Sequel to the communal clash that broke out between the Hausa community and their hosts in Ondo State, the governor, Rotimi Akuredolu, and the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo, have urged both parties to embrace peace. 

Embattled Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr. Seiyaboh Idah, has narrated how Stephen Adekunle, the student who drowned last week in a river near the school...

A suspected rapist, Abdullahi Umar, 40, who was on bail over an alleged rape charge, has allegedly raped three primary school girls in Malumfashi council area of Katsina State.

The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a Policeman that guarded the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu’s farm house in Karshi, Abuja. The Deputy Force Spokesman, SP Aremu Adeniran, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the arrest on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday overturned the life sentenced passed by n FCT High Court Maitama lowercourt on 35-year-old David Odey in 2013. Odey was arraigned with eleven others on July 11, 2007 on a ten-count charge of conspiracy, belonging to a gang of thieves, armed robbery and receiving stolen properties. NAN…

The scheduled trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, at an Ikeja High Court, was on Monday stalled following the absence of the judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that according to a court official, who plead anonymity, Justice Taiwo was on an official assignment with Justice Opeyemi…

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday pledged that his administration would continue to support the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Ambode made the pledge at the formal swearing-in of 2018 Batch ‘A’ corps members posted to the state. He was represented by Mr Demilade Longe, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Special…

The Police Command in Lagos has arrested a 50-year-old man, Taiwo Oyelabi, for allegedly impregnating his 21-year-old daughter. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi, made the disclosure while parading Oyelabi and other suspects arrested for various crimes at the Police Headquarters in Ikeja on Monday. Imohimi said the case was reported to the police…

No Fewer than 300 protesters on Monday besieged the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge increase in electricity tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters had stormed the court’s premises about 7.32 a.m.following a suit instituted on their behalf by a Lagos human rights lawyer, Mr Segun…

Mr Labaran Maku, the former Minister of Information, has called on the Federal Government to assist the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who were victims of the recent attacks by suspected herdsmen in Nasarawa State. Maku made this call on Monday while addressing newsmen at Wakama village in Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state. He…

Customers of Access Bank, UBA and Ecobank in Benue have continued to groan following the seal up of their premises by the Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), over alleged tax default. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the banks were sealed along with three other financial institutions on April 18, by the…

Barely three weeks to the start of the annual Muslim fasting period, otherwise referred to as Ramadan, the prices of foodstuffs have gone up in Katsina metropolis. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in some of the markets on Monday in Katsina, showed that the price increase affected such staple foodstuffs as…