Deadly group, Boko Haram is offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the town of Chibok in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government.

Operatives of the Anti Kidnap Unit of Enugu Police command have rescued, unhurt, a kidnap victim who was allegedly abducted on July 3. The victim was rescued at Abunuzu-imezi Owa forest in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State following intelligence report gathered on the activities of the suspects.

Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, the Chief Imam of Apo Legislator’s Quarter’s Jumat Mosque has cancelled the special i’tikaaf prayer normally observed by Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan in that Mosque.

THE camp supporting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has announced conceding the position of the House leader to the camp supporting Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.

Britain will cut spending on welfare by £12 billion ($18.5 billion, 17 billion euros) in a fresh austerity drive, finance minister George Osborne announced Wednesday as he delivered the government’s post-election budget.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday directed the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Other Special Offences to carry out full enforcement of the law restricting street trading in the metropolis. The Governor, in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, expressed concern about the resurgence of street trading in major areas of the state, noting that not only do they constitute environmental nuisance, but also pose security threat to citizens.

Nigerians have started hashtag, #GejWhileYouWereAway to update former President Goodluck Jonathan on activities in the country since he vacated office on May 29.

“It’s perfect,” smiled Ronaldo as he checked out the clone with fluttering eyelids and roving eyes. “I love it.” The silicon dummy, made with the help of a Hollywood studio, was naked but for a black pair of Ronaldo’s own brand of underwear and the pulsing “Six-Pad” device attached to its torso. “I have to say he looks just like me,” added Ronaldo. “I would be a liar if I said it doesn’t.”

THE lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has stated that Nigerians elected a man and not a magician, urging for patience with the former military ruler.

United Nations – UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Tuesday in New York, commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination in the fight against Boko Haram.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged the former Governor of Adamawa State,Admiral Murtala Nyako‎ before the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over his alleged complicity in money laundering.

The Secretary to Rivers Government, Mr Kenneth Kobani, has said that the N30 billion loan approved by the state House of Assembly would be used to rehabilitate and re-construct roads.

The Muslim League for Accountability, an NGO, had advised President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the nation’s security system, in view of recent suicide attacks on innocent Nigerians.

The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency ( SEMA) said that the flood that occurred in Butuku-Babba village of Bodinga Local Government Area on June 25 destroyed 115 houses.

There are unverified claims by some users of micro-blogging site, Twitter, that the Nigerian government through relevant agencies planned to use old aircraft for this year pilgrimage exercise.