Three persons have been confirmed dead following a tragic auto crash involving a trailer and a commercial tricycle at the Swali Market area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has dismissed critics of Tinubunomics as peddlers of “theatrical arithmetic,” charging that public outrage over Nigeria’s fiscal figures stems from basic misunderstandings of public finance.

NDLEA operatives in Oyo State on Monday arrested a wanted female drug kingpin who was a major illicit drug distributor in Ibadan, the state capital.

Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro was in a New York jail on Sunday after a shock US snatch-and-grab raid to remove him from power and assert Washington’s control over the oil-rich South American nation. The US military carried out air strikes on Venezuela’s capital Caracas early on Saturday. Commandos captured Maduro and his wife, who were […]

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced Sunday he will return to boxing in 2026.

Armed gangs have raided a village a north-central Nigerian state, where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last year, killing more than 30 people and kidnapping several others, police said Sunday.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has urged communities across the zone to embrace love, peace and unity, warning that internal disputes must be resolved peacefully without loss of lives or destruction of property. The former Abia State governor gave the charge on Saturday in Igbere while addressing a group of Abia […]

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), supported by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised no fewer than 23 bandits fleeing Kano State after coordinated attacks on Shanono and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas. A statement issued on Sunday in Kano by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Maj. […]

Nollywood actress Bimbo Thomas has recounted a harrowing experience in which armed robbers allegedly stormed a hotel accommodating cast and crew members of Omo Ghetto Part Two during filming in Ebute Metta, Lagos.

The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Halima Muhammad-Bande, made the announcement while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has made his first social media post since a fatal car accident in Nigeria that claimed the lives of two of his close friends and team members.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its previously suspended total, indefinite and comprehensive strike with effect from Jan. 12.

The Parish Priest of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Agbor, in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Rev. Fr. Stephen Chukwuma, has reportedly slumped and died while delivering a homily.

In spite of concerted efforts, including partnerships to stamp out hypertension, otherwise known as High Blood Pressure (BP) in Nigeria, stakeholders are worried it still kills thousands of people particularly young adults. A report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that no fewer than 1.3 billion adults globally live with hypertension, with nearly half unaware […]

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised 23 bandits following coordinated attacks in Kano State between Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, reinforcing the effectiveness of ongoing intelligence-led operations in the region. A credible military source told Newsmen that troops engaged bandits in Shanono and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas (LGAs) after being alerted to their location […]