Barrister Olukoya Ogungbeje, a human rights activist and lawyer, has dragged the federal government to court over a clampdown on protesters demanding better governance in Nigeria. Ogungbeje, a rights lawyer,
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide relief materials to victims of flash foods, rainstorm, windstorm and fire incidents across the country. The president
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has approved the placement of restriction on the movement of vehicles across the state as part of security arrangements for a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir
Hoodlums yesterday broke into the grave of late business mogul, Olorogun Michael Ibru in Agbarha-Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident was discovered in the
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced 26 fraudsters for illegal dealing in petroleum products. The convicts including 24 individuals, one company and
The Police in Zamfara State say it has commenced an investigation into an attempt to burn down the residence of former Information Commissioner, Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga. The News Agency of Nigeria
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has called for the arrest and prosecution of drivers, who while protesting the killing of their colleague by a policeman for refusing to
Abubakar Tsav, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, has called for calm in the ongoing face-off between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force. The two security
The Defence Headquarters in Nigeria has set up a joint committee to investigate the killing of three police officers by some soldiers in Wukari, Taraba State, on Tuesday. The incidence
Less than 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, placed a N30m bounty on notorious cultist, ‘Bobrisky’ of Gokana, the Nigerian Army has captured him. Governor Nyesom Wike confirmed
A Lugbe Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old labourer, Raymond Abite, to 18 months in prison for stealing 165 concrete blocks. The police charged Abite, who
Notorious cultist, Bobrisky of Gokana has been apprehended by the Nigerian Army. Bobrisky’s capture comes less than twenty-four hours after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike placed a thirty million naira
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has told President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of Urgency, give a matching order for redeployment all the military leadership in the South-East
A group of drivers on Friday blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway following the alleged killing of their colleague by police in the area. According to an eyewitness, who asked not to
The governorship candidate on the platform of Action Alliance (AA) in Imo, Uche Nwosu, has urged Nigerians to shun the call for RevolutionNow protest saying it is capable of causing
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has demanded evidence of the arrest of a soldier who killed a commercial motorcycle rider from Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state. The slain
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria says it is worried that Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles striker and coach, Samson
The Taraba state governorship tribunal on Friday granted the prayer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to be re-listed in the governorship petition that had earlier been dismissed. The
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a money laundering charge against Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
No fewer than 16 persons were yesterday confirmed dead following the outbreak of yellow fever in Ndugele community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The permanent secretary of
