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Ndoma-Egba (SAN) breaks silence, says destruction of his Calabar home will not cow him
…says Cross River State is moving from the global stage to the dark recesses of a gangland Former Senate Leader, Mr...
United Nations bestows award on Nigerian policewoman for stellar peacekeeping efforts
A Chief Superintendent of Police, Catherine Ugorji, currently serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been selected...
Two months after gang-raping school girl to death, two jobless youths nabbed
About two months after, two of the four gang-rapists, who fatally raped 11-year-old Favour Okechukwu in Ejigbo area of Lagos State have...
Oil price tumbles below $40 as Europe imposes second COVID-19 lockdown
Still reeling from the pains of #EndSARS protests and massive infrastructure destruction by hoodlums, Nigeria’s financial projection may have run into another hitch as...
FG hits back at Amnesty International, rejects it’s report on Lekki shootings
The Presidency has accused Amnesty International of “skewing report” on the Lekki shootings, insisting it could not have more facts about the...
Breaking: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala elected World Trade Organization DG
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, has emerged the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala polled 104 votes from 164 member-countries...
Buhari unveils 2021 Armed Forces remembrance emblem, donates N10m to Appeal Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem and donated N10 million to the Appeal Fund. The brief unveiling took...
FG doles out N30,000 one-off grant to 333,000 artisans
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it has commenced payment of N30,000 one-off grant to each of the 333,000 artisans across...
INEC Chair reappointed for another 4-year term
The tenure of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been extended by another four...
Hoodlums attacks, looting: Army says it is deploying troops across Nigeria
In a bid to restore law and order after the wave of hoodlums attack following #EndSARS protests, the Nigerian Army says it...
Adegboruwa faults Fashola’s ‘discovery’ of camera at Lekki toll plaza as it may tamper with evidence
Adegboruwa faults Fashola’s ‘discovery’ of camera at Lekki toll plaza as it may tamper with evidence Lagos human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu...
Babangida critically injured in spousal knife attack to chop off his dick
Livid with rage and jealousy, a woman almost severed her husband’s sexual organ in Taraba State for allegedly impregnating his secret lover,...
10-year-old boy tied, tortured for 18 months by father, stepmother for being ‘possessed’
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 10-year-old old boy in Ikot Udota, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, has been rescued by the...
Looted CACOVID palliatives not hoarded, say governors
… waiting for flag-off as some states have not completely received from CACOVID Amid looting of CACOVID palliatives warehouses across the country by...
Lekki Toll Gate shooting: Buhari to speak after investigation
In a bid to halt rage of hoodlums across the country with looting of some homes, businesses and COVID-19 palliative warehouses, President Muhammadu Buhari...
Over 375 Nigerians deported from the U.S. in 2020
At least 375 Nigerian immigrants were deported from the U.S. in 2019 through September 2020 according to data gathered by Per Second...
