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Osinbajo bags Life Bencher award

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was on Friday presented with Life Benchers Award. Osinbajo and 131 others were presented with the…
Rivers

Court sentences commercial driver to 30 years in prison for defiling a 10-year- old girl

Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Ikeja Sexual Offence and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a commercial driver,…

Clergyman arrested for allegedly infecting minors with HIV in Lagos

The Lagos State police command says it has arrested a clergyman, Rev. Ezuma Chizemdere of ‘Jesus Intervention Household Ministry’ Ejigbo…

Saboteurs, Politicians in cassock didn’t want us to meet Buhari, says CAN President

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has said that saboteurs and politicians in cassock…

Rivers boils as police disperse protesters with teargas

The police in Port Harcourt on Friday dispersed both pro-APC/AAC and Pro-PDP supporters with teargas as both groups were marching…

APC stalwarts trade words over governorship election loss in Ebonyi

The Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Sen. Sonni Ogbuoji in the 2019 general elections in…

Why I observed Juma’at Prayers at State House Mosque – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says his decision to observe the Juma’at prayers at the Presidential Villa and not the National Mosque…

Kidnapped Nasarawa journalist’s wife, 3 others regain freedom, says PPRO

The wife of Suleiman Abubakar, the Nasarawa state Chairman of the Correpondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)…

US warns Russia on military presence

President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser warned Russia on Friday about its military presence in Venezuela. He is saying that…

Video: Bulgarian boxer to appear before commission for kissing female reporter

Photo: Kubrat Pulev kisses SuShe during interview. Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev, known as The Cobra, has been ordered to appear…

MPs shoot down May’s Brexit deal for a third time

Members of Parliament, MPs have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement for a third time.

Lagos reduces Penal Fee on Planning Permit by 50 percent

The Lagos State Government has announced the reduction of the penal fee on Planning Permit from 400 percent to 200…

JSS 3 exam fees: Private schools parents besiege Lagos Exam board for refund

Parents and guardians of private secondary schools in Lagos State have besieged the Lagos State Examination board asking for a…

Photos: Sanwo-Olu receives Certificate of Return from INEC

Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday received Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for winning…

Anti-piracy: NIMASA to engage Israeli firm

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it will soon engage an Israeli firm, HLS International, to fight…
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria soars by 128%, Lagos hardest hit

Lagos Island collapsed building: Survivors in stable condition – LASG

Survivors of the collapsed building incident which occurred on the 13th of March 2019 at Ita-Faji area of Lagos Island…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Kano government tasks industries on cleanliness

The Kano State Government has warned industries operating in the state to ensure cleanliness in the communities where they operated.

Ekiti polls: Fayemi commends NYSC

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Friday commended the role played by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme during…
Controversies trail alleged killing of a vigilante operative, a housewife and shooting of 3 others, by soldiers in Eke, Udi LG of Enugu State.

Kidnapping: Nasarawa residents demand military base

Some residents of Garaku in Nasarawa State have called for the establishment of a military base to curb incessant kidnappings…

Pope issues new law, guidelines against child abuse

Pope Francis on Friday issued new directives to prevent child sexual abuse within the Vatican City State, as had been…
Former governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola: says he will not participate in the raging controversies over zoning of APC ticket for the 2023 general election.

Execution of multiple power projects approved – Fashola

The Federal Government has approved the execution of several power projects aimed at achieving more improvement in electricity distribution in…
NANS debunks association with Free Nnamdi Kanu protest

NANS to expose fraudulent heads of tertiary institutions

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to expose fraudulent practices by some heads of federal and state-owned…

Fayemi’s wife calls for support from Ekiti lawmakers-elect

The Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, has urged the 26 lawmakers-elect to remain united and support…
President Salva Kiir

Post civil war: South Sudan seeks investment

South Sudan on Friday opened an investment conference, the first dedicated to post-war funding as the country emerges from five…

Document: Regulators knew 737 MAX trim control was confusing before crash

United States and European regulators knew at least two years before a Lion Air crash that the usual method for…

Anambra has over 1,000 gully erosion sites – Commissioner

Chief Marcel Ifejiofor, Anambra Commissioner for Works, on Friday, cried out that there were more than 1,000 active erosion sites…

Surety jailed over missing defendant

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday sentenced one Goddy Nwode, 45, to two months imprisonment for failure…

New Perm. Sec assumes duty at Ministry of National Planning

The new Permanent Secretary, Mr Ernest Umakhihe, deployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Friday resumed duty…

Highways safety: FRSC seeks stakeholders’ support

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun on Friday called for concerted efforts of all stakeholders in the transport…
Court frees Manfred Genditzki, the accused killer in Germany’s so-called “bathtub murder” after spending more than 13 years in prison

Ex-policeman accused of killing teenager remanded in prison

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered that a former police sergeant, Emmanuel Mudi, accused of…