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Buhari swears in SFG, NSA and SA Media

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, August 31, 2015, preside over the swearing-in-ceremony of the Secretary to the Government of the…
Nigeria's basketball team, D'Tigers celebrate their victory

Buhari congratulates D’Tigers, assures full support ahead of Olympics

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on their victory over Angola in yesterday’s final of the…

UNIPORT students close down UPTH, protest death of final year female student

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Angry students of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, in Rivers State,southern Nigeria, in the early hours…

Woman sacked, paid N2,500 as benefit at Catholic school

Cyriacus Izuekwe Crisis is brewing in a Lagos Catholic school after a woman who had worked for nine years in…

Kanye West to run for US presidency

Kanye West said that he is running for president in 2020 during his acceptance speech for the MTV Music Video…

Four Libyan soldiers killed by Islamist fighters in Benghazi

Reuters – Four Libyan soldiers were killed and six wounded in fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city…

Swazi police confirm 13 die in crash en route to royal ceremony

Swaziland’s police have confirmed that 11 young women and two men died in a road accident at the weekend on…

Ogun Gov. Election Tribunal rejects ballot papers as evidence

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Isabo court, Abeokuta, has rejected ballot papers packed in…
Nigeria's basketball team, D'Tigers celebrate their victory

Nigeria make history, beat Angola to win first-ever AfroBasket title

Nigeria beat Angola 74-65 in the Final ofAfroBasket 2015 in Rades, Tunisia on Sunday to claim their first-ever continental championship.…

London’s colourful Notting Hill Carnival kicks off

London (AFP) – London’s Notting Hill Carnival kicked off with a riot of colour despite grey skies on Sunday, in…

‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage

New York (AFP) – The confession of a Pakistani murderer. Overzealous religious police. An Arab angered after his pregnant wife…

Imams back Buhari’s loot recovery campaign

The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna State, on Sunday said the effort by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration…

7 villages flooded in Adamawa as Kiri dam overflows

Seven communities were on Sunday flooded in Demsa and Numan local government areas of Adamawa, following heavy flow of water…

“What are Jonathan’s Ministers afraid of?” Presidency asks

The Presidency has asked Ministers who served under former President, Goodluck Jonathan, what they are afraid of in President Muhammadu…

Diezani, Okonjo-Iweala, others say Jonathan is not corrupt

Ministers who served under the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, have condemned what they described as concerted effort by the Buhari…

Donnier 228 crash: Buhari commiserates with families of victims

President Muhammad Buhari has commiserated with the families of victims of the ill-fated Donnier-228 which crashed in Kaduna on Saturday.…

UK, US legislature more expensive to maintain than Nigeria – Institute

The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) says it is much more expensive to maintain legislators in the U.S. Congress…

Buhari will balance appointments, ex-lawmaker tells Nigerians

Dr Nya Asuquo, a former House of Representatives member, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Frequent recess by NASS not unusual, says NILS

The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) says the frequency with which members of the National Assembly go on recess…
12 people escape death on Ondo road

Accident kills 7 on Ogbomoso-Oyo road

Seven people lost their lives on Sunday when a commercial bus and an articulated vehicle ran into each other on…
N5.78b fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed

Gov Ahmed tasks women on corruption

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called on women in the country to join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari in…

Boko Haram: 57,743 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroun, Niger, Chad

Nigeria National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA said Boko Haram attacks have resulted to displacement of about 57,743 into three neighbouring…

Sanitation: We won’t spare offenders – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the law on the monthly environmental sanitation and restriction of movement…

Bayelsa Police repel pirates’ attack on passenger boat, recovers arms

The Bayelsa Police Command on Sunday said its Marine Division in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state had…

Dealers of second-hand clothes record profit in Calabar

Dealers on second-hand clothes and shoes in Calabar, Cross River capital, have expressed joy over the high sales they now…

How INEC, Udom tried to frustrate our case, says Umana’s lawyer

Counsel to Umanan Umana, Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Victor Iyanam has accused the Independent…

Boko Haram trying to hit Lagos – DSS

Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels Boko Haram are trying to extend their violent campaign across the country including Lagos, the country’s…

Missing man, 65, found dead in well

The body of a 65-year-old man, Mr Dele Ogundeyi, was on Saturday recovered from a well on the Aperan Way…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

DSS arrests Boko Haram members that executed Potiskum, Kano, Zaria, Jos bombings

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested some members of the ruthless Islamist sect, Boko Haram that…

APC lists new cases of massive looting

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed new instances of the insane looting of the treasury by some officials of…