The council has given former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi 14 days to address concerns over remarks attributed to him,...

The UK Metropolitan police have sacked a senior Met special constabulary officer, James Deller, without notice for using his work...

By Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo ‎As the 2027 elections draw closer, more organisations, unions and cooperative societies have continued to express...

‎Nigerian-born poet and lawyer, Ogago Ifowodo, has clinched the 2026 NLNG-sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature, defeating Tares Oburumu and James...

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Olatunji Disu, has appointed Awu Fidelis Jonah as the head of the Complaint Response Unit...

‎A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Mustapha Musa, to one year’s imprisonment for threatening to kill...

Navanethem Navi Pillay, a South African lawyer who once served as a judge at the International Criminal Court in The...

‎A Nigerian national was arrested on Thursday for using his company, Clemco Consult Biz Solution, of which he is the...

MTN data subscribers in Abuja, Oyo, Lagos, Rivers, and Delta have expressed rage over the network outage on Thursday during...

By Cliff Stanley ‎Nigeria’s fuel subsidy debate has entered another politically sensitive phase. On 8 October 2026, the Federal Government...

The police command in Bauchi says it arrested four suspects following the killing of a farmer during a farmer-herder clash...

The Forum of Igala Journalists (FORIJA) has welcomed the return of relative peace to the Itobe-Anyigba road, particularly the Itobe-Ajegwu-Ojodu...

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service recorded 1,135 fire calls out of 1,324 incidents attended to between January and...

Omolola Oloworaran, the director-general of the National Pension Commission, has urged pension operators yet to meet recapitalisation requirements to comply...

‎A new wave of xenophobic violence rocked South Africa on Thursday, with several cars razed and properties looted. ‎‎South African...

Governor Nasir Idris has vowed to resettle all internally displaced persons uprooted by bandits in Sakaba council area to their...

Stephen Odiboh has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. His sentencing was announced...

The organised labour movement in Abuja has been sharply divided as unions expressed divergent views over the indefinite strike declared...

‎Nigeria has raised concerns about the reliability of international statistics on femicide in Africa, citing inadequate data collection and reporting...

‎The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, said on Thursday that the execution by firing squad of convicted Fort Hood...

A high powered delegation of ADC stakeholders, elders, leaders, technocrats and QS Aminu Abubakar Suleiman has paid a strategic visit...

Three sisters, Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, who drowned in the sea in Brighton, died...

The immediate past Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, has been honoured with the prestigious...

Nigeria has called for urgent reforms of the international financial architecture to address high borrowing costs and persistent development financing...

‎The former board chairman and co-owner of Nodus International Bank, a Puerto Rican International Banking Entity, was sentenced Thursday to...

Jonathan Spalletta has been convicted of computer fraud and money laundering in connection with his hacks of the decentralised cryptocurrency...

A Virginia man who co-created and operated ‘Empire Market’—a dark web marketplace that enabled users to buy and sell illegal...

Google Maps is displaying petrol and diesel prices at filling stations to help motorists find cheaper fuel as soaring energy...

Nigeria has finalised domestic arrangements to ratify a landmark international treaty designed to protect marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. The...

The World Bank says Nigeria’s 36 states recorded a 93 per cent increase in revenues between 2023 and 2025, but...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has recorded 1,115 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and...

The police command in Niger State has arrested three suspects for allegedly murdering Tani Nuhu, a 65-year-old woman, inside a...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced plans to temporarily close the runway of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo...

‎The Enugu State government has secured a $200 million investment for the development of a 100-megawatt (MW) solar power project...

Nigeria has been excluded from the Philippines government’s 30-day visa-free entry scheme for citizens of 46 African countries, introduced as...

‎Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal Government’s reintroduction of a fuel subsidy through a 30-day discount on...

The Federal Government says it will reduce the price of petrol sold by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)...

The federal government says infrastructure, financing and market access must expand alongside Nigeria’s gas resources to support energy transition and...

‎A former Catholic bishop in Australia, Christopher Saunders, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for...

A veteran communication scholar and former Lagos State commissioner of education, Idowu Akanbi Sobowale, is dead. ‎‎A family member, Richard...