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Army rescues six people abducted by Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army has rescued six persons who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State on Friday.

LAUTECH students threaten showdown with management

Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), have vowed to have another show down with the managements of…

Hurricane Irma: Cuba hit with strong winds and heavy rain

Hurricane Irma is lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several Caribbean islands.

Hurricane Irma: Time runs out for Florida evacuation

Florida's state governor has told residents to leave their homes to go to shelters and avoid the roads as Hurricane…

Stop Inciting Public against my client, lawyer warns Lagos Police Commissioner

A legal practitioner, Tunde Ojehomon has warned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi to stop inciting members of…

EFCC seeks permanent forfeiture of N664m recovered from permanent secretary

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an application before the Federal High Court in Lagos southwest Nigeria…

[FROM THE ARCHIVES: Sept 2012] We Need To Fight – Atiku

People have been coming to vent a lot of frustrations: politicians, public office holders and retired people. All manner of…
Location of Jigawa State in Nigeria.

Jigawa council bans night ceremonies in Fulani settlements

The Security Committee of Gagarawa Local Government Council of Jigawa has banned Fulani traditional ceremonies and other festivities in the…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Community leader cautions herdsmen against grazing on farmlands

Mr Ibrahim Atakunya, community leader of Rije Community in Kuje Area Council, FCT, has called on herdsmen to avoid grazing…

NANS appeals to ASUU to accept government’s proposal

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the…

Soldiers rescue 6 herdsmen from Boko Haram insurgents

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had rescued six herdsmen abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Kamuya community of…

2 female suicide bombers killed in Maiduguri – police

The Police in Borno on Saturday said two female suicide bombers were killed when they detonated the Improvised Explosive Device…

Adultery: Sharia court to rule on lovers who pleaded guilty

Two lovers – Musa Mohammed and Fati Mohammed – who appeared before a Sharia Court in Minna, charged with adultery,…

‘Mama Taraba’ in trouble for ditching Buhari

Barely three days after declaring support for the presidential ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, the Minister of State…

Late Osegbowa not wife or in-law to Oba of Benin, family insists

Members of the Osegbowa family of Benin Kingdom have disociated themselves from a publication in the social media, allegedly posted…

World Literacy Day 2017: Association calls for support on literacy

Mrs Irene Mbanefo, president of the Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) has called on Nigerians to support and promote literacy…
Audu Ogbeh

Recession exit: Farmers commended, urged to reduce prices of food items

The Federal Government has commended farmers across the country for their contribution toward exiting the country from recession. The News…

Lagos to deliver Pen Cinema Flyover bridge December 2018

The Lagos State Government says it will deliver the Pen Cinema Flyover bridge by December 2018, even as it appealed…

Presidency commended on recession exit

A social advocacy group, Citizens for Progress and National Development, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the turnaround of the…
Fraud

DSS ordered to grant ex-director access to doctors, lawyer

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to allow its former director, Mr…

2019 Election: Governors, Ministers want Buhari to contest

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have…

Recession: Exit to improve standard of Living – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that standard of living of Nigerians will improve as the…
ESUTH doctors present 10-point demand

UITH continues operations in spite Association strike

The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin says the national strike by the National Association of…

IDPs in Maiduguri to receive free surgical treatment

No fewer than 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri are to benefit from a two-week free surgical treatment initiated…

Niger Delta agitators tasked on protection of national assets

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has urged ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region to work…

SUG president warns students against partisan politics

Mr Henry Nwabueze, the President, Students’ Union Government (SUG), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has warned students against getting themselves involved in…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Association chairman pledges good relationship with customs

Mr Omo Peter-Akintoye, the newly elected Chairman of Tin-Can Chapter of International Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (IFFN), has promised to…
Nigeria's Defense Headquarters says a Naval personnel Akila A opened fire and shot his colleague dead in Dansadua, Katsina State on Friday.

Navy commitment to protect nation’s maritime domain

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it would continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain against crude oil theft and any…
Nigeria's GDP

GDP: Telecoms sector contributes N1.5tn in 2nd quarter

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications sector contributed N1.54 trillion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in…

More health workers threaten to join doctors’ strike

Health professionals, including the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are threatening to…