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Supreme Court dismisses suit against Bulkachuwa

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a suit filed by Usman Tuggar of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to…

CAN leaders come under fire for visiting and declaring support for COZA pastor

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN is under fire on social media after its representatives in Abuja…
NAFDAC raids 10 warehouses in Sabon Gari market in Kano State, seizes unregistered food products and arrested two people.

NAFDAC bans use of methyl bromide as fumigant

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has banned the use of methyl bromide…

Global hunger on the increase – UN

More than 820 million people worldwide were under nourished in 2018, the third consecutive year of slight increase after decades…
Trump says his indictment is political persecution

Stop wrong moves on Iran nuclear issue, China urges U.S.

China has called on the U.S. to stop its wrong moves on the Iran nuclear issue and respect the legitimate…

Ghanaian TV personality Peace Hyde honoured with Social Impact Award in UK

The African Achievers Awards, have honoured Ghanaian TV personality, actor, social activist and media entrepreneur, Peace Hyde, with an award for…

Hamas distances self from official’s call to kill Jews around globe

The Hamas movement on Monday distanced itself from comments made by one of its members calling on Palestinians around the…

Danger! Read LASG’s timely warning on consumption of food preserved with chemicals

The Lagos State government has warned the public against consumption of food preserved with pesticides or other agro-chemicals, noting that…

Cropping season: Borno farmers call for protection against insurgents’ attack

Some farmers in Borno have renewed calls for deployment of military and other security personnel to farmlands this cropping season…

Edo Assembly confirms 6 commissioner nominees

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday screened and confirmed six nominees as commissioners in the…

SARS officers shoot cleaner dead while chasing Indian hemp smokers

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have allegedly shot dead a cleaner while pursuing Indian hemp smokers in Lagos,…
Chief Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan orders that Opeyemi Ajala be remanded for allegedly raping his 21-year-old daughter.

I slept with my brother-in-law unknowingly, woman tells court

A trader, Mrs Kuditat Ajayi, 52, told an Igando Customary Court that she slept with her brother-in-law because she thought…

Andre Pillay quits Eskom in latest high-profile departure

The group treasurer of South Africa’s Eskom, Andre Pillay, will leave the power utility at the end of August, the…

Hajj: Guard your luggage against drug syndicates – Jigawa Govt

Alhaji Yakubu Mohammad, Hadejia Zonal Officer, Jigawa Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, has advised the state 2019 intending pilgrims to Saudi…

Kogi monarch dies at 75

Oba Jacob Mejedi, the Ajugbonjagun of Orokere Amuro in Mopamuro Local Government Area in Kogi has passed on at 75.

Euro 2020: 19m tickets requested in first phase of sales – UEFA

UEFA has received 19.3 million ticket requests for Euro 2020 matches in the first phase of ticket sales, the European…
Cross River State

Two killed in fresh communal clash in Cross River

A communal clash between Usumtong and Ebom communities in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has claimed lives…

Afghan radio station shuts down after threats over women presenters

A private radio station in Afghanistan has shut down after numerous threats from a suspected Taliban commander objecting women to…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo reacts to the death of his former colleague, President Muhammadu Buhari

Obasanjo fires another letter to Buhari: “We are at the edge of precipice’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, warning that the "nation is at the precipice,…

AFCON 2019: Nigeria lost to a superior team – Analysts

Some sports analysts on Monday said that the Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 2-1 to a better side in the…

CAN leaders visit COZA, pledge support for Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

A new video has surfaced online, where some representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) visited the Abuja branch…

Court remands man for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday ordered that a 26-year-old man, Abibu Babatunde, who allegedly raped his 14-year-old…

Video: Yemi Osinbajo explains FG’s project on food security

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday explained some of the actions the Federal Government of Nigeria is set to implement…

Pastor Tunde Bakare speaks on murder of Afenifere leader’s daughter

Nigerian Politician and The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare on Sunday, has reacted to the…

Atiku to Buhari: Enough of ‘talk, talk and talk’ on security

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Muhammadu's approach in superintending the security of Nigerians by equating it with 'all…
98 dead, 63 missing in floods

Monsoon floods kill 51 people, 4.5m affected in India – Official

Officials on Monday said that monsoon floods in India’s northern and eastern states have worsened, affecting about 4.5 million residents…

Dolapo Osinbajo at 52 shares first birthday picture

Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has shared her first birthday picture as she celebrates 52 years old…

Political Crisis: Venezuelan opposition to continue talks with government

Venezuela’s opposition said on Sunday it will return to Barbados to continue talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro…

Samson Siasia’s mum kidnapped again

Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76 year-old mother of former Super Eagles striker and Coach, Samson Siasia has been kidnapped again,…

Trump lashes Congresswomen: ‘Go back to fix your broken countries’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told a group of mostly American-born Democratic congresswomen to “go back and help fix…