Anti-kidnapping unit and the special anti-robbery squads of the Rivers State Police Command are on the manhunt for the gunmen who kidnapped a medical doctor in...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has assured residents that all legislative activities of the House in 2018 will be...
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Thursday said they rescued four Chinese men from kidnappers around Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC),...
The Ogun state government says it has paid the December and the 13th month salary to its workers since Wednesday ahead of the festive period. Mr...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Thursday in Abuja says fuel queues will `normalise’ by Friday and disappear by weekend. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Ondo State has sealed 10 filling stations for hoarding fuel and selling above the official pump price of 145...
The Ethiopian government on Thursday said it has repatriated over 14,130 undocumented citizens residing in Saudi Arabia over the past month. Meles Alem, spokesperson for the...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit one million, ICRC said in a statement....
The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 25, Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 as public holidays for the Christmas, Boxing Day and New...
The Borno Government on Thursday declared that the state is cholera free sequel to the successful control of an outbreak of the disease. The state Commissioner...
Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Acting Chairman in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas as Commissioner. The...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the UN as a “house of lies” ahead of a vote on Thursday on a draft resolution calling on the United...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted 60 per cent chances of wittiest season ever in history over Nigeria in 2018. NiMet disclosed this in its...
The Senate on Thursday, postponed deliberation on the proposed withdrawal of one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) by the Federal Government, to fight...
Another member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of Representatives. He is Mr. Johnson Agbonayinma...
Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin, the Group Chairman, Osun State Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), has warned the masses against storing petrol at home. Ogundoyin gave the...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ejigbo Depot, has lauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for pumping petrol into the depot. Alhaji Ayo...
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has advised the running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in the 2015 governorship election, Abiodun Faleke, to wait...
Herdsmen have fired at the Alpha Jet and the EC 135 Helicopter deployed by the military in the troubled communities of Numan and Demsa LGAs of...
A 40-year-old man, Femi Adewale, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrate B. B. Adebowale of an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly collecting N1.1...
The Nigerian Army, yesterday said its troops had killed 20 Boko Haram insurgents in a clearance operation in the Lake Chad Basin. Timothy Antigha, the Deputy...
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has lost one of his queens, Olori Kudirat Aduke. A statement by the monarch’s Director, Media and Publicity,...
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will sustain the gains recorded with the massive campaigns mounted in the...
Another member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Johnson Agbonayinma has just defected to the All Progressives Congress in the House of Representatives. The lawmaker who...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has directed Legionnaires to take charge of security in public schools in the State so as to prevent all forms...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has inaugurated the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja. While inaugurating the Emblem, the...
The Lagos State Government through the State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Wednesday announced an immediate closure of a section of the recently burnt FESTAC Link...
The French lower house of parliament has approved a law that provides for the gradual abandonment of the exploration and production of oil, gas and coal...
Ten passengers in a commercial bus travelling to Ibadan in Oyo State were confirmed dead in an accident when the bus collided with a truck on...
Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday said it had commenced a robust and purposeful collaboration with like-minded political parties to wrest power from the ruling APC...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in the remaining seven permanent Secretaries out of the 22 appointed earlier in the year. The inauguration preceded the Federal Executive...
Turkish security forces have issued a ban on New Year’s Eve celebrations in Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square, citing security concerns, the state-run news agency, Anadolu, reported...
U.S. Cardinal Bernard Law, who was at the centre of a huge paedophile priest scandal that rocked the US Catholic Church in 2002, has died in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the confirmation of nine nominees as state Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The president’s letter...
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been...
The police in Ogun have advised the public to report any strange gathering in their neighbourhoods and locations to the police during the yuletide. Mr Bimbola...
The Nigerian Army has inflicted a heavy casualty on Boko Haram insurgents at the remote islands in Lake Chad basin within the Nigerian territory. In a...
Mr Saleh Dunoma, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has carried out an on-the-spot assessment of the ongoing work on the runway of the...
Barely one week to Christmas festivities, prices of foodstuff, especially local rice, have decreased considerably in some markets in Enugu State. A survey conducted in...
The Senate on Tuesday challenged the Minister of Finance kemi Adeosun, on Federal Government’s insistence on passing the 2018 Budget in January when less than 50...