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Lagos Island East LCDA flags off youth empowerment program

Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area has flagged off a six-day youth empowerment programme initiated by Razak Qudus of…

N113m: Court acquits ex-SSG of corruption charges

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A High Court in Benin, capital of Edo state, presided over by Justice Esther Edigin, on Thursday struck…

Fashola the link between Lagos and FG, says Ambode

…vows to uphold good governance Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday described his predecessor and Minister of Works, Power…

How I will defeat Islamic State – Clinton

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Thursday will lay out a plan for defeating Islamic State and continuing the global…

Ekiti government seals off banks, telecoms firms over tax evasion

Eromosele Ebhomele The Ekiti State Government, western Nigeria has sealed off the business premises of some banks and telecommunications service…

Nigerian governors to slash salaries of political office holders

Nigerian governors have agreed that the salaries of political office holders be slashed as they aim to cut cost. The…

Steve Babaeko, Kunle Afolayan, others grace LAIF 10-year celebration

Funsho Arogundade As the annual Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival, LAIF, celebrates ten years of creative excellence, industry big weights…

Adamawa Blast: Hospitals commend public response to blood donation

Hospital officials in Adamawa have lauded public response to the call to donate blood to victims of Tuesday night blast…

UN condemns Yola attack

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, on Thursday condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack in Yola, Adamawa, North-East of Nigeria, which claimed…

Court dissolves six-year marriage over fornication, pride

An Ile-Ife Customary Court on Thursday dissolved the six-year old marriage between Sunday Adelakun and his wife Rasidat over fornication…

Lai Mohammed to re-jig NTA, FRCN, others

Eromosele Ebhomele There are indications that Nigeria’s new Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, would soon begin the…

Horrific collision kills 32 in South Africa

A collision between a bus and a car killed 32 people in Osizweni, KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday, authorities said. According…

EFCC, Italian Police bust criminal organisation, arrest 62

…Three more Nigerian nationals arrested by EFCC About 750 police officers from the Italian, Spanish, Polish, English, Belgian, Georgian, Turkish…

Boko Haram is most ruthless terrorist group, has killed more than ISIS in Syria, Iran

The jihadi group Boko Haram have been revealed as the most brutal terror organisation last year, killing more people than…

Chad extends state of emergency over Boko Haram attacks

Chad’s national assembly extended a state of emergency in the western Lake Chad region by four months on Wednesday following…

UPDATE: 14 dead, over 100 injured in Kano blasts

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on…

PICTURES: Nigerians keep vigil at fuel station

By Seun Bisuga Nigerians are pretty confused right now, they do not know who to blame for the long queues,…

EU proposes tighter firearms rules after Paris attacks

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed measures to make it harder for individuals to access firearms. The measures are part…

Buhari sacks corrupt high court judge

Justice Lambo Akanbi, of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, has been retired compulsorily, by President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed…

Court hears appellant motion against Hijab ban by LASG Thursday

The ‎court of Appeal sitting in Lagos will on Thursday, November 19 hear the appellant motion seeking for extension of…

Kogi APC rally: Wada mocks Audu over Buhari’s absence

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has applauded the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to stay away from the campaign…

Merck opens its first office in Nigeria

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the opening of its new office in Nigeria by Stefan Oschmann,…

Dasuki: I Was Never Invited by Arms Panel

The immediate National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki has denied ever receiving any formal or informal invitation to appear before…

Lagos LG suit: Court to hear stay of execution application

Henry Ojelu([email protected]) An Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has fixed January 18, 2016 to hear the stay of execution…

Ugbade applauds Buhari’s promise to reward 1985 victorious Golden Eaglets

Nduka Ugbade, former captain of Nigeria’s U-16 national team that won the maiden edition of the FIFA Youth Championship, has…

World leaders still coming to Paris for climate talks

The head of the UN’s Climate Change Programme, Christiana Figueres, on Wednesday said at least 80 world leaders are still…

Suicide bombers kill 12, injure dozens in Kano

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on…

FAAN to clean up Abuja Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said it has engaged a contractor to clean up the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…

Emmanuel seeks re-appraisal of ex-militants’ training programmes

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has called for re-appraisal of the training programmes offered to the Niger Delta ex-militants…

Buhari calls for more vigilance after Yola, Kano attacks

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja called for increased vigilance among the civilian population to help ward off suicide…