The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy said, on Thursday, in Calabar, Cross River State, that it had intercepted a transport vessel, `Av Agamba’ with no fewer than 183 Nigerians and 41 illegal migrants.

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and tech billionaire Bill Gates on Thursday announced plans for a $100-million scheme to cut malnutrition in the continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria. Dangote said the partnership between his Dangote Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would address the problem, which affects some 11 million children in northern Nigeria.

ENUGU- Worried by the increasing security breaches occasioned by politicians who use Government vehicle plate numbers in the state, the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,yesterday,ordered the beneficiaries to return them as failure to do so will amount to acting in a manner likely to sabotage government.

Welsh star Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid in 2013 for a world record fee in excess of 100 million euros ($109 million, £77 million), a leaked report reveals.

Whistleblowing website Football Leaks posted a copy of the agreement between Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur online on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola admits he is unsure of his team’s form ahead of Friday’s Bundesliga match at Hamburg in the wake of their shock defeat at Karlsruhe.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, docked the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on a two-count charge bordering on his alleged destruction of evidence against him.

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Uguru Usain said on Thursday that the federal government has set up a committee to audit and review the East-West road and other projects of the ministry in the Niger Delta region. Usain, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday […]

SENIOR lawyers have praised the courage of the Justices of the Court of Appeal on the judgment delivered on December 31, last year, which declared the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate, Dr Alex Otti as winner of the Abia State governorship election. The court, presided over by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, nullified the declaration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as winner of the election. Also on the panel were Justice Chinwe Iyizoba, Justice Samuel Oseji, Justice Tijani Abubakar and Justice Jamilu Tukur.

Mr Bala Hassan, an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 2, on Thursday assured the public of a more courteous police that would respect the dignity and Human Rights of individuals.

I LOOK forward to a vibrant and fearless judiciary in 2016. The Courts should be ready and willing to perform their constitutional role of adjudication in disputes between individuals, governments and corporate entities. They have always carried out the duty of adjudication to the admiration of so many of us lawyers and we look forward to the courts continuing in the performance of this constitutional function without fear or favor.

Four terrorism suspects have been shot dead by police in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi while two others escaped, police said.

Following last weekend bombing of several gas and oil supply pipelines by militants in Delta State, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ekwe Ibas said yesterday that such attacks would be treated as terrorist attack by the Nigerian Navy rather than mere pipeline vandalism.

Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, said he would go ahead and deliver judgement on the suit seeking to sack the current ‎leadership of the Senate under Dr. Bukola Saraki.

Akure—AN Akure High Court, yesterday, sentenced two domestic staff of former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Professor Albert Ilemobade, to death by hanging.

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Paul Awkright has pledged the readiness of his home Government to repatriate stolen fund stashed in British Bank to Nigeria.