Family members of the Kaduna train attack have raised concern over threats by the terrorists to kill the victims if the Federal Government fails to yield to their demands after seven days.

The Former Senate President and Governorship Aspirant under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has withdrawn from today’s Primary electionS in the state.

The Special Adviser (media) to the embattled Senator Rochas Okorocha, Sam Onwuemeodo, said in a statement that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that invaded Okorocha’s re

US President Joe Biden has called for new restrictions on firearms in America after a gunman massacred at least 19 children at a Texas elementary school.

2022-05-25 09:03:34

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday offered his condolences to the relatives of the victims of the Texas school shooting, the worst school massacre in the United States for nearly a deca

A 12-year-old student, Emmanuel Amidu of Field high School, has been reportedly pronounced dead at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, after being allegedly flogged by a teacher for

Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has declared he’s still a winner despite losing at the PDP primary election which ended his bid to return to the senate.

2022-05-25 08:18:02

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly

One of the parishes under the watch of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah has been attacked by gunmen.

2022-05-25 06:05:41

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has clarified the presence of a huge plane spotted along the Ikeja road in Lagos State on Tuesday night.

2022-05-25 05:54:35

A House of Representative aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general election, Dr. Philip Okwuada, slumped after he failed to secure his party’s primaries ticket.

2022-05-24 17:35:35

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has issued a statement revealing why its operatives stormed the Maitama residence of former Imo state governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha on Tuesday.

Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said he is being held hostage by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

2022-05-24 15:53:41

The Delta State Police Command, on Tuesday morning, May 24, announced the arrest of a 52-year-old man for defiling a 2-year-old girl, simply identified as Isabella.

2022-05-24 15:45:55

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives on Tuesday, 24 May, invaded the Abuja home of former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha.

2022-05-24 12:51:51

Another grim discovery in the ruined Mariupol port city as workers digging through rubble found 200 bodies, that has seen some of the worst suffering of the three-month-old war.

2022-05-24 12:35:37

Former media aide and Special Duties Coordinator to Nnamdi Kanu, eader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Amaka Ekwo, on Tuesday asked Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State to try the religious

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson is facing fresh accusations he lied to Parliament after photographs emerged of him raising a glass at a Downing Street leaving party during lockdown

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dissolved the State Executive Council.

2022-05-24 08:40:57

A total of 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first case was reported on May 7 outside the countries where it usually spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO)

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned and called for an end to the incessant killings in the South-East by some unknown gunmen.

2022-05-24 08:02:12

An Indian woman lived in the guise of a man to safely earn a living and raise her daughter all by herself.

2022-05-24 06:37:43

A member of France's newly formed government, Damien Abad, who has faced rape accusations has denied allegations and is refusing to stand down, adding he had no intention to resign from the government

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin was the only Russian official he was willing to meet with to discuss how to end the war.

2022-05-24 06:02:57

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, has distanced the party and President Muhammadu Buhari from any plot for a third term in office.

2022-05-23 17:52:36

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday rearraign, former finance minister, Bashir Yaguda and four others in an FCT high court, Maitama for alleged misappropriation of N23.3 billi

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday 23 May, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Feder

A 27-year-old man identified as Joel Okongo has been dragged to court for allegedly chopping his ex-girlfriend’s hand after she rejected his love advances in Kenya.

2022-05-23 15:46:38

A Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to murdering an unarmed 62-year-old civilian has been sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. amid his country’s military invasi

Following the killing of Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker in the Anambra State House of Assembly who represented the Aguata II seat, gunmen have pledged to kill more lawmakers in the state.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the house of representatives, Pat Asadu, has lost his bid to return to the national assembly in 2023.

2022-05-23 11:46:09

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to postpone its presidential primary election.

2022-05-23 11:07:41

Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, president Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday.

2022-05-23 08:45:00

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send the military to defend Taiwan if the People's Republic of China were to invade the island nation, a statement that is likely to enrage

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, May 22, announced the arrest of Okechukwu Amaechi, a Brazilian returnee, for possession of 24 parcels of cocaine.

2022-05-23 07:56:52

The number of refugees and internally displaced people, having to flee their homes due to armed conflicts, violence and prosecutions has for the first time exceeded 100 million, the UN Refugee Agency

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus has warned countries that COVID-19 is not over.

2022-05-23 06:28:58

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter has expressed concern that allegations of blasphemy have now become the new excuse by fundamentalists in Northern Nigeria to kill the r

The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation.

2022-05-23 05:31:53

A team of researchers at Federal University Dutse led by Professor M.M.Dogara has discovered species of mosquitoes in Jigawa that are resistance to most insecticide treated nets available in the state

The Nigerian Government has imposed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria.

2022-05-22 14:51:40

Primate Elijah Ayodele, The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has spoken once again about the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria.

2022-05-22 14:50:18

US President Joe Biden said Sunday that the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases identified in Europe and the U.S. is something he is concerned about and its further spread could be “consequential.”

Shehu Sani has reacted to the gruesome murder of the Anambra lawmaker, Okechukwu Okoye.

2022-05-22 13:44:09

Visitors at Jamaica Zoo were on Friday left in shock after witnessing a zoo attendant’s finger being severed by a lion at the St Elizabeth-based attraction.

2022-05-22 10:23:43

Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading news channels went on air Sunday with their faces covered, a day after defying a Taliban order to conceal their appearance on television.

2022-05-22 09:53:31

The founder of the One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj ji, has said in 2023 Nigeria needs a President with the courage of a lion.

2022-05-22 08:55:56

Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to meet with presidential aspirants of the party.

2022-05-22 08:29:21

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has placed a N10 million bounty on the killers of a member of the state’s House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye.

2022-05-22 08:04:51

One person has been confirmed dead after a two-storey building collapsed in the Lagos Island area of the state.

2022-05-21 17:54:45

The Ukrainian military has inflicted serious damage on Russia’s armed forces, despite the fall of the key port city of Mariupol.

2022-05-21 17:46:03

Bauchi State Police Command have confirmed that six houses and seven shops were on Friday evening set ablaze by irate youths while some score of persons were also injured in Katangan-Warji, headquarte

The Catholic Diocese of Gboko in Benue State has suspended Reverend Father, Hycainth Alia, for expressing interest in the governorship contest of the state.

2022-05-21 16:20:45

Pastor William Kumuyi, The General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, has said the Church will go ahead with its planned crusade despite “security challenges” allegedly facing the state.

A seventeen-year-old student identified as Abdulkadir has drowned in an ill-fated swimming expedition at Ora village, Monasara, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

2022-05-21 14:22:21

Major Hamza Al Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military Head of State General Sani Abacha, has promised to end Boko Haram insurgency in six months if elected as the President o

The archbishop of San Francisco told US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that she is barred from receiving communion over her support for abortion rights, the archdiocese said in a letter released Fr

The Executive Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Muhammad Shehu, has been reportedly abducted alongside his driver by gunmen.

2022-05-21 12:53:36

Tech Mogul, Elon Musk, has announced that he is setting up a ‘hardcore litigation department’ following claims of sexual harassment levelled against him.

2022-05-21 12:43:07

There’s palpable tension in Bauchi over an alleged blasphemy by a Christian lady, who was to have escaped from being killed, barely one week after Deborah Samuel was killed in Sokoto over alleged blas

Russia's Gazprom on Saturday halted gas exports to neighbouring Finland, in the latest escalation of an energy payments dispute with Western nations.

2022-05-21 11:55:33

The Ukraine war can only be resolved through “diplomacy”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday amid a deadlock in negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.

2022-05-21 11:34:45

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has said that the unfortunate murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, took place after a mob overpowered security agents pres

George Turnah, the godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been jailed for four years by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

2022-05-21 08:44:53

A New York court on Friday sentenced two sons of former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to three years in prison on charges of corruption linked to the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.<

A New York court on Friday sentenced two sons of former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to three years in prison on charges of corruption linked to the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.<

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter.

2022-05-21 05:14:56

Rotimi Amaechi, presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he’s a better candidate to be voted president because he understands the sufferings of poor Nigerians.

Russia’s war in Ukraine may be a “rehearsal” for a possible large-scale conflict with NATO countries, a leading Russian political scientist has warned.

2022-05-20 19:50:30

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train service indefinitely following pressure from families of victims of the March 28 attack.

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, confirmed that his country will not prevent anyone from attending the 2022 World Cup, but he called on all those coming to respect the culture of th

Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke has slammed Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice president and presidential hopeful on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), asking him t

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 35 motorcyclists and the seizure of 195 motorcycles during the ongoing enforcement of the state governm

Elon Musk denied allegation on Friday 20th May, that he groped and exposed himself to a flight attendant six years ago.

2022-05-20 14:38:11

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s five months stipend.

2022-05-20 14:23:33

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday lifted the curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis over the violent protest that trailed the killing of Deborah Samuel.

2022-05-20 14:09:23

A Russian soldier, Vadim Shishimarin, told a court on Friday he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and that he sincerely repented, as he delivered his final words at the first war crimes trial

North Korea is scaling up the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies such as sterilizers and thermometers, as well as encouraging the use of traditional Korean medicines that are claim

Towns from across the United Kingdom and its overseas territories have been named cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

2022-05-20 11:03:10