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Eight family die in accident involving their vehicle and a stationary truck at the Amanwozuzu junction, Ikeduru LGA of Imo state.

10 dead, 15 injured in multiple accident on Jos-Bauchi highway

The Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, said on Thursday in Jos that the tragedy involved a truck and six other vehicles.
Atiku, Obi vs Tinubu: Supreme Court set to deliver judgement

We are not endorsing any political candidate for 2023 – PFN

Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting at its secretariat, National Secretary, PFN, Bishop Cosmas Elechukwu, said the body…
Femi Gbajabiamila joins 'Buga' challenge

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila joins ‘Buga’ challenge (video)

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has joined the league of prominent Nigerians who have publicly danced to…
Troops, bandits in gun duel; 10-month-old child rescued

Troops, bandits in gun duel; 10-month-old child rescued

A 10-month-old child and two adults were rescued by troops conducting patrols around Ungwan Namama, along the Zaria-Kano road on…
camp of notorious bandit Lawal Kwalba

Troops clear camp of notorious bandit Lawal Kwalba (photos)

Nigerian troops hit the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin Dawa in the Dende general area of…
Buhari in Maiduguri

Be proactive, take fight to hideouts of terrorists: Buhari orders security forces

Buhari also directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up…
President Buhari in Borno

President Buhari hits Maiduguri (photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Maiduguri, Borno State to commission new buildings built for teachers

Prophet Adetuberu storms Liberty Stadium Friday for deliverance crusade 

According to Adetuberu, the three-day crusade which is tagged 'captives of the mighty' would surely be a great turn around…
Victims of flood disaster resulting from days of torrential rains in Gulani LGA of Yobe

13,000 flood victims to get N33,000 monthly in Yobe

Save the Children will provide the cash stimulus support of N33,000 monthly, for a period of five months to 1300…
Professor Christopher Imumolen

I’ll Fix Education Sector In 6 Months – Accord Presidential Candidate, Professor Chris

Professor Chris Imumolen, the Presidential candiate of the Accord Party has unleashed several empowerment schemes for farmers and other practitioners…
A case of monkeypox

Bayelsa confirms 13 monkeypox cases

Preventive measures against Monkeypox to include proper handling and cooking of food, fumigation, and setting of death traps for rodents…
Ogbu

Lagos man Moses Joseph jailed 37 years for defiling minor

The prosecution had alleged that the defendant, on Sept. 17, 2021, about 11:00 p.m. indecently treated the minor by inserting…
Four members of blackmail syndicate who specialised in taking nude pictures of their victims for extortion arrested by police in Anambra State.

4-member sex blackmail syndicate busted in Anambra

The suspects used social media to lure their unsuspecting male victims into fake love/friendship affairs and thereafter take them to…
Osun APC reveals next step following Supreme Court judgment which affirms Gov. Adeleke of PDP as winner of July 16, 2022 governorship poll

Osun election: Court dismisses suit against Adeleke’s nomination

Due to Adeleke's failure to submit his name within the time frame set by INEC, the plaintiff asked the court…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) said Gov. Chukwuma Soludo has not began campaigning ahead of the Nov 8 Governorship Election in Anambra because he is focused on infrastructure development for now.

Soludo bans Anambra youths from levying developers

The act was illegal and ran foul of the Prohibition of Fraudulent Practices on Land and Property law of 2012…
ASUU

ASUU Strike: Why Tuesday’s meeting ended in deadlock

ASUU expressed anger that the “award”, presented by the Nimi Briggs-led team, came in a manner of "take-it-or-leave-it," on an…
General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba

LASTMA, Fire Service to deepen collaboration

The LASTMA General Manager averred that the agency had always enjoyed the prompt response from the Lagos command of the…
Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi

Peter Obi blows hot, accuses APC, PDP of launching calumny campaign against him

Obi, in series of tweets on Thursday said it had become evident that the opposition parties had adopted negative strategy…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu puts politics aside to pour encomiums on Chief Olabode George, a chieftain of PDP, in Lagos on 80th birthday

‘You are disillusioned’: Fani Kayode bombs Bode George for attacking Tinubu

He said it was clear that George had some personal axe to grind with Tinubu, saying for him, “it is…
Sowunmi asks members of opposition to stop criticizing Tinubu's government and not to conflate political setbacks with a collapse democracy.

Ogun 2023: PDP disowns Segun Sowunmi

The party noted that Sowunmi in a suit with suit number AB/267/2022 instituted at the State High Court of OGUN…
Abia Govt announces restriction in operation of tricycles and motorcycle in Aba and Umuahia between 7 pm and 6 am, with effect from July 1.

Gov. Sanwo-Olu extends Okada ban to more LGAs in Lagos

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada to four more local…
Ogun government rolls out figures to disprove claim of diversion of funds allocated to LGs in the state from Federal Govt by Gov. Dapo Abiodun

Ogun Assembly confirms Gov. Abiodun’s commissioner-nominees

The Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the appointment of two commissioner-nominees sent to it by Gov. Dapo Abiodun.
Emirates announces it will resume flight services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024 with a daily service between Lagos and Dubai.

Emirates suspends flights to Nigeria from September

Emirates Airlines said it plans to suspend all flights to and from Nigeria on Sept. 1, to limit further losses
Customs intercepts 119,940 liters of petrol along Badagry creeks

Customs intercepts 119,940 liters of petrol along Badagry creeks

The Nigeria customs service Seme Area command intercepted 3,998 containers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) equivalent to 119, 940 litres…
President Bola Tinubu hails Dapo Abiodun’s on 65th birthday and his strides in his six-year tenure as the governor of Ogun State

Tinubu drops verdict on Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s administration

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he is pleased with the administration of…
Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali visits troops affected by fire disaster

Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali visits troops affected by fire disaster

Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, has visited troops affected by a…
Zelensky

Turkey’s Erdoğan, UN’s Guterres travel to Ukraine to meet Zelensky

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Left: 24-year-old Hadi Matar and writer Salman Rushdie who he attacked at a literary event in New York

‘I’m surprised he survived’ – Hadi Matar reveals why he stabbed Rushdie

Matar, 24, said Salman Rushdie, 75, was “someone who attacked Islam” but did not confirm that his actions were driven…
Lady Chidiebere Iloka

Soludo begins probe of LG chairman’s wife death

Mrs Iloka was said to have collapsed and died on Aug 7 but people alleged that she was a victim…
Chinese Government delivers Agricultural Demonstration Center project worth N2.8 billion to Nigerian government in Abuja

Agric Ministry opens up on N18.9bn ‘bush clearing contract’

He explained that the various projects were part of a stimulus package under the Agriculture for Food and Jobs Programme…