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Senate confirms Justice Tsoho as chief judge FHC

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Justice John Terhemba Tsoho as the Chief Judge of the Federal High…

NDDC suspends payment of N1bn agent fee

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Gbene Nunieh, says the Commission has suspended the…

Eedris Abdulkareem praises Air Peace CEO

Veteran musician Eedris Abdulkareem took to his social media page to commend the efforts of Chief Allen Onyema, CEO of…

Russia sends Jehovah’s Witness to jail for practising ‘banned faith’

A Russian court in Tomsk, Siberia sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness on Tuesday to six years in prison for practising his…

Akwa-Ibom varsity sacks 8 lecturers over sexual harassment

The Akwa Ibom State University said that the management of the institution terminated the appointment of eight lecturers over sexual…
Nigerian Senate

Senate confirms 15 NDDC board nominees, rejects Nunieh

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 15 out of the sixteen nominees forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly…

Travel agent arraigned for swindling applicant

A 23-year-old travel agent, Samuel James, who allegedly swindled a job applicant of N880,000 in the guise of procuring a…

Savagery: 3 women, 6 kids of US Mormon family massacred in Mexico

At least three women and six children, members of the American LeBaron Mormon family were killed on Monday when their…

Photos: Massive losses, weeping as Balogun Market up in flames

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed as fire razed the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest…

Robust demand between 2018-2040 – OPEC forecasts

The 2019 OPEC World Oil Outlook (WOO) launched on Tuesday in Vienna has predicted a “robust“ 25 percent world energy…

C/River teachers protest over unpaid salaries

No fewer than 500 science teachers in Cross River on Tuesday staged a protest to the state governor’s office to…

Senator Gobir floors PDP challenger at appeal court

Sen. Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East has had his election validated by the Court of Appeal.

Buhari appoints Sarah Alade as economic adviser

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former deputy governor of the Central Bank, Sarah Omotunde Alade, as Special Adviser on Finance…

Rwanda gets new foreign, internal security ministers, in shake up

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday evening reshuffled the cabinet, appointing a new foreign minister and and another one for…

Border closure: Hameed Ali belongs to stone age – Fani-Kayode

Critic and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode says the Controller General, Nigerian Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd) belongs…

Popular Balogun market gutted by fire

Some sections of the Lagos popular Balogun market have been razed by an inferno.

Turkey captures sister of dead IS leader

Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of…

Photos: Total E&P Cooperative launches smart estate in Lagos

Total E&P Nigeria Staff Multipurpose Co-operative Society Limited today launched a smart, mixed-use real estate development in Victoria Island Lagos.
Court frees Manfred Genditzki, the accused killer in Germany’s so-called “bathtub murder” after spending more than 13 years in prison

Man remanded in Kirikiri for robbery, murder

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court on Tuesday remanded 28-year-old Yusuf Folawiyo, in Kirikiri Correctional Service, for alleged robbery and murder.

Kurdish fighters are still in Syria ‘safe zone’ – Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from a planned “safe…

EFCC captures eight for Pirating DSTV Signals

The EFCC, Benin Zonal office, has arrested eight (8) officials of Communication Trends Limited ( CTL), JAO TV and Worldlink,…

Trump in trouble as lady sues for defamation

A woman who accused the United States of America's President Donald Trump of raping her more than 23 years ago…

Ganduje begins free feeding in 6,800 primary schools

As part of his administration’s free and compulsory education policy, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Monday, launched a…

LASTMA: Apongbon road to be partially closed for repair

Some sections of Apongbon road inward Eko Bridge will be partially shut down from Thursday, according to The Lagos State…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Passengers stranded as pirates attack community in Rivers

Passengers and Seafarers traveling to Bille Community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State are now stranded following the…

Nigerian kills Nigerian in India over lunch box

A 30-year-old Nigerian identified simply as Samuel has been arrested in Bengaluru after he stabbed a 39-year-old fellow Nigerian Morado…

Ridiculous Oscar: Lionheart Nigeria’s entry disqualified over ‘too much English’

For having too much dialogue in English, Nigeria's first-ever submission for best international feature Oscar consideration, the comedy "Lionheart," has…

Facebook rebrands in new logo

Facebook is wearing a new logo, a change the company said is meant to separate the wider corporation -- and…

Genevieve’s Lionheart gets disqualified

The Oscars Award Academy has disqualified Nigeria’s ‘Lionheart’ from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category.

SING advocates peaceful election in Bayelsa

SING Nigeria, a pro-democracy team advocating good governance and promotion of democratic tenets in the Niger Delta, has urged all…