By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja Officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug baron and former vice chairman of Lagos Island East local council development area Asekun Kehinde Sakiru. NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi s...

By Segun Showunmi, Ibadan Miyyeti Allah in Oyo State on Wednesday urged the state government and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, to dethrone the embattled Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Chief Saliu Kadiri. He said the allegation against the Seri...

Our Reporter  Popular Nollywood Actor Yomi Fabiyi has led a protest at Panti, Lagos against the detention of his colleague, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly called Baba Ijesa, who was accused of molesting a minor. During the protest, Fabiyi, accompani...

By John Ofikhenua, Abuja   The Company Income Tax (CIT) that the Federal Government collected in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2021, increased by N97.09 billion. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the collection soared from the N2...

By Sanni Onogu, Abuja   Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has stressed the needs for Nigeria and the entire world to continue to practice self-control, godliness and generosity towards others, conclusion of Ramadan fast notwithstanding. He ...

By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja     Security operatives have arrested one of the wanted leaders of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) Awurum Eze, believed to have masterminded the recent killings in Imo State, the Nigerian Army has said. The Indige...

By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta   An infant and two other persons yesterday died in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when a gas component of a faulty refrigerator exploded. The blast resulted in a fire which burnt the three persons to death. A technici...

By Osagie Otabor, Akure   The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Imo Command has intercepted a truckload of crude oil and apprehended four suspected pipeline vandals. In Delta, five suspects were also arrested. NSCDC Commandant in ...

By Polycarp Orosevwotu, Ughelli     Over 12 cows have been struck dead by lightning in Urhodo-Ovu community of Ethiope East council area of Delta State. A source said some herders were grazing their animals on a farmland when the lightning ...

By Evelyn Osagie   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded two containers of 80,882 pirated textbooks and dictionaries worth N80 million. Speaking during the inspection of the books at the Lagos Zonal Office, Nigerian Copyright Commissio...