President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday, May 18, performed the lesser Hajj better known as Umurah in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a statement released by Femi Adesina, th ...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Buhari of failing to act quickly to stop the increased insecurity in Nigeria. Nigerian Tribune reports that Obasanjo fired his latest shot at P ...

Nigeria's former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy degree at Tel Aviv University on economic development, poverty alleviation, transparency and inc ...

The Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the increase of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) allowance from 19,800 to 30,000. The Nation reports that the Minister of F ...

Bandits have abducted seven persons, including a three-month-old baby, at Kanoma village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the mother of the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday announced that the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States have been shifted to November 16. TheLagostimes recalls that the polls we ...

Two Nigerians, Isaiah Ogunleye, 34, and Colin Mawagi, 37, have been arrested by the Samata Nagar police in India for allegedly stealing money from Automated Teller Machines. According to Indian websit ...

Inhabitants of Egbeda village near Osogbo have been thrown into mourning following the electrocution of two members of a Celestial Church of Christ in the village. PUNCH Metro reports that the inciden ...

A 40-year-old labourer, Sani Ibrahim has been remanded in the Katsina Prison for allegedly raping his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. It was gathered that Ibrahim, who will be in prison custody t ...

A member of the feeder team of the popular Ibadan-based Shooting Stars Sports Club, aka 3SC, Dayo Oginni has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, for all ...

The Hope Democratic Party, HDP, has appealed to the Presidential Election Tribunal to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from his inauguration on May 29. Daily Post reports that HDP made the appeal i ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that Kaduna-Abuja Highway is now safe and travelers need not be afraid.  Speaking to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Monday, after a visit to Pr ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) remitted N5 billion to the federal government’s coffers after the conduct of its 2019 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). Fabian Benj ...