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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Saturday said it had interrogated some directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for alleged…

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 14, Katsina State, Rabi’u Yusuf, has died. Sources told our correspondent that Yusuf died early Saturday morning. Although details surrounding his death were still sketchy…

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has said he would lay hand on any Coronavirus patient brought to him for prayer. He said he would not wear gloves to do so but…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu on Saturday visited the site of the helicopter crash at Salvation Road in Opebi area of the State 24 hours after the incident to assess the damage of the crash and promised…

The Sha’aya’u S-Pawa Foundation, a political group in Zamfara state, says it will give an award to Eyo Charles, the Daily Trust journalist insulted by Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode, a former…

The Lagos state government says it has received requests from 5,000 individuals for COVID-19 tests at accredited private laboratories. According to a statement on Saturday, the requests were…

            Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatality toll signified a major record on Saturday with no death recorded for two consecutive days. However, 250 new samples were confirmed positive for the virus in 19 states and the federal capital…

Festus Oguche and D.D. Makolo, lawyers of Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni II, late attah Igala, have demanded retraction of the obituary of the monarch. In a letter, the…

NIGERIANS in their thousands on Saturday took to the social media to salute the pilot of the Bell helicopter 206B3 which crashed at Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, for his courage and…

All is set for the official reopening of the rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who arrived the airport in a private…

ANOTHER lady identified as Mary Daramola has been allegedly raped and murdered in Akinyele area of Ibadan, raising suspicion that the notorious Sunday Shodipe is not the only criminal…

CELEBRITIES and entertainment stakeholders have protested against the federal government’s decision to keep cinemas closed. Rapper and actor, Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana said many celebs have been broke…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has directed all tertiary institutions under the state government to reopen. The institutions were shut indefinitely in March to check the spread of…

Kwara State Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi has recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) three weeks after contracting the deadly virus. Alabi had tested positive two days after clocking 57 on 1…

A 45-year-old man, Chinedu Peter Ogwa has taken his own life at his home situated at Wokoma street in Mile 3 Diobu in Rivers state on Thursday night August 27. It was gathered that…

Detectives attached to the Nigeria Police Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos State have arrested five suspects for allegedly moving money from their victims’ banks…

          The shocking news of the demise of American actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred in the Marvel superhero franchise, Black Panther has left fans and the film world stunned. Boseman died of cancer at 43, his publicist Nicki…

LAST minutes fine tuning of logistics accounted for the shift of the resumption of international flights to Nigeria from today to September 15, The Nation gathered yesterday.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved fresh deployments of newly appointed permanent secretaries, while also redeploying older ones in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade…

The pilot of the ill-fated Bell 206 helicopter that crashed in Ikeja, Lagos today, has been identified. He was Chika Prudence Ernest. Also identified with him was the co-pilot, Clement Ndiok.…

The Police in Bangladesh have arrested 15 more Nigerians over an alleged  Facebook gift scam. They include:  Nzubechukwu Eugene Dara (30), Chukwuma John Okechukwu (40), Uchenna Damian…

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a residential at Opebi, Ikeja on Friday tried in vain to avoid causing many casualties, witnesses said. The pilot who eventually lost…

Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the plan to carve a faction out of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will not work. Following the controversy that trailed the withdrawal of invitation to Nasir el-Rufai,…

Charles Omole, a global expert in law enforcement jurisprudence, says the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) can appoint “an Alhaji” (a Muslim) as the interim manager of a church…