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After months of respite, high-profile kidnappers relaunch attack on Ogun State, seize Swiss expatriate, driver, kill staff.

  The several months of breather enjoyed by residents of Ogun State, gunmen appear to have resumed their dastardly attacks in the state...

US pastor pledges N25 million to rebuild orphanage torched by bandits in Plateau state

  A New York City pastor has pledged to give $50,000 (N25M) to rebuild an orphanage in conflict-devastated Plateau State, which housed about...

#FixPolitics Initiative blasts NASS botched attempt at gagging Nigerian Press

    The #FixPolitics Initiative, a citizens-led research-based initiative designed to be executed as a “Big Push” for structural change of politics and...

No way for Atiku, Tinubu as Nigeria’s President in 2023, Babangida spits fire

  “I have started visualising a good Nigerian leader. That is, a person, who travels across the country and has a friend virtually...

Lionel Messi Is Leaving Barcelona

    Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi will leave FC Barcelona. Soccer league La Liga’s limits on spending made it impossible for the...

Ex-Pres. Yar’Adua’s son, Aminu, crushes four pedestrians in Yola, narrowly escapes mob lynching

“Relatives of the deceased — Aisha Umar, Suleiman Abubakar and Jummai Abubakar — demand the sum of N15 million from the defendant as...

U.S Govt, FG partner on strengthening legal framework to combat wildlife trafficking in Nigeria

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To tackle wildlife and forest crimes, the governments of Nigeria and the U.S. have launched a legal analysis framework....

Twitter ban: Nigeria count loses, over $366m gone in two months

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Nigeria is estimated to have lost approximately N132.8 billion following the ban or suspension of micro-blogging...

Just in: Igboho’s 12 associates detained by DSS granted bails

    The 12 arrested and detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, by the Department...

DCP Abba Kyari: U.S Government sends formal request for arrest

The United States of America has requested for the arrest and detention of DCP Abba Kyari. The U.S in court papers obtained by...

Just in: At last, DSS produces 8 of Igboho’s 12 detained aides in court

After a month-long arrests and incarceration without trial, the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday bowed to court orders and produced eight...

Breaking: Rachel Oniga dead at 64

  Nollywood legend Rachel Oniga is dead. Oniga, originally from Eku, Delta state, was born in Ebute Metta, Lagos state. She began her...

Update: $1.1m fraud: U.S court orders arrest of Abba Kyari

  The United States District Court for the Central District of California, has issued an arrest warrant for the Deputy Commissioner of Police...

$1.1m fraud: Details of Abba Kyari versus Hushpuppy bribery drama

Suspected internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has confessed to the American authorities on how he bribed a top police officer...

Breaking News – High Court frees El zakzaky, wife

A Kaduna state high court Wednesday has freed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. The duo...

90 million people living with hepatitis in Africa- WHO

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh More than 90 million people are living with hepatitis in Africa, accounting for 26 percent of the global...