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NCAA cautions passengers on Samsung Galaxy Note 7

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed passengers not to turn on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7…

Flood destroys over 4,000 houses, 13,000 farms in Cross River

Flood destroyed no fewer than 4,070 houses and 13,147 farms in Cross River in August and September 2016, the state…

Ondo poll: INEC distributes 1m PVCs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had distributed 1.2 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Ondo state ahead…

Man docked over fraudulent land sale

A 47-year-old man, Ayobami Ogundipe, was on Tuesday arraigned in Ota, Ogun, for allegedly obtaining N450,000 under false pretense. Ogundipe,…

Guardiola gives Yaya Toure ultimatum to apologise over agent’s comments

Yaya Toure has been told his Manchester City career is over unless he apologises for comments made by his agent.…

Lawyer cautions against rising cases of divorce petitions

A legal practitioner and rights activist, Mrs. Theresa Mbanifo, has cautioned against rising cases of divorce petitions in the country.…

Association to confer honorary award on Nigerian Army

The Nigeria Safe School Association (NISSA) has concluded plan to confer an honorary award on the Nigerian Army for its…

Police arrest 12 IPOB members in Enugu

The police in Enugu has arrested no fewer than 12 suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

National Assembly adjourns sitting over member’s death

Resumption of plenary by the National Assembly after eights week recess failed on Tuesday following the announcement of the death…

I am still in Edo guber race- KOWA candidate

Mr Thompson Osadolor, the KOWA Governorship Candidate for the Sept. 28 election in Edo, has said that he did not…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

PDP tasks Jigawa govt to dissolve caretaker c’ttees

The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on the state government to dissolve the caretaker…

Last batch of Oyo pilgrims to arrive Sept. 30

The Chairman, Oyo State Muslim Welfare Board, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold, has said that the last batch of pilgrims from the…

Police arraign 57-year-old man for assault in Osun

A 57-year-old man, Matthew Isawumi, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault. The prosecutor, Idoko James,…

Nigerians commend Paralympians, urge corporate support

Nigerians, especially athletics buffs on Tuesday continued to commend the performance of the special athletes who participated in the just-concluded…

No vaccine for Lassa fever prevention yet- NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that there is no vaccine that is clinically proven to be effective…
The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) approves appointment of Prof. Adamu Ahmed as new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

ABU professor develops new malaria vaccine

Prof. Nasiru Shua’ibu of Biochemical Parasitology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent…

Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit

The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday.…

Court slams banker N350,000 bail for crushing man to death

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday slammed a N350,000 bail on a banker, Lekan Idris, for allegedly crushing a car…

Okowa mourns Delta NLC, NULGE Chairman

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Union…

Man drinks poison, jumps into Lagos river

Residents of Salvation Avenue in the Ajegunle, Ikorodu area of Lagos State have found the corpse of a man by…

Bloomberg paints a dark picture of Nigeria’s recession

On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the Niger river, the Ajaokuta steel plant…

Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19…

George H W Bush is voting for Hillary Clinton

Former President George H W Bush is reportedly voting for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a Facebook post from…

Breaking: UN suspends aid operations in Syria

The United Nations has suspended aid operations in Syria after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in rural Aleppo…

2016 Hajj: Jigawa loses 2 pilgrims

The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of two pilgrims from the state in Saudi Arabia during…

Hijab: Obey court order, Muslims warn Lagos schools

Following the resumption of Lagos schools on Monday, the Lagos State Area Unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan orders EFCC to defreeze her accounts

First Law Associates, the solicitor to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC),…
Katsina govt vows funding for Federal University of Transportation’s growth

EFCC confiscates 3 mansions from ex-governor Shema

Three mansions belonging to the detained ex-governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema have been seized by the Economic and Financial…

APC ready for Edo guber polls- Oshiomhole

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready for the Sept. 28 gubernatorial…

Buhari urges warring South Sudan leaders to honour peace agreement

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York called on warring leaders in South Sudan to honour the terms of…