Popular musician-turned-human rights activist, Mr. Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, on Monday said the September 22 and 27 gubernatorial election in Osun State must be further probed to ascertain
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday sacked the Managing Directors of three television and radio stations in the state. According to Wike, they were dismissed because of
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to allow aggrieved members of the party express themselves. He said anyone who feels deprived of
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), on Monday faulted the much-publicised fight against corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The union said it did not understand the
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented the continued delay of President Muhamadu Buhari to implement the N30,000 minimum wage report. Ayuba Wabba, the President of NLC warned that workers
27-year-old Victor Frank aka ‘Akpan Prophet’ was among the suspects paraded by the Akwa Ibom State police Command on Monday for committing various crimes, ranging from murder, armed robbery to
Suspected armed robbers numbering about ten on Sunday invaded the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and stole three newly-born babies as well as properties worth thousands of naira. Arewa.
Stock Photo The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has confirmed that Nigeria has the highest number of unimmunised children in Africa. It said over 4.2 million (51 percent)
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has boasted that his outstanding achievements in the past three and a half years would naturally take care of his reelection come March 2018.
A female suicide bomber was killed on Monday after a failed attempt to detonate an improvised explosive device in Gulak, Adamawa State. She was killed by soldiers in the early
President Muhammadu Buhari has countered the position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) asking aggrieved members of the party to withdraw all cases related to the
Six persons were found dead, while 38 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the building which collapsed at a private seven-storey building at Woji road, New GRA in
These are trying times for Nigerian singer, Augustine Miles Kelechi, popularly known as Tekno, as his health seems to be failing him, his management has revealed. Tekno, who became a
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly to commence investigation into circumstances surrounding the killing of over 100 Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents. The main
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has ordered Fidelity Bank Plc to pay N340, 361 to its dismissed staff, Mr Alah Jonathan. The amount is the ex-worker’s one month’s salary in
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to increase the salary, allowances and pensions of the Nigerian Police force. This is also as he tasked the police to do more in the
Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, has donated N10 million to the organisers of the EFCC-ICPC Anti-Corruption Marathon. The donation was made by the Governor for the first National Anti-Corruption
The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has said the 2019 general election “is under threat.” According to the lawmaker, vote-buying and possibility of misusing the
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd), on Monday alleged before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos how Fred Ajudua defrauded him of 8.4 million dollars. He said
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday accused the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, of “diverting funds meant for the military equipment and welfare of soldiers fighting insurgency in
