Sadiq Daba, a veteran broadcaster and actor, will join other Nigerians to lead the Abuja Cancer Awareness Walk this… 
For three consecutive years, President Muhammadu… 
An Italian judge has ordered oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and Eni to stand trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria,… 
ActionAid International, a non-governmental organisation, wants Libya suspended from the African Union (AU) until… 
Contracts worth over N300 million awarded to briefcase companies by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for… 
The 36 state governors of the federation have approved the release of $1 billion from the Excess Crude… 
President Muhammadu Buhari says the mammoth crowd that welcomed him to Kano has convinced him that he still is loved… 
The Office of the Public Defender (OPD) in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice has rescued a 10-year-old… 
Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, a Professor and Chief Medical Director of the National Obstetric Fistula Centre,… 
Goodluck Jonathan, the former President, has asked Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno State, to tell the truth about… 
Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, has recounted two encounters that convinced him that Goodluck… 
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police, says there is no law that prevents him from marrying a serving female… 
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the commission, was misunderstood… 
The Federal High Court, Abuja has declined N500 million damages sought by Ali Ndume against the Nigerian senate for… 
Yakubu Galadima, the lawyer to the whistle-blower who helped the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to… 
Ibrahim Dankwambo, Governor of Gombe State, has thrown his weight behind the agitation for restructuring,… 
Garus Gololo, Benue State Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, says members of the… 
Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, says the state has lost over N95 billion worth of goods and property, including… 
Cornelius Adewale, a former vegetable farmer and current Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University, has won the… 
Babachir Lawal or Boss Mustapha? Who is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)? Well, we can't really… 
Doctors have warned that toilet papers do little to remove faeces, and have therefore advocated the use of wet wipes… 
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Babachir Lawal, the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation… 
Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, says the… 
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has resolved to investigate the rising… 
Yakubu Gowon, former Military Head of State, says the restructuring of the country as currently agitated for, is… 
Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and former Minister of Environment, has urged older Nigerians to stop… 
Muhammdu Indimi, the businessman from Borno State who admitted donating $900,000 to Lynn University, US, last year,… 
Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), says Nigeria's war against corruption must… 
The Nigerian army has admitted abandoning 22 people killed inside a primary school by suspected Fulani herdsmen at… 
Children in rural communities in Adamawa and Ebonyi states will gain from a new programme by UNESCO to build their… 
Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta, was killed on… 
The Federal Ministry of Health has written a letter to the Nigerian Medical Associations (NMA) to alert doctors on the… 
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and nearly 200 other public health and human rights organisations have asked the… 
In a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources raised two… 
Abubakar Badaru, Governor of Jigawa says those agitating for the division of Nigeria should get their acts together… 
Germany has launched a two-year study to determine the origins of more than 1,000 human skulls, mostly from Rwanda,… 
John Magufuli, Tanzanian President, has readjusted his monthly earnings to 9 million Tanzanian shillings ($4,000),… 
Emem Opashi is the director of the Sage School, an early childhood development centre in Abuja. Emen who is an early… 
A group of 17 non-governmental organisations has filed a suit against the federal government before the Abuja… 
From almost 2,000 proposals, four finalists have emerged in the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change, a… 
An estimated 7.4 million babies are born in Nigeria every year but 94,000 of them die on the first day of birth… 
Amina Yuguda, a journalist from Adamawa State, has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.
She is now… 
Violet Brown, a Jamaican who until Friday was the world’s oldest person, lived for 117 years and 189 days. Want to… 
Zannah Mustapha, a lawyer in Borno State who negotiated the release of Chibok girls from Boko Haram… 
Bolaji Akinyemi, a professor of political science and former Minister of External Affairs, says an average person on… 
Mary Olaniyan, an 18-year-old student of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, who spent 11 days in a thick forest… 
Ten Nigerians have arrived Lebanon to begin a 10-day intensive study on history and culture at Cedars… 
'Salvus', a web-based platform providing an opportunity for victims of sexual violence to report and get justice,… 
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has delisted tobacco companies from participating in its initiative of… 
Soldiers have surrounded the country home of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), with… 
Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, says the federal government approved the new rail line to Daura to… 
Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey on Wednesday lost his appeal to upturn a life ban from participating in any… 
Italian psychiatrists and psychologists are struggling to help free Nigerian women forced into prostitution in… 
Kingsley Ikeri, a Nigerian, has been killed by the police at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa… 
Ethiopian Airlines, which is wholly owned by the Ethiopian government, has made an offer to the federal government… 
Twenty-three-year-old Rafael Ochoa was a PhD student when he committed suicide in April 2016, and an… 
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked George Thompson Sekibo, the senator representing Rivers East Senatorial Zone… 
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed minimum cut-off marks for admission into… 
Fresh revelations by the Guardian UK have further proven that the British American Tobacco (BAT) engaged in… 
The federal government released N760.18bn Paris Club debt refund to 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory… 
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is worried that Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps in north-eastern Nigeria… 
Charly Boy and his men entered Wuse market, Abuja, mid-morning on Tuesday but what ensued afterwards was a… 
Destiny Trust, a social intervention providing education, rehabilitation and empowerment to… 
Charly Boy, popular musician and leader of the #OurMumuDonDo protest, would have been lynched on Tuesday when he… 
Pervasive corruption and the attitude of Nigerians who are not shocked by scandals make it difficult for… 
Despite its standing as an Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram has bombed more Islamic than Christian… 
Children imprisoned with convicted armed robbers and murderers at the Badagry prison in Lagos are hungry, sick and… 
An outbreak of Lassa fever has been reported in Lagos, with two deaths already recorded, including that of a… 
Jacob Zuma, South African President, has survived another no-confidence vote, the eighth time he has faced such… 
For how long can Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s ailing President, stay in London for medical treatment? Is… 
Protesters fired up by anti-establishment songs of Afrobeat musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti on Monday demanded the… 
Dozens of worshippers were killed by an unidentified gunman during an early-morning Mass on Sunday at the… 
A popular belief in Nigeria is that everyone needs to drink water to survive. Legendary musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti… 
Police officers have burgled and looted an Abuja home of Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the country.… 
The United Nations, through a new fund set up to tackle the crisis-hit northeast, has allocated over $10.5m to help… 
Olukoya Ogungbeje, lawyer of Chukwudi Onwuamadike, the self-confessed billionaire kidnapper popularly known as… 
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, on Thursday overtook Microsoft’s Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person as… 
The World Bank says it did not participate in the spending of the loot recovered from Sani Abacha, former Nigerian… 
One hundred and fifteen community activists have been trained and empowered in Imo State to deepen the… 
Following the failure of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to develop appropriate… 
An Ikeja High Court has granted bail in the sum of N76 million ($250,000) to Marco Ramirez, an American accused of … 
Maitama Sule, former Minister of Petroleum and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, is dead.
He… 
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has dismissed fears by Christians that Muslims want to… 
The sharing of N12.84… 
Stuart Symington, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, has called on Nigerians to resist the temptation to divide… 
Dambaba Suntai, former Governor of Taraba State, a man who survived food poisoning and plane crash,… 
Danbaba Suntai, former Governor of Taraba State, whose 56th birthday is only two days away, has died.
According… 
Boko Haram insurgents kill their sons and use blood to wash their hands when they return from fighting, a… 
On Monday, the 2017 Appropriation Bill was signed into law by Acting President Yemi Osibanjo — one month… 
Murtala Ibrahim, a former auditor with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), is the latest person…