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#OkadaBan: Stranded Badagry commuters call for palliative measures

Some commuters who were stranded on the Badagry-Lagos Expressway following the ban of motorcycles and tricycles on the highways, on…

Coronavirus: Health Minister inspects UATH Isolation Center

Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health on Tuesday inspected an Isolation Centre under construction at the University of Abuja Teaching…
NDLEA

Borno: NDLEA arrests 462 suspects in 2019

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Borno command says it arrested 462 suspects for drug-related offences and convicted 11…
Ibrahim Magu dropped from AIG list by Police Service Commission

Underground cell: EFCC debunks media reports

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked media reports that suspects were being detained in an underground cell…
World Health Organisation (WHO) approves Cecolin®, a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for use in a single-dose schedule.

Nigeria to commence free cervical cancer vaccine 2021

The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) says the country is geared for free cervical cancer vaccine by…

Indiscipline started PDP crisis – Oyinlola

Former Gov. Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun says indiscipline started the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

US backs Buhari’s commitment to fight corruption

The government of the United States of America has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal commitment to the…

SON destroys N480m substandard mobile phone accessories

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has destroyed substandard mobile phone accessories worth N480 million.

Lagos launches Resilience Strategy Programme

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday launched a document tagged “Lagos Resilience Strategy’’, aimed at identifying challenges and opportunities to…

Senate President inaugurates Committee on Nigerian security challenges

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee of the Senate to look into the current…

Lagos unveils speed boat, kicks off commercial water transportation

Lagos State Government has formally kicked off commercial waterways transportation, with the official launch of eight newly acquired speed boats…

Gun-battle in Edo, one robber shot dead

Operatives of Edo State Police Command on Tuesday shot dead one armed robbery suspect in a gun duel.

5 bag jail terms for $1.2m internet scams, seized assets to go to FBI

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced five persons, Obaro James Omemi, Ehizojie Slyvanus Omokhuale,…
Nigerian Senate

Senate okays N238.15bn budget for Customs

The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N238,149,325,832.70 for the Nigeria Customs Service for the 2020 financial year.

Tinubu, GOS, others extol virtues of Jakande’s CPS at 70

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon and several political bigwigs on…

Nigeria, US strike agreement to repatriate Abacha’s $308m loot

The Government of Jersey, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United States of America entered into…
DPR assures Nigerians of products availability during Sallah

DPR seals 10 gas plants, 40 retail outlets in Delta

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Warri Zonal Office on Tuesday said it has sealed 10 gas plants and 40…

Prof. Olu Ogunsakin heads new National Institute for Police Studies

Professor Olu Ogunsakin has been appointed to head the new National Institute for Police Studies. The institute is an affiliate…

Uzodinma gives hope to Imo permanent secretaries with 18 official cars

Governor Hope Uzodinma Tuesday distributed 18 new vehicles to Permanent Secretaries in Imo State in fulfilment of his pledge to…
Nigerian

Shocker: Man beats daughter to death

A 42-year old man who beat his 15-year old daughter to death for having boyfriend has been sentenced to five…

Buhari agrees with CAN: All lives sacred

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured members of the Christian Association of Nigeria, that he is in total agreement with them…

Cyber crime kingpin Onwuzuruike who scammed US bank, arrested in Umuahia

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office have arrested a suspected internet fraud kingpin,…

Muhammed or Nathaniel Samuel? True identity of failed Kaduna bomber

Was the man arrested and accused of trying to bomb a Kaduna branch of Winners Chapel Nasiru Muhammed Sani or…
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State.

Minimum wage: Labour gives Abdulrazaq 14-day ultimatum

The honeymoon is over in Kwara State as the labour unions issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government of Abdulrahman…

Explain how you spent N251bn, Iriase asks Obaseki

Former Deputy Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Pally Iriase on Tuesday asked Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki…

Rowdiness, as Reps shoot down motion to evacuate Nigerians from Wuhan

There was rowdiness at the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers shot down a motion for the evacuation of…

Customs seizes $8m at Lagos airport

Men of the Nigerian Customs Service have seized $8,065,615 in cash at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

Okada/Keke Ban: No second term for Sanwo-Olu – Riders

Following the recent ban of Okada (motorcycles) and Keke (tricycles) on Lagos state's highways, bridges and expressways as directed by…

Buhari launches Nigeria’s new visa policy (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially launched a revised Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP), which has 79 visa classifications, one of which…

Buhari writes for Christianity Today, pays tribute to slain Pastor Andimi

President Muhammadu Buhari has written an article published by US based Christianity Today in which he praises executed Lawan Andimi,…