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The Gambia: AU ‘ll not recognize Jammeh as president from 19 Jan

The African Union will stop recognising Yahya Jammeh as The Gambia’s president from 19 January, when his term expires, its…

Barcelona sanction club official over unpleasant comment about Messi

Barcelona have punished a club official for expressing a “personal opinion” about forward Lionel Messi “that does not match that…

Costa left out of Chelsea squad to face Leicester

Striker Diego Costa has been left out of the Chelsea squad to face Leicester on Saturday after a dispute with…

AFCON begins tomorrow, 32 teams battle for trophy, £3.28m

The 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will kick off at 16:00 GMT on Saturday when hosts Gabon…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

DSS rescues 4 kidnap victims in Port Harcourt

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has rescued four oil company kidnap victims from their abductors in Port…

2 Unilag students graduate with 5.0 CGPA

Two graduating students of the University of Lagos have also recorded 5.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in 2015/2016 academic…

Cross River Assembly passes N301bn 2017 budget

The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2017 budget of N301 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

U.S. donates military grade tents to Nigeria Police

The U.S. on Friday donated eight military grade multi-purpose tents to the Nigeria Police for a quick return of civil…

Man narrates near-death experience on 3rd mainland bridge

A Twitter user, by the name Gbemi Famoti @gbemifam, some hours ago took to his Twitter page to narrated his…

Bayelsa to host national wrestling championships in March

The Technical Director of Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Okaihe, on Friday in Abuja, said that Bayelsa would host this…

Witness admits constructing houses, mosque, churches for Badeh

The 13th prosecution witness, Joseph Okpetu, told a Federal High Court on Friday that he renovated houses, built churches and…

Man remanded for torturing another to death

For allegedly torturing another to death with a cable, 32-year-old Monday Tizhe is to be remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons,…

Court slams N500,000 bail on labourer for manslaughter

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday slammed a N500,000 bail on a labourer, Sunday Hyacinth, for alleged…

Ayade approves N1.4bn for 2016 UBEC matching grant

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved N1.4 billion to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enable…

Woman nabbed for stabbing drunken husband to death

A 37-year-old trader, Christiana Odo, was on Friday charged with stabbing her husband, Romanus, 48, to death at an Ebute…

Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail

A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…

Police to sanction erring officers

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
Cart pushers: Two cart pushers die in a fight over who should carry some goods purchased by a trader at Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State.

Truck pusher pleads guilty to drug trafficking

A truck pusher, Wilson Sunday, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over drug trafficking. Sunday, 27,…

Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles

The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…

Bird flu: Kano government to disinfect markets, poultry farms

The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures…

Police to sanction erring officers

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
NFVCB, film makers begin move to ban smoking in movies

Plateau youths protest against hard drugs

Youths in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau on Friday staged a peaceful protest against the production, consumption of hard…

Obaseki urged to appoint competent person as sports commissioner

Fans in Edo have urged the government to ensure the appointment of competent persons as sports to administer sports in…

Lawyers seek strict enforcement of laws on rape

Some Abuja based lawyers have advocated full enforcement of laws on rape to curb the increasing cases of rape and…

Wicked! Woman burns half-sister with hot iron

An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered that a 44-year-old woman, Nneka Ilokwu be remanded in prison for allegedly…

Veteran pro-democracy activist, Alfred Ilenre, is dead

A veteran journalist and a dogged human rights activist, Mr Alfred Ilenre is dead. He died in Ikorodu, Lagos State,…

Convicted fuel subsidy fraudster collapses in court

An oil subsidy fraudster, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, fainted in the dock…

Gambian President’s party to block rival’s inauguration

The Political Party of Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh filed a request on Friday with the Supreme Court for an injunction…
МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, in the 1990s.

Breaking: MMM back with a bang!

The popular money-doubling scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), which placed a one-month ban on all withdrawals from Dec. 13, 2016,…

Tonto Dikeh begs Mercy Johnson for forgiveness

Amid the rumoured crisis in the 17-month old marriage to hubby and philanthropist Oladunni Churchill, Tonto Dikeh who recently removed…