The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha, who is the senator representing Imo North was
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Canada has rejected the request of a former member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Olushola Popoola, seeking asylum in the North American country. The Immigration
Benin’s President Patrice Talon was easily re-elected to a second term, provisional results showed Tuesday, after a weekend election critics said was already stacked in
The death toll from Boko Haram attacks on Kwapree community, Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State, has risen to 10. This is just as some
Damasak town in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State has again come under Boko Haram attack on Tuesday. A military source told SaharaReporters
A pregnant woman, Blessing Emmanuel, has stabbed her husband to death following a disagreement between them. The ugly incident occurred at Ohoro Community in the
A gas explosion has rocked the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The gas explosion was said to have happened around 7pm on Tuesday
Kenneth Gbagi, former Minister of State for Education and Delta state governorship aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, on Monday surfaced at the state
Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits on Monday morning attacked Wawan Rafi II village, in the Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing
House on The Rock founder, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has described Nigeria as a scam built on a bad foundation. According to the cleric, whoever wins
A security source has said the Nigerien security at Ingall Department in Agadez city, Niger, intercepted a cache of weapons smuggled in Toyota Hilux vehicles
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has petitioned the state commissioner of police, Salami Bolaji, to prevail over the former deputy governor of the state,
A woman, Anuoluwapo Saani, has accused Maroko Police Station of complicity in a case of assault against her brother who was recently physically assaulted by
The Lagos State Police Command says its operatives have arrested five suspects with stolen construction materials between Volks Bus Stop and Iyana Iba area of
The United States President, Joe Biden, has said the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, by the police, does not justify violence or looting
The Aare Ona-Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has lamented the gradual loss of culture among Yoruba people. He went further to say that the Yoruba
A Nigerian man has been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa for allegedly selling drugs to schoolchildren. The suspect was charged with possession and dealing in
Presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi has reacted to the controversy surrounding Twitter’s decision to site its headquarters in Ghana. As part of its plan to fully
The Bauchi state government has revealed plans to conduct a headcount of sex workers in the state to have accurate data on them. NAN reports
Following citing its first African office in Ghana, Twitter says it will recruit experts of major local languages in Nigeria (Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa) for
A former presidential aspirant, Patrick Utomi, has given a damning verdict on Nigerian politicians in a sweeping characterisation that includes President Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu,
FULL STATEMENT: Seven Years, Still No Answers—#BringBackOurGirls Demands Action and Accountability, Launches Renewed Global Campaign As we approach the dreadful seventh anniversary of the abduction
Several people were shot on Monday at a school in Knoxville, Tennessee, including a police officer, police said. “Multiple gunshot victims reported, including a KPD
The management of Dangote Cement Plc has clarified that the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria (as of
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has suggested that Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State should honour the late spokesperson for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, by
The Ministry of Aviation has alerted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over plots by some criminal elements to attack airports across the country.
Communications giant, Twitter, has opened its Africa Operation Headquarters in Ghana, shunning Nigeria, despite over 2.5 million users – which is about third largest in
A former Deputy Governor of Oyo State Taofeek Arapaja, has been declared as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party South-West chairman. Arapaja, who was
Former Ekiti Governor Ayo Fayose has declared Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde as leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West. Speaking at the
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has said criminals across the country are “feeling the heat” of the ongoing linking of
An anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the oil giants, Shell and Eni, face
The United States Agency for International Development has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge that will provide $3 million to Nigerians. The agency said on
Kevin Odu, 32, has been in prison since February last year. He was arrested by proxy, arraigned and remanded for a crime allegedly committed by
The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has described the death of Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, as
Residents of Magamar Jibia in the Jibia Local Government Area have killed three gunmen suspected to be bandits. The suspected bandits were caught with AK-47
Peter Onyuike, a phone repairer arrested and detained illegally by the police on the demands of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman, Danladi Umar, has
Armed men numbering about 150 on Monday allegedly invaded the hotel where former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose lodged in Osogbo, Osun state ahead
Five men of the vigilantes’ group have been reportedly killed while scores were injured during an attack on a local market and some communities in
While civil servants in Kogi state are begging to feed their families, due to non-payment of their monthly emoluments, the state deputy governor, Edward Onoja
The Nigerian Correctional Service has stated that the number of fleeing inmates who escaped from the Owerri facility but have now either returned or been