Read the EFCC press statement below. A 19-year-old suspected internet fraudster Ojosipe Adebayo, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice A.O Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a two- count -charge ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has denied media reports suggesting that he made derogatory remarks about the Igbo people in a lecture he delivered at Harvard University, US. Below is his disclaimer: I have just read a statement attributed to ...

Indeed, Tonto Dikeh started the trend of having humongous tattoo on the back and it doesn’t appear to be ending at any point in the near future! – Yours genuinely, Rukky Sanda

A violent riot was reported yesterday close to Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge in Lagos State. It was purportedly brought on by okada riders protesting against the police who shot one of them. Suburbanites were encouraged to use other routes.

Governors of the All Progressives Congress are meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. The meeting, it was gathered, would be the first to be attended by the governors jointly since the conduct ...

President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has sent former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as his emissary to South African President Jacob Zuma to lobby for the candidacy of Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, as president of the African Development Bank. This ...

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, last week freed no fewer than 38 inmates, who were awaiting trials in the five prison facilities across the state. The prisons are located in Abeokuta, Ilaro, Sagamu and Ijebu Ode. ...

The troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a man said to be a supplier of fuel and food to members of the Boko Haram sect at Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State.   Director of Defence Information, ...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party’s performance in the just concluded general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the ...

The death toll in the clashes between some villagers and soldiers  in three villages of Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata  in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 39 as nine more bodies have been uncovered. Soldiers, said ...