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Accountants aid and abet corruption: ICAN chief

Accountants are aiding the rising spate of corruption among Nigerian officials , Dr Benard Alkali, the Chairman of Jos chapter…
IGP Usman Alkali Baba: Says Police service commission, police hierarchy resolve dispute

JUST IN: Police Council confirms Alkali Baba as IGP

The Police Council has unanimously approved the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as Nigeria's Inspector General of Police.
boat mishap

Boat mishap kills 13 in Sokoto, Tambuwal, Wamakko mourn

The Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, have mourned the death…
Ex- Kano lawmaker Yusuf Sulaiman says emergence of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of APC has sent jitters to the camp of the PDP.

Bandits kidnap businessman, Emmanuel Eze in Kano

Bandits in Kano have abducted Emmanuel Eze a businessman in Kore Town, Danbatta local government area of the state.
File: Guns seized by imo police from hoodlums

7 killed as Imo police battle hoodlums on Orji flyover bridge

Seven people died in Orji, Owerri North LGA on Thursday as the Police engaged gun-toting hoodlums, who had shot indiscriminately…
Cultists kill 6 people in a week in reprisal attacks over murder of Ekene Ekwenuya and land dispute in Ogwashi-Uku community of Delta State

Cultists hack barber to death in Osogbo

Suspected cult members, on Thursday morning allegedly killed a barber and macheted one of his customers at the Oke-Ijetu area…
President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari presides over meeting of Police Council

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the meeting of the Police Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Bello Matawalle: threatened by PDP

Matawalle dissolves sole administrators for Zamfara LGs

Gov. Bello Matawalle has approved the dissolution of the 14 Local Government Sole Administrators with immediate effect.
Governor Bello Matawalle

Matawalle dissolves Zamfara LG sole administrators

Gov. Bello Matawalle has approved the dissolution of the 14 Local Government Sole Administrators with immediate effect.
Lagos State Health Commissioner, Professor Akin Abayomi

COVID-19 vaccine: 300,534 people yet to receive 2nd dose in Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said 300,534 persons who received the first jab of the Oxford/AstraZeneca…

Buhari, Dingyadi, others meet: Ag. IGP Baba knows fate today

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the meeting of the Police Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Akpabio, second left, after his peace meeting in Oporoza with Tompolo and traditional rulers

Akpabio in Oporoza to beg his ‘brother Tompolo’

The Buhari administration responded to the one week ultimatum given by ex-Niger Delta warlord, Tompolo, with the Niger Delta minister,…

Gov. AbdulRazaq seeks justice for UNILORIN student Blessing

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has called on the security agencies to bring the killers of Miss Olajide Omowumi Blessing…
Abdul Osumanu, Ghanaian soccer star indicted for romance scams with six Nigerians

Romance scams: U.S. charges 6 Nigerians, Ghanaian soccer star, Osumanu

Six Nigerians, one American and Ghanaian soccer player Abdul Osumanu indicted in Charleston, West Virginia for romance scams
An MSF facility in Zamfara

Zamfara state faces humanitarian crisis: MSF

Rising insecurity in Zamfara state has spawned a humanitarian crisis, International aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Bandits terrorise Abuja suburbs, 83 kidnapped

Bandits and kidnappers have turned Abuja suburbs into their playgrounds, striking fears in residents and forcing many to relocate.
EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa at the UN session on corruption

Corruption: Nigeria seeks easy rules to recover looted funds

Nigeria on Thursday in New York, called on the global community to take measures to prevent and combat corruption as…
Diphtheria wreaking havoc in Nigeria, over 1000 died in 17 months

COVID-19 kills 18 Nigerians, new cases shoot up

COVID-19 killed 18 Nigerians on Thursday and the daily cases also increased five-fold from the previous day record.
NYSC: Only those vaccinated against COVID-19 will serve from next year

We are not mobilising corps members for war – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has denounced reports quoting the Director-General of the corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, as saying…

I left PDP for the sake of Buhari – Ayade

Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade says he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
I'll restore peace in South East two minutes if released from prison - Nnamdi Kanu

Police uncover plan by IPOB to set up cells in Bayelsa 

The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has uncovered plans by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (lPOB),…
Controversies trail alleged killing of a vigilante operative, a housewife and shooting of 3 others, by soldiers in Eke, Udi LG of Enugu State.

Soldier Sulaiman kills Customs officer, then commits suicide

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, has killed himself after he shot dead a…

Lagos CP Odumosu receives boxing champions Durodola, Joshep

Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu received two police officers who recently won 5 boxing championships in Africa

MOSOP: FG’s cleanup claims are lies

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni (MOSOP) has dismissed claims by the Federal Government that 17 polluted sites…

Set bright future agenda for Nigeria – Lawan urges media

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has challenged the Nigerian media to set an agenda for a brighter tomorrow for…

Lagos rescues 11-year-old girl assaulted by father

The Directorate of Citizens Rights, Lagos State Ministry of Justice has rescued an 11- year-old girl who was allegedly assaulted…

Nigeria can’t afford to neglect women in government – Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that Nigeria cannot afford to neglect its women population if the country…

Adamu Garba wants Twitter banned in Nigeria

Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has called on the Nigerian government to ban Twitter from operating in the country.
Governor Nyesom Wike on Port Harcourt refinery

Wike accuses FG of playing politics with judicial autonomy 

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused the Federal Government of playing politics with judicial autonomy in total…
May God bless you: Buhari prays for Ayade

Buhari receives Ayade, Bello in Abuja (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).