Agency Reporter The Federal Government has pledged to ensure justice for victims of the recent attacks on three communities of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi, by unknown gunmen. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made the pledge on Sunday in Abaka...

By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri No fewer than 2,000 inmates escaped on Monday morning in Owerri, the Imo State capital when suspected hoodlums attacked the Correctional Facility near the State Government House. The hoodlums also attacked the Imo Police ...

By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri No fewer than 2,000 inmates escaped on Monday morning in Owerri, the Imo State capital when suspected hoodlums attacked the Correctional Facility near the State Government House. The hoodlums also attacked the Imo State P...

By Moses Emorinken, Abuja 15 states test 578 samples in one week Active virus cases now 9,202 at April 3 Latest report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that COVID-19 testing across states in the past week (March 22nd to...

By Dayo Mustapha National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South Zone, Chief Dan Orbih, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate in its fold capable of winning the 2023 presidential election...

Agency Reporter The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has re-emphasised the need to avoid non-essential travels during the Easter and Ramadan celebrations to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Its Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekwea...

Agency Reporter Israeli researchers report that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is as effective against B.1.1.7 variant of the virus, aka the U.K. variant, as it is against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. The vaccine was found to be moderately l...

By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja A suspected drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with two kilogrammes of heroin, worth N564 million. Director of Media and Advocacy of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforce...

By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Olorogun Ovoke Oshasha, was at the weekend attacked by gunmen at Ughelli Town, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt the victim...

By Nwanosike Onu, Awka Kidnapped Anambra State Commissioner for Public Utilities Emeka Ezenwanne has been freed. He was freed about 1am on Sunday. Ezenwanne told The Nation that his abductors did not maltreat him. He added that no ransom was paid bef...