ABUJA: The Federal Government has appointed Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Wasaram, as the new Managing Director of the National Rural Electrification Agency, NREA.

Justice Olabisi Akinlade, the trial judge handling the case of the dismissed Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Yaya-Abatan Police Station, Lagos, Mr. Segun Fabunmi, charged for shooting Adedamola Daramola to death during the protests against fuel subsidy removal on January 9, 2012 has berated the Director- Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Olabisi Ogungbesan for failing to produce any of the witnesses in court.

A U.S. missile strike in southern Somalia has killed a senior al Shabaab commander who had masterminded suicide attacks by the al Qaeda-linked militant group.

Thieves broke into a small church in the mountains, east of Rome over the weekend and stole a reliquary with the blood of late Pope John Paul II.

A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Monday adjourned the murder trial of an ex-police officer, Segun Fabunmi, till Feb. 18 due to the absence of a prosecution witness.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it arrested 186 suspects and seized 1,932.5kg of illicit drugs in Adamawa in 2013.

Director General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko, says no provision of the Anti-Same Sex Marriage Act will deny anybody access to HIV treatment.

The Super Eagles arrived in Bloemfontein in the Free State Province of South Africa on Sunday for their African Nations Championship (CHAN) semi-final match.

Over 50 gunmen, yesterday, invaded Kawuri District of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state and set ablaze over 300 residential houses and shops after killing a soldier, 51 civilians and wounded several policemen.

Lagos – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday filed an amended money laundering charge against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, at a Federal High Court in Lagos. At the resumed hearing of the case, the Prosecutor, Mr Festus Keyamo informed the court of the amended charge containing 40 counts and applied […]

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service said it deported 893 irregular immigrants between January and December 2013.

Gunmen numbering over 50 yesterday invaded Kawuri District of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state and set ablaze over 300 residential Houses and shops after killing several residents.

Many people including 2 policemen were feared killed as gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked a church in Chakawa village of Madagali Local Government area of Adamawa.

Ekpoma (Edo) – Two children of the same parents were on Saturday night roasted alive in their sleep at Ekpoma, in the Esan-West Local Government Area of Edo. The children, a female, four-year-old Oyenchi Akamezie and two-year-old Chukwudalo Akamezie, a male, were reportedly burnt when fire from a local lamp engulfed their room at night. It […]

Cape Town (South Africa) – The Nigerian Union in Western Cape, South Africa on Sunday described as miraculous the Super Eagles’ quarter-finals defeat of the Atlas Lions of Morocco at the African Nations Championship (CHAN). President of the union, Azubuike Oparaugo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cape Town that the team’s mental […]