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Police rescue 2 kidnapped Chinese nationals in Ebonyi

The Ebonyi Police Command has rescued the two kidnapped Chinese nationals who were abducted by unknown gunmen at a road…
Bauchi charges journalists to shun fake news, hate speech

Fake news: Catholic priest cautions journalists

Rev Fr Chidi Obasi, Parish Priest of Health of the Sick Catholic Chaplaincy, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, has cautioned journalists…

Sokoto govt. warns politicians against reckless statements

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has cautioned politicians in the state against reckless statements capable of causing a breach…

Youth losing touch with culture, a looming disaster – Yobe governor

Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe on Sunday lamented the speed at which youth in the country were losing touch with…
Drug abuse

Drug abuse, major driver of sins among youths – NOA Director

Mr Bulus Dabit, Director, Plateau office of the National Orientation Agency(NOA), has identified drug and substances abuse as the major…

Sri Lanka bans face coverings in wake of Easter bombings

Sri Lanka has banned all kinds of clothing that cover the face and prevent identification, such as niqabs and burqas,…
APC

APC sweeps Zamfara LG polls

The Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission (ZSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the…

Horror as human skull, remains found in coffin inside church

A pastor has been arrested after a human skull and other remains were found in a coffin inside his church,…

Saraki named International Human Rights Commission’s Ambassador

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been nominated as an “Ambassador-at-Large” of the International Human Rights Commission…
Lagos Traffic Laws

Group hails Ambode over achievements in Lagos

The National Coordinator of Buhari-Osinbajo Hope Movement, Mr. Seyi Bamigbade has given Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State a pat…

Federal Govt to develop patients’ safety guide – Adewole

The federal government says it has concluded plans to develop National Patients' Safety Guide.
Lagos Traffic Laws

Lagos leads other States in job creation – NBS

A total of 740, 146 jobs were added in Lagos State between July 2017 and June 2018, a survey of…

Accident claims 5 in Edo

A fatal road accident that occurred on Sunday on the Benin-Abuja highway, by Jattu Junction, Auchi, Etsako West Local Government…

Father, 2 brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces…

Police arrest son of traditional ruler for killing NANS spokesman

The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested the killer of Comrade Oshin Aderigbigbe, the Public Relations Officer, Joint…

Bar fight: Man stabs colleague to death in Lagos

Officials of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man who stabbed his colleague to death during a fight…

Navy recovers metal barge, wooden boat

The Nigerian Navy on Sunday said it discovered a metal Barge MV JOSH 1 and a wooden boat drifting along…

2019 Hajj: Don’t engage in fraudulent acts, FCT Board warns

The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, on Sunday warned 2019 intending pilgrims against exhibiting fraudulent behaviour that is capable of…

26 cult suspects arrested in Lagos

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Task force has arrested 26 persons suspected to be cultists in different…

Lagos police raids market, arrests 6 Indian Hemp dealers

Officials of the Lagos State Police Command have raided a criminal hideouts inside Alaba Rago market, Ojo area of Lagos…

Fire destroys 140 shelters in Borno IDPs camps

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 140 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps…

Enabulele becomes first Nigerian elected WMA Standing Committee chairman

The former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Dr. Osahon Enabulele has been elected the Chairman of the Socio-Medical…
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria soars by 128%, Lagos hardest hit

Lagos arrest three in sale of poisonous Ponmo, warns against poisonous food

Lagos State government said it has arrested three persons connected with the sale of toxic cow-skin popularly known as ‘Ponmo’…
National Emergency Management Agency

4,636 farmers affected by flood in Anambra to receive grants

No fewer than 4,636 farmers affected by the July to October 2018 flood disaster in seven Local Government Areas of…
The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, has suspended the activities of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Bida Chapter (ASUP-BD) over what it described as rising tension and prevailing negative security report.

Bida Poly to revive local industries

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, said the institution would revamp ailing local industries in its…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Tin-Can Customs Command generates N78.8bn

The Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) saiys it generated N78.8 billion in the first quarter…
CAN

Control proliferation of Churches in Nigeria, activist urges CAN, PFN

A Human Right Activist, Chief Patrick Eholor, has challenged religious bodies to rise up and regulate the proliferation of Churches…

U.S-based foundation targets 2,000 Nigerians for medical benefits

No fewer than 2,000 underprivileged Nigerians are expected to benefit from the 2019 free medical outreach of the Nigerian Health…

Crackdown: Nigerian Navy arrests 19 impostors

The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Sunday said its operatives had arrested a total of 19 impostors in the First Quarter…

Normalcy returns to Gombe after 15-hour curfew

Normalcy has returned to Gombe and it’s environs after the imposition of a 15-hour curfew on the city by the…