A suspected drug addict on Tuesday stabbed a 40-year-old man to death in the Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa.
The incident which occurred in the Ausar Quarters of Ringim town also left five people injured.

Real Madrid’s new world-record signing Gareth Bale has delivered a blow to the Premier League by insisting the Spanish La Liga is the best league in the world.

Nigeria will be expected to beat “disrespectful” Malawi on Saturday to reach the final stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers next month.

A 32-year-old herbalist, Okula Bamiwola and one commercial motorcyclist (popularly called Okada rider), Whenayon Kikisuhu, 28, have been arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, on a four-count charge of kidnapping, stealing, and conspiracy.

WHEN we track the thieves, we arrest them and destroy the stolen products. We destroy, we destroy,” that was the refrain from Major General Bata Debiro, Commander, Operation Pulo Shield as he describes the operation of the agency against oil thieves and other illegal bunkering criminals in the Niger Delta creeks.

Mobile phone operator, Etisalat Nigeria, has disclosed that from September 1st to November 30th 2013, its new and existing customers travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy pilgrimage would enjoy discounted rates on local calls in Saudi Arabia, calls to Nigeria, SMS and data services respectively.

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has stated that its 2012 financial account was duly audited.

Responded to speculation in the media about its 2012 accounts, the bank said, “The 2012 consolidated accounts of ETI were audited and certified independently by PriceWaterhouse Coopers. They are published under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Contrary to media speculation there was no allegation that these accounts were mis-stated.”

IIorin – Governor  Abdulfatah Ahmed of  Kwara State, Tuesday, conducted the swearing- in ceremony for Mr Abdulwaheed Olanipekun, the newly elected Chairman of Offa Local Government at the Government House, Ilorin. Ahmed urged Olanipekun to ensure he implemented people-friendly programmes to restore  faith in democratic governance. The News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]

Governor Rochas Okorocha Tuesdday, bowed to he superior fire power of the fiery Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna, over the obnoxious abortion law.

The President of the Alliance for Green revolution in Africa (AGRA), Jane Karuku, has said that for Africa to be able to feed itself and for its farm produce to be competitive in international market there is need to use both organic and inorganic fertilizer.

Mrs Evelyn Ohikhena, the mother of Daniel Ohikhena, the teenager who stowed away on an Arik flight from Benin to Lagos, has confirmed the return of her son to Benin.

The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday declined by N34 billion as a result of price losses by some blue chips.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby boy in a toilet in Hadeja town of Hadejia Local Government Area of the state.

Two women on Tuesday slumped at an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court when the court ordered that all the 29 suspected cultists brought before it be remanded in prison.

A Kaduna-based environmental legal consultant, Mr Caleb Mutfwang, has ranked Nigeria high in the implementation of environmental multilateral agreements signed by the country.