By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Gwarinpa has deferred till Thursday, ruling on an application the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, filed to be released on bail, pending the determination of the eight-count corruption charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, […]

“We openly say that former governors of Zamfara and Sokoto states are responsible for the calamities that befell these states,”

No fewer than 48 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire that gutted the Elegushi Model Market complex in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Sunday.

“Public display is central to the Ekpo tradition among the Ibibio, Annang and Efik people”

Despite Dangote’s recent announcement on reduction of fuel price, a litre of fuel is still costly for commercial tomatoes grinders who use much more to carry out their businesses on daily basis.

By Bashir Bello Residents of Sabuwar Gandu in Kano metropolis have been thrown into mourning as yet to be identified assailant killed and set ablaze pregnant woman, Alawiyya Nasiru and her three-year-old infant baby, Ibrahim. The incident it was gathered occurred last Friday evening when the husband, Nasiru Hussaini was out to his workplace only […]

By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has recorded major breakthroughs in its nationwide offensive against illicit drug trafficking, arresting a notorious supplier of drugs to bandits operating in parts of Niger and Zamfara states, while intercepting large consignments of opioids and cannabis across the country. The agency, in a statement yesterday […]

….Warns against exploitation By Peter Duru The Benue State Government, through the Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board, BEQAE, has directed Jewel Model School, Makurdi, to immediately reverse the N106,000 being charged to parents for the registration of West African Examination Council, WAEC, and National Examinations Council, NECO, describing the levy as excessive and unjustifiable. […]

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would retaliate after two US troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria by an alleged Islamic State (IS) militant.

The fire was first noticed on solar panels mounted on the roof of the building located at No. 13 Nelson Mandela Street, before it quickly spread and engulfed most of the structure.

According to his media aide, Bello Doka, Malami has no link with the loot of the late dictator Gen. Sani Abacha or has a hand in any financial misconduct as alleged by the EFCC.

“Hebrew belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, making it linguistically closer to Hausa rather than Igbo”

The Supreme Court on Friday re-affirmed the death sentence handed to Maryam Sanda, daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who was found guilty of culpable homicide.

The suspects lured the woman to the outskirts of Sheme village, where they were murdered, burnt and thrown into a well

Credible security sources disclosed that investigations failed to establish any link between the suspects and their alleged crimes.