Politics

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the killing of seven police officers in Abuja on Monday. The Chairman of the Committee, Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), disclosed this at the ...

At his meeting with Christian leaders from the 19 Northern states and the Federal cpital territory yesterday, President Buhari said those who are accusing him of supporting the hersmen attacks because of he is from the Fulani extraction are evil. ‘‘When ...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that the celebration of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day at Mongunu in Borno North was a proof that the “end of the Boko Haram terrorists group will come sooner than ...

The funeral prayers for late Mallam Adamu Chiroma, former governor of Central Bank and former finance minister, who died yesterday July 5th at Nizamiye Hospital was held at Annnur Mosque and Islamic Centre, Abuja today.   Late Mallam Adamu Chiroma ...

The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has said that he is not aware of a court order mandating the National Assembly to begin an impeachment process against President Buhari. Mohammed said this while speaking to State House correspondents ...

A Special Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to produce the chairman of Innoson Motors Limited, Innocent Chukwuma, for his arraignment.   Justice Olusola Williams made this pronouncement ...

Mallam Adamu Ciroma, elder statesman, presidential hopeful and the first editor of the New Nigeria Newspaper, the most influential newspaper in its days, dies at the age of 84. He died at the Turkish Hospital, Abuja on Thursday. Details later

Customs officials in Kaduna state have intercepted a tanker stacked with various brands of foreign parboiled rice numberingover 1,000 bags. This arrest comes months after the Federal Government announced of plans to close land borders due to massive smuggling of rice ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceeding against President Buhari. According to Punch, the order was issued by Justice Maureen Onyetenu on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Chairman of the Ilesa branch of ...

Justice A. B. Mohammed of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Jabi, Abuja, on Monday, July 2, 2018 convicted one Bala Tangalu, a self styled native doctor, on the two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by ...

Abdulateef Babatunde, a 21-year-old man is to die by hanging for robbing two men including a policeman of their motorcycles at gunpoint. Justice Dele Omotoso of an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday found Babatunde guilty of the charge of ...

The wife of Executive Chairman, Ikono LGC, Mrs. Ekaette Columba on Tuesday rescued a 6 months old baby abandoned by his 16-year old mother along Uyo Ikot-Ekpene express way, Akwa Ibom state. The mother, Miss Ofonime Christopher Effiong, who hails from ...

Today, hundreds of angry youths stormed the National Assembly protesting allegation of budget padding by the lawmakers and demanding resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki.   According to reports, police quickly locked the gates to prevent the crowd from gaining ...

Military Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau State code named “Operation Safe Haven” (OPSH) has disclosed that it has so far arrested 21 suspects in connection with the recent killings and civil disturbances in Jos. The ...

A 15 year-old former Boko Haram bomb maker, Ali Goni has made a chilling confession about how he made over 500 underwear Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) used by insurgents for suicide missions on soft targets in the last five years.   Ali Goni was ...

Eighteen former militant leaders from three states of the Niger Delta region sent a protest letter to President Muhammad Buhari at the weekend over the disobedience of the Presidential Amnesty Office to orders of the court in the ongoing five-year ...

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says Nigerians have more electricity than they can consume. He said this while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday. He said the current Federal Government is building ...

Is it OK to crash a wedding if you’re the president? The answer, it seems, is yes, with a bride, groom and their guests cheering as President Donald Trump popped in on their special day. The president even gave the bride ...

Yesterday, The Nigerian Police denied reports of police officers protesting unpaid allowances in Maiduguri. A video of the protest has surfaced online. Click on the link to watch the video below

Two suspects alleged to be the masterminds of the blast at a Zimbabwe rally on June 24th has been released. Douglas Musekiwa and John Zulu‚ who appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate court on Saturday facing terrorism charges were released as the ...

At the small mosque in Luggere, nestled in an ethnic Fulani village surrounded by rolling green hills, an unusually large crowd has gathered for Friday prayers. Luggere’s population has doubled in recent days to accommodate people who fled two neighbouring ...

A former Inspector General of police, Suleiman Abba has spoken about the current situation of police in Nigeria Abba said one of the major problems of the police is that they lack trust of the public. He noted that they ...

In this interview, a First Class Traditional Ruler in Benue State, Chief Abu King Shuluwa says the Tiv people are seriously considering changing their settlement pattern as a way of finding lasting solution to the incessant attacks and killings of ...

Kampala- Uganda has Africa’s best electricity regulatory system, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB’s) 2018 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) report. Second is Namibia, tailed by Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Togo, Senegal, Côte I’voire, Lesotho, Zimbabwe ...

Ten soldiers were killed and four were missing Sunday after an attack blamed on the jihadist group Boko Haram on a military position in southeast Niger, near the border with Nigeria, the defence ministry said. “We have a provisional toll ...