Nearly 900 children held by a pro-government militia force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed on Friday, the UN said. The 894 children, including 106 girls, had been in the ranks of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Read more
Police has identified the woman who was fatally shot by a gunman on Friday as Bettie Jenifer, 44 the wife of actor Chris Attoh, NBC Washington is reporting. Bettie was shot in the parking lot of a Maryland office building. Read more
The EFCC Lagos Zonal Office, arrested two fast-rising Nigerian musicians – Afeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley) & Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael (aka Zlatan) in connection with alleged case of internet fraud & money laundering. Intelligence report had also linked them to Read more
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had declared the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the September 2018 Read more
resident Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Godwin Emefiele for a second term as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele was first appointed in 2014 by former president Goodluck Jonathan and was retained when Buhari came to office in Read more
A Magistrate Court at the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos has extended its remand order against Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi, till June 10. Ogunyemi is the alleged killer of Kolade Johnson, a football fan in Lagos over a month ago. The 45-year-old Read more
The British Royal family has welcomed another child. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle delivered of a baby boy on Monday morning, May 6th. This was confirmed in a statement by the royal family on Monday. “Her Royal Highness, The Read more
The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced a ban on the use of motorcycles in the North West region. It said the ban under exercise HARBIN KUNAMA which seeks to wipe out banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities in the zone, Read more
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has advised Lagosians on how to end godfatherism in the State’s politics. El-Rufai gave the advice on Saturday while responding to questions after delivering a lecture in Lagos at an event organised Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned back to the country after a private visit to the United Kingdom. The presidential jet touched down at about 6.20 pm at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport in Abuja.