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Naomi Osaka’s hopes of third major title in a row ends

Naomi Osaka’s 16-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments came to an end on Saturday at the French Open in…

STF arrests 10 over recent Jos skirmishes

The Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau and Southern Kaduna has arrested 10 hoodlums in connection…

Aisha Buhari tackles Presidency’s Social Investment Programme in Katsina

Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has urged the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) to support poor people in…

Court jails fake Online Marketer 3 months for internet fraud

Justice H.J.O Oshomah of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Chijioke Ahamefula…

I will celebrate my 60th birthday with the physically challenged – Okowa

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that he will mark his 60th birthday with the physically challenged persons in…

LG Polls: Bayelsa SIEC Chairman quits over threats

Dr Bertola Perekeme, the Chairman of Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC), has resigned his position, NAN reports. In his…

I paid Zamfara workers May salary despite financial difficulties – Gov

Gov. Bello Matawallen-Maradun has said that he paid Zamfara civil servants May salary despite the financial difficulties he inherited. The…

Buhari hosts Lake Chad Security Summit June 12

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will host leaders of the Lake Basin Commission to an informal Security Summit on the…

Boko Haram: Buhari to host Lake Chad Security Summit

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari will host leaders of Lake Basin Commission in an informal summit on the side lines of…

NAF degrades insurgents’ hideout in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has degraded a terrorists’ hideout…

World Skin Health Day: How “organic creams” cause skin cancer

The Nigeria Association of Dermatologists have warned that using mixed skin creams, commonly known as “organic creams”, constituted more danger…

How I Was Kidnapped – Rev. Olarewaju of ECWA Church

It happened on a Wednesday. I was on my farm for brief inspection because the church was mourning. My intention…

End bandits’ attacks or they kill us all – Aisha Buhari

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has challenged security agencies to quickly end banditry and other insecurity challenges in…

10-year-old wins Rendiv Funfair spelling bee competition

A 10-year-old girl, Duru Miracle, of Rising Sun Children School, Egbe, Ikotun area of Lagos has won the under 12…

Rain: Traders, residents decry flooding in Lagos Island

Traders and residents at Idumagbo, Lagos Island, on Saturday decried the problem of flood in the area, due to blocked…

Education in Africa in a state of emergency

Mr Seni Sulyman, Vice President, Global Operations, Andela, says education in Africa is in a statement of emergency. Sulyman made…

NAPTIP seeks military cooperation against human trafficking

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has sought the cooperation of the Armed Forces in…

Why Nigerians must support fight against tobacco – FG

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Abdullahi Mashi, has urged Nigerians to support the fight against tobacco to…

AMAC residents decries indiscriminate dumping of refuse on roads

Some residents of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have decried the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on roads and open…

SWAN to Gov. Abdulrazaq: Use sports to engage youths

The Kwara Chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called on Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to use sports to…
The frequency of road accidents in Nigeria worrisome - Buhari

Buhari raises alarm over serious security problems in OIC Member States

President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted that many Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states are grappling with serious security problems,…

APC members split over calls for Oshiomhole’s resignation

Senator Lawal Shuaibu, Deputy National Chairman North, has been issued a seven-day ultimatum by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairmen…

How my husband had sex with mentally deranged woman, wife tells court

A 36-year old divorce-seeking wife, Amaka Nwafor, has told an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court that her husband, Friday Nwafor, was having…

Muslim faithful tasked on lessons of Ramadan

The Chief Imam of Islamic Centre, Uwani, Enugu, Sheik Abdul Isola, has enjoined Muslim faithful to live by the teachings…

Unknown gunmen raid Okorocha’s home

The country home of the immediate past Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha in Ogboko, Ideato South Council Area of Imo…

Recruitment: Over 60,000 candidates sit for NNPC CBT

No fewer than 60,000 candidates on Saturday sat for Computer Based Test (CBT) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)…

Eid-el-fitr: Price of tomato increases in Lagos

Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr celebration on Tuesday, prices of tomato have soared by 42 per cent in some markets in Lagos.

Nasarawa Gov. releases list of first set of appointments

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has made his first set of appointments since assumption of office on May 29.…

Osun Poly students set school clinic ablaze

Irate students of the Osun State Polytechnic at Iree on Saturday set the school clinic and medical equipment ablaze over…

Eid-el-Fitri: Osun govt. offers free train ride from Lagos

The Osun Government says it will provide free train ride to Osogbo for its indigenes in Lagos willing to celebrate…