Hundreds sign petition to bar El-Rufai from speaking at NBA conference
About 860 people have signed a new petition asking the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA to remove Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the list of [...]
Katsina teenagers gang-rape girl, drown her
Three male teenagers in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, have been arrested after they gang-raped a 13 year-old girl and then threw her [...]
Protesters stone policemen over vanished serial killer as IGP sends special forces to track escapee in Ibadan
Protesting members of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) stoned policemen in Ibadan Wednesday over the disappearance from police custody [...]
Terrorists attack Borno community, raze hospital, telecoms mast etc
Residents of Magumeri in Borno State have fled their homes following the invasion of the town by heavily-armed Boko Haram terrorists. The insurgents r [...]
Woman arrested for attempting to sell her 9 year old daughter in Calabar
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Commandant in Cross River State, Haliru Usman Alhassan, has paraded one Patience Effiong-Udo, 26, [...]
Nigerian embassy in Canada shuts down after ‘attack’ on staff
The Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada has announced an indefinite suspension of its activities. The commission also said the special interven [...]
UN Security Council orders Malian soldiers to return to barracks as Col Goita declares self head of junta
United Nations Security Council on Wednesday ordered Malian mutineers to immediately release detained officials, including the country’s president, an [...]
Amid groping trial, Cuba Gooding jr faces rape charges
Cuba Gooding Jr, an American actor, has been accused of raping a woman twice at a New York hotel in 2013 — as he awaits groping trial.
The allegati [...]
I’ll give palliatives to Nigerian traders shut out of business in Ghana – Dele Momodu
Renowned journalist, Dele Momodu says he will give palliatives to Nigerian traders whose shops were locked up in Ghana.
Chukwuemeka Nnaji, presiden [...]
Nigerian importers kick against surcharge on cargoes by international shipping firms
Tension is mounting at the nation’s sea ports where importers who are groaning under huge surcharge imposed on them by the international shipping firm [...]