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One year after the demise of Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known as TB Joshua, followers of the late charismatic preacher on Sunday thronged the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Ikotun, Lagos, to celebrate his legacies. The event, also attended ...

  Emergence of the next Alaafin of Oyo will be strictly based on the signed Alaafin chieftaincy declaration, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared. Makinde, who spoke at the burial ceremony of late Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, ...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted attempts by drug cartels to break through the security at Nigeria’s main airports in Lagos and Abuja with large consignments of illicit substances. No fewer than 11 members ...

  The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the attack on a church in Ondo State, accusing the Federal Government of monopolising the nation’s security architecture. Gunmen had stormed the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of ...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has barred public officials serving under his government from making donations in public functions. Governor Soludo made the declaration during the 2nd Session of the 5th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Amichi. The ...

Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State, has disclosed those behind the hideous att@ck on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo area of the state. . . Many worshippers were k#lled when unknown g#nmen invaded the church, on Sunday, ...

  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has expressed sadness over Sunday’s attack at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, and vowed to hunt down the masterminds of the assault. He said this in a statement signed by his Chief ...

Hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with the presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, seven aspirants from the Southwest met in Abuja. The meeting which kicked off on Saturday night continued till Sunday morning as stakeholders from ...

Many people have been feared dad as an explosion rocked St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State today, Sunday, June 5. According to sources, the explosion on the church grounds killed several ...

Kwara State-born politician and the 2015 Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho is dead. Dr Omotosho, who reportedly died in the United States of America, emerged third behind former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of the APC and Senator ...

Family and friends of David Imoh, the sound engineer who was lynched by commercial motorcyclists aka Okada riders in Lagos, have buried his remains. Mr Imoh was set ablaze on Admiralty Way in Lekki area of Lagos on May 12. ...

The Jigawa State High Court of Justice sitting in Birnin Kudu has sentenced a 27-year-old Ibrahim Abdullahi to life imprisonment for sodomizing a six-year-old pupil. Prosecution Counsel, Yahaya Abdullahi, narrated that the incident happened on 12th February, 2021 at Garu ...

  Governor Abiodun of Ogun state yesterday said he is not an emperor, in what could be seen as a reaction to the jab by Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant. Abiodun stressed that he is holding ...

Three siblings have been found dead inside a parked car they were playing in at Owode Elede area of Ikorodu. The kids identified as Oliseh, Daniel and Destiny Egba, three, six and eight years respectively, were feared to have suffocated ...

  The movie is about to begin. Nothing dey shock Nigerians again sha, lol. I mean nothing! The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has said the party may punish Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader ...

  The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Special Duties, Mallam Ya’u Darazo, has risen in defence of former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over statements ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved repeat primaries in Lagos, Imo, Benue and Katsina States. PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Saturday, explained that it took the decision after very careful deliberations on ...

Anothe rperosn ha sbeen killed over blasphemy in Nigeria. This time, the person is a member of a vigilante group. He was killed in the Lugbe area of Abuja for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. Daily Trust gathered that the mob ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday filed a two-count charge of drug trafficking against nine Ghanaians in a Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is against Victor Wuddah, 30; Freeman Gazul, 25; Joseph Adotete, 31; ...

The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Mike Ogiasa. Ogiasa, a former cabinet member in the administration of former Bayelsa governor Senator Henry Seriake Dickson was said to have been ...

  Nigerians simply currently cried over the lack of lifetime of Osinachi, a gifted gospel singer whose husband is alleged to have tortured her. Late Nwachukwu’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, has maintained that he in no way harmed his partner and ...

Just In: APC Disqualifies 10 Presidential Aspirants Ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled to hold between June 6th and 8th, the ruling party has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants. The Chairman of the Presidential Screening ...

A yet-to-be-identified woman, who was delivered of a baby boy on Wednesday, has abandoned him to die on a rock in the Sarkin Kudu area of the Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. Punch correspondent learnt that the baby ...

Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has recounted how he nominated Professor Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2015. Tinubu, while speaking with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital ...

  Doctors are battling to save the life of a 39-year-old woman, Victoria Emmanuel, after her husband, Haruna Emmauel, allegedly stabbed her. Victoria was said to have been enduring domestic violence since she married her husband 16 years ago, but ...