Sanusi Mohammed, Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Zamafara, on Wednesday said more than 801 persons were displaced by flood in Maru town, Zamfara. In...
No fewer than 15 inmates were believed to have escaped from Nsukka Prison in Enugu state in a jail-break that occurred on Tuesday night. A reliable...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday directed Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators not to sell foreign exchange above two per cent margin of the...
Indian rights activist Chanu Sharmila, on Tuesday promised in New Delhi to end her hunger strike of 16 years in order to run in 2017 state...
Drivers of the Lagos State’s Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) on Tuesday protested against non payment of their salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Many men in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have decried that their wives’ obsession with uniform attire for occasions, popularly called “aso-ebi” or “anko” has...
Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder has been expelled from the Rio Olympics for “gravely” violating team rules by going out for a night of drinking, the...
No fewer than five persons were seriously injured on Monday in an accident that occurred when a police bullion van driver broke traffic regulation. An eyewitness...
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday, said no fewer than 80,000 pilgrims were expected to be transported in the next five weeks for...
A 19-year-old, Ibrahim A, who is standing trial for attempted murder and cult membership, is to remain behind bars until he fulfilled his bail conditions, a...
Michael Phelps won a record 19th Olympic gold medal as the U.S. on Sunday clinched the men’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay title of the Rio Games....
The family of the abducted Lagos monarch, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, has said that an undisclosed amount was paid as ransom before his release on Saturday night....
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fixed N150 per litre as the official depot...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno says it has seized more than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs from 87 suspects within two years....
Jose Mourinho began his reign as Manchester United manager with a trophy on Sunday as Zlatan Ibrahimovic‘s late header beat Leicester in the FA Community Shield...
The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that Thursday’s operation of the military in Kpaidna community in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger helped save the lives...
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called for a ban on the export of primary farm produce as part of strategies to ensure food sufficiency in...
Embed from Getty Images One Nigerian advanced on Saturday to the next round of his event in the table tennis competition of the Rio Olympic Games,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised communities along the River Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground. The agency warned in a statement it...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Friday that he has no personal problem with his predecessor, Chibuike Amaechi. Wike disclosed this at the 12th All...
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