Why did the army hand over Chiwetalu Agu to us -DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has revealed that the Nigerian army handed over Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu to the unit for questioning. Speaking on...
Ebuka reveals housemates who could have won instead of WhiteMoney on Big Brother Naija.
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the Big Brother Naija host, has named some of the housemates on the 'Shine Ya Eye' edition who would have won if WhiteMoney...
A documentary about the Buhari administration has aired.
According to the presidency, a documentary about the Buhari administration will air on Saturday at 7 p.m. The presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, stated this in...
For 21 years, the PDP and APC have led Nigeria astray – Attairu Jega
Professor Attairu Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has claimed that the country's two major political parties have led Nigeria astray...
Six indications that your guy really wants to marry you
You've been dating for a while now, and things couldn't be better. He checks off the majority of the boxes on your "Perfect Match" list:...
The EFCC nominee confirmed by the Senate ‘began school before he was born.’
One of the nominees for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) board, Yahaya Muhammad, is said to have started primary school before he was...
According to Ogunlewe, Tinubu is the ideal APC presidential candidate for 2023.
Former Works Minister Adeseye Ogunlewe has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Bola Tinubu to declare his candidacy for the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu's campaign...
FG threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra, says guber election must hold
The federal government has threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra to ensure that the November 6 governorship election in the state takes...
The Senate approves a revised MTEF that reduces the size of the 2022 budget by N60 billion.
The Senate has approved a revised medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper (FSP) for the fiscal year 2022. The MTEF and FSP are...
Stella Oduah purchased £6.7 million in London properties while serving as a minister, according to a report.
Stella Oduah, senator for Anambra North, allegedly purchased four London properties while serving as minister of aviation. This was revealed in the Pandora Papers project,...
BBNaija: Your funds have been transferred to South Africa – Omokri slams Nigerians for casting over a billion votes
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has chastised Nigerians, accusing them of placing too much emphasis on the outcome of Big...
Lagos and Oyo are the epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria, according to NDLEA boss Marwa.
According to Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), drug abuse is most prevalent in the states of Oyo and Lagos....
‘Reduce internet prices by 21% and create 1.7 million jobs.’ — Google makes a $1 billion investment in Africa.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, announced a $1 billion investment in Africa over the next five years. Pichai stated at the first-ever...
EFCC: Lekki has become a centre of cybercrime.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Lagos neighbourhood of Lekki is the "new centre of internet-related fraud." According to the anti-graft...
The DSS has smashed Prof. Mohammed’s car windscreen, and ASUU has been summoned to court.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to sue the Department of State Services (DSS) for destroying Prof. Abdulkadir Mohammed's automobile windscreen. The...
After seven years, a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram has been released.
One of the schoolgirls who was among the the first to be released meets Nigeria President Mohammadu Buhari in May 2016. Photo: AFP Borno state's...
Lagos takes the lead once more, as the NCDC reports new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.
On Saturday, Nigeria reported additional COVID-19 cases, with Lagos State leading the way in infections. On Saturday, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported...
According to the ISWAP terrorist organisation, Nigeria’s Boko Haram commander is dead.
The terrorist organisation Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) stated in an audio clip obtained by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, the head of...
Biden ends deadlock over first African and first woman to lead WTO
The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by expressing its "strong support" for Nigeria's ex-finance...
Any malaria-like signs should be treated as COVID-19 – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday that any malaria-like signs should now be considered and handled as COVID-19 unless proved otherwise. The governor,...
Purposed Impeachment Strategy against Diri: Bayelsa Assembly breaks the silence
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State The Bayelsa House of Assembly says that there is no intention of suing Gov. Douye Diri, describing rumours as...
Majority of Okada riders in Oyo are kidnappers’ agents- chairman of Amotecun
Col. Kunle Togun, chairman of the South-Western Security Network, code-named ‘Amotekun’ in Oyo State, reported that most of the Okada riders in the state are...
Police assaulted me after raping my six-year-old daughter – Petitioner
Members of Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry Mr. Okehielem Onyema, a petitioner at the Edo State judicial panel narrated on Tuesday how he was...
Envious second wife murders a 17-year-old girl her husband had agreed to marry in Kano (graphic)
The police in Kano state arrested a 20-year-old woman named Suwaiba Shuaibu for stabbing to death a 17-year-old girl, Aisha Kabir, whom her husband had...
Police arrest 7 kidnappers in Niger state, recover N3.2m cash
Spokesperson of the command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 18, said police operatives attached to the Anti-kidnapping unit...
Yahaya Bello opposes the COVID-19 vaccine; claims it is intended to kill
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has wrongly alleged that Covid-19 vaccines are intended to harm people and has prevented their use. The spike...
Tension Grips People As A Woman Was Stormed At Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge
People have been advised to be careful when jogging on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge as joggers are now getting attacked. This woman was attacked while...
Yetunde Souza, a lawyer in Lagos accused of stealing N50.2m to know her fate.
Lagos’ lawyer, Yetunde Souza, accused of robbing N50.2 million from Domino Stores and Ozone Cinemas, will soon know her fate. Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the...
Gunmen abduct the hereditary governor of Adamawa
Ardo Mustapha, Mayo-Farang District Head and Sarkin Noman Adamawa, allegedly abducted by unknown gunmen. The monarch was reportedly abducted at his home in Mayo-Farang, Mayo...
Bishop Kukah has received a new designation from Pope Francis
Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has received a new nomination from Pope Francis, after being...
Deeper Life’s Anchor University Deputy VC, Fatokun abducted
Prof. Johnson Fatokun, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Anchor University, Lagos, was abducted by gunmen. Anchor University is a faith-based college operated by the Ministry of Deeper...
2016 Wolexit vs Trump Presidency: Soyinka blasts Critics
Professor Wole Soyinka When the presidential elections were heated in the United States in 2016, Professor Wole Soyinka threatened that if the Republican Donald Trump...
Three people charred to death, cars razed, when petrol tanker exploded in Ogun.
Tanker explosion at the Ogun Three people were charred to death and several others injured when a petrol tanker exploded in Abeokuta, Ogun County,...
Armed bandit kidnaps ATBU professor in Kaduna, murders his young son.
Armed bandits attacked Wusasa on Sunday night, January 17, in the Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where they abducted Professor Aliyu Muhammad and...
NDLEA Chairman, Marwa resumes office, hints on plans against illicit drugs
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa has promised to reposition the agency for an efficient fight against illicit drug...
School reopening: Your children are safe – Private school owners tell parents
The Nigerian Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has assured parents and guardians of the safety of their children and wards as schools resume...
Those who have threatened Kukah must be arrested-Southern Kaduna Union
The Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) has called on law enforcement authorities to apprehend anyone who “threatened” Mathew Kukah, bishop of Sokoto’s Catholic diocese....
Court indicts a 40-year-old man for defrauding 186 people
Taofeeq Adepoju, a 40-year-old man, was brought before the Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding 186 persons. The convicted individual is alleged to have defrauded...
Banditry: 17 persons abducted in Shiroro, Niger State
A total of 17 persons were said to have been kidnapped by armed bandits in three communities of Bassa/Kukoki wards in Shiroro local government area...
2023: We didn’t endorse Tinubu, Fayemi too can contest – Ex-Speakers
Former Speakers of the House of Assembly in Ekiti and Ondo States have denied declaring support for the Bola Tinubu 2023 presidency. A meeting of...
Troops battle as Boko Haram, ISWAP invade Army base in Borno
Nigerian troops put up a fight late Friday as Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters stormed an army facility at...
Buhari appoints Buba Marwa as new NDLEA Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law...
Ohanaeze faction moves to stop Obiozor as court receives suit seeking to annul Owerri election
The Mike Ibeh-led faction of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked a High Court sitting in Bwari Abuja to restrain Professor George...
COVID-19: Panic as Nigeria records 8 deaths, 1,867 new cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 1,867 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 107,345. The NCDC disclosed...
Suspected ‘yahoo boy’ arrested with girlfriend’s corpse
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected Internet fraudster popularly called yahoo boy with the corpse of his girlfriend after he...
Nigeria not working under Buhari, APC – Sam Ohuabunwa declares for president
Mazi Sam Ohaubunwa, a former member of Presidential Advisory Committee on Subsidy Reinvestment & Empowerment Programme,(SURE-P) and current President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, has...
President Buhari showers praises on Bisi Akande, says he is pillar of democracy
President Muhammadu Buhari has showered praises on Bisi Akande, the pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as he turns 82 years old. Buhari,...
Ekiti moves to spend N1.4bn to equip Amotekun Corps in 2021
In a bid to boost investment and ensure the safety of all residents, the Ekiti State government is to spend a huge sum of N1.4...
COVID-19: NYSC lists conditions for admitting corps members into camp
The National Youth Service Corps Scheme has listed conditions that must be met by 2020 Batch “B” Stream II prospective corps members before they are...
Lagos PDP endorses Makinde as South-West leader
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State said on Saturday that it would endorse Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as the leader of the...