The three-man panel of judges, headed by Justice U.I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu, ruled that the application was incomplete, as the appellant failed to attach to her application copies of the judgment affirming the five-year jail sentence imposed on her by a Lagos High Court. Read More…

Nigerians have been ranked as the 103 happiest people in the world. Read More…

DSS parades Ekiti lawmaker rumoured dead. Read More…

The Taraba State House of Assembly has re-elected the former speaker Peter Abel Diah as its new speaker. Read More…

Mr. Lanre Ogunsuyi, the Ekiti state Commissioner for Information, Youth Sports and Culture, recently disclosed that the state House of Assembly member, Honourable Afolabi Akanni, allegedly detained by the DSS has died in the secret police custody. Read More…

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of two soldiers in Rivers. Read More…

A Nigerian army major and three soldiers were shot dead today in Abonnema in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers state less than 48 hours before crucial supplementary legislative elections are scheduled to take place in the state. Read More…

The Kaduna State Chief Judge, Justice Tanimu Zailani, on Wednesday released 56 inmates from the Kaduna Central Prison as part of efforts to decongest prisons in the state. Read More…

A 15-year-old girl, Rita Clement was abducted by unidentified persons last Thursday while on her way to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State. Read More…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it opted for a secret process of hiring new staff in the past two years because the bank was doing “targeted recruitment”. Read More…

The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its first witness, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (retd) before Justice Okon E. Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Read More…

A school teacher, Mrs. Ayodele Grace,on Wednesday returned to the coffers of Ekiti State Government, the sum of N101,000 wrongly paid to her, as rural and core subject allowance. Read More…

The women’s wing of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday criticised the rejection of gender equality bill by the Senate, urging all women to mobilise for their cause. Read More…

Mr. Tony Ojobo, the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said on Wednesday that the commission had lifted the sanction placed on MTN Nigeria since July 13, 2015. Read More…

Restrictions include a total restriction of movements between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm on Saturday 19th March, 2016.
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In the meantime, the Police High Command has declared the Caretaker Chairman of Asari-Toru Local government area of Rivers state, Sobomabo Jackrich aka ‘Egberipapa’ wanted. Read More…

Fifteen-year-old Patience Paul, the schoolgirl allegedly abducted in Sokoto and forcefully converted to Islam, has recounted how she was abducted, held in captivity and sexually abused for seven months in Sarkin Baki (king of strangers’) residence in Sokoto State. Read More…

The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja​,​ has been closed indefinitely, following a protest over ​the ​killing of a female student. Read More…

Ambode announced the decision during a news conference at the Lagos House, Alausa shortly after an inspection tour of the site at Ikusenla Road, Ikate-Elegushi in Lekki area of the state. Read More…