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Organisations Caution Politicians Over Defection, Desperation

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday in Abuja said politicians cross-carpeting from one political party to another was out…

Proposed Sea Port To Link Ondo With The World – Akeredolu

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday said that the deep sea port being proposed by the state government…

Total To Spend N40m On Soap Plant

Mr Francois Le-Cocq, Deputy Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production, Port Harcourt, says the company is to spend N40 million…

Osinbajo Reiterates Govt Commitment To Youth Empowerment

Vice-President Yemi Osinbanjo says the Federal Government is committed to empower youths through entrepreneurship and technology.
Drama at Enugu Radio Station: EFCC seizes Presenter during live broadcast

Fake EFCC official arrested in Adamawa Assembly

A fake Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) official who identified himself as Simon Bolki, has been arrested on Tuesday…

CBN boosts foreign exchange market with $210m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to…

Boko Haram: Over 2,000 workers killed yet to receive benefit – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that more than 2,000 workers lost to insurgency in North East Nigeria were…

Senate 2019: Kogi State ex-governors endorse Victor Adoji

The candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Kogi East Senatorial district in the 2019 general election, Dr.…

Tailor remanded for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl

A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 52-year-old tailor, Abbas Saminu, in prison custody over alleged defilement of…

Zambia dismisses reports of Ebola outbreak

Health authorities in Zambia on Tuesday dismissed reports that the country has recorded its first Ebola case.
Job scam

Commission arrests Immigration job scam kingpin

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested the kingpin of a job scam syndicate recently…

Defection: 23 Kwara lawmakers deny taking bribe

All 23 members of the 24-member House of Assembly in Kwara, including the Speaker, have denied financial inducement for their…
Nyesom Wike

Rivers Govt to revive abandoned Songhai farms

Mr Tammy Jaja, Centre Manager of the Rivers Government-owned Songhai Farms, says the state government has commenced plans to revive…

Ambode seeks promotion of social dialogue with labour

Lagos State Governor, Aknwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said there was the need for the promotion of social dialogue with labour…

Mali’s President Keita sworn in for 2nd term

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was on Tuesday sworn into Office for a second five-year term.
EFCC witness links Sagir, son of ex- governor Attahiru Bafarawa to N4.633bn in the ongoing trial of his father, 4 others for fraud in ONSA

No president can succeed without ingenuity of Ndigbo – Bafarawa

Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the…

Mantu’s son joins race for House of Reps seat

Dr. Umar Mantu, son of former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu, on Tuesday in Jos declared interest in contesting the…

9 injured as bridge collapses in India

Police on Tuesday said that nine people were injured seriously on Tuesday as a bridge over a railway track collapsed…

Man gives out 2-year-old son as collateral for loan

The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a couple for allegedly trafficking their two-year old first son to an…

Nigeria-China partnership yields over $5 billion in projects – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution…

Plateau attacks: Operation Safe Haven reinforces security measures

As more rural communities in Plateau come under attacks, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the outfit in charge of security in…

South African peacekeepers ambushed in Congo Ebola zone

Two South African peacekeepers were wounded in a rebel ambush near the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic…

Port Harcourt Disco blames protesting Ahoada youths for blackout

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, (PHED) says protesting youths in Ahoada community in Rivers have shut its132KV transmission station…

Arif Alvi elected as Pakistan’s new president

Pakistan on Tuesday elected Arif Alvi, backed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party of prime minister Imran Khan, as…

Flood kills soldier, 9 others in Kebbi

Kebbi Government on Tuesday confirmed the death of a soldier and nine others in two separate flood disasters across the…

Son smashes stabilizer, wooden stool on mother’s head

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded in prison a 29-year-old man, Taiwo Akinola, for smashing a…

Lagos Transport Reform: 4,000 bus conductors register

More than 4,000 members of the Bus Conductor Association of Nigeria (BCAN) have registered with Lagos State Drivers Institute (LASDRI)…
EFCC witness links Sagir, son of ex- governor Attahiru Bafarawa to N4.633bn in the ongoing trial of his father, 4 others for fraud in ONSA

My presidential aspiration not a do or die affair – Bafarawa

Former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa says his aspiration for the presidency is not a do or die affair…

DR Congo opposition leader Bemba excluded from presidential election

The Democratic Republic of Congo Supreme Court has ordered that opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba be excluded from December’s presidential election…
Governor Atiku Bagudu, speaks on Kebbi boat mishap

Kebbi Governor threatens to sanction contractors over poor job

Kebbi Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, on Tuesday warned that he would sanction contractors who failed to adhere to job specifications.