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Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state on Friday asked security agents to shoot and kill anyone caught carrying firearms illegally in the state. Yari said this when he visited the emir of Anka to condole with the emirate over the killing of…

Leah Sharibu, the only student of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, still in Boko Haram custody, reportedly made an unsuccessful attempt to escape. The insurgents abducted 110 students on February 19 and…

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the list of alleged ‘looters’ released by the Federal Government as hollow and laughable. The party said the list was an extension of the Federal Government’s media trial and challenged it…

Travellers to the United States will have to submit their social media identities, previous telephone numbers and email addresses to the US embassies. According to a State Department plan published Friday, visa seekers, whether…

First Bank of Nigeria has apologized to its Twitter followers after the bank posted series of tweets that appeared to be mocking Thursday’s visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos. The president’s two-day official visit to the…

Ibrahim Mantu, a former deputy senate president, has confessed that he helped his party — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — rig elections in the past. Mantu said this when he was being interviewed by Maupe Ogun-Yusuf of Channels…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed appreciation to foreign and local investors that agreed to invest in Nigeria. Buhari, who unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit to the Eko Atlantic City project, expressed his…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja after a two-day working visit to Lagos state where he inaugurated some projects and also attended the 10th Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Colloquium. The News Agency of Nigeria…

The All Progressives Congress, APC Federal Government of Nigeria had released the list of members of  Peoples Democratic Party who allegedly looted funds from the national treasury in the 16 years the opposition party was in power. PDP…

President Muhammadu Buhari, today in Lagos took a tour of the ongoing Eko Atlantic City construction project. President Buhari has been in Lagos since yesterday, for his 2-days visits to the city, was spotted with Naomi Campbell, a British…

Security chiefs in the country have raised the alarm over “evil designs” by some groups in the country to disrupt the 2019 elections. They said this during an interactive session with some media practitioners, in Abuja, on Thursday,…

Nollywood actress Juliana Olayode, popularly known as Toyosi or Toyo baby for her role in the popular Tv series Jenifa’s Diary is currently bereaved due to losing her sister to the cold hands of death even praying for her for 5 hours.…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has distanced itself from news making the rounds that the organisation called for the decriminalisation of cannabis (locally known as Igbo) in Nigeria. UNODC said this on during…

The female housemates of the big brother naija reality game show were filmed during their shower hour this morning. Nina, Bam Bam, Khloe and others were filmed chatting freely with one another as they had their bath this morning. See…

Eleven soldiers of the Nigerian Army killed in an ambush attack by bandits at Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State on March 20 were buried at a very solemn occasion on Thursday. The soldiers, identified as Bamidele Adekunle, Christian…

A 46-year-old Nigerian man and a school cert holder identified as Julius Olawale Oluwagbenro, was slammed with a life ban by the American embassy on Tuesday, for allegedly posing as an engineer, among other lies in order to get American…

Libyan returnees have been placed on three months salaries by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, who expressed disappointment over the mentality of the Nigerian youth, with the quest to make quick money without legitimate means. NAN…

A jealous girlfriend, whose boyfriend left to chat with a lady who sang a beautiful reggae song, resorted to attacking her boyfriend with a bottle to teach him a lesson. According to @Tcheedy1, a Twitter user, the man was left on the…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for developing the state within three years. He spoke while inaugurating Ikeja Bus Terminal, shortly after arriving the state for a two-day…

VISIONSCAPE and Private Sector Partnership (PSP), now known as Waste Colletctors, have reached an agreement on waste collection in Lagos. Waste operators will now collect residential waste and Visionscape will scale up waste…

The member, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Baba Jibril is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja, one of his…

One Musa Faisal, who was linked to the alleged acid attack on his 26-year old UNIMAID girlfriend, Fatima Usman, has been arrested by the police officers attached to the Borno state command. The arrest of the suspect who poured acid…

The Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbodiyan, has accused Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of not being bold enough to mention names of those he claimed stole public funds.Mr. Ologbondiyan said the vice president was only fond of bandying…

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigerian lawmakers to voluntarily return payments made to them outside the law guiding the salaries and allowances of public officers in the…