News

Senior Pastor and founder, Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has said youths insulting President Muhammadu Buhari on social media have no home training. Suleman, on…

A 50 year-old man who robbed a bank while using a banana as an imitation firearm has been jailed for 14 months. Laurence James Vonderdell threatened a cashier at a Barclays branch in Bournemouth, England…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has lamented the condition of the state’s orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, describing it as a “penitentiary…that is…

As more people continue to use popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper, to commit suicide in the country, the National Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw the…

On Tuesday, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, denied promising to clear the Apapa gridlock within his first 60 days in office. While addressing state house correspondents in Abuja, the…

The United Arab Emirates, UAE, announced today that no tourist visa fees will be charged for children below 18 years who are accompanying their parents to the UAE. The announcement was made Wednesday…

Austin Nwagbara, a Nigerian professor based in Ghana, has accused the Ghanaian government of maltreating Nigerians. In a viral video, Nwagbara urged a group of people to employ the media from…

Going by the ‘hard tackles’ from the sitting governor of Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to Emir Sarkin Sanusi, it wouldn’t be difficult for any discerning observer and political…

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has appointed five Special Advisers, including Prof. Sylvester Monye as Senior Policy Adviser. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, announced this…

The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday said the vehicle which was used to kidnap the son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has been recovered. Some unknown gunmen on…

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has deployed personnel to the Suame Magazine Industrial Enclave in Kumasi to provide protection for Nigerian spare parts dealers who operate in the area.…

Nigeria is blessed with courageous women who cannot be overlooked in the economic, political and social growth of the country. These women have steered the course of history in a…

You never see him coming. And you are never likely to run into him at social gatherings or where champagnes are being popped with school-boy abandon. Patently unobtrusive and easy-going, yet, Dr…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered that the Department of Drainage Services hitherto moved to the Public Works Corporation, PWC, be reverted to the Ministry of the Environment. The…

Officials of the Lagos Building Control Agency, LASBCA and the Taskforce on Tuesday dislodged labourers, shut and partially demolished some buildings worth millions of Naira for flouting building…

An indication that the leadership of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, are disillusioned with some of their officers emerged last week when the representative of the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service,…

Imo State government, yesterday, said 95 per cent achievements of the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, only existed in his imagination. Chief of Staff to Governor Emeka…

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has dissolved the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and other transport unions in the state. This was contained in a statement by his Chief…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Rev. Samson Ayokunle on his re-election as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant…

Dayo Adewole, son of former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen. Dayo was kidnapped Tuesday evening. The military, the police, security agents and…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor, says he never promised to clear the Apapa gridlock within his first 60 days in office. Sanwo-Olu made the clarification while addressing state house…

There are a ton of amazing Android apps out there. However, their usefulness is usually limited to the habits of the people using them. So we have checked through and found these ten (10) amazing…

GOVERNORS are set to push for a major overhaul of the nation’s security architecture, The Nation learnt yesterday. A National Economic Council (NEC) meeting is to hold tomorrow. It will discuss the…

Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, says the emirate council under him holds no grudge against Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state. Sanusi made the remarks when members of the Kano state assembly…