Unknown gunmen on Tuesday night invaded the palace of the Ojikpada Egume, in Dekina Local Government area of the State, killing the traditional ruler, Chief Isah Edimeh and one other vigilante leader in the area, Mohammed Wada.

A civil servant, Patrick Yani, 45, on Wednesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State for refusing to pay electricity bill and rent.

Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information, on Wednesday, said security agents had arrested one suspect in connection with the May 20 bombing in Jos Central Market, Plateau.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Wednesday said that business mogul, Mr Femi Otedola, had pledged to make a contribution of N1billion toward funding scholarships in the state.

The Chairman, Chibok Local government Council, Mr Bana Lawan, said on Wednesday that four more of the 221 abducted students of Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) had escaped from their abductors.

Project Stretch, a non governmental organization is to empower 900 girls between the ages of 13 and 25 in Isheri Osun, Ikotun area of Lagos State with inspirational books and things that can add value to the ladies that will attend the “Girlempowered” programme on May 31, 2014.

U.S. author and poet, Maya Angelou, has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local official. Angelou provided eloquent commentary on race, gender and living life to its fullest in poems and memoirs. Her hugely popular work, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” brought […]

The Chinese Consul-General to Nigeria, Mr Liu Kan, on Wednesday assured Nigerians of his government’s commitment to exporting standard products to Nigeria.

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, on Wednesday advised magistrates in the state to live above board in the discharge of their duties.

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ebonyi, on Wednesday embarked on the removal of abandoned vehicles in all motor parks across the state.