The Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal by a lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Felix Okonkwo,...
A suspected suicide bomber has detonated an improvised explosive device strapped to his body near a mosque in Biu Local Government of Borno State. Two people...
The Kaduna State Government said it is spending N11.4 billion on the second batch of palliatives being distributed. Governor Uba Sani, in a statement issued on...
The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, and the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Muhammed Bello Matawalle, have promised that the killers of 16 officers...
Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd) has handed over leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to Dr. Dennis Otuaro, after a largely productive 18-month stewardship. Ita...
The Zamfara State House of Assembly, attorney general of the state, police and Department of State Security, DSS, have been dragged to court by eight members...
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) says the voice and data services affected by the cable cuts have been restored. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs,...
Daily Trust reports that a State High Court presided over by Justice Aisha Ibrahim Mahmoud restrained (KNUPDA) from demolishing any structure in the area pending the...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the legislative agenda of the 10th National Assembly will result in a tremendous improvement in the standard of living of Nigerians....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says up to 90% of data and voice services affected by the cuts in undersea fibre optics last week have been...
A retired Major General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, has raised concerns about the recent military operation in Okuama community, Delta State that resulted in the death of 16...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, through Aliko Dangote Foundation, has launched the distribution of free meals to no fewer than 10,000 fasting Muslims in Kano state,...
An indigene of Odi in Bayelsa State and former Lieutenant, Koku Imananagha, joined ARISE NEWS in an interview on Monday, to speak about the recent killings...
Armed invaders have killed three people in separate attacks on villages of Apa Local Government Area of Benúe State. Locals said the deceased were killed in...
An Abuja based private hospital, Alliance Hospital and Service Ltd and four of its staff have been arraigned National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Mr. Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of...
Member representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has expressed deep gratitude to the federal government for...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to grant the demands of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta State that they should brace themselves for the full force of legal repercussions. This follows after...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. In a statement signed...
Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the trail of killers of military officers on Monday barred journalists from accessing Okuama community in Ughelli South...
The Nigerian Army has accused residents of Okuama community in Delta State of being complicit and engaging in media propaganda rather than supporting the military to...
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the voice and data services affected by the cable cuts have been restored. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka,...
A former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday highlighted the crucial role of the political party in ensuring good governance, saying...
Eric Odoh Ocheme, former Personal Assistant to the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Goodwin Emefiele, has asked the security agencies to stop...
Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has said the Nigerian government has given rise to the activities of...
Benue State Commissioner for Cooperatives and Rural Development, Mrs Joy Luga, has disclosed that 27,600 women across Benue State will benefit from grants and other soft...
After months of persistent lobbying and advocacy by the member representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere,...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
Nottingham Forest have been hit with a four-point deduction after breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules. The Forest have now dropped into the relegation...
Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalun, says the attacks on Peter Obi by Reno Omokri, presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga and David Bwala shows that their principal...
A Professor of Energy and Power Engineering at Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Osadolor Orlando Odia, has called for the repeal of the privatisation of the...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
11 residents of the Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have reportedly been killed following last weekend’s killing of about...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have stormed Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, razing houses and allegedly killing about 11 people....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed April 18 for hearing a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People...
A giant lantern, standing at 18.5 metres tall, was lit on Sunday night in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The...
Ukraine’s British embassy has released an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died. Several Russian...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa on Monday vowed to go after terrorists and their sponsors abducting students in Kaduna State. Musa assured that troops...
A suspected motorcycle snatcher has been lynched by an angry mob in Magama-Gumau town of Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The incident was said...
Administrative activities were paralysed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Monday, following the warning strike by the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) and...
A man nearly lost his manhood when a 15ft crocodile bit him between the legs. The reptile handler was shocked when the beast attacked him...
A non-governmental organization, NGO, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has criticised the elders and leaders of Okuama and Bomadi communities in Delta State...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has visited Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, where military officers and civilians were killed in...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged the newly sworn-in Head of Service, Permanent Secretaries, as well as Chairman and Commissioners...
Some worshippers cheated death on Sunday when the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) meant to attack them detonated on a male suicide bomber on his way to...
Reno Omokri has asked critics to conduct a DNA on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to ascertain if his biological father was an Igbo man from Anambra...
Two people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) strapped to his body near a mosque in Biu Local Government Area...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, ordered security to break open the gate of the university locked by protesting...
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Joseph Sawuan Tarka University Makurdi, formerly...
Following last weekend killing of about 16 soldiers and officers at Okuoma Community in Delta State, troops from the Nigerian Army have invaded Igbomotoru community in...
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in 2023, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the call by some individuals for a reprisal attack on some communities...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday fixed April 18 to hear a N1 billion compensation suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the...
A 48-year-old teacher at a private school in Lagos, Tolulope Adeyemi has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for alleged indecent sexual assault of...
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in 2023, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the call by some individuals for a reprisal attack on some communities...
A 200-level student of the Federal University, Lokoja, Janet Kyeme, has been reported missing after she left to attend lectures at the university. Janet, a...
The Benue State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has expressed concern over the increasing number of articulated trucks parking on the Katsina-Ala bridge....
The village head of Riruwai in Lame District of Bauchi Emirate in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Badamasi, has been murdered. Daily...
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed an attempted suicide bombing in Biu Local Government Area, resulting in the death of the perpetrator and injuries to...
In a compelling call to action, Oluwatoyin Momodu, a distinguished authority on digital transformation, has vigorously championed the cause for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to...
A section of the Sokoto Central Market, particularly the motorcycle section was on Monday, gutted by fire. Eyewitness accounts narrated that the fire started early in...
The people of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government area Delta State have denied involvement in the killing of soldiers attached to 63 Brigade. The...
The police in Borno on Monday confirmed that a suicide bomber injured two persons in the Biu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Daso Nahum,...
Former Governor of Osun State and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior from 2019 to 2023, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for a change in the country’s leadership system....
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has denied reports that the Nigerian Army carried out a reprisal against the Okuama community in the Bomadi...
The Kogi Peoples Movement for Equity and Justice has condemned “unwarranted and provocative social media rants and devious commentary by some misguided political enemies” of former...
Operatives of the Delta State Command were caught on camera shooting at aggrieved commercial motorcycle riders protesting the alleged killing of their colleagues by a task...
In a distressing turn of events, gunmen have again abducted another 87 individuals from the Kajuru community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. ...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked Hon. Dennis Idahosa as running mate to Senator Monday Okpebholo, its governorship candidate for the September 21 governorship...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Binance Holdings Limited to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with comprehensive data or information on all persons...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said there is a mystery about the central government which makes people change as soon as they transit from...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Monday visited the community where officers of the Nigerian Army were killed to assess the damage firsthand. However, Punch Newspaper...
A Scottish solicitor has ended his own life in a Swiss clinic following a long illness. Bruce De Wert, who was suffering from a severe form...
A former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, has decried the 1999 constitution’s inadequacy in meeting the complex needs of the nation’s pluralistic society. Speaking at a national...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has adjourned a suit filed by Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in the state against the embattled...
Aggrieved motorcycle riders have blocked major roads and markets in Asaba and Okayama, in the Oshimili South and Oshimili North Local Government Areas of Delta State,...
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested seven suspects over alleged offences, including stealing, armed robbery, burglary and attempted murder. While parading the suspects at the police...
Canadian singer, Celine Dion has admitted she is ‘determined’ to get back on stage and perform again amid her battle with stiff person syndrome. The...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped and killed the traditional ruler of Riruwai village in Lame District, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has dismissed that its database was compromised as a result of the undersea cable cut which disrupted the services of...
A plane travelling from Thailand to the UK was forced to make a swift landing at a London airport after a passenger reportedly attempted to commit...
Former glamour model, Katie Price has been declared bankrupt for the second time over an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000. Price was previously...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death, five individuals for the murder of Umezuruike Alex, the Onelga Security...
The Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Christopher Otabor, and three others were on Monday docked in the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, High Court, Zuba, for alleged...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday presented the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the governorship candidate of the party in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial...
A yet-to-be identified individual around the team of Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last general election, has been...
Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has called for the adoption of the recommendations of the 2014 national conference or conduct an “inexpensive” constituent...
The Police in Borno State on Monday confirmed that a suicide bomber injured two persons in Biu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Daso Nahum,...
The Unity Advocacy Group, UAG, on Monday described the unprovoked killing of military personnel during a rescue mission in Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, on Monday claimed that what Nigeria needs is consumption and not production. According to him, “whoever...
A 60-year-old herder, Audu Usman, was on Monday arraigned before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter. The police also charged a...
Binance Holdings Limited has been ordered by Justice Emeka Nwite of a federal high court sitting in Abuja to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has admonished the newly inaugurated commissioners on the Board of the National Population Commission, NPC, to...
There are reports that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, is planning to retire eight directors of the apex bank who were employed...
Election observers and foreign journalists who participated in the Russian Presidential election have countered reports making the rounds that electorates were intimidated by Russian forces to...
A yet-to-be identified individual around the team of Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last general election, has been...
Gunmen shot dead a printer identified as George Johnson Sopruchi at Abakiliki Street, close to Emenike, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The shooting...
A 36-year-old labourer identified as Abdullahi Garba has been arraigned before a Sharia Court in Kano State for allegedly stealing an amplifier worth N80,000 from a...