Bandits Abduct Ten Secondary School Students In Kaduna
NO fewer than ten students have been kidnapped by bandits in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security...
Gunmen Kidnap Village Head’s Wife, Son In Kano
GUNMEN have kidnapped two members of the family of the village head of Nasarawa in Tsanyawa Local Government of Kano State.
Those kidnapped are his...
Senate Queries State House, Immigration, BPE, NPC, 554 Other MDAs Over N969 Billion Budgetary...
THE Senate Public Accounts Committee Monday queried about 558 ministries, departments and agencies for failing to account for N969bn “intangible assets” in the 2019...
Nigerian Navy Redeploys, Appoints Senior Officers
THE Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has approved appointments of senior officers comprising Rear Admirals and Commodores as part of the...
Tension In Jos As Police Accidental Discharge Kills Teenager
THERE is disquiet in Jos Area of Plateau State as one person has died after being shot by a police stray bullet.The incident took...
Two To Die By Hanging For Homicide In Kano
THE Kano State High Court 2 presided over by Justice Yusuf Ubale has sentenced two men, Samaila Salisu and Aminu Salisu, to death by...
APC Denies Expelling Deputy Senate President, Omo-Agege
THE All Progressives Congress, APC on Monday denied the expulsion of the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege from the party.
News Point Nigeria had reported...
Court Orders Forfeiture Of N725m, Property Linked To Ex-NIMASA DG Akpobolokemi
THE Federal High Court Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture of the sum of N725 million and property located in the Banana...
JUST IN: Former Air Force Spokesman Slumps, Dies In Abuja
THE immediate past spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Wap Maigida, is dead.
Maigida was reported to have slumped and died in the...
JUST IN: Orji Kalu’s Wife, Ifeoma Is Dead
THE former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, has announced the passing on to eternal glory of his first wife, Mrs Ifeoma Kalu,...
JUST IN: Boko Haram Attacks Adamawa Town, Kills Three, Injures Dozens, Sets Houses Ablaze
GUNMEN suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Dabna community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing three, injuring dozens and...
Multiple Gunshots As APC, PDP Members Clash Over Inspection Of Electoral Materials In Rivers
GUNSHOTS were heard on Monday when members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State clashed in...
Kaduna Imposes 24-Hour Curfew In Chikun LGA Over Killings
THE Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa communities in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state following...
Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe, Converts To Islam, Changes Name To Meenah
POPULAR Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe, has converted to Islam.
The actress and her husband, Kazeem Adeoti had hosted friends, colleagues, and family to a Ramadan...
Tinubu To Decide Subsidy Removal Date After Inauguration
THE All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will decide the date the fuel subsidy will...
Gunmen Kill Many, Burn Houses In Kogi Community, Yahaya Bello Reacts
AN UNCOUNTABLE number of people have been reportedly killed and hundreds of houses burnt when gunmen in the early hours of Sunday attacked Aloko,...
Gunmen Storm Benue Church, Kill One, Abduct Pastor, Injure Traditional Ruler, Others
UNKNOWN gunmen in the early hours of Sunday reportedly invaded the Christians Pentecostal Church located at Akenawe, Tswarev in Ukemberagya/Tswarev Council Ward of Logo...
Ganduje To Inaugurate 17-Member Transition Committee
THE Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led Executive Council in Kano State has approved the formation of a 17-member Transition Committee to hand over to the...
Emir Of Kano Reshuffles Cabinet, Turbans Ahmad Bayero As Barde Kerarriya
EMIR of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has turbaned his cousin, Alhaji Ahmad Kabiru Bayero, as the new Barde Kerarriya of the Kano emirate.The...
Governors To Meet EFCC, CBN, Others Over Security Votes
THE governors of the 36 states of the federation will on Tuesday meet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Central...
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Disengaged Staff Drag CBN To Court, Demand N30bn Compensation
DISENGAGED staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who were laid off in a mass redundancy last year, have taken the apex bank...
Iyalode Musulumi Of Egbaland, Yemi Kolapo, Mourns Cash Madam
Says Her Grace, Philanthropy'll Remain Reference PointsTHE Iyalode Musulumi of Egbaland, Dr. Lateefat Oyeyemi Kolapo, has described the passing of business icon and...
Explosion Rocks Abuja Islamiyyah School, Two Dead, Scores Injured
TWO students at an Islamiyyah school located in an Abuja suburb have been killed while four others were injured during an explosion at the...
Senate To Begin ₦49.7tn Budget Defence, Sets Jan 31 For Passage
THE Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Adeola Olamilekan, has affirmed January 31, 2025, as a provisional date for the passage of the...
EFCC Sacks 27 Officers For Fraudulent Activities, Misconduct
IN its quest to enforce integrity and rid its fold of fraudulent elements, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dismissed 27 officers from...
ISWAP Terrorists Attack Military Base In Borno, Kill Six Soldiers
TERRORISTS linked to the Islamic State group have reportedly killed six soldiers in a raid on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, according to...
Sokoto SSG Loses Daughter, Three Grandchildren To Fire Outbreak
A FIRE disaster in Sokoto metropolis has caused the death of four persons, a daughter to Secretary to the State Government of Sokoto, Muhammad...
Woman Accused Of Threatening Seyi Tinubu, IGP Granted N10m Bail
THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, granted bail to Olamide Thomas, the woman accused of threatening President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi...
Unknown Gunmen Kill APC Leader In Ondo
GUNMEN suspected to be cultists have killed Fisayo Oladipo, a former youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owo, in the Owo...
Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications For 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes
THE Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading champion of entrepreneurship, is pleased to announce that applications for its 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes are now open....
‘Governors Cancelled Our Meeting Four Times’, Oyedele Refutes Claims Tax Committee Shunned States
THE chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has dismissed claims that the panel did not consult with...
Germany Launches Visa Application Portal For Nigerians
GERMANY has launched a new online platform to simplify the visa application process for Nigerians seeking to work, study or join family members in...
Troops Eliminate Notorious Bandit Leader, Sani Russu In Zamfara
THE troops of 1 Brigade, Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma has neutralised a notorious terrorist, Sani Russu in Zamfara.The...
Kano Governor Swears In Seven New Commissioners, Six Perm Secs
THE Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Monday, swore in seven new commissioners and six permanent secretaries as part of his administration’s renewed efforts...
INTERPOL Summons Broadcaster, Peter Olasupo Over Defamation, Cyber-Stalking
A POPULAR Ibadan-based broadcaster, Peter Olasupo has been summoned by the International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL over allegations of criminal defamation and cyber-stalking.He is...
Some PDP Governors May Defect T0 APC As Party Leaders Query Oborevwori Over Anti-Party...
STRONG indications have emerged that more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may move to the ruling All Progressives...
New HMP Virus: FG Increases Monitoring, To Quarantine China Passengers
THE Federal Government on Sunday said it would activate surveillance measures for inbound passengers from China following the current surge of a respiratory virus.Reports...
Communities Demand Action As Lakurawa Team Up With Bandits
COMMUNITIES in the North-West have called for urgent action against the Lakurawa terrorist group following reports that the sect have aligned with bandits in...
WAEC Introduces Resit Exams For Candidates
THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a new initiative, which will allow students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January...
2027: ‘It’s Fake News’, El-Rufai Denies Joining PDP
FORMER Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has debunked the rumour that he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and has decamped...
