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Hong Kong: Violent demonstrations totally intolerable – China

The Chinese government has angrily reacted to the spate of violent protests rocking length and breadth of the Hong Kong…

Police shortlist 2,945 for recruitment screening in Enugu

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has shortlisted no fewer than 2,945 applicants in Enugu State for physical screening for police…

Ohanaeze’s deputy speaker’s home gutted by fire

The Enugu home of the deputy spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon, the…

Makinde inaugurates committee to probe local govts under Ajimobi

The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated a seven-man committee to investigate the accounts and finances of…

Tanker explodes in Benue, many feared dead

Many residents were feared dead on Monday in Ahumbe village on the Alliade/ Makurdi Federal Highway in the Gwer East…

Turkey orders arrest of 82 soldiers linked with Gulen

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose network…

Going on Hajj this year? Read this NAHCON advisory

As intending Pilgrims across the 36 states of Nigeria and FCT prepare for the 2019 hajj, the National Hajj Commission…
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja cautions politicians against any attempt to rig 2023 general elections.

Defuse tension and restore peace in Nigeria, Onaiyekan urges Buhari

Cardinal John Onaiyekan has called on the Federal Government to defuse the tension that had arisen in the country in…

Buhari appoints Mohammed Sambo as new NHIS boss

As a replacement of the sacked Usman Yusuf, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Sambo as…

OPEC seeks global oil cut, re-elects Barkindo

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) on Monday night announced a nine- month extension of the global oil…
UN Deputy Secretary- General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed says the growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security currently felt most keenly in Africa.

We can’t afford to delay action on climate change – Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms Amina Mohammed, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, called for “unequivocal’’…

European Union, Anambra govt train health data operators

No fewer than 25 health data operators and human resource managers have been trained on health workforce registry in Anambra,…

#MeToo movement springs up in Nigeria

A rape accusation against a popular pastor in Nigeria has prompted a new #MeToo movement on social media with women…

Tunisian President Essebsi out of hospital

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was declared ill last week, left hospital on Monday in “normal health” and will…

Antarctic Sea ice in rapid, mysterious decline

After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica's sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just…
Iran President Hassan Rouhani at the Nuclear Reactor plant

Trump warns Iran again: You are playing with fire

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on…

Fatoyinbo is a good preacher, he shall rise again – Fani-Kayode

Controversial former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has refused to criticise Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA),…

God will give my husband grace to decide his future – Pastor Omodele Fatoyinbo

Pastor Omodele Fatoyinbo, wife of the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Abiodun Fatoyinbo on Monday…

Five Internet Fraudsters end in jail 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office has secured five separate convictions that involved five internet fraudsters …

N30m fraud: You are not entitled to bail, court tells herbalist

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday turned down a bail application filed…

EFCC asks court not to set aside arrest warrant on Adoke, Etete

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday asked Justice Danlami Senchi of the High Court of the Federal…
Nigerians allowed those in power to dictate for too long: Pastor Sam Adeyemi

Fatoyinbo: Pastor Adeyemi wants justice to prevail

Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Center, Sam Adeyemi, has called on Nigerians to ensure that justice prevails in the allegation…

Nigerian kidnapper in Ghana begs Nigerians, Ghanaians, Canadian victims

A Nigerian Sampson Agarlor, one of the alleged kidnappers of the two Canadian students in Kumasi, Ghana has shown remorse for his…

Lagos Task Force arrests 77 suspected hoodlums, prostitutes

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested 77 suspected criminals and prostitutes in different part of the…

Vigilante group rescues five victims from kidnappers

A local vigilante group in Egoro Na Oka Community, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State on Saturday…
Police Command in Osun say three persons were shot during a failed kidnapping attempt at Koka Village in Ibokun Local Government Area on Sunday.

Mob sets police station ablaze in Imo

Angry youths in Umuoke Obowo in Imo have set the police station in the town ablaze, following alleged killing of…

Buhari finally sacks NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf.
Kano Rep Alhassan Doguwa urges end to #EndBadGovernance protests, says finding solutions to Nigeria’s problems a collective responsibility

APC adopts Doguwa as Reps Majority leader

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted Rep. AlHassan Doguwa who represents Doguwa/Tundun Wada Federal Constituency, Kano State, as Majority…

Sanwo-Olu begins assessment tour of public schools

The Lagos State Government has begun the implementation of its plan to improve quality of education in all state-owned schools,…

Kyari lauds OPEC’s 9 months extension for Oil Production Cut

The incoming Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, has hailed the leadership of the…