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Barrack rage: Boko Haram-returnee soldier fatally stabs fellow soldier, vegetable seller

  … Wife, son survive dagger attack   A disastrous event has occurred in Ede in Southwest Osun State as a soldier, who...

Buhari won’t handover to looters – Presidency

  ….Buhari will not hand pick successor   The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari will not handpick his successor neither will he...

FOI Act: NHIS courts trouble as Media Rights Agenda threatens legal action

      …activities shrouded in secrecy, violates FOI with impunity   Amid violation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, the Media...

Mass wedding in Maiduguri and the gathering of nobles: Confirmation of return of peace, order

    …as residents, visitors laud NNPC GMD, Kyari, IRT boss, DCP Abba Kyari, others for hosting wedlocks     Incontestably and indisputably,...

Two-term House of Reps member, Gawo, dies in Dubai

Mr Mohammed Adamu Fagen Gawo, representing Garki-Babura Federal Constituency in Jigawa, has been reported dead in Dubai. Gawo of the All Progressives Congress, passed on...

Weekend wedlocks: Maiduguri peaceful, not shut down

    By Kunle Akinsola   … excited residents, visitors savour the allure of the city       Contrary to reports that...

SERAP, others ask court to stop Buhari, others from spending ‘N37bn NASS renovation budget’

    Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the...

University final year student ritually slaughtered by boyfriend, mum

By Kunle Akinsola …smashes her head with pestle in her sleep The life of a final year Theatre Arts student of Lagos State University...

Mary Beth Leonard: Quintessential U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Daughter of a Proficient Maths Teacher

  U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard presented her credentials to His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari at a...

FG declares 2020 Nigeria’s gas year, to mop up old gas cylinders from circulation

As the Federal Government declares 2020 as the year of gas for the nation, it also plans to replace old gas cylinders with new ones....

BREAKING: Omoyele Sowore freed at last

  At last, the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has been set free from the custody of the Department of State Services...

Ganduje, Sanusi dispute: Fayemi, others brief Buhari on peace efforts to avert escalating crisis

In a view to ending the prolonged misunderstanding between Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, the Chairman...

How AfDB bails Nigeria out of recession with $600m,  says Adesina

  The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) supported Nigeria with $600 million to take it out of recession in 2017, Africa’s largest economy, the...

Nigerians react to video that reveal the depths of Buhari and Osinbajo’s bromance

  To many Nigerians, the political pairing of President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice Prof Yemi Osinbajo seemed like love at first sight....

Lagos launches probe into U.S.-based Agbosasa murdered in Ikorodu

  Following the murder of Mutiu Agbosasa, who has just returned to Nigeria after  about 40 years sojourn in the United States of America, the Lagos State...