The search for the fruit of the womb has driven many women to take extreme steps. When women are unable to conceive and bear children, the huge psychological toll makes [...]

The Afenifere Renewal group, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has urged the Federal Government to declare a “state of national emergency” instead of the one recently declared by the presidency in [...]

The Nigerian Army on Friday in Abuja decried the rate at which the Boko Haram insurgents have been using fake military camouflage to attack civilians.  Maj.-Gen. Mobolaji Koleoso, the Chief [...]

A Federal High Court, Lagos has wound up Barewa Pharmaceutical Ltd, the manufacturer of My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture, which allegedly killed about 80 babies in 2008. Justice Okechukwu Okeke, [...]

A 45-year-old truck driver, Rafiu Gidado, on Friday appeared before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over an alleged theft of goods valued at N7.4 million. The Prosecutor, Insp. Soji Ojaokomo, told [...]

There were indications in Abuja on Thursday that security aides attached to the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, may be withdrawn. A highly placed security source, who briefed [...]

The Arewa Consultative Forum on Thursday said it would constitute a team that would monitor the conduct of the military in enforcing the state of emergency declared in Borno, Yobe and [...]

The Federal Government on Wednesday said contrary to concerns being raised on the nation’s debt profile, Nigeria is not borrowing enough and that it is in the best interest of [...]

National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Dr Felix Omobude has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan, over imposition of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Omobude in a press statement [...]

Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, who was accused of killing a young protester and injuring four others at Yaya-Abatan, Agege, Lagos during the protest against removal of fuel subsidy in [...]

UNDERSCORING his administration’s determination to confront the growing incidence of violence and insecurity in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three northern states [...]

A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years, Reuters reports. A leading voice among protesters during [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared state of emergency in three states in the Northern part of the country. They are Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. He made the declaration this [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan will, any time from now, make a nationwide broadcast to the nation. Although there is no official statement yet on the purpose of the broadcast, it may [...]

Five foreigners kidnapped aboard a German ship off the Niger Delta region coast in Bayelsa have regained their freedom. Some yet to be identified gunmen abducted the five expatriates aboard [...]

An Abuja High Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 6 hearing in the trial of former PDP Chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, over alleged N107 million fraud. The ICPC is prosecuting Ogbulafor, who [...]

Former Chief Medical Director, Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Nandur Durfa, on Monday said he was still searching for the corpse of his son, Timman, who was one of the [...]

 A Federal High Court, Lagos has sentenced an Iranian,  Azim Aghajani, and his Nigerian counterpart, Ali Jega, to 17 years imprisonment for illegal importation of firearms into the country in [...]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Monday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to ignore the ongoing agitation for the declaration of state of emergency in some parts of the [...]

The Chairman, ECWA Kaduna Central District Church Council, Rev. Joshua Anyam, has urged the public to support the Federal Government’s amnesty committee for Boko Haram members so as to put [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan again on Monday meets with security chiefs on how best to tackle the security challenges being faced  in parts of the country. Read full story on author [...]

The Lagos State Government says it has issued 79, 161 new number plates to vehicles between May 2012 and April 2013. Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, said this on Friday [...]

Former Deputy Governor in Ekiti State, Abiodun Aluko, has said the Peoples Democratic Party in the state is waiting to form the next government after the 2014 election. Aluko, who [...]

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III on Sunday decried the killings in Bama in Borno State and Alakyo in Nasarawa State by [...]

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has denied having any contact with Paris Saint-Germain and rubbished talk about him taking over at the Parc des Princes, skysports. According to a Skysports report, [...]

The police have beefed up security in Nasarawa State following the attack on security personnel by the Ombatse militia group during which about 47 policemen and State Security Service operatives [...]

Following the worsening spate of violence in the country, the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on Friday said the Federal Government should stop shying away from its responsibility of [...]

Head Operations, Switch Board, First Bank of Nigeria Plc and National President, National Association of the Blind, David Okon, shares his inspiring story of profitable living with BOSEDEOLUSOLA-OBASA How would [...]

Hoodlums on Thursday night stormed the residence of Mr. Ahmed Salami, a media aide to the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Mr. Opeyemi [...]

United States has blamed the Federal Government for the excessive use of force by Nigerian security agencies in the fight against Boko Haram members.  In a statement released on the [...]