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Ruptured gas leak causes traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Passers-by and motorists were stranded at the Arepo-Magboro axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a gas pipeline ‘exploded’ near the…

Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu, Soyinka, others to grace 19th Bola Ige Symposium

Every arrangement has been concluded by the Bola Ige Centre for Justice to stage the 19th year Bola Ige Memorial…

Kankara abduction: Teachers threaten nationwide strike

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike until the safety of its members…
Goodluck Jonathan

My intention was to change Nigeria through education – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that his administration's intere was to change the society through education.

Okonjo-Iweala charges FG to rescue abducted school boys

Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government to ensure everything possible is done to bring…
RIFAN advises government on measures needed to reduce the price of rice as the commodity is becoming unaffordable for many Nigerians.

Yuletide: Jos residents lament local rice price hike

Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in the price of local rice in the area, describing the…
Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, NASFAT Chief Missioner

NASFAT Chief Missioner calls for prayer for safe return of kidnapped boys

Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, the Chief Missioner, Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), has called on all loving parents to pray for the quick…

NIWA, Presidential Amnesty Programme to secure inland waterways

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) plans to collaborate with the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the former’s quest to secure…

Jemimah Marcus becomes Lagos one-day governor

A 16-year-old pupil of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Jemimah Marcus, will become a one-day governor in Lagos on a…

Take your children away from boarding schools: Kano govt. tells parents

Kano State Government has told parents who have children in boarding schools to convey their children back home from today.
Ahmad Lawan, Senate President

Governance: Lawan to back Buni on more women participation

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has assured women from his home state of Yobe that he will support the…

Demolition of FESTAC Town market: Residents, Traders react

Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the…
covid-19

U.S. reports 1.6m child cases of COVID-19

Nearly 1,640,000 children in the United States (U.S.) have been diagnosed with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) since the onset of the…
ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil staff dies at Qua Iboe facility

A top official of U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil, has confirmed the death of a staff member of the company in…

Lagos Assembly charges Sanwo-Olu to step up COVID-19 campaign

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso…

Senate considers bill to establish Peace Corps, Hunters Council

The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to give statutory backing to the Nigerian Peace Corps.
COVID-19 cases soar in Nigeria

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases aggravated, as Abuja sets national record

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases shoot up drastically on Tuesday, with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, setting a new national record.

Court rejects bail application of jailed Pastor, Israel Ogundipe

Embattled pastor and shepherd-in-charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Global Genesis Parish, Lagos, Israel Ogundipe, has lost the post-conviction bail…

How cultists killed crippled man in Lagos

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Sergent Hakeem Mohammed, an officer of the disbanded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) alleged to have killed…

Governor AbdulRazaq presents N123bn budget to Kwara Assembly

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented a budget proposal of N123,091,307,468 to the House of Assembly.
Nigerian lawmakers begin massive probe of NNPC's contracts in last 32 years

PDP, APGA lose Reps members to APC

Two members from the House of Representatives, Hon. Aliyu Datti Yakwo (PDP, Kano) and Hon. Danjuma Usman (APGA, Taraba) have…

Environmental offenders jailed in Ekiti

Ten people have been sentenced to two months imprisonment each by a mobile Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti for involving…

Trader who claimed SARS pushed him off two-storey building lied – Police witness

Sergent Hamza Haruna, a police officer has said that claims of Mr Ndukawe Ekweke, a petitioner at the Lagos judicial…
NNPCL gives reason fuel price went up

AKK gas pipeline near completion – NNPC

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, says the construction of Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano(AKK) Gas Pipeline…
Dr Isa Pantami: I never supported Boko Haram

Just In: NCC rolls out new SIM registration rules

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that…
Police receive 43 rape cases in Gombe in 7 months

Tenant rapes landlord’s granddaughter in Osun

A 26-year-old tenant, Isha Muhammad was on Monday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping his landlord’s eight-year-old granddaughter in…

IGP reiterates police commitment to protection of lives, property

The Nigeria Police Force has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring adequate protection of lives and property in the nation in…
Chief Justice of Nigeria Tanko Muhammad

Controversy trails CJN Tanko’s COVID-19 status

Controversy has trailed the COVID-19 status of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Muhammad, as the Supreme Court’s Director…
Lagos State University (LASU)

NASU urges Lagos Govt to appoint new LASU VC on merit

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Lagos State University (LASU) branch, Ojo, has appealed to the…
The Nigerian Senate

Senate constitutes Committee to investigate N1.2trn oil revenue loss

The Senate on Tuesday constituted a seven-man Ad-hoc committee to investigate a N1.2 trillion oil revenue loss to the Federal…