An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 21-year-old unemployed man, Benjamin Sunday, to one- year imprisonment for stealing N10,000 cash and a phone valued at N1,000.

A popular Burundi comedian known as “Kigingi” was arrested this week after poking fun at the president, his family said Friday.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the persistence fuel scarcity faced by Nigerians is part of the ongoing sabotage in the political system.

The North East Nigeria Recovery and Peace Building Assessment (RPBA) team announced on Thursday that the impact of the conflict in the region cost $9 billion.

One in five adults could be obese by 2025, said a major survey Friday that warned of a looming epidemic of “severe obesity” with significant health and economic costs. The ratio of obese adults has more than doubled in the 40 years since 1975, and will climb further in the coming nine, the research showed. […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the 2016 budget will lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty and that there is no disagreement whatsoever between the Executive and the Legislature on the 2016 Budget, which has been passed by the National Assembly.

There were small signs that her son was changing: He prayed more and swapped jeans for traditional long tunics. “But I wasn’t worried. Not for one second did Syria enter my mind,” Fatima Ezzarhouni told AFP. And yet that’s where the young man was headed in June 2013 when he left his home in the […]

Mr Akin Akinfemiwa, Chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), on Friday assured Nigerians that the Federal Government has provided sufficient fuel allocation for the second quarter of the year (Q2).

To cushion the debilitating effect of the falling oil prices on Nigerians and effectively revitalize the economy, the South-South South-East Professionals have called on president Mohammadu Buhari to declare a 3 year state of emergency on the sector.

Lagos – A sport analyst, Tayo Balogun, says it is sad that the Super Eagles will be missing from the Africa Cup of Nations tournament for the second time.

The world does not celebrate ideas, but achievements. It does not celebrate dreams but impacts. While some impacts may be easily forgotten, others outlive generations.

The Women’s Network was created to accelerate the advancement of women working at GE, who number more than 100,000. It’s focused on sharing information, best practices, education and experience in order to help members develop the leadership skil…

MALAM El Rufai, appears to be one of the arrows aimed at making Christians very uncomfortable in Nigeria, by anti- Christian Forces of this country. In January 2013, the former FCT, Abuja Minister wanted to please his god fathers in politics,as a governor ship aspirant in Kaduna State, twitted an insult on the person of Jesus Christ, claiming Jesus had sex with Mary Magdalene.

A joint meeting of all Benue socio-cultural groups and religious leaders has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari, Army, Police chiefs, and the state governor for failing to visit Agatu and other besieged Benue communities after the mass attacks and killings in the communities by suspected Fulani militia.

ABUJA — Despite repeated denials by party officials and members, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is now divided into two factions.