Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has orderd the immediate closure of two churches, a seminary and a church-owned hospitals and secondary school all in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Wednesday, pledged that his administration will pursue programmes and policies that will empower women to be self-reliant, especially through the provision of financial facilities and capacity building

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has put on hold, all activities pertaining to the yet to be inaugurated committee on the proposed PDP National Conference.

Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao expressed renewed anger on Wednesday over allegations that his American rival Floyd Mayweather had violated anti-doping rules in the build-up to their mega-fight in May. Mayweather had accused him of illegal doping before their fight, only to have similar accusations surface against the American. “We have rules in boxing. The […]

South Africa’s High Court on Wednesday denied the government leave to appeal against a court ruling that it should have arrested Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during a recent visit.

Members of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) in Onitsha, Anambra State have said that the clampdown on its members by security agents would not silence the movement until the Biafra state is actualised.

An Igando Customary Court, Lagos, on Wednesday dissolved the 18-year-old marriage between Mr Jonathan Ubi and his wife, Rita, after Ubi accused his wife of disappearing, which he described as an abomination.

Prof. Ngozi Nnam, the National President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, on Wednesday said 37 per cent of Nigerian children are stunted due to inadequate nutrition. Nnam said this in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the 45th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the society in Lagos.

A German former professional skateboarder was sentenced to 30 years in jail on Wednesday for his part in one of Australia’s biggest drug busts. The former skateboarder, 49, will have to serve 16 years before he is eligible for parole, Brisbane Supreme Court Justice Roslyn Atkinson said while delivering judgment.

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of tomato pastes. The Director-General of the council, Dr Hussaini Ibrahim, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in an interview with newsmen.

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has led other stakeholders to publicly burn forfeited drug exhibits weighing 12,366kgs with an estimated street value of N133 million. Mr Mitchel Ofoyeju, the spokesman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.

Twenty-two circuit judges and magistrates were suspended in Ghana Thursday over corruption allegations after an undercover journalist claimed he had caught them on film taking bribes

President Muhammadu Buhari told newsmen on Wednesday that Nigerian authorities were talking to Boko Haram prisoners in their custody and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last year. Buhari added that he was confident “conventional” attacks by the group would be rooted out by November — but cautioned that deadly suicide attacks were likely to continue.

A Nigerian pilgrim arriving in Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj (pilgrimage) next week got the shock of his life when he was told there is a big scissors inside his belly. The man was going through the metal detecting machine at the airport in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah when it bleeped. […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it will soon adopt stiff measures to force residents of flood-prone areas to relocate to safer abodes.