An Abuja Upper Area Court in the Gwagwalada area council on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana, to four-month imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and noodles from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa village, along Airport Road, ...

The Economic and Financial crimes commission, EFCC has arrested the immediate past Gov of Anambra state, Mr Willie Obiano at the Lagos airport at about 8 pm, while he was trying to flee Nigeria to Houston Texas in the USA ...

Nigeria’s total debt, comprising federal, states and the Federal Capital Territory rose to N39.556 trillion as at December 31, 2021. Director-general of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms Patience Oniha, made the disclosure on Thursday at a media briefing in ...

Obiano’s wife has allegedly slapped Bianca Ojukwu. The drama ensued during the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the governor of Anambra. There are, however, contradictory reports as to who slapped who first. But The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

  Barring any dramatic twist, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to hold its Presidential convention for the 2023 poll in May. The convention according to multiple credible sources may hold on May 28 and 29, 2022. Addressing ...

The Cross River State Government has ordered all fuel stations in the state currently hoarding and selling petrol at exorbitant prices to immediately revert to its official price of N165 per litre. In the last three weeks, there has been ...

Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, has noted that prophets in Nigeria failed to predict the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, collapse of national grid and the current energy crisis in the country. Pastors and self-acclaimed prophets are used ...

Lagos State Government has pleaded with motorists to show understanding over the planned reopening of Lekki-Ikoyi Toll Gate. Information Commissioner, Gbenga Omotoso, spoke Wednesday, on Arise News about the plan by Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to resume tolling. The collection ...

Tiwa Savage and Eniola Badmus recently stepped out and girl, the duo showed off their expensive bags and jewelry. Separately, the cameras were zoomed to picture their bags clearly and jewelry too. You know showing off the expensiveness. Why not, ...

Nollywood actress, Chioma Toplis, has been remanded at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Afara, by a Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State over defamation. The 48-year-old was accused of alleged cybercrime by using her Facebook page to post “a malicious ...

Davido has showed off his new body and asked his fans to be DETERMINED. Recall baba Ifeanyi, has been in the gym lately and has been documenting it, Tonight, he showed us what he has achieved — HIS NEW BODY! ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a banker Judith Nneka Nwagwu for alleged fraud. She was docked before Justice D. A. Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State. Nwagwu faces a seven-count charge ...

Pensioners and commercial transport operators on Wednesday paralysed traffic in Benin City, the Edo State capital, as they respectively protested the non-payment of their gratuities dating back to 2008 and the increased taxation by the Edo Government. The protesting pensioners ...

More than 2,000 civilians have been killed in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol so far, local authorities has said. The Mariupol city council said since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started on Feb. 24, 2,357 people have been ...

  Public school teachers in primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike over the state government’s alleged refusal to meet their demands. The indefinite strike came as a last resort for the ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has told President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently resign and hand over the presidency to his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Governor made the call at a press conference in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, ...

Former Super Eagles stars, such as Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Peter Rufai, Tijani Babangida, Mutiu Adepoju and Garba Lawal will dust their boots and return to the football field once again. Others are Julius Aghahowa, Victor Ikpeba, Uche ...

  A troll made by one Mista Mdee on the paternity of  Davido’s son, Ifeanyi, has continued to generate reactions across the social media space. Mdee, in a tweet that had been deleted, alleged that Ifeanyi was sired by Peruzzi ...

A lion has been confirmed killed in Sambisa Forest by local hunters in the Konduga Local Council of Borno State. The lion is believed to have strayed from the Waza Game Reserve of Cameroun before it was intercepted and killed. ...

Ghanaian businessman Bernard Antwi Boasiako has pledged to bring stability back to Chelsea after confirming to Sportsmail that he is interested in bidding for the club. Claims emerged last week that the gold mine owner was exploring an offer to ...

    Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia, has knocked the media for only wanting to share negative news about her husband and musician, 2Baba. The singer had on Tuesday inaugurated a multimillion naira music studio, he donated to the Obafemi Awolowo ...

  Fire has gutted the exhibit dump of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The facility is located at Iriebi in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. ...

Senator Patrick Osakwe, who represented Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State from 1999 to 2007 has been reported dead. A Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Media, Ossai Ovie Success, who made this know on ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday assured Lagosians to go about their daily activities without fear, saying it has deployed “massive” patrol teams in every nook and cranny of the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order. ...

Google on Wednesday celebrated Nigerian potter, Ladi Kwali, with a doodle on its home page. Kwali was an educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter, who helped introduce the international community to the beauty of Nigerian art through intricately decorated earthenware designs. ...