Many injured, vehicles razed as gas tanker explodes in Lagos
Many persons on Thursday night sustained varying injuries while properties, including vehicles destroyed after a gas tanker exploded along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way,
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Polls: Only 15 parties declared election expenses, says INEC
ONLY 15 out of the 31 political parties which participated in the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states on September 19 and
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Navy impounds 251 bags of smuggled rice, seizes boat in Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and
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EFCC: we recovered N6b, $261m, houses in 100 days
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, in the last 100 days, recovered $261 million, N6 billion, and 13,000 pounds illegally acquired
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I’m a proud dot in a circle
I had no personal relationship with Abba Kyari, a lawyer trained at Cambridge University in England, who amassed more power than any of his
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Pastor beats wife to death over alleged infidelity in Akwa Ibom
Residents of Ikot Abia village in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have been thrown into a state of disbelief following
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You lack comprehension of the workings of government. PDP governors bomb Garba Shehu over ‘poorly worded’ Presidential statement
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic, Party, PDP, Thursday, flayed Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, over the statement he authored on
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75 Northern groups place N100m bounty on Nnamdi Kanu
A coalition of 75 Northern groups under the aegis of Northern Consensus Movement on Thursday announced a reward of N100 million for persons who can
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Kwara suspends two top officers for alleged N170m fraud
The Kwara State Government has suspended two senior officials from the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR) to allow for a
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PDP group demands Secondus, NWC members’ resignation
A fresh crisis may be brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party as the Concerned PDP League, also known as ‘PDP Watchdog’, demanded the
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Hoodlums raze ex-Imo AG, lawmaker’s houses
Hoodlums who reportedly disguised themselves as local vigilante groups in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the private residence of the immediate past
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Protesters barricade Benin-Abuja road over kidnapping
Motorists and commuters on the busy Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi-Abuja Road was stranded for many hours yesterday, as hundreds of residents, who were protesting incessant kidnappings
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Man plots fiancée’s murder over N14m, promises killer-herbalist N5m
The police on Wednesday paraded 36 suspects, including a female, in connection with various crimes in different locations in the country. The suspects
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Wike set to send anti-open grazing bill to Rivers Assembly
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has promised to give the ban on open-grazing in the state a legal backing by sending the required
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Gun alone can’t stop security threats, says Army
Gun alone cannot stop the prevailing security threats across the land, the Nigerian Army said on Wednesday. Army spokesman Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who
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Bank PHB ex-MD Atuche jailed six years for N25.7b fraud
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) Francis Atuche to six
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I get death threats, says EFCC chair
With the cooperation of all, the anti-graft war is winnable, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said.
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JUST IN: FEC okays resumption of FCT land swap plan
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the resumption of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) land swap plan. Minister of the Federal
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BREAKING: INEC fixes Ekiti, Osun guber polls for June 18, July 16 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections for Saturday June 18 and Saturday July 16 2022 respectively.
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Britain’s Karim Khan sworn in as new ICC prosecutor
Britain’s Karim Khan was sworn on Wednesday as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, facing huge challenges, including investigations into the
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BREAKING: INEC creates additional 56,872 polling units
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced the creation of additional 56, 872 polling units across
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Vehicle, ammunition recovered in Kaduna foiled robbery
A planned robbery in the Tudun Wada area of Kaduna metropolis has been thwarted. A tipoff on the attack aided police quick deployment
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Bandits lay siege to Zaria, says Emir of Zazzau
The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamali has decried the security challenges occasioned by banditry and kidnapping in his domain, particularly Zaria,
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Almajiri: Ganduje slams northern governors for failure to halt interstate movement of school-age children
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has expressed disappointment over the seeming inability of some northern governors to halt the interstate movement of
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Increasing child theft in Ebonyi worrisome – Ministry
The Desk Officer of the Child Rights Abuse/Trafficking Unit in the Ebonyi State Ministry of Justice and Social Development, Mrs Ijeoma Ajah-Nwachukwu, on
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Cross River: Secondus, Saraki, Udom others storm Calabar, issue Ayade quit notice
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, and other top members of the party had stormed Calabar and
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Okogie attacks Buhari regime, says anarchy looms in Nigeria
A former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, has criticised the regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu
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11 killed in Benue communal clash, herders burn down houses
No fewer than 11 people were reportedly killed in separate attacks in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. According
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Bakassi returns in Anambra? Six suspected criminals,cultists burnt in Awka
A new security outfit deployed in Anambra to crush cultists and other criminals has allegedly killed six suspects. The unnamed outfit arrived in
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