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Jobless man impersonates MOPOL to fleece motorists

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old jobless man who has been parading himself as a mobile policeman (MOPOL) has been arrested by…

Buhari, governors, others offer special prayers for late Emir of Borgu

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in New Bussa, Niger state, joined hundreds of sympathisers to offer special prayers for the…

Pa Fasoranti resigns from Afenifere, says it has lost focus

Funsho Arogundade Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said that the body has lost…

Buhari will never lie to Nigerians – Presidency

The Presidency has categorically that President Muhammadu Buhari will always say the truth to Nigerians while dismissing the insinuation by…

U-17 WC: Nigerians hail ruthless Eaglets after Brazil’s victory

Taiwo Adelu It has been praises galore for Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets after they defeated Brazil in the quarter final of…

Kogi Govt, APC trade words over bailout delay

The APC on Sunday alleged that the Kogi State Government had yet to apply for the bailout funds provided by…

Amaechi’s clearance by Senate not an endorsement of corruption — Sani

Sen. Shehu Sani (APC – Kaduna Central), on Sunday said that Senate’s clearance of former Rivers Goivernor, Rotimi Amaechi as…

19-year-old undergraduate wins MBGA 2015 pageant

Miss Debbie Douglas, 19-year-old Political Science student of Nasarawa State University, has won the 2015 edition of the Most Beautiful…

Ambode appoints new Head of Service

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday approved the appointment of Mrs. Olabowale Toluwalope Ademola as the 19th Head…

Taskforce arrests 279 miscreants, impounds 57 motorcycles

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 279 miscreants and impounded…

Nigeria: Despite $5.2bn fine, MTN is number one telco

On internet subscribers base, MTN is number one telecommunication outfit in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed despite…

Nigeria internet users hit 97m, says NCC

The number of internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms networks has hit 97.21 million, up from the 95.37 million recorded in…

APC wins Borno Central Senatorial bye-election

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Babakaka Garbai, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate winner of the bye-election…

Sokoto State rewards cleanest communities with N2.25m

Sokoto State Government on Sunday gave out N 2.25 million as reward to the three cleanest communities in Sokoto metropolis…

IDPs laud UNFPA humanitarian, psycho-social services

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri on have commended the UNFPA for providing humanitarian and psycho-social support services in Borno.…

Rebuild North East, Osinbajo charges CSOs

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has charged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to contribute to the rebuilding, reconstruction, reconciliation and…

NNPC records N5.53bn loss in sale of petroleum products in Sept.

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it recorded N38.67billion from the sale of downstream petroleum products in September down…

Russia holds day of mourning after 224 die in plane crash

AFP – International investigators on Sunday began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,…

Delay in passage of PIB hurting Nigeria’s economy – Kachikwu

Nigeria looks set to unbundle a long-awaited oil law to speed up its passage through parliament, potentially unlocking billions of…

11 migrants, including 6 children, drown off Greece

Eleven migrants, including six children — four of them babies — drowned on Sunday in a new tragedy off the…

Vote out Wada, liberate yourselves from poverty, Oyegun tells Kogi electorate

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, on Saturday urged the people of Kogi to…
Organised Labour announces nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd, over failure of to agree on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

NLC, TUC directs workers in Kogi to begin strike

Public service workers in Kogi State have been directed to stay off work on Nov. 2 to protest against non-release…

Bishop urges FG to fix bad roads

The Anglican Bishop of Niger, Chiedozie Nwokolo, has urged the Federal Government to repair bad roads across the country to…

Group to Ambode: Review judicial staff composition

Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 A Lagos, Nigeria-based right group, the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, on Saturday pleaded with…

PDP needs rebranding -APC insists

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the resort to crude, personal attacks by PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh‎ in his latest…

Ambode charges police to change crime fighting tactics

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has charged the State Police Command to step up their surveillance in the…

EFCC: Seven jailed for fuel theft

Seven men have been jailed for 10 years in Nigeria after being arrested with nearly 1,500 tonnes of contraband petrol,…

Lagos shuts Marina mosque over pollution

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down Marina’s Workers Mosque on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria over poor…

I was bus conductor— Alex Iziyon

Renowned lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Alex Iziyon has spoken about his humble beginnings and the odds he…