BREAKING: Tinubu rages over mass killings in Plateau, Kaduna, orders security forces to strike

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

News

FG will rehabilitate, reconstruct, recover losses in north-east – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday that the Federal Government was committed to the rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery of…

Lawmaker condemns senate’s bid to cripple social media

Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Epe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, on Wednesday described…

Okowa inaugurates 6 Governing Councils, 5 Boards

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has inaugurated six Governing Councils, five boards and charged chairmen and…

Money laundering: Court orders Dokpesi remanded in EFCC custody

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Media mogul and founder of DAAR Communications, owner of popular Africa Independent Television and Raypower radio stations was…

Man jailed for life for selling marijuana, another bags 25 years for cocaine

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old man Aluagwu Lawrence to life…

Angela Merkel named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor has been named the 2015 TIME magazine person of the year. The prestigious title was…

Boko Haram’s safe havens, weapons flow, recruitment must be disrupted – US

The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Samantha Power, on Wednesday said that Nigeria urgently needs to…

How we uncovered fraud in pensions payment —Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has revealed how the state government uncovered fraud in pension administration in the state,…

Muslim Comments: 35,000 Britons petition to ban Donald Trump from UK

More than 35,000 Britons have signed an online petition to ban United States Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the…

Muslim Ban: Somebody ‘Has to Say What’s Right’ – Donald Trump

In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Barbara Walters today, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, currently at the center of…

100 protesters freed in Burundi

No fewer than 100 Burundian protesters who opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza during months of violence have been released from prison,…

Nigeria accounts for 10% of global maternal deaths — Consultant

A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Sylvanus Okogbenin, on Wednesday said Nigeria accounted for 10 per cent of global maternal…

Police probe death of women found in Ikorodu canal

The Lagos State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances leading to the death of six women whose corpses…

Dokpesi to remain in EFCC custody

Justice Gabriel Kolawole has ordered that Raymond Dokpesi be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application…
Board subjects subjects 31 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officers to disciplinary measures over various acts of misconducts.

Nigeria Immigration Service raises alarm over influx of foreigners into Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Amidst security concerns, the Nigerian Immigration Services has raised the alarm over the influx of illegal immigrants…

Kidnappers of 78-year-old woman demand N50m

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers of Ma Mabel Dagomie Abiante have demanded N50 million ransom or she would be killed even…

Dokpesi arraigned at Abuja Federal High Court

Media mogul Raymond Dokpesi has been formally arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge which…

Minister hints ransom helped free Poles from pirates in Nigeria

Poland’s foreign minister has hinted that a ransom was paid to free five Polish seamen abducted from a cargo ship…

Amosun seeks return to agro-forestry at UN climate summit

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has advocated a return to agro-forestry as an effective way of lifting…

Police warn banger users

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has reminded members of the public and corporate bodies that the ban…

Gov Emmanuel to evacuate prostitutes from Uyo

The Akwa Ibom Government has announced plans to evacuate commercial sex workers from the streets of Uyo. The Commissioner for…

Pro-Biafra agitators remanded

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed Thursday, 17 December, 2015 to hear the bail…

We will help Benin Republic conduct credible elections in 2016, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will assist the Republic of Benin in conducting free and fair general elections…

Rivers Assembly passes Wike’s N104bn 2015 supplementary bill into law

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In less than 21 days to complete this year’s cycle, the Rivers State House of Assembly has…

I’m not the owner of stolen N310m, says Saraki

Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has dismissed claims by online news medium, SaharaReporters, that he was the owner of…

Police woman battered while arresting suspect

Cyriacus Izuekwe A police woman attached to human rights section of Idimu Divison, Chinyere Dike, has been attacked and brutally…

How I will solve power, roads, housing problems – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing has outlined how he intends to tackle the problem of power, roads…

OEAS petitions EU on Biafra

The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international governmental organization that promotes self-determination and the end to colonial era…

Only 20% of Nigeria’s healthcare facilities are functional – Reps

The House of Representatives Committee on Health says it will work assiduously to ensure that health facilities worked efficiently to…

Biafra As Nightmare and Fantasy by Okey Ndibe

I have been distressed beyond words by what has crystallized as an agitation for Biafra’s divorce from Nigeria. I am…