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Operation Blizzard: Interpol rescues thousands of snakes, turtles, lizards

Interpol and Europol have rescued thousands of live snakes, lizards and geckos and stopped some 20 crocodiles and alligators from…

Swiss court rules Semenya free to run without medication while appeal is heard

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will for now be able to run in her favoured 800 metres event without medication…

Zamfara APC faction expels ex-governor Yari, another expels Marafa

Two factions of Zamfara All Progressives Congress escalated their civil war on Monday with cross-expulsion of prominent members, as the…

Minimum wage: FG can’t cheat workers – Labour

The organised labour has dismissed insinuations that the Federal Government was not sincere enough to implement the new minimum wage…

2019 FIFA World Cup: Quintero’s beauty helps Ecuador see off Uruguay

Sergio Quintero’s sumptuous strike was sandwiched by two penalty kicks as Ecuador came from behind to beat Uruguay 3-1 and…

Eke Ponzi scheme operator to remain in jail over N320m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mr. Uno Michael Eke before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal…

President Buhari at OIC: Facts Nigerians need to know

By Garba Shehu: Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari On Media and Publicity. On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari delivered…

Emir Sanusi in fresh trouble, agency recommends suspension

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi 11 over the misappropriation…

Gov. Sanwo-Olu will maintain good pension administration, says LASPEC

The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), on Monday, said that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State would unequivocally maintain good…

Kogi Assembly considers 50 bills, 144 motions in 4 years

The Kogi House of Assembly says it considered 50 bills and 144 motions during the 6th assembly. The Speaker of…

47 crime suspects arrested in Ondo

The Police Command in Ondo state said on Monday that it arrested no fewer than 47 suspects for various criminal…

Imo Assembly suspends clerk, nullifies Okorocha’s appointments

Imo House of Assembly on Monday suspended the Clerk of the House, Mr Christian Duru. The suspension was announced by…

Eid El Fitri : Makinde urges Muslims not to return to vices

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged Muslim faithful to hold on to all the good deeds imbibed during…

Gov Obiano reshuffles cabinet

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has announced the movement of six commissioners from their ministries to new ones. The cabinet…

Lagos Assembly holds valedictory session Thursday – Speaker

The Lagos State House of Assembly will hold its valedictory session on Thursday, the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru…
Benue Assembly

Benue 8th Assembly passes 58 bills in 4 years – Speaker

The Benue House of Assembly has passed 58 bills between June 5, 2015 and June 3, 2019. Speaker of the…
AfDB

Alleged fraud: AfDB debars Nigerian construction firm for 3 years

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has debarred a Nigerian construction company, known as Qualitrends Global Solutions Nigeria Limited’,…
Drug abuse

MTN ASAP: Rivers, Imo join in fight against substance abuse

The MTN-led Anti Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP) has berthed the campaign against drug abuse in Rivers and Imo, an official…

Updated: 30 protesters killed in Sudan in brutal crackdown

At least 30 people including an eight year-old child were killed in Khartoum, Sudan's capital as the military rulers forcefully…

I doubt if any nation is doing what Buhari’s govt has done – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, former minister of power, works and housing, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the “strides recorded so…
Child-rape

Man arrested for raping his mother as she walked home from pub

A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged for the alleged rape of his mother as she returned home from…

Don’t use tyres to burn meat, AEPB tells abattoir operators

The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has urged abattoir operators in Karu, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to desist from using…
Jay-Z becomes world’s richest musician

JAY-Z becomes 1st hip-hop billionaire

Music Mogul, Jay–Z is now the first rapper to amass a fortune in the ten-figure range, according to Forbes magazine.

Saraki congratulates Muslim faithful for successful Ramadan

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. Saraki’s congratulatory…
Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, FRSC and other FRSC Officers.

FRSC urges Nigerians to ride bicycle as alternative means of transport

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday marked the United Nations World Bicycle Day with a call on Nigerians…

“Missing” JAMB N35m: Court admits woman to N20m bail

An FCT High Court Maitama on Monday admitted Philomins Chieshe, charged with alleged “missing” N35 million belonging to the Joint…

Okorocha: Ihedioha is only blackmailing me, we handed everything over to him

Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha on Monday said he was only being blackmailed by the incumbent governor,…
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governo

Emefiele begins second tenure as CBN Governor

Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday began his second tenure, following the confirmation…

Politicians have no right to questionable benefits, Group tells Buhari

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate amendments to the Nigerian Constitution…
Rivers

Compulsory retirement: Court orders reinstatement of Maj.-Gen. Ijioma

The National Industrial Court, Abuja on on Monday ordered the reinstatement of Maj.-Gen. Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma in the Nigerian Army.…