A suspected distributor of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp), Daniel Elimuya, has been arrested along Lagos-Ibadan expressway with 17 sacks of weed suspected to be Indian hemp. Our correspondent gathered that Elimuya was conveying the Indian hemp in a Ford car…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with traditional rulers from the South West geopolitical zone of the country. It started around 12.30 pm at the President’s office in Abuja. Among the traditional rulers is the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye…
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria is to challenge the court order obtained by the federal government banning the operations of the organization. Spokesman of the Movement, Ibrahim Musa confirmed that “we will be in court challenging the proscription”. Musa who…
According to The Nation, President Muhammadu Buhari opened his second day of defence on Wednesday before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) by calling a senior official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) as his first witness of the…
President Buhari has described late MKO Abiola as a bridge builder who could have prevented the religious and tribal issues besetting the country now from coming up if he had been allowed to rule Nigeria. The President stated this today…
New disaster in the Mediterranean as more than 400 dead and only one survivor. Josephine, a 40-Year-old cameroonian woman, found hanging on a piece of wood, is the only survivor of this great tragedy off the Mediterranean. The nationalities of…
A fuel tanker exploded on Wednesday at Tunfure along Gombe-Bauchi Expressway, Gombe State. According to Channels Television, the number of casualties could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. However, a motorcyclist was seen at the…
Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar in the February 23 general election was a Cameroonian “flesh and blood’’.…
China’s leading energy and chemical company, Sinopec, on Monday, said that it had built the world’s largest atmospheric tower for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery. On its verified Twitter handle, the company shared photos of the tower and revealed that it (tower)…
According to a report by The Nation, there is serious panic and anxiety among doctors on the employment of Borno State Government following the late night visit of Gov. Babagana Zulum on Monday to hospitals within Maiduguri metropolis. Many of…
A West African Examination Council official, Osidehinde Adewunmi, on Wednesday, disowned the Cambridge University’s Moderated International Examination credentials produced by President Muhammadu Buhari and tendered as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. The two documents earlier admitted…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office botched an attempt by a suspected internet fraudster to flush his phone through a water closet in order to deny access to potentially incriminating data about him. The…
A Nigerian woman delivered conjoined twins in Genyi Yandev, Gboko Local Government, Benue State recently and according to reports following her delivery, the conjoined twins consist of two heads, two legs and four hands. A Reverend pastor, Teryange Nyaghve introduced…
The appointment of forty-three (43) ministerial nominees sent to the hallow upper chamber of the national assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has been confirmed by the Senate. Buhari had last Tuesday sent a list of potential ministers to the Senate…
A corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who was injured during the recent Shiites and Police clash has been discharged from the hospital. The corps member identified as, Aliyu Suleiman, was hit by a stray bullet on…
A Nigerian, Kemi Badenoch, was on Saturday, appointed the junior minister for Children and Families by the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Badenoch acknowledged the appointment on her verified Twitter handle on Monday, where she said, “I’m humbled to…
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has appointed Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, aged 39, as Children and Families Minister, as part of his government reshuffle. Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden. Tweeting about her…
Former governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode has spoken on his rumoured planned defection from the All Progressive Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There have been speculations in some quarters that Ambode was disappointed he did not…
About 30 Nigerians are said to have indicated interest in securing the United States EB-5 foreign investor visa. The Managing Director, Emerging Markets (Africa) for Atlantic American Partners, Daniel Ryan, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Lagos on…
About 500 intending pilgrims to the 2019 Holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia from Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Oyo states in the early hours of Monday disrupted activities at the Ilorin International Airport to protest delayed flight to the Holy Land.…