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Mobil to pay out N81.9bn to settle Ibeno oil spill claims in 14 days

A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to pay N81.9 billion as cumulative damages to the oil communities...

New variant of COVID-19 in South Africa: Nigerians urged to observe nation’s lockdown rules

Amid threat of spread of the new variant of COVID-19 and new lockdown rules in South Africa, Nigerians living in the country have...

UK Court to 64-year-old Nigerian serial rapist: You are guilty as charged

  Guilt-racked 64 year-old Nigerian and serial rapist, Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, is to spend 18 years behind the bars, a United Kingdom court...

Buhari’s anti-restructuring comment distasteful, “unpresidential’’, says PANDEF

  “Nigeria is in distress but the federal government has maintained the ostrich policy; refusing to accept the obvious, rather choosing to, un-presidentially,...

Buhari, Ngige, Gambari brainstorm on Southeast insecurity, Gov. El Rufai’s face-off with labour, JUSUN strike

  Following escalating insecurity in the Southeast Nigeria and national labour crises, President Muhammadu Buhari has held a closed-door meeting with his Chief...

Twitter suspension directive to electronic media: SERAP slams, drags FG, Lai Mohammed to court

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order...

How Lagos CEO’s bodacious lover drugs, kills, robs him of N5m

The mysterious disappearance and death of Micahel Usifo Ataga, the CEO of Super TV and Director with Super, who resided in Banana Island...

Osinbajo to corporate companies: Show drive for improved services, confidence-building in customers

Nigeria’s Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has urged corporate organisations operating in the country to show commitment to improving services and building confidence...

Press Council Act amendment: Real threat to media freedom in Nigeria – Stakeholders

  Facing the crucible of Nigeria’s federal lawmakers, critical stakeholders in the media industry have spurned the proposed amendment of the Nigerian Press Council Act....

Three die in gas tanker explosion in Lagos

At least, three people were roasted in Thursday night’s gas tanker explosion in front of OPIC Plaza on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja...

Beware of Visa Lottery Scams- U.S Embassy

In recent times there have been instances of fraudulent websites posing as official U.S. government sites, holding themselves out as being affiliated with...

‘Babies were ripped from wombs’: Boko Haram survivor testifies before U.S Commission

A Muslim woman from NorthEast Nigeria who claimed to have witnessed persecution firsthand criticized the Nigerian government’s response to the rampant violence impacting...

World Leaders Pay Tribute To Kenneth Kaunda

World leaders joined a chorus of condolences from around the world following the death of former Zambia’s President Kenneth Kaunda on Thursday at...

Post videos of sexually abused minors and go to jail for 5 years — NAPTIP

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking (NAPTIP) has warned that posting of videos of sexually abused minors on the social media...

Land speculator, 3 others seize, gang-rape, kill mother of four

The long arm of the law has caught up with a man, Prince Reuben, for allegedly conspiring with his three friends to kidnap,...

BREAKING: 40-Year-Old Bawa ls New EFCC Boss

Laundering: EFCC to beam searchlight on real estate, jewelry barons

  About 90 or 100 per cent of stolen public funds in Nigeria is boatloaded into buying houses and lands, the Chairman of...