BREAKING: Senate screens ambassadorial nominees in darkness
Power failure at Room 324, Senate New Building marred the screening of the non-career ambassadorial nominees for whom President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking
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N199m fraud: Court adjourns Oronsaye’s case
FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday adjourned till March 1 for adoption of addresses in a case of alleged breach of trust and
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Bizare! Man hacks father to death in Jigawa
The Jigawa Police Command this Tuesday said it had arrested a 25-year-old man, Abdulhamid Abdullahi, for allegedly killing his 65-year-old father, Abdullahi Shuaibu. The
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South Sudan: Salva Kiir orders soldiers shot for rape
The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir said that soldiers who rape civilians should be shot. It was the first tough
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Buhari’s Health: Osinbajo, APC meet behind closed doors, mum on status
A day after President Muhammadu Buhari wrote a letter to the National Assembly on his inability to return home, the Acting President Yemi
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Sex before 18 risk to cervix cancer
Kunden Deyin, the Plateau Commissioner of Health, says research has shown that women who engage in active sex before age of 18 are
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Shocking! FG dismisses Nigerian Professor’s HIV/AIDS cure claims
The Federal Government through the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dismissed
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Facebook partners Nigerian groups for safer internet
Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) (www.SaferInternetDay.org) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com) has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer
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Ambode to phase out danfo this year
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday said there were plans to remove yellow buses, popularly known as danfo, from Lagos roads.
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Ayegbeni joins Coventry City on trial
Yakubu Ayegbeni, the former Nigerian international is far from retirement. Russell Slade, boss of Coventry City FC, a Champions league team in UK
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Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, 92 other US companies file motion against Trump’s travel ban
A travel ban by President Donald Trump violates the Constitution, immigration laws and harms business, 97 American companies have said in a court
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Man rejects court verdict after killing wife’s lover
Man rejects court verdict after killing wife’s lover Haruna Tonga, who was sentenced to death by a Borno State High Court, for
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Buhari will be in UK for sometime until UK doctors give him clean bill of health — Presidency
Nigeria’s ailing President Muhammadu Buhari will remain in the United Kingdom until doctors give him a clean bill of health, his Special Adviser
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Thousands protest against Buhari in Lagos and Abuja
Thousands of angry Nigerians on Monday took to the streets in Nigeria’s capital Abuja and the economic hub Lagos to protest against the
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AFCON 2017: Cameroon lifts the trophy
Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score a late goal to steer Cameroon to a 2-1 victory over Egypt in the final
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N26m scam: Fani-Kayode seeks out-of-court settlement
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday, asked the Federal High Court Abuja, to adjourn his case to allow him explore other options
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NRC raises fares for Kaduna-Abuja rail service
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has announced new fares on its Kaduna-Abuja route with effect from this Monday. The 25 per cent hike, which
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Prophesy: Aisha Buhari soon to become a Christian — Prophet
Prophet David Attah, the General Overseer of Altar of Grace Ministries International has prophesied that the wife of the president Aisha Buhari would
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Bayelsa donates 1,200 hectares of land to herdsmen
The Bayelsa government has donated 1,200 hectares of land to cattle herdsmen to control indiscriminate grazing in the state. In December 2016, the
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Ibori: Quizzed, to face fresh 170 EFCC charges
The former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, still has 170 charges against him pending before a Federal High Court. It was gathered that
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Anti-Pope posters flood Rome
Posters accusing Pope Francis of attacking conservative Catholics appeared around Rome this weekend and were swiftly covered up by city authorities. The posters,
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BREAKING NEWS: Buhari extends vacation due to sickness, date of return uncertain
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly informing it of his desire to extend his vacation. President Buhari who left Nigeria
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Buhari death rummour: I was also ‘killed’ 12 times – Obasanjo
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described those behind rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari as wicked, callous and treacherous. In a statement
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Black Stars, Stallions battle for AFCON bronze
The Black Stars of Ghana and the Stallions of Burkina Faso will battle for the bronze of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
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Child Sex: 6 Australian archbishops face probe
The Catholic Church has instituted a probe into allegations of sexual child abuse levied against 6 Austrialian archbishops. The public hearing will begin
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Sex-starved housewife begs court to dissolve marriage
A 32-year-old housewife, Mrs. Jessica Buki, on Friday approached an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her three-year-old marriage to
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BREAKING NEWS!! James Ibori flies into Nigeria, heads to Oghara
Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori has arrived in Nigeria. It was gathered that he arrived Abuja this Saturday morning and is on
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US won’t change visa policy for Nigeria –Ambassador
TheUnited States has said that the recent executive order on immigration by President Donald Trump will not affect Nigerians, noting that visa applicants
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Pressure mounts on Buhari to allow anti-govt rally
A cross-section of Nigerians, socio-cultural and political groups have expressed anger over an order by the Nigeria Police cancelling the February 6 nationwide
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Buhari returns to Nigeria on Sunday, resumes Monday
Barring any last minute change in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back in Nigeria on Sunday after his 10-day vacation in London,
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