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Cancel new petrol price now, Falana tells Buhari

Human and legal rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the new N145 per litre…

Budget breakdown in pictures

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma presenting the 2016 budget breakdown at the State House in…

Police parade 6 suspected homosexuals in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin: The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Zone, Benin, AIG Musa Daura, Thursday announced the arrest…

Tenant challenges civil defence commandant over rent

A tenant, Mr Victor Abubakar, has dragged the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State…

Sokoto repeals road traffic law

The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a law to repeal the Sokoto State Road Traffic Law of 1996.…

Storm kills female Islamic student, injures 3

A 14-year old Islamic student, Zainab Awwal-Baldano was killed and three others injured by rainstorm at Bayan NITEL quarters in…

Buhari highlights new measures to fight corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on Thursday in London that in furtherance of his administration’s ongoing war against corruption, Nigeria will…

Hungry man steals 2 cartons of biscuits

A 29-year-old unemployed man, Bisoye Akinteju, was on Thursday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two…

Buhari calls for joint efforts to tackle corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari today in London has urged the international community to urgently create anti-corruption infrastructure and a strategic action…

FG identifies 34 priority actions

The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning says 34 measurable and veritable priority actions have been identified to achieve…

Container kills 1, injures 2 in Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has advised haulage companies to put in place adequate safety measures during operational…

6 Adamawa IDPs camps shut down

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday has confirmed that it had closed down six Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…

Militants threaten to attack Chevron workers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt: Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group responsible for the recent destruction of pipeline and oil facilities in…
12- year-old girl was injured when an IED planted by Boko Haram exploded at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe on Friday

Bomb blast rocks Maiduguri, 2 dead, scores injured

According to reports reaching us, a bomb explosion has rocked the busy Musa Usman Secretariat Main Gate in Maiduguri at…
NURTW

Be patient, NURTW chairman tells drivers

The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Jigawa, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, has appealed to commercial drivers…

Navy moves against militants in Niger Delta

The Central Naval Command (CNC) of the Nigerian Navy on Thursday reiterated its resolve to deal with the resurgence of…
Lagos Airport to undergo brief power shutdown on Wednesday

Airport cab operators say no increase in fares

Cab operators at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos have assured commuters that they would not hike transportation fares, following…

N145 petrol price: Balarabe Musa calls for mass protest

Former Governor of Kaduna State and the National Leader of the Peoples Redemption Party, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has called for…

FRSC to begin seizure of vehicles with expired tyres

Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi has announced that the commission would from next…

Digital switch over, new dawn in TV broadcasting – Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting is a…

Man arraigned for allegedly stabbing girlfriend with knife

Kingsley Njuzie, a 26-year-old salesboy, was on Thursday arraigned at a Gudu Upper Area Court for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend,…

Buhari announces tough measures against corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in London pledged that in furtherance of his administration’s ongoing war against corruption, Nigeria will…

Brazil’s senate suspends President Rousseff

Brazil’s Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant’s first woman president. President Dilma Rousseff is accused of…

Iran pilgrims to miss hajj 2016

Iranian culture minister on Thursday said Iran has failed to reach an agreement with Saudi Arabia on arrangements for its…

CAF proposes 16 clubs for Champions League, Confederation Cup

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has proposed major new reforms in the Champions League and the Confederation Cup to…
DSS alerts on relocation of terrorists displaced during military operations in North East to North west and North central, nab 5 suspects

DSS official set ablaze in Delta

Andrew Maduku, 43, a father of four, an indigene of Oghara attached to the DSS office, Bayelsa State has died…

Clerics kick against Oro festivals

Some clerics in Lagos have expressed concern over the restriction of the movement of certain persons during the celebration of…
Lagos

Beggars gives El-Rufai 7 days to withdraw anti-street begging law

Yesterday, beggars in Kaduna State staged a protest over the law banning street begging and hawking while giving Governor Nasir…

Brazil’s Senate set to suspend President Rousseff

Brazil’s Senate looked increasingly likely to vote for President Dilma Rousseff to face trial on charges of breaking budget laws…
Amnesty International

Children, women dying in Maiduguri military detention camp – Amnesty International

Authorities of the Nigerian Army have denied reports linked to an investigation purportedly carried out by Amnesty International at a…