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GTBank Fashion Weekend 2019: Meet all the runway designers

Designed to showcase the best of Africa’s Fashion to a global audience whilst promoting the effervescent enterprise of the continents…

Men, 70 and 50 arrested for raping 11 year-old girl

Two elderly men have been arrested by Kebbi State Police Command for an alleged rape of 11-year-old primary school pupil…

Pastor Solomon Folorunsho: Police unaware of sex abuse claims in IDP camp

The Police Command in Edo said it has not received any formal complaint about sex abuse against Pastor Solomon Folorunsho,…
EU tightens money laundering watchdog

EU moves to float new watchdog for money laundering

Europe is tightening the loopholes in its banking sector being used by money launderers, with EU's largest states pushing for…

The forces that gave Atiku a false sense of hope

Who were those that paltered with Atiku in a double sense? Who were the people that lured him into a…

Britain’s credit rating slips to negative

Credit ratings agency Moody's on Friday downgraded the outlook for Britain's debt, citing mounting policy challenges amid the Brexit debate.

EKEDC blames system failure for power outage

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC has blamed 'national system failure' for the outage being experienced by electricity consumers in…

India’s Hindus win centuries-old dispute with Muslims over land

The Hindus have it. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favour of a Hindu group in a long-running legal…

Pope Francis: Jesus Christ did not resurrect physically from the dead

Pope Francis has trashed the central Christian belief by saying in an interview that Jesus did not resurrect from the…
Abdulrasheed Maina

Ex-pension chief Maina wanted in Niamey over $1.7m stashed in house

Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, now facing trial in Nigeria for stealing pension money, is…

Press Freedom, unpaid salaries and Nigerian media

Press Freedom, unpaid salaries of journalists by media practitioners were burning issues at the public presentation of 'Testimony To Courage',…

How American conman Ramirez defrauded 5 Nigerians of $1.5million

A Nigerian businessman, Mr Olukayode Sodimu, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how an American and alleged serial…

100 killed by terrorists in Burkina Faso: Untold story of an ambush

An estimated 100 people may have been killed by Jihadists who ambushed some buses in a mining convoy in Burkina…

NBS signs MoU with UNICEF

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)…

How American swindled $145,000 from me: Nigerian businessman

A Nigerian businessman, Mr Olukayode Sodimu, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how an American and alleged serial…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

UN foundation to honour Adichie in New York

Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will be honoured with the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award on November 20, 2019,…
President Lula da Silva of Brazil cancels planned trip to upcoming BRICS Summit after sustaining a bruise to the head in a domestic accident

Lula ex-Brazilian leader walks out of jail

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has left the federal police building in Curitiba where he had been…

Interpol rescues Nigerians from sex trafficking, illegal centre

International Police operatives on Friday said it had rescued 64 victims of human trafficking and people smuggling comprising Nigerians and…

ICPC seizes 2 mansions, 15 buildings in FCT

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday said it had seized 44 assets which include…

16 shell-shocked ISWAP fighters surrender to Nigerian troops

Sixteen members of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered in the North East, after…

Sowore: DSS says waiting to release him to ‘someone’

The Department of State Services (DSS) said no one has turned up at its headquarters to take delivery of Omoyele…

Why Xhaka won’t play against Leicester City – Emery

Unai Emery has confirmed that former captain Granit Xhaka will be left out of Arsenal's important match against in-form Leicester…

Magu begs Nigerian youths not to ‘blow’

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has charged Nigerian youths not to join…

Maiduguri market inferno victims to receive N60m

The Borno state government has donated N60 million to the victims of the Oct. 31 fire inferno in Maiduguri GSM…

IGP Adamu posts out 13 AIGs (Full list)

Thirteen commissioners of Police recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police, have been deployed to various…

12 die, 9 injured in auto crash

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger disclosed that 12 lives were lost in an accident on Friday in…

Boko Haram, ISWAP members surrender as Army intensifies operation

16 members of Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to the superior firepower of the Nigerian…

Messy war: I’ll show Oshiomhole that Mosquito can bite – Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday fired back at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Governor of Jigawa Muhammad Badaru

Jigawa govt denies owing, settles 362 retirees

Jigawa State and Local Governments Contributory Pension Board (JSLCPB) have confirmed the payment of N327,180,228.35 as terminal benefits for 362…

Port Harcourt Lawyer Obienu docked by EFCC for N200m fraud

A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Nwabufo Richard Obienu, along with his company, Forric Nigeria Limited has been docked by the…