The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibe has announced his resignation as the Speaker of the House. This was disclosed today during an emergency plenary session of the lawmakers at the state house of the ...

  The Principal General of Madonna Community Secondary School, Mr Monday Ekoriko, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, has regained his freedom after paying a sum of four million, two hundred thousand naira as ransom to his captors. It could ...

  Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the lingering crisis between them. Sanusi made the call in an interview with ...

Ibadan indigenes, under the auspices of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), have promised to protect the South West region against any form of invasion. The CCII, which is the umbrella body of all indigenes of Ibadan, made this disclosure ...

The Queen’s coffin has been lowered into the Royal Vault of St George’s Chapel on Monday. The Dean of Windsor recited Psalm 103, as the coffin was lowered on Monday evening. The Psalm includes the traditional line: “Go forth upon ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the recent successes recorded by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in smashing some international drug cartels. Buhari, according to his spokesman, Femi Adesina, called from the United States ...

  The Federal Government, on Monday, said it was planning to increase the minimum wage of workers from the current N30,000 to conform with the current reality. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in ...

  The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has, Monday, joined Nigerian students in protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Sowore, while at the protest, said it was important for the students to intensify their ...

Actor Yul Edochie  has supported his  first wife, May at the launch of her foundation. He told those present that nothing could put him and his wife May asunder. During the event, Yul mounted the stage and placed his arm ...

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and ...

  The Oyo Mesi Traditional Council has said all the 65 contestants to the Alaafin stool who appeared for an interview recently are to proceed further in the selection process. The regent and Basorun of Oyo, Chief Yussuf Ayoola, disclosed ...

A 28-year-old man, Ismail Adewuyi, was arrested with a female head and intestines in Ede, Osun State on Saturday. The suspect was arrested by a member of the Nigeria Hunters, Isa Usman in Ede. Adewuyi, according to findings, was arrested ...

Nigerian songbird, Joy Odiete aka J’odie has said that she does not want to be forgotten as a musician. The ‘Kuchi Kuchi’ singer made this cry during a recent interview with The Nation. She said although her special project as ...

Nollywood actress Caroline Danjuma and her millionaire ex-husband Musa Danjuma got back together and rejoiced as their daughter turned a year older over the weekend. Caroline and Musa Danjuma, who split up years ago following a nasty argument over infidelity, ...

A Kwara State family court sitting in Ilorin has remanded a housewife, Awawu Haruna, and two others for allegedly marrying another man while in a subsisting relationship. Awawu Haruna was dragged before the Kwara State family court alongside her father, ...

  Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has revealed that he received several threats from some citizens following the National Identity Policy Implementation. Also, Pantami disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari administration has increased the National Identity Database ...

  An alleged notorious handset snatcher, identified simply as Lucky, has been hacked to death by an angry mob at Iyara community in Warri, Warri-South Local Government Area of Delta State. Punch Metro gathered that the handset snatcher, who was ...

  Singer Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr, recalls that in the early days of her career, she used to attend parties she was not invited to. In an interview with Spotify, she said, “I grew up in different cities—Lagos, Abuja ...

A Kano Shari’a Court on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Abdullahi Umar to 33 months in a correctional center and ordered that he got 40 strokes of cane for desecrating a grave. Umar who lives in Sharada Quarters, Kano, was ...

A 22-year-old lady, Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her Chinese lover, Geng Quanrong, at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano. The incident took place at about 10 pm on Friday after the Chinese ...

Residents of Gidan Angalu community in Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State were thrown into commotion on Tuesday after a man said to be a native doctor rose from death when he was about to be buried. Godwin Ugeelu Amadu ...

Ummu Kulsum Sani Buhari, the lady killed in Kano, has been buried in Kano State in line with Islamic rites. Her body was interred around 11 am on Saturday, with family, relatives, friends, and mourners in attendance. The 23-year-old victim, ...

A journalist based in Kaduna John Adi has offered to donate one of his kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, the sick daughter of former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Ms Ekweremadu on Monday made a public call for kidney donation ...

The father of Adewunmi Kofoworola Babajide, the lawmaker representing Ede North State Constituency in Osun State House of Assembly, Pa Muftau Lawal has narrated how he was almost used for ritual by his abductors. Pa Lawal, who was abducted in ...

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has urged members of the public to report all forms of cybercrimes. These include identity theft, child s3xual exploitation, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, credit card fraud, internet fraud, and other forms. A statement by Force Public Relations ...