File photo used to illustrate story. Policemen from Ekpan under Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a woman, Mrs Nwankwo, for allegedly pouring hot water on the breast of her 20-year-old daughter identified as Merit Nwank...

File photo used to illustrate story. Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province terrorist group have launched an attack on Mainahari community near Wakabiu in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. Reports had it that the insurgents...

As part of measures towards the removal of travel restrictions placed on Nigerians intending to visit Saudi Arabia, the Nigerian Government has written to Faisal Al-Ghamdi, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria.  In a statement on Sat...

The Northern Elders Forum has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was a mistake the Northerners made in 2015, saying the region cannot afford such again in 2023 for the interest of the country.  According to the group, there is nothing...

The United States has issued a Tsunami alert for the West Coast after a gigantic underwater volcano erupted near Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, sending a cloud of ash and gas steam into the air. According to Australia’s meteorolog...

File Photo A lawyer, Okparaolu Chioma Chris, has sued the Nigerian Government over the black soot epidemic in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, and its devastating effects on the health and wellbeing of residents of the state. Chris in a s...

NSCDC CG, Ahmed Audi. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has disbanded the Anti-vandal Unit of the Rivers State Command of the corps following allegations by the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike. Some weeks ago, Wike acc...

Treynae Campbell, 19, spent £19.99 on the 15-inch knife, similar to this, before handing it to the killer A man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, has been stabbed to death in Lagos following a fight, which broke out at a nightclub lo...

Nasarawar Kwa Primary school in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State is odious. For over a decade, the school has lacked proper classrooms as the government has failed to build a block after a site had been earmarked for it.&nb...

Education in Kano State is falling apart, especially the public schools. Despite the programmes to stop pupils from dropping out of school, the problem is worsening.  A 2015 report by EduCaleb noted that the number of drop-out pupils ...