Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have attacked a UN base and overrun a humanitarian hub in Borno, trapping 25 aid workers, security and humanitarian sources said.  Scores of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters invad...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live t...

The wife of the pastor of a new generation church has approached a Yola Upper Area Court in Adamawa State to dissolve her marriage to her husband, whom she allegedly caught sleeping with female church members. Mrs Jummai Mala, who also claim...

File photo used to illustrate story. The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested two men suspected of sending pornographic materials to a married woman.  A statement issued by the board's spokesman, Lawan Ibrahim, on Monday in Kano, said th...

The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State, have been released, SaharaReporters has gathered.Last Friday, suspected bandits attacked the school in Talata-Mafara Local Government Area and kidnapped many...

Business operators in Kwara and neighbouring states have heaved a sigh of relief as free movement of foodstuffs resumed after some hoodlums reportedly blocked the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway over the weekend. It was reported that truckloads of f...

Salihu Yakasai, the sacked media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has been released from the Department of State Services' custody. A brother to Yakasai, Abdullahi, made this known via his Twitter handle. "Alh...

Some corps members have reacted to claims that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had used their February stipends to settle bandits.  There have been fears among some corps members as they have yet to receive their February stipen...

One of Zimbabwe’s vice presidents has resigned following a string of reports in the local media that alleged he had affairs with several women, both married and single. Kembo Mohadi, 71, one of the country’s two vice presidents, denied o...

A commercial driver, Hassan Saka, has been arrested for being in possession of two human heads in Ondo State. Saka was arrested on Sunday by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. Accord...