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Fire chief in trouble over employment scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned Dada Olatunji, a former Assistant Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Fire…

Second Chibok schoolgirl rescued—Colonel Usman

Colonel Sani Usman, Spokesman of the Nigerian army, said another Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued. She is the second to…

Stop Using My Name to Extort People-EFCC Boss

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has warned fraudsters to stop using his name to…

Why Dasuki is in detention- FG

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: The Federal Government told ECOWAS Court in Abuja on Thursday that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki…

Jonathan’s Sure-P, a monumental fraud- Tinubu

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described former…

EgyptAir confirms wreckage of crashed plane found

Wreckage from an EgyptAir plane carrying 66 people that crashed Thursday in the Mediterranean has been found, the airline said,…

Teenager drowns catching catfish

Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Benin, Edo state when a 15-year-old boy simply identified as Ikponmwosa, drowned while on a…

President Buhari receives rescued Chibok and her 4-month old baby

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the rescued Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali and her 4-month old baby inside the Presidential…

Fake drugs dealer Jailed 5 years

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted a businessman, Sylvanus Nwanoro, for dealing in counterfeit drugs. Justice Ibrahim…

Varsity students beg Buhari not to increase tuition fees

The National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has urged the Federal Government to “halt any further increment of tuition fees…

Debris from crashed EgyptAir plane found

Search teams have found two large orange objects in waters off Egypt suspected to belong to the missing Egyptair passenger…

NLC Strike: Workers resume fully in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin: Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) appears to be loosing the grip on workers in Edo, as the indefinite strike…

NLC Strike: APC threatens to suspend Senator Sani

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Thursday threatened to expel Senator Shehu Sani for his opposition to…
Niger NLC condoles with Dep. Gov. over wife’s death

NLC cannot fight fuel price increase-Activist

A legal practitioner and civil rights activist, Mr Frank Tietie, says it is not the responsibility of the organised labour…
Niger NLC condoles with Dep. Gov. over wife’s death

Niger workers join NLC protest

Alhaji Yahaya Ndako, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in Niger, said the protest against hike in petrol price was…

Rescued Chibok schoolgirl visits Buhari in Abuja

Rescued Chibok schoolgirl, Amina Ali-Nkeki, on Thursday arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for audience with President Muhammadu Buhari. The…

DStv, GOtv to air choice African shows

As Africa Day, 25 May, approaches, viewers are in for a treat, as DStv and GOtv bring more exciting locally-produced…

Strike: Police deploy personnel to flash points in Kano

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday deployed security personnel to strategic places to prevent possible breach of peace during…

Badagry residents lament over abandonment of road project

Some residents of Badagry in Lagos State on Thursday lamented over the abandonment of the Lagos/Badagry expressway project by the…

Trader refuses to pay N700,000 debt

A trader, Wahab Kadiri, who allegedly failed to refund N700, 000, value of the tiles he collected from a distributor,…

Doctors, Dentists to spend 7 years in varsity-NUC insists

The National Universities Commission (NUC) says Medicine and Dentistry are still seven-year programmes in Nigerian universities and not 11 years…

Rolls-Royce extends corruption probe to Nigeria

Britain’s corruption probe into engines maker Rolls-Royce has been expanded to also look at the company’s activities in Nigeria, the…

Nigerian biscuits for ECOWAS market

The Jos-based NASCO Group of Companies has secured an approval to export 19 products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme…

Oil market slows down as dollar rises

Oil prices extended their retreat Thursday after hawkish US Federal Reserve meeting minutes strengthened the dollar and a weekly report…

Intestines gush out as JSS 2 student stabs classmate

A 13-year-old JSS II student, Samuel Oladimeji, is on admission at the Ikorodu General Hospital after his classmate allegedly stabbed…

HIV vaccine trial to begin in South Africa

A United States of America Government health agency said on Thursday that a four-year clinical trial would soon begin in…

Naira rain for 4,001 Zamfara pilgrims

The Zamfara Hajj Commission has refunded N80 million to 4, 001 persons from the state that participated in the 2015…

2016 budget has clear agenda for development – Semenitari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has described the 2016…

Fashola says Nigeria is ready for nuclear energy

The Federal Government says Nigeria is ready to commence the production of nuclear energy. Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minster of Power,…

Man stabs step-brother to death

For allegedly stabbing his step-brother to death, an Ebuta-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 20-year-old man,…