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Lagos-Ibadan expressway: FRSC warns motorist on partial closure till Friday

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Command has on Wednesday announced that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be temporarily closed to enable road construction. In a statement released on Wednesday by FRSC, there will be a temporary closure of ...

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EFCC nabs Malaysian and remand him in Ikoyi prison over alleged €250m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on May 22, 2019, arraigned a suspected fraudster, Tan Ah Chai Richard, alongside his company, Coastal Asia Investments Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in lkeja, ...

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Six feared dead as building collapsed in Anambra State

  A building which collapsed at Ezenwa Street Onitsha, Anambra state this afternoon Wednesday, May 22nd, may have left six persons dead. An eyewitnesses to the disaster revealed that the Four-storey building which was under construction, collapsed at about 2pm with ...

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Nigeria shuts down 3 embassies abroad due to insufficient funds

  The Nigerian government has shut down three of its embassies abroad while downsizing another one as a result of insufficient funds. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, while speaking during a press conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, revealed ...

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Nigerian man gets 14-year-jail term for sex trafficking 2 minors in US

  A Nigerian man in the US, Chukwuemeka Ekwonna has been jailed for 14 years in a federal prison on  two counts of sex trafficking of a minor. The 29-year-old ex-Washington, D.C. Police Officer will also serve a five-year supervised release after ...

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Anyone associated with IPOB will be treated as a terrorist – Police

The Abia State Police Command has issued a stern warning to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which they say will be treated as terrorists if they truncate the peace and safety of residents with their activities. The warning was given by ...

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21 month old dying baby girl donates vital organs to save 3 lives

  A 21 month old baby girl is donating her vital organs; her heart, liver and kidneys to save the lives of three others who are desperately in need of the vital transplants. 21 month old baby, Coralynn Sobolik who ...

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Watch CCTV footage of the moment Junior was shot dead in his home (Video)

    A CCTV video showing the moment Junior was shot dead in his home in the United States of America has been released by the Philadelphia Police Department. According to reports, Shatta Wale’s friend Junior was set up by some people who stormed ...

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FG orders immediate clearing up of the Apapa gridlock

  The Presidency has ordered the immediate clearing up of the Apapa gridlock that has constituted a menace to the residents of the Apapa area of Lagos state. The directive was given that the the Apapa gridlock should be cleared in the ...

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Man allegedly caught with 11 human skulls arrested in Ilorin

A man has been arrested for allegedly dealing in human parts in Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday. An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded one Taiwo Saka, who was accused of dealing in human parts. Saka pleaded not guilty to ...

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Policeman captured scratching private car with sharp metal

  A Nigerian policeman has been captured on camera scratching a private car with a sharp object. The incident, which happened in the Mushin area of Lagos was captured on video by the driver of the vehicle himself. In the video, the ...

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Man arrested for smuggling cannabis into Abuja prison

A man has been arrested by officials at the Nigerian Prison Service, Federal Capital Territory Command, for smuggling Cannabis to an inmate in prison. Man identified as Clement Jacob, was arrested for allegedly smuggling Cannabis to give an inmate of the Kuje ...

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Widow of slain Credit Switch CEO narrates their Togolese cook killed him

  The widow of the late Credit Switch CEO, Mr Opeyemi Bademosi, Mrs Ebunoluwa Bademosi, has testified before a Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, on how a Togolese cook killed her husband. The widow accused 22-year-old Togolese cook, Sunday Anani, of killing ...

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BRT bus in flames on 3rd Mainland bridge today (Photo)

  A BRT bus ent in flames on the third mainland bridge in Lagos state. A vehicle belonging to a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in Lagos, popularly called BRT Bus is currently burning on the third mainland bridge of ...

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I gave God a car years ago and He swore to make me rich – Oyedepo

Founder and senior pastor of the Living Faith Church aka Winners chapel, David Oyedepo, has revealed how God swore to make him rich because he gave him a car for the gospel many years ago. Oyedepo who is profiled by forbes as ...

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Is Tinubu brave or a coward? – Reno Omokri asks Nigerians

Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has asked Nigerians to decide if APC chieftain Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a brave man or coward. In a tweet he shared, Reno Omokri wondered why Tinubu responded when he was attacked by the Peoples Democratic Party, ...

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Obasanjo’s claim of Fulanization and Islamization is reckless and unpatriotic – MSSN

SEE PRESS RELEASE BELOW: OBASANJO’S CLAIM OF ‘FULANIZATION’ AND ‘ISLAMIZATION’ AS THE BASIS FOR ‘BOKO HARAM’ INSURGENCY, KIDNAPPING AND BANDITRY, IS RECKLESS, UNPATRIOTIC AND UNCALLED FOR On Saturday, the 18th day of May, 2019, a former head of State and former ...

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FG to stop ownership of gas cylinders by consumers

The Federal Government is working on a policy that will prevent consumers from the ownership of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) cylinders. An agreement has been reached by the FG with two original cylinder manufacturers to deliver 600,000 cylinders to LPG distributors ...

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Atiku tells parents what to do as suicide rate increases among youths

The Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar has advised parents on what to do as Nigeria experiences an increasing rate of suicide among youths.   In a tweet he shared, Atiku advised that close attention should be paid by parents for ...

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