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Ex-Director-General jailed 40 years over unpaid salaries

Justice Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State has sentenced the former Director-General…

How Amosu diverted N22.1billion funds – EFCC investigator

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tosin Owobo, on Tuesday narrated before Justice Mohammed Idris presiding…

Trouble in NNPC: Minister, Group Managing Director fight over appointments

Things are no longer at ease at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as the Minister of State for Petroleum…
Orji Uzor Kalu

Alleged N3.2bn Fraud: Prosecution’s absence stalls trial of Orji Uzor Kalu

The absence of the prosecution on Tuesday stalled the trial of a former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, who…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Diezani asks Court to compel AGF to bring her back to Nigeria to face trial

Nigeria's former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on Tuesday prayed the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

House of Reps swear in Mato as Hembe’s replacement

The House of Representatives on Tuesday sworn-in Mrs. Dorathy Mato as a replacement for Mr. Herman Hembe, who was sacked…

NJC probes two Chief judges, 13 other judges

The National Judicial Council, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has set up 15 panels…
Court jails two for selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold in Maiduguri

Stop persecuting me, Patience Jonathan tells Buhari

Patience Jonathan, former first lady, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic…

Update: Death toll in Las Vegas shooting hits 58, 515 injured

At least 58 people have been killed and 515 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert, United…
An injured person is tended to in the intersection of Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Boulevard after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A gunman has opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, killing over 50 people. Police have confirmed that one suspect has been shot dead. The investigation is ongoing. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Update: 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas music concert shooting

Gunman has killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 on Monday after shooting near the Las Vegas…
Pastor Tunde Bakare

Buhari has responsibility to restructure Nigeria – Bakare

Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, Mr Tunde Bakare, has said the buck of championing the structural, institutional and constitutional…

Nigeria will not disintegrate, Bishop Oyedepo prophesies

Dr. David Oyedepo, the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide says Nigeria will not breakup in spite of…

More than 20 killed, 100 injured in Las Vegas shooting – Police

More than 20 people are dead and more than 100 others injured after a shooting near the Las Vegas Mandalay…
Sen. Orji Kalu

Nnamdi Kanu has escaped to London through Malaysia – Orji Kalu

The riddle over the whereabouts of the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has been solved…

Buhari visits troop in Maiduguri to celebrate Independence

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria to celebrate the nation's 57th Independence anniversary with…

I’m determined to eradicate corruption – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the National Assembly on the need for swift passage of Anti-Corruption Bills for laws that…

Police Corporal kills sachet water vendor over N100 bribe

All hell was let loose on Saturday morning in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when enraged members of the public who…

Agodi zoo shut down as lion mauls handler

The Oyo State Government has announced the immediate closure of Agodi Zoo.
JOHESU-UITH declares indefinite strike

Health workers suspend strike

The Joint Health Sector Union has suspended its industrial action in principle.

Wizkid becomes first African to sell out at Royal Albert Hall London

Nigerian born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has made history by being the first African artiste to sell…

Where is Nnamdi Kanu? UK asks Buhari

The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous…

N283m Exam budget padding: Obaseki sacks Perm Sec, suspends 3

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Friday ordered the sack of a permanent secretary in the State Ministry of Youth…

Corruption: EFCC Presents More Witnesses Against Ex-Gov Goje

The trial of Senator Danjuma Goje, a former governor of Gombe State, on charges bordering on conspiracy and money laundering,…

Produce Dasuki in court, Appeal Court orders DSS

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday ordered the Department of State Service to produce the detained former National…

Undergraduate butchers mom, dangles intestines​ to neighbours

Tragedy struck on Thursday morning in Benin, Edo State, when a 22-year-old man, Caleb Obasogie, reportedly murdered his mother, Josephine…

Get set: Presidential election holds Feb. 16, 2019 – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, February 16, 2019 for the presidential and National Assembly elections.

Photos: Osinbajo arrives Enugu for Anambra visit

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is visiting Anambra, the eastern part of Nigeria through the Enugu International Airport. Prof. Osinbajo…

Corruption may ‘kill’ Nigeria soon – Prof. Oyebode

Akin Oyebode, Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos has warned that if drastic measures are not put…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

INEC Officials Docked for collecting N362m bribe from Diezani

For collecting N362m bribe from the former petroleum resources minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential…

Photos: Fayose publicly declares for president

True to his promise on Tuesday to formally declare for the country's presidency, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on…