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Eid-El-Kabir: Police deploy more personnel, equipment to Kogi

The police on Tuesday said that they had deployed more personnel to the nine entry points into Kogi to secure…

Bureau de change operator docked for fraud

A 41-year-old member of the staff of High Flyer Bureau de Change, Ikeja, Omen Samuel, on Tuesday, appeared in an…

Police arrest 22 suspected kidnappers in Kano State

The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested 22 suspected kidnappers and armed bandits terrorising communities around…

Mudslide kills newly wed in Lagos

A mudslide collapsed on shanties at Agindingbi area of Lagos on Tuesday killing a 16-year old girl who just wedded…

Driver arraigned for bolting with rice, meat

A 28-year-old driver, Adewale Adegbite, on Tuesday, appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly bolting with a container…

Police stop BringBackOurGirls group’s march to Aso Rock again

The Nigeria Police Tuesday stormed the Unity Fountain, Abuja, the meeting point of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group to stop them…

Do not increase fuel price, TUC tells FG

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Tuesday said that instead of planning to increase the pump price of…

Mother, daughter arraigned for beating landlady

A 38-year-old trader, Rosemary Adejesu, and her daughter, Onyinyechi, 18, were on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in…

With Obaseki, Edo can be like Lagos- Ambode

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State said the giant strides and economic growth recorded in Lagos in the last 16…

NCC to license 5 Infrastructure companies

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday said it would soon commence the second phases of the licensing of five…

Mother of five remanded for beating her husband

A 38-year-old mother of five, Fausat Salaudeen, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for allegedly beating and tearing…

Kwara council workers protest 7 months unpaid salaries

Workers of Irepodun and Oke-Ero Local Government Areas of Kwara on Tuesday protested over unpaid seven months arrears of salaries.…

Obong of Calabar assures corps members of safety

The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence, Ekpo Abasi-Otu V, has assured National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Cross…

Police deploy 25,000 personnel for Edo governorship election

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has approved the deployment of additional 25,000 personnel for the Edo governorship election…

Woman docked for assaulting University Professor

A 45-year-old woman, Funke Lawal, was on Tuesday brought before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun for allegedly assaulting a…

Black Lives Matter protest stops flights at London airport

A protest about environmental racism and an airline technical problem combined on Tuesday, to disrupt traffic at three of London’s…

AU reaffirms readiness to end post-poll tension in Gabon

The African Union (AU) has reaffirmed its readiness to contribute towards the search for a solution to post-election tension in…

Trump leads Clinton in new poll

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by…

2 remanded for attempting to kill pregnant woman

Onifade Adeyemi and Ayombalo Ademola, who allegedly attempted to murder a pregnant woman in Lagos, are to cool their heels…

Buhari visits Crown Prince Erediauwa of Benin

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa shortly after his arrival in Benin…

Eid-El-Kabir: Sokoto ram sellers record low patronage

Barely six days to the Ed-El-Kabir celebrations, patronage of rams remained low in Sokoto metropolis in spite of the slight…

China warns Hong Kong on Independence

China has warned that anyone advocating for Hong Kong’s independence could be punished, state media say. The stern message came…

NCC tells subscribers to complaints over poor services

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has advised Nigerians dissatisfied with services rendered to them by GSM service providers to promptly…

Petrol attendant arraigned over N135,000 fraud

A 36-year-old petrol station attendant, Ekenedilichukwu Enedo, was on Tuesday docked at an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly…

Hollande announces multi-billion dollar aircraft deal

French President, Francois Hollande has announced a multi-billion dollar aviation deal and pledged support for right of passage in the…

Trader docked for N117,000 fraud

A trader, Yusuf Yinusa, who allegedly obtained N117,000 from two women on the pretext of supplying them some food items,…

Typhoon threatens southern Japanese Islands

Weather authorities said on Tuesday that Typhoon Malou was approaching Islands in Japan’s South and that it had already brought…

Sokoto spends N428m on International Islamic Conference Centre

The Sokoto State Government has spent about N627 million on constructing International Islamic Conference Centre and various Jumma’at mosques across…

Customs impound N250.4m contraband goods

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, intercepted contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of…

Pastor in Kirikiri Prison for duping 499 women of N3.59 million

Yusuf Muhammed A 46-year old Pastor, Archie Good Morrow has been sent to Kirikiri Prison in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for…