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Nwodo, Adebanjo, Odumakin react to Umahi’s defection

Some eminent Nigerians from on Thursday expressed divergent views over the recent defection of Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi from…

Buhari assures of improved healthcare delivery

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Head of Service of the Federation and the Budget Office to consider an…
Lekki Toll reopening: Nigerians kick as Lagos govt. seeks ‘understanding’

#EndSARS: There was never a massacre at Lekki Tollgate – Nigerian govt

The Federal Government has rubbished claims of a massacre in last month's shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the…

Nigerian govt will not shut down social media

The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government has no plan to shut down…
Suspects

2 in court for stealing at police station

Rilwan Sumonu and Damilare Akinwale on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking into…
NCDC boss

COVID-19: Nigeria not experiencing a spike — NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria is not experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections.

Police debunk rumours of personnel withdrawal

Mr Tunde Mobayo, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti state, has debunked rumours that the Nigeria Police Force have withdrawn…

Policeman killed in gunmen attack on ex-Gov. Dickson’s country home

One police officer was killed in a midnight attack by some unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua, Bayelsa country home…

CNN should be sanctioned over Lekki Shooting report – Lai Mohammed

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the sanctioning of Cable News Network, CNN over…

Buhari congratulates Jonathan as he turns 63

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his well wishes to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as he clocks 63.

NDLEA intercepts man with 12.05kg of cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 12.05kg of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Ogun police in gun-battle with robbers: Three suspects arrested

The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspected armed robbers while they were in operation at Iju Ota and…
Lagos Traffic Laws

Lagos to lawless Okada riders: The game is over, orders full enforcement

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said the game is over for lawless okada riders and ordered full enforcement and…

#EndSARS: PFN tells FG to stop harassing promoters

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to stop the further victimisation of…

FAAC: FG dips hands into reserves as revenue falls

The Federal Government resorted into some financial engineering to boost total revenue distributable in October, Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary,…
Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed

Why Rivers was excluded from FG’s COVID-19 grant – Minister

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers was excluded from the Federal Government’s disbursement of N66.5b to states because of its failure to…

Wike, soldiers will pay for killing IPOB members – Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed that Governor Nyesom Wike will pay a heavy…

FG to meet ASUU again over lingering strike

The Federal Government will on Friday resume meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the ongoing strike in…

3,073 hospitalised for COVID-19, Lagos logs 142 new cases

There are now 3,073 Nigerians hospitalised for COVID-19, latest data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) showed.
60 gunmen ambush policemen, lawmaker in Ebonyi, two cops abducted

Gunmen demand N100m ransom for six kidnapped policemen

Gunmen holding six assistant superintendent of police, ASPs, have demanded N100 million ransom for their release.

“It’s fake” – NAN disowns recruitment platform

The management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reacted to an advertisement purportedly announcing ”NAN Recruitment 2020/2021 Application…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

35-year-old poly lecturer murdered in Ogun

Mufutau Waliu, the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronics at the D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State, has…

Lagos Assembly begins public hearing for #EndSARS victims

The Lagos State House of Assembly has met with some EndSARS victims from the Lagos Central Senatorial district to determine…

Abdulrazak presents bill to cancel pension payment to ex-governors

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on Wednesday presented to the state assembly a bill to repeal the law granting payment of monthly…

Bandits kill 3 vigilantes in Kaduna

Three members of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service have been killed in an ambush by bandits in Chikun LGA, Kaduna.

LAWMA sweepers receive Community Service Awards

Spotlight African Network, in conjunction with Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), today organised an award event, to celebrate and reward…

LASG to partner FAO on coconut production

Lagos State Government is set to partner with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to boost the coconut value…

Family of boy allegedly killed by “drunken” constable demands N100m

By Leonard Okachie The Nneibo maternal family of late Friday Arunsi, allegedly murdered on April 17, by a “drunken” police…

I have no regret clamping down on IPOB in Rivers – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike, says he has no regret clamping down on the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Rivers…
President Tinubu appoints retired DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo Coordinator National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Police re-arrest 18 runaway prison inmates, 30 others in Edo

By Jethro Ibileke Edo state police command on Wednesday said it has re-arrested 18 of the runaway inmates who escaped…