EFCC invites, quizzes Saraki over N26b contracts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday took into brief custody the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki in
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Kaduna files fresh terrorism, treason charges against El-Zakzaky
Less than 48 hours after he was discharged by a High Court of charges of culpable homicide, the Kaduna State Government has filed
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Ohanaeze kicks as IPOB declares sit-at-home over Kanu’s detention
The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday declared every Monday, effective August 9,2021, a sit-at-home day to press for the release of
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Kenya suspends five referees over match-fixing charges
Kenya on Saturday announced the provisional suspension of five top football league referees over allegations of match-fixing and the manipulation of national league
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Veteran actress Rachel Oniga is dead
The veteran actress, sources told The Nation, died on Friday, July 30, 2021. The Nation was reliably informed she passed on last night
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Hushpuppi: Kyari risks dismissal, criminal prosecution, says PSC
The Police Service Commission says it will determine the fate of the Commander of the IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari,
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Breaking: Security operatives arrest IPOB members in Abuja
Some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been arrested by security operatives They were arrested at the Abuja High Court.
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Step down from Kanu’s trial, Adeyanju tells Justice Nyako
Rights activist Deji Adeyanju has called on Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court to recuse herself from the trial of
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DSS fails to produce Nnamdi Kanu in court for trial
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday, failed to produce the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu
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Security operatives remove leg chain, hand-cuff from Sunday Igboho, grant him access to wife
Security operatives in Benin Republic have removed leg chain and hand-cuff from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Ighoho. The Communications Manager
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BREAKING: Buhari off to London for official /medical engagements
President Muhammadu Buhari will be attending the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025 from Monday, July 26, 2021.
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28 kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna regain freedom
28 Kidnapped students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna have regained freedom this Sunday after several weeks in captivity. The students were
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SON impounds over 400 bottles of substandard Mayonnaise in Enugu
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impounded 400 bottles of fake, substandard and injurious Mayonnaise cream in Abakpa-Nike Community Market in the
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Soludo: INEC must redeem self, obey subsisting court order — APGA
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to redeem itself and reverse to recognise ‘legitimate’ candidates
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Shisha more toxic than cigarettes, health experts warn
Health experts have warned that smoking shisha is far more dangerous to health than smoking cigarettes. The experts stressed that contrary to the
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Plane loses tyre in mishap at Ilorin Airport
About sixty-six passengers, including some highly-placed Nigerians, narrowly escaped death in a mishap involving an aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace, one
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Nigerian banks are safe – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reiterated the resilience, safety and soundness of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks and other financial institutions under its
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BREAKING: Again, FG extends NIN-SIM verification deadline to October 31
The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to October 31, 2021. The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission,
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Tension in PDP as governors, Secondus, NWC squabble
All is not well in the camp of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the misunderstanding between the party’s national chairman,
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49 Yoruba Nation agitators get bail
A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba on Monday granted bail to 49 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos
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Exploits of Nigeria’s oldest PhD graduate
Ifeyinwa Felicia Marinze, 71, recently made history when she bagged a doctorate degree from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Yaba, Lagos. And she
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Yoruba Nation rally: Autopsy faults police claim, says salesgirl, Jumoke, was shot
Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, died
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Sallah: Akpabio’s posters flood Northern States
Many States in the North have been flooded with posters of Minister for Niger Delta, Chief Godswill Akpabio, bearing Sallah greetings. Investigations revealed
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Sunday Igboho arrested in Benin Republic
Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, His media aide, Olayomi Koiki, has also fled
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Abductors demand N60m to free Baptist students
Bandits who abducted the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, have demanded N60 million to free the remaining 120 students. The
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Zuma’s corruption trial to resume August 10
Jacob Zuma’s long-running corruption trial will resume on August 10, a South African judge ruled on Tuesday after the ex-president sought to have
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Courts order INEC to reinstate Soludo, Uba as APGA, PDP candidates
Two Anambra State High Courts have in separate sittings in Awka directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the names of
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Take your grievances to God, OAP Morayo Brown tells sacked Winners’ pastors
Media personality, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, has told the sacked pastors at the Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, to take their
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Drinking milk, malt combo won’t boost blood volume –Nutritionist
A Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Beatrice Ogunba, says there is no scientific evidence to the
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Eid-el-Kabir: Southern Senators urge Nigerians against disintegration, war
Members of the National Assembly under the auspices of the Southern Senators Forum have urged Nigerians against disintegration and war. They appealed to
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