaking: Protesting legislative aides shut National Assembly

Some aides to senators and members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday protested non-payment of their salaries and allowances…

Osun Fadama begins training of agricultural staff

The Osun Fadama III Additional Funding program, has begun training of 45 agricultural staff who would train farmers across the…

Knuckle cracking can impair hand function :expert

Dr Mohammed Abdullahi of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), on Wednesday said habitual knuckle cracking impairs the functions…

Breaking: 5 killed as bomb blast rocks Maiduguri motor park

The Police in Borno on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five persons after a suspected female suicide bomber detonated her…

Brazil beat Venezuela 2-0 to top South America World Cup qualifying table

Goals from Gabriel Jesus and Willian provided a comfortable 2-0 victory for Brazil over Venezuela in CONMEBOL qualifying for the…

US election: Obama blasts Trump with 7-Eleven jibe

President Barack Obama has blasted Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even for someone applying…

Kidnappers free abducted Lagos Students, Principal, teacher

Four students, principals and a teacher of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla who were kidnapped last week by gunmen…