Govt can hire, fire any chaplain – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday threw its weight behind the Lagos State government’s decision to sack its Chaplain, Ven. Femi Taiwo.
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Biafra@50: We didn’t arrest any MASSOB, IPOB member, says Imo CP
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, said his command did not arrest any member of the Movement for the Actualization of
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Normalcy returns to Calabar after Police, Navy clash
Normalcy has returned to Calabar after a gun duel between the Police and the Nigerian Navy in a part of the city on
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Sit-at-home: Nnamdi Kanu is new leader of Ndigbo – IYM
Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) said Wednesday that the success of Tuesday’s sit-at-home order has proved to the world that “Nnamdi Kanu is the
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Varsity student nabbed for defrauding bank customers
A 300-level Accounting student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, identified as Benedicta Otaigbe has been arrested for stealing money from bank customers’
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Tension at Oshodi over killing of NURTW boss, Hamburger
There is tension in Owode Street and its surrounding locations in Oshodi over fears of a reprisal attack after Rasaq Bello, popularly known
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Woman in court for locking housemaid in toilet for 20 days
Oyinyen Chuks, 34, was on Tuesday charged at Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State with locking up her 14-year old housemaid in
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Appeal Court reserves judgment in Edo election tussle
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party
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I still want to become president – Donald Duke
A former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said he would still take a shot at the presidency, if
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S/Korea leader orders probe into U.S. THAAD launchers
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered a probe into the introduction of four Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), missile launchers
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200 girls to study medicine abroad under Sokoto govt. sponsorship
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, says his administration has concluded plans to send 200 students to India and other countries to study
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NBA berates FG, demands release of El-Zakzaky, Dasuki, Judges
The Nigerian Bar Association, on Monday, faulted the Federal Government’s anti-corruption strategy, and called for the immediate termination of the investigation of judges
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Man tows helicopter with penis, breaks record
A kung fu master who dragged seven cars with his penis has become a new world record holder by towing a helicopter even
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NSCDC deploys 50 armed personnel to UNIMAID to check attacks
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks at the University
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DSS hands over 82 Chibok girls to Women ministry today
The 82 Chibok girls rescued by the Federal Government four weeks ago will on Tuesday (today), be handed over to the Federal Ministry
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22,430 repentant cultists surrender arms in Rivers
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Monday that the State’s amnesty programme witnessed 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms to
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Osinbajo appeals to Biafra agitators, others
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has appealed to Nigerians to eschew violence and division as the country is big enough to accommodate
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Slow Justice system frustrating fight against corruption – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday took stock of the two years of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and declared that positive results
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Two die, 14 injured in building collapse
A bricklayer simply identified as Baba Ibeji and a nine-year-old girl died yesterday when a three-storey building collapsed at 9, Daddy Alaja Street,
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Sit-at-home: Security agencies in show of force, MASSOB mobilise residents
Members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and the Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday morning staged a
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Osinbajo’s Inspiring Democracy Day Speech: Full text (Downloadable)
Find view and download link below the story/Speech The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the budget 2017 would soon be passed
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APC has endangered Nigeria’s democracy, has nothing to celebrate, says PDP
The People’s Democratic Party has attacked the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying the party has nothing to celebrate two years after took over
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My aim is civil disobedience until we get a referendum – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu walks slowly across the courtyard of his family home in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, as a crowd of supporters in the red,
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Cross River workers begin indefinite strike
The Cross River State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will begin an indefinite strike tomorrow, its Chairman, John Ushie, said yesterday.
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Father, children lynch passer-by for urinating near residence
A man, his children and other family members have been arrested by the police in Abuja for allegedly lynching a 60-year-old man who
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Court declares LG marriage certificates illegal
A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages across the country. The court, in a judgment, declared that the
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Obasanjo warns of looming youth anger
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is worried about the anger and frustration of youths. He said if the youth’s anger is not well-managed, it
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2nd anniversary: PDP commends Ambode for his works in Lagos
The Moshood Salvador faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos on Sunday commended the Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration for his achievements
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Ekweremadu to IPOB, MASSOB: sit-at-home should be optional
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has advised that the sit-at-home order declared by some rights groups in the Southeast for tomorrow should be optional.
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Female teachers fight in classroom over male counterpart
A teacher and a classroom aide duking it out in front of students at a Georgia middle school last week was caught on
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