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Two Dead, Nine Injured As Police Foil Suicide Attack in Borno

The Nigerian Police in Maiduguri, Borno, Northern part of the country on Thursday says it has foiled a suicide bomb attack at the...

FG’s tax increases for tobacco, alcohol draw praise, criticism

Critics of the federal government’s increase on alcohol and cigarettes taxes on Monday argued the hikes could hurt the nation’s small businesses and...

Ekiti’s next governor: Who’s running, who’s on the fence, and who’s already out

By Femi Soneye The Ekiti governorship election is about four months away. Campaigning is underway, political consultants are doling out advice and pundits...

GENCOs Sue FG Over Alleged Unfair Treatment…Demand Payment of Sovereign Guarantee

The Power Generation Companies in Nigeria (GENCOs) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria for deliberately meting out discriminatory treatment to...

APC in Turmoil as Members in Lagos Kick against Tenure Elongation for Oyegun, Others

It was an extraordinary message, delivered at a time of unparalleled political drama. On Tuesday, members of the ruling party in Lagos led...

My Biggest Regret In Life: Losing My Parents Early in Life, Says Obasanjo at 81

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo added another year to his age on Monday, March 5 and a ceremony was hosted to celebrate him at...

Buhari, 14 governors attend Ganduje, Ajimobi children’s wedding in Kano

At least a dozen governors, including President Muhammadu Buhari, was in Kano on Saturday, to grace the wedding ceremony of Fatima Ganduje and...

Police in UK and Spain Arrest 2 Nigerians in ‘Voodoo’ Prostitution Ring That Forced Women to Eat Raw Chicken Hearts

A human trafficking group that forced women to work as prostitutes and eat raw chicken hearts as part of disturbing voodoo rituals has...

In A Turnaround, Pastor Sam Adeyemi Declares the Practice of Tithing Has Expired, No Christian Should Be Forced to Pay

Pastor Sam Adeyemi, a world-renowned prosperity preacher and leader of the Daystar Christian Centre, who in the past taught that tithing was a requirement...

No more widespread disappearance of fertilizer trucks under my watch- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the successes of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, which according to him has ended the dark days of fertilizer...

Buhari host ECOWAS president, discuss economic stability, common regional market

  President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Mr. Jean Claude Brou, met behind closed-door, Friday...

U.S Condemns Boko Haram attack in Rann United States has condemned terror attack in

The United States government has condemned Boko Haram terror attack on a military facility in Rann, Borno state, in which three aid worker...

Buhari’s son back in Abuja after medical treatment abroad

Yusuf Buhari returned to Nigeria after a month-long medical treatment abroad. “We thank God for the return of our son Yusuf today after...

Woman found dead inside well after Church deliverance

The lifeless body of a middle aged woman, Funke Ojo, was found in a well belonging to a church in Akure, where the...

NASS Committee Commends CBN’s Projects

The House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency Wednesday applauded the intervention project of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the Administrative...

Smear Campaign Against Head of Service Oyo-Ita unveiled

Relying on old tactics, a band of critics have leveled a new series of claims against Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Ekanem...