Three oil workers die in Bayelsa pipeline explosion

Three persons have been burnt beyond recognition, while seven others sustained various degrees of burns following an explosion that hit the Pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) …

Buhari pays special tribute to Ocholi

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday paid glowing tributes to the late Minister of State for Labour, Productivity and Employment, Mr James Ocholi.The President in the tribute which he personally si…

nigeria drop in Global Hapiness Ranking, now ranked 103

People living in the war-torn nations of Somalia and Libya are actually happier with their countries than those living in Africa's top economies Nigeria and South Africa, according to The World Happi…

Two robbers to die by hanging in Delta

Having found one Vincent Okwekwu guilty of robbery at Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State on Monday, a High Court in the state sentenced him to death,The High Court si…

Two students beheaded in Abia varsity cult war

Two students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) were on Saturday night beheaded by yet to be identified persons suspected to be cultists.The State Police Command, which confirmed the incident…

22 worshipers killed in twin suicide blast in Maiduguri

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 22 Muslim worshippers in the early hours of Wednesday and injured 35 others during the dawn prayers at Umurari Molai area of Maiduguri, capital of Borno st…

Mother Teresa will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on 4 September, Pope Francis has announced.

Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who worked with the poor in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) is to be declared a saint on 4 September, Pope Francis has announced.She founded a sisterhood t…

Businessman in prison over alleged N171.2m fraud

 Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere on Monday remanded one Femi Ogunlowo to prison for allegedly defrauding a Swiss company of $859, 940, equivalent of N171. 2million.Ogunl…

Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) declares three-day mourning in honour of late Chief Felix Ibru,

THE apex socio-cultural organ of Urhobo people worldwide, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has declared three-day mourning to honour  its former President-General and first civilian governor of Delta…

Explosion rocks CBN building in Calabar

    An explosion occurred on Friday morning at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Calabar office.The CBN spokesman, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, who confirmed this disclosed that no death was r…

Lekki Gardens Building Collapse: Police Detain MD, To Be Prosecuted Soon

 The Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Mr. Richard Nyong, has submitted himself to the police over the collapse of a five-storey in Lagos where the bodies of 34 bodies were recovered on Wednes…

Yakubu Gowon accepts 48 year old son after DNA test confirms he's the biolagical father

Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) has accepted paternity of a 48-year-old love son, Jack Musa Gowon, after a long legal tussle. Musa was the product of a love affair Gowon h…

Death Toll In Lagos Building Collapse Hits 44

At least, Twenty-six more dead bodies were recov?ered on Wednes?day from the scene of the five-storey building un?der construction which collapsed on Tuesday at Lekki Garden Estate Horizon, Ikate E…

Edo magistrate abducted

An Ehor court magistrate identified as Hassana Garuba, wife of former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, alongside other unidentified persons have been reported kidnapped by unknown gunmen. …

FG Offers Automatic Employment for Ocholi's Eldest Son, Siblings to Get Scholarship

As a way of bringing im?mediate relief for the distraught children of the late Minister of State for La?bour, Mr James Ocholi (SAN), the federal government has announced automatic employ?ment at t…

Collapsed Building: six confirmed dead in Lagos

An official of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Ibrahim Farinloye has confirmed the death of  Six persons as a five-storey building under construction collapsed in the early hour of T…

four dead, as 5 storey building collapses in Lagos

Four persons has been confirmed dead following the collapse of a five storey building in highbrow Lekki area of Lagos State.Four other persons have been rescued.Spokesperson of the National Emergency…

Nigerian Cristiano Ronaldo fan stabs Nigerian Lionel Messi fan to death in Mumbai

A 34-year-old Nigerian was stabbed to death by his friend after a  heated argument over who is the best footballer in the world in Mumbai, India.According to Times of India, the incident occurre…

Police Panti Barracks at Adekunle on fire

Police divisional headquarters, Panti in Yaba is currently on fire. The fire started at about 1:30pm at the police station also known as State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti, Yab…

Man to sweep Osun streets for stealing fish

An Osun State Magistrate's court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Sunday Oyeniyi to eight days sweeping punishment for stealing six pieces of live fish.The Police Prosecutor, Inspec…