The Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) yesterday berated the United States (US) Secretary of States, Mr. John Kerry over his visit to the country. It alleged that the visit was discriminatory, personal and divisive. Read More…
A FORTY-two-year-old lady, Mrs. Mary Matthew, was yesterday paraded by the Police in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for allegedly maltreating her late younger sister’s five-year-old daughter, Precious Michael. Read More…
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed and set ablaze two persons in Imo State Polytechnic, Uwuagwo, in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state (formerly, Michael Okpara College of Agriculture). Read More…
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, has said that the current slide in oil price was an opportunity for the nation to explore other vital sectors of the economy. Read More…
The police in Bayelsa State were, on Wednesday, embroiled in a case of alleged extra-judicial killing of a 17-year-old Ijaw youth, Master Innocent Kokorifa. Read More…
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An early morning fire that resulted from a tanker explosion at Upper Mission junction along the Benin-Auchi Expressway razed several shops on Wednesday. Read More…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday labelled the Federal Government as too overbearing, with too many powers and resources at its disposal. Read More…
A former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, on Wednesday asked a South African court to overturn his imprisonment over series of terror attacks in Nigeria. Read More…
The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mr Mike Okiro, on Wednesday said the aptitude test for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force across the country was successful. Read More…
The current Buhari-led administration may end like the Jonathan administration if it fails to retrace its footsteps, the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, has warned. Read More…
During a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, Mr. Kerry discussed Nigeria’s ongoing anti-corruption efforts as well as regional and religious violence in the north and south. Read More…
SaharaReporters reliably learned that the governor and his convoy were returning from the meeting of the Niger Delta Coastal States in Warri, jointly convened by former Information Minister Edwin Clark and Mr. Okowa, at around 5-6 PM when the accident happened in Umutu community. Read More…
A brother to the Cross Rivers State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The relation, Dr. Francis Ayade was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged N2.4billion contract scam. Read More…
Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Hillary Clinton shut down the charitable foundation run by her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, branding it a “corrupt enterprise.” Read More…
A wife of local government chairmanship candidate under the platform of All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Saturday October 8 election in Ogun State, Mrs. Kudirat Balogun, has been kidnapped at the family home at gunpoint. Read More…
Troops of 33 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have killed three armed kidnappers and destroyed their camps in Bauchi State. Read More…
No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State after violence erupted over alleged blasphemy against Islam by a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara. Read More…
A detachment of heavily armed policemen, on Monday, barred members of the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG) from entering the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during a march to renew their call on the Federal Government to safely rescue the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014. Read More…
In a video message obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Mbaka urged the devotees at his popular Adoration Ground in Enugu to desist from speaking evil against President Muhammadu Buhari. Read More…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated the U23 National Team for winning bronze at this year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil, after edging Honduras 3-2 in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. Read More…
THE Police are on course to interact with Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives on the alleged padding of the 2016 budget after resumption of the National Assembly from its current recess, The Nation can now reveal. Read More…
The Federal Government is making a comprehensive arrangement to respond to the attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region through the importation of sophisticated military hardware. Read More…