Disquiet in Akwa Ibom over Akpabio’s planned defection to APC
Anxiety has enveloped Akwa Ibom State following the widely rumoured planned defection of Senate minority leader and its former...
INEC’s deadline endangers 17 million prospective Nigerian voters
With less than 200 days to the February 2019 general elections, stakeholders have expressed worries over the Independent National...
NYSC declares three-day mourning for seven corps members in Taraba
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared a three-day mourning period in honour of nine corps members, who...
Southeast lawmakers flay Ndume’s call on EFCC to detain Ekweremadu
Southeast lawmakers in the House of Representatives have flayed former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, for urging detention of Deputy...
Assassination attempt: Police arrest four in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four persons for allegedly attempting to assasinate a 60-year-old woman, Gladys Osaigbovo....
Nigeria launches Epidemic Response Scheme
The Minister of Health, Prof. Israel Adewole, on Monday launched a scheme, Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness and Response (A4EPR)...
Foreign Affairs Ministry denies estacode scam
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports of alleged fraud in the payment of estacode allowances of officers...
Cholera outbreak kills 11 in Kano
A cholera outbreak has claimed, not less than 11 lives, while 47 others are currently hospitalised at Hanya Madaki,...
Kaduna APC defies Oshiomhole, says Shehu Sani’s suspension stands
The Kaduna State Executive of the All Progressives Congress has said it is not backing down on the indefinite...
116 Nigerians in Libyan slave camps to be repatriated – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of...
Defections: APC, PDP shift supremacy battle to Senate chamber
Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress and their counterparts in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to...
Commissioner, four others jostle for Kano deputy governor’s office
Following the resignation of the erstwhile Deputy Governor of Kano state, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar on Sunday, many contestants have...
Housewife stabs husband to death over telephone call
A 23-year-old housewife, Damilola Ayeni, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olumide,...
I am not leaving APC – Niger State Gov. Bello
Party supporters troop to the streets in Minna on Sunday to hold solidarity rally for President Muhammadu Buhari and...
R-APC, PDP allege plot to bribe lawmakers, impeach Saraki
There is a plot to forcibly reconvene the Senate and impeach its president, Bukola Saraki, the Reformed All Progressives...
Nine corps members die during swimming picnic in Taraba State
Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned...