Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti, popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Femi was born 16 June, 1962 in London to Fela and Remi Kuti and he grew up in the former Nigerian capital, Lagos. His...
Two Air Force Officers and two businessmen were yesterday killed by unknown gunmen in separate attacks carried out in Kano Metropolis. The killing of the two officers occurred around Sa’adatu Rimi College along Zaria Road at 11.30am, while the tw...
There were heavy explosion and sporadic gunshots last night at Janbulo area, along Bayero University Kano Road, following a failed attempt by a suicide bomber to blow up a mosque while prayers were going on. The attack resulted in the death...
The Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment in Benue State, Mr. John Ngbede, in this interview with SOLOMON AYADO, speaks on the alleged politicisation of water distribution in the state, the public outcry against flooding in...
Indications emerged, yesterday, that the suspects including sons of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos High Court in Ikeja Division for alleged involvement in fuel subsidy fraud were...
Lagos clergyman, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has vowed to continue his advocacy for good governance in the country, just as he revealed his encounter with men of the Lagos State Command of the State Security Service (SSS). Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, yester...
The Nigeria Police have explained the delay in prosecuting suspects in the bribery allegation trailing the former Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan and a businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola on the need to carefully ga...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the 2011 presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), yesterday paid a sympathy and solidarity visit to the three churches bombed early last month. A penultima...
Thirteen persons including the driver of the commercial bus conveying traders from Onitsha, Anambra state to Lagos, lost their lives in a fatal motor accident along the Benin-Lagos expressway in the early hours of yesterday. Edo State Deputy Corps Educ...
A –Lagos based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has alleged that N2.055 trillion was illegally withdrawn from the Federation Account by the Central Bank of Nigeria ,CBN, and paid to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC and other m...
The founder and general overseer of the Synagogue Church, Ikotun, Egbe, Lagos, Pastor TB Joshua, yesterday said he thanked God for t...
Five students of the Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, suspected to be involved in cult activities, have been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for various reasons, including possession of dangerous weapons, and are now cooling their feet ...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has shut down the administrative headquarters of Gilmor Construction Company located in Maitama district of Abuja in its bid to protect the Nigerian environment from furth...
Kano Zonal Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria [NAHCON], Alhaji Umar AT Bala, has warned tour operators engaged in Umrah this year that the commission will enforce regulatory measures to ensure a hitch-free exercise. Alhaji Uma...
The Army Records in Lokoja has intercepted another set of children from human traffickers barely two days after ten children were rescued on similar mission to Lagos. The over 300 hundred children from Benue State were rescued by the men of the Quick R...