‘Politicians and religious leaders should stop making inflammatory comments’–...
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), and ex-Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation(AGF), Prince Bola Ajibola, has called on Nigerian politicians and religious...
View ArticleSarah Ofili: ‘I pity the girl my ex-fiancee Ikechukwu is dating’
Sarah Ofili, the former fiancee of rapper Ikechukwu, has revealed that she accepted the proposal because it was in public. She also reacted to the recent allegations by the rapper that she was cheating...
View ArticleIn Jos, police intercept 2 trucks loaded with 145 children
The Police in Plateau said in Jos on Monday they intercepted two trucks conveying 145 children from Bauchi and Jigawa States. This was contained in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Terna...
View Article‘My son isn’t sleeping with the woman leader in his church’– Pastor Emokpae...
The Benin-based pastor, Emokpae Great, who is allegedly in a romantic affair with a female member of his church, is now on the run. Emokpae was said to have absconded after angry youths stormed his...
View Article‘Nigerians should be hopeful this 2017’– Pastor Enoch Adeboye
The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said Nigerians should remain hopeful and patient as the country will experience pleasant surprises this 2017....
View ArticleBoko Haram: ‘Why University of Maiduguri would not close down’– Vice...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri(UNIMAID) in Borno State, Prof. Abubakar Njodi has said the institution would not close down in spite of the blast that killed a professor and four...
View ArticleChibok girls: Oby Ezekwesili speaks on her return from Sambisa Forest tour
A former Minister of Education, and convener of the Bring Back Our Girls(BBOG) campaign, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has said the abducted Chibok girls may still be within Sambisa Forest in Borno State. Recall...
View ArticleScores killed in Nigeria as military jet mistakenly bombs refugee camp
There are reports that a Nigerian Air Force jet has killed more than 100 people in an Internally Displaced People (IDPs) camp in Rann, Borno state. The jet had mistakenly dropped the bomb at the...
View ArticleAccidental Bombing: President Buhari condoles with families of the dead,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness and regret on the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force, engaged in the final phase of mopping...
View ArticleAlleged crude oil theft: Court to hear $406.7million case against Shell
A Federal High Court in Lagos will on March 20 begin trial in a suit filed by the Federal Government against Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd. over alleged crude oil theft. The suit numbered...
View ArticleAccidental Bombing: Lai Mohammed cautions Nigerian Air Force
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the Nigerian Air Force to take the necessary measures to avoid civilian casualties, as it carries out its challenging task of...
View ArticleRivers Government confirms Lassa Fever case
The Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a private health facility in the state. The commissioner for health, Dr Theophilus Odagme, disclosed to newsmen in Port...
View Article‘I will not defect to APC’– Senator Ike Ekweremadu
Following calls by some senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu should defect from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to APC, the...
View ArticleBloody clash averted in Kano
Many vehicles were damaged on Wednesday in Kano following a clash between operatives of Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) and some illegal motor park operators at Gyadi-gyadi area in Kano metropolis....
View ArticleAlleged corruption: ‘We have proof that Justice Sylvester Ngwuta enriched...
The Federal Government said on Wednesday before a Federal High Court in Abuja that it had the evidence to prove its case of corrupt enrichment against Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court....
View ArticleSubsidy: Oil marketer standing trial, Opeyemi Ajuyah, is dead
An oil marketer, Mrs. Opeyemi Ajuyah, who is standing trial for an alleged N1.1bn fuel subsidy scam, is dead. Ajuyah’s lawyer, Mr. Olanrewaju Ajanaku, confirmed her death to one of our correspondents...
View ArticleAccidental bombing: 46 ‘severely injured’ people remain in Rann
At least 46 “severely injured” people remain in a refugee camp that Nigeria’s military says it mistakenly bombed and they need urgent evacuation, the International Committee for the Red Cross said...
View ArticlePro-Biafra group to hold pro-Trump rally in Nigeria
A pro-Biafra group on Wednesday announced its intention to hold a rally in Nigeria in support of Donald Trump on his inauguration day as US president. Hundreds of protests against Trump are expected to...
View ArticleAPC set to hold National Convention
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday said it would hold its National Convention in April. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the party,...
View ArticleNJC tenders petition against Justice Adeniyi Ademola
The National Judicial Council on Wednesday tendered the petition it received against Justice Adeniyi Ademola from a litigant in an FCT High Court. Ademola was among the seven Justices in the sting...
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