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Niger Delta University shuts down indefinitely

The Niger Delta University (NDU) owned by the Bayelsa State government has been shut down indefinitely following protests by students…

COVID-19: Court sentences India returnee Oluwakemi to 14-day community service 

A Magistrate Court 8 sitting in Ogba, Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Raji Sekinat Oluwakemi, a traveller from India to 14…

Yoruba Nation agitators protest in Ibadan over arrest of Igboho’s men

Yoruba Nation agitators have stormed streets in Ibadan, Oyo State, demanding the release of agitators arrested during raid on Sunday…
Gunmen

Gunmen abduct PDP member in Edo, demand N20m ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have forcefully abducted a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ugbo Iyiriaro.

Lagos plants 7.6m trees in 10 years, targets 50,000 trees 2021

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it has planted 7.6 million trees in the last 10 years and targeted…
Boko Haram terrorists

Boko Haram attacks Adamawa village close to SGF Mustapha’s hometown

Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Dabna, a community in Adamawa State, close to Garaha, the hometown of Boss Mustapha, Secretary…
Fire

Fire guts shops at Ladipo Market

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said shops containing car accessories worth millions of naira have been gutted by fire…

Court vindicates ex-Minister, Adeosun, says she was ineligible for NYSC

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ruled that former Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun was ineligible for…

School feeding programme: FG to enroll 67,307 Ebonyi pupils

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) said the Federal Government will enrol 67,307 primary school pupils into the National Homegrown School…
Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello

Kogi signs MOU for tourism development

The Kogi State Government has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with GoldenCity Engineering Consultancy Company Limited for the design…
Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Marshal

FRSC promotes 284 officers, dismisses 2

The Federal Road Safety Commission has approved the promotion of 62 Assistant Corps Corps Commanders (ACC) to the rank of…

Lalong makes promises on judiciary autonomy

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has reaffirmed his commitment to the implementation of the judiciary and legislature autonomy in…

Niger Delta varsity students protest imposition of dress codes

Students of Niger Delta University owned by the Bayelsa State Government have staged a peaceful protest in Amasoma and Yenegoa,…
Child beggars

Kano Hisbah arrests 20 children for street begging

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging.

Oyo dissolves state National Youth Council exco

The Oyo State Government has dissolved the State executive committee of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for flouting…
Kwaknkwaso resigns from NNPP ahead of defection to ADC

Kwankwaso denies plans to dump PDP

Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said he has no plans to decamp from the Peoples…
Osun CP Olawale Olokode

Osun Police CP Olawale warns cultists planning 7/7 celebration

The Osun State Police command has warned cultists planning to celebrate July 7, known as 7/7, in the state
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

INEC: 203,497 eligible voters registered online

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 203,497 eligible Nigerians have completed the online pre-registration as fresh voters.
Hamza Nanoh becomes DG of Yahaya Bello campaign group

Ex-lawmaker Hamza Nanoh becomes DG of Yahaya Bello campaign group

Governor Yahaya Bello presidential campaign group, styled as CEDO 4 GYB2PYB has approved the appointment of Hamza Nanoh, former Kebbi…
Minister who slumped

Minister Maryam Katagum discharged from Bauchi hospital

Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagum, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment who collapsed at an event in Bauchi on…

Fraudulent Habiba Abubakar jailed seven years

The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams, former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, HRM King Willard Mswati Gomani, from Malawi. Photo by Ayodele Efunla

Fani-Kayode, Gani Adams, others at TB Joshua’s tribute service

Eminent dignitaries including the Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode; and Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams on Tuesday attended the…
NCC explains the processes to link phone numbers with NIN

Strange: Nigeria records 3M new lines in Q1 despite ban on SIM cards sale

How did Nigeria's telecom networks sell three million new phone lines in the first quarter of this year when the…
Police arrest notorious Cross Rivers kidnap kingpin, Kufre Etim, aka Romance three years after he was declared wanted.

Gunmen abduct 4 farmers in Ekiti, demand N50m

Gunmen who kidnapped four farmers in Ikosu Farm Settlement in Ikosu-Ekiti, Moba Local Government area, have demanded N50 million ransom.
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike: Controversies trail his selection to lead Ogoni stakeholders in discussion with FG on resumption of oil production in OML 11

Nyesom Wike lifts curfew in Rivers

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has lifted the curfew slammed on the entire state, beginning from Wednesday, July 7.

Sanwo-Olu presents 10 cars to outstanding civil servants

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday presented 10 cars to recognise public servants who have distinguished themselves…
Late TB Joshua’s daughters at All Day Service Tribute at Synagogue Church of All Nations. Photo by Ayodele Efunla

TB Joshua: In the eyes of his daughters, son-in-law

The only three daughters of Prophet TB Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, have paid tributes…
Anyim: Lack of internal democracy in PDP, APC, threat to Nigeria’s democracy

Pius Anyim: Civil War memorial arcade needed to highlight tragedy

Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim on Tuesday called for the establishment of a memorial arcade with detailed account of the Nigerian…

Kwara’s N2.5bn cancer centre ready in 12 months

Construction of the N2.5bn oncology and diagnostic centre donated to Kwara State Government will begin in August and will be…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Labourer jailed 5 years for stealing phones, padlocks

An Area Court in Jos, on Thursday sentenced a 20-year-old labourer, David Danladi, to a correctional centre for stealing two…