Six die as boat capsises in Lagos

Six people have died after a commercial boat taking them to Lekki area of Lagos capsised in the Badore. The boat was on the way to...

Gun, bomb attack on Shiite mosque in Saudi

Assailants bombed and opened fire on a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during weekly prayers on Friday, residents said, in the latest attack on the...

HERDSMEN, FARMERS’ CLASH: DPO, 29 Others Killed In Adamawa

A bloody conflict between Fulani herdsmen and farmers has claimed no fewer than 30 lives including the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Vunokilang Police Station...

Yerima Arraigned Over Alleged Diversion Of N1bn, Granted N100m Bail

Supporters of former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, yesterday attacked staff of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Commission, ICPC, in Gusau shortly...

APC panel disqualifies “fair-weather” Ekwunife from contesting Senate rerun on party’s platform

A five-member screening committee set up by the All Progressive Congress has disqualified a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, from contesting election...

Dasuki Drags FG To ECOWAS Court, Cites Violations of Human Rights

Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd), has dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court in Abuja. Sambo Dasuki is seeking the...

Gunmen abduct legislator’s wife in Bauchi

Gunmen on Friday stormed Zalau village of Bauchi state and abducted the wife of a member of the State House of Assembly. The state Police Command’s...

Militants hit major oil/gas pipelines

Chevron Nigeria Limited and other oil companies in the riverside areas of Delta state are shutting down their operations on Saturday after after another wanton destruction...

Court issues arrest warrant for Tompolo

Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo (popularly...

Chibok girls’ parents protesting in Aso Rock