TWENTY-one suspects have been arrested over the Plateau State killings, according to the special military task force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH).Among them are those found with arms and susp… Read More

The $337m planet-hunting space telescope launched on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, is the agency’s most ambitious quest yet to scour planets' atmospheres for any life.The s… Read More

Russian authorities started blocking the messenger app Telegram on April 16 [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]When Evgeny first heard that Russia's communications censor Roskomnadzor was going… Read More

The University of Maiduguri on Monday said it produced 78 First Class graduates for the 2015/ 2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions.The Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr Ibrahim Njodi, ma… Read More

The ID4Africa, National Identity Management Commission ( NIMC ) and other international organisations have decided to petition the United Nations ( UN ) to declare September 16 of every year… Read More

A RIVERS State High Court in Port Harcourt has restrained the Federal Government from further mentioning the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, in the… Read More

The country is gearing itself up for the general elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing that he will bid for the governing party, APC’s (All Pro… Read More

The was the one who seduced me, she kissed me and I warned her. A particular day, she grabbed me and was trying to have sex with me. I beat her up but later I fell for it and slept with her… Read More

Armed policemen on Monday stormed the Abuja home of embattled Senator Dino Melaye to arrest him.The Kogi West senator also had a brush with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) operatives a… Read More

Cotabato Museum houses implements from Mindanao's centuries of warfare [JC Gotinga/Al Jazeera]North Cotabato, Philippines - Visitors at the brand new Cotabato Museum begin their tour by… Read More

One hundred and five students of Elizade University, Ilara-mokin in Ondo State will receive their first degrees at the second convocation ceremony of the institution slated for Friday.As par… Read More

•’Govts must uplift health sector’MEDICAL doctors are abandoning Nigeria for greener pastures overseas owing to inadequate management of hospitals by the three tiers of gove… Read More

The complaints of electricity consumers in Nigeria has shifted From erratic supply, arbitrary disconnections and poor customer service, the complaints of electricity consumers have shifted t… Read More

The Federal Government will reform the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ensure that all revenues earned are accounted for, Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said yesterday.M… Read More

Will the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grant the request of Senate President Bukola Saraki and some of its former members for a name change before rejoining the party?The party is wooing Sa… Read More

Soyinka, Falana attack ex-president at Gani lectureFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo came under fire yesterday for what was termed his posturing on national issues.Nobel laureate Prof. Wole… Read More

A 24-year-old pilot and model in the Big Brother Naija (BBN) reality show, Miracle Igbokwe, has been crowned winner of the competition, carting home the cash prize of N25million, an SUV and… Read More

The Iranian rial has lost nearly two-thirds of its value to the US dollar over the last yearTehran, Iran - The government of Iran has announced plans to replace the US&nb… Read More

King Salman has recent held a number of meetings with representatives of Christian traditions [Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Kingdom Council]Saudi Arabia's King Salman has met French cardinal Jean-L… Read More

The hospitals struggle to cope with the patient backlogBulawayo, Zimbabwe - Defiant nurses in Zimbabwe have vowed to continue a nationwide strike, despite the government saying that the… Read More

The Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, has hailed security agencies and Nigerians for standing by him and his family during the six days his twins were taken captive by kidnapp… Read More

A probe panel set up by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to look into the allegation of sexual harassment against a female student by a senior lecturer, Prof. Richard A… Read More

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has said that the Super Eagles players stand the chance of pocketing 24 million dollars if they play in the final of the 201… Read More

A Pay Loader truck yesterday fell off the Berger Bridge in Lagos and landed on two cars.The Nation gathered that two cars were damaged in the accident, which happened around 9am.The Lag… Read More

•Varsity subsidises accommodation with N100m’The management of University of Ibadan (UI) said yesterday that it was concluding arrangement to facilitate Senate/Parents Management… Read More

The measures introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to curb foreign exchange (forex) volatility have taking the naira for shaky grounds to stability. COLLINS NWEZE writes that the i… Read More

Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki has sued the State Security Service (SSS), its Director General Lawal Daura and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami over hi… Read More

•IG deploys special forces to Kwara, Taraba •20 suspects arrested, arms recovered THE Federal Government has assured the citizens that those behind Thursday’s armed robb… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Monday 9th April, 2018 for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Min… Read More

The naira remains stable at the official and parallel markets, with the foreign exchange (forex) reserves standing at $46.7billion, a report by Exotic Capital, an investment and research fir… Read More

NWC to meet on congresses, convention before NECOpponents of tenure elongation have carried the day in the All Progressives Congress (APC).Its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, la… Read More

Egypt, which depends on the Nile for water, is worried about the $5bn dam being built upstream by Ethiopia.Ministers from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are holding talks over disp… Read More

The hashtag #SalwaMaritimeChannel went viral on Twitter as users flooded the social network [Al Jazeera]Twitter users in the Middle East have mocked a Saudi plan to develop a marit… Read More

A March 20 picture shows smoke rising in Douma following air raids [Mouneb Abu Taim/ Anadolu Agency]Pro-government forces in Syria have launched a ground offensive under the cover of air rai… Read More

There is hope for lung cancer sufferers worldwide. A breakthrough research has found that  the use of two existing drugs could successfully treat the disease. The study delves deep into… Read More

Donors to the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) – consisting of the African Development Bank(AFDB), the Government of Japan and the Government of Austria – have a… Read More

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command yesterday arrested six persons suspected to be responsible for the vandalisation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC ) pipeline i… Read More

The Benue State Police Command confirmed yesterday it had  recovered 10 bodies of villagers killed by herdsmen in Tse-Audu and Enger villages in the Gwer West Local Government Area of t… Read More

Dambazau said firefighters in the country did not enjoy what they are currently enjoying from the Federal Government in the last 30 years.The Minister of Defence, Gen AbdulRahaman Dambazau (… Read More

The Presidency moved yesterday to douse the tension sparked by Wednesday’s  announcement that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved $1billion for the procurement  of arms f… Read More

Offa, Kwara State remained in shock yesterday, 24 hours after a gang of robbers attacked five banks and a police station in the town, leaving massive blood on their trail.The Kwara State Pol… Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Israel's security forces after the killings of 17 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, just as condemnation over the… Read More

Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos"… Read More

The dust raised by the bloody fracas at the Oyo State-owned Trans Amusement Park Complex some few weeks back is yet to settle. The violent clash between some boys and some soldiers attached… Read More

Penultimate week, Aliko Dangote, the African business mogul and his American counterpart, Bill Gates embarked on troubleshooting trips across and beyond Nigeria in their quest to ensure Nige… Read More

THE Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi, Telu I, stoked the fire of controversy yesterday by adopting the title of an Emir.He officially declared himself the Emir of Yorubaland.Speaking a… Read More

In what could be described as a sweet victory from a hard earned bout, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua on Sunday emerged the clear winner to add the WBO heavyweight belt to his WBA, IBO and… Read More

•Sends present to momLEAH Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl left in Boko Haram captivity, is said to have made an attempt to escape from the camp of her captors.The bid however failed… Read More

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may currently be divided over earlier resolution at the last NEC meeting… Read More

•Says eminent Nigerians should safeguard national securityThe Presidency yesterday expressed shock at the recent statement made by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Theop… Read More

•Opposition party says Buhari lacks moral ground to fight corruption•Secondus demands N1.5bn from Lai Mohammed, retraction of allegation within 48 hours•Metuh says he’s… Read More

US President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375bn trade surplus with the United States. But a closer look at the Ap… Read More

Human rights advocates and Yemeni activists are voicing their frustration after a US Senate resolution to end the United States' involvement in thedestructive and deadly war in Yem… Read More

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned up to 3,000 prisoners, in a move that could help ease overcrowding in the country's penal facilities.All women, except those wi… Read More

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet, has predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather conditions over central states of the country on Thursday, with chances of localised thunderstorm over… Read More

Suspected cult members desperate to free a detained member of their gang on Tuesday set ablaze the Oporoma Police Division in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.Our reporter gath… Read More

Eleven soldiers serving with ‘Operation Cat Race’ in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State were killed by bandits on Tuesday, it was learnt.They were attacked by ban… Read More

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have hailed the safe return of girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe State.APC sa… Read More

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said that the commission was targeting registration of 80 million Nigerians in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead… Read More

The Defence Headquarters has said the military were not involved in the negotiations leading to the release of 101 Girls out of the 110 Girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Dapchi, Yob… Read More

There are 708,666 workers on the integrated payroll of the Federal Government, according to figures given by the Ministry of Finance.The figure excludes workers in the judiciary and the Nati… Read More

Nine days after delivery of female twin babies, another wife of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, Monday gave birth to male twin babies.Ayaba Memunat Omowumi Adeyemi Omoh… Read More

No fewer than 20 people were sentenced to prison by a Mobile Court on Sanitation Offences.They were jailed for failing to participate in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held th… Read More

Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has ordered a daily humanitarian pause in fighting in the Eastern Ghouta enclave in Syria.It will start on Tuesday, and include the creation of a &l… Read More

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded 70 suspected cultists including three alleged to be responsible for the death of a Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) official, Bolaji M… Read More

Former Chief of Army Staff Gen. Kenneth Minimah (retd) has refunded about N1.7billion to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), The Nation learnt at the weekend.Besid… Read More

At least 17 people were killed last week in a mass shooting at a high school in southeastern Florida. Police say a gunman opened fired shortly before the school day… Read More

Two senators representing  Yobe State,  Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) and Mohammed Hassan (Yobe South), yesterday clashed over the missing secondary school girls from the state.The row… Read More

Barnaby Joyce said he would resign as Australia’s deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer.Mr. Joyce said he would s… Read More

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rejected an offer for an out-of-court settlement by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, who was accus… Read More

Controversy over the reordering of next year’s general elections by the National Assembly was on the front-burner yesterday.Those opposed amendment by the upper and lower chambers shou… Read More

Banks and other financial institutions must settle customers’ complaints on overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters within two weeks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ha… Read More

A Cloud of uncertainty was hanging yesterday on the fate of the girls reportedly abducted at the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State.Parents demanded their return… Read More

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has accused National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun of frustrating reconciliation efforts in the ruling party.He said the chairman h… Read More

The Inspector-General of Police,( IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has directed Commissioners of Police of all the State Commands and the Federal Capital Territory to commence the recovery of prohibi… Read More

President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday asked governors on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) to give him more time to decide whether or not he was going to contest the 2019… Read More

The Lagos state council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has commended the police for its efforts to arrest those alleged to be behind the killings of union members in… Read More

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Forty-nine passengers on Tuesday escaped death after a Dana Air plane overshot the runway of the Port Harcourt Airport.Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airpo… Read More

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has ranked Nigeria 11th position on newborn deaths globally.This is according to a new report on “Newborn Mor… Read More

Members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ondo State have expressed their readiness to protect passengers using the Akure Airport.This followed last weekend’s invasion of the airport… Read More

Geo travels and Tours has announced its partnership with the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF for the FIFA 2018 world cup finals in Russia.The country Director, Geo Travels and Tours… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday visited Yola where he insisted that he had fulfilled major promises made to electorate during his political campaign.Buhari, who paid homage to Lamido o… Read More

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday said that it has imported 9.8 million metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worth $5.8 billion to combat the fuel crisis tha… Read More

The European Union in collaboration with British Council has built and donated   a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) to Borno State.The centre is expected to provide care… Read More

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has appointed the Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee, with the view to identifyin… Read More

President Trump wants a 'grand' military parade to display American force [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]Opponents of US President Donald Trump belittled his order to put on a massive military para… Read More

The release is part of an ongoing project that is aimed at freeing at least another 400 children, the UN said [File: The Associated Press]More than 300 child soldiers have been released from… Read More

Police created alerts to watch hashtags such as #BlackLivesMatter, the ACLU said [Lawrence Bryant/Reuters]Police in the US city of Boston unjustly spied on thousands of social medi… Read More

About 16 persons were arrested yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, following a clash between truck drivers and butchers.The crisis happened at the popular Mandate Market aroun… Read More

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has explained why his administration adopted the parliamentary system of government for local government administration.Speaking at the swearing-in ceremo… Read More

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re-arrested a former Administrative Secretary at the Kwara State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)… Read More

THE House of Representatives yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari to replace Inspector General Ibrahim Idris with a more professional officer.The lawmakers alleged that the IGP, due to… Read More

Four Chinese nationals and 16 Nigerians have been arrested at a mining site in Echara Unuphu, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, for illegal mining.Their arrest was at the inst… Read More

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed the Officer-in-charge of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Saki, Oyo State.The officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), whose name w… Read More

Nigeria is set to take $2.5billion Eurobond to refinance external borrowing, following yesterday’s approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC)Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun broke… Read More

Nigerian equities continued on the downtrend for the third consecutive trading session yesterday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as profit-taking transactions shaved off N122 billion fr… Read More

Troops are to go after killer-herdsmen and the militia behind the killings in Benue, Taraba, Niger and Kaduna states, the army said yesterday.President Muhammadu Buhari warned in Nasarawa on… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on African leaders to exploit the potentials of sports to create job and promote peaceful coexistence.Buhari, represented by Solomon Dalung, Mi… Read More

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