Following reports of incessant rape ans defilement cases in Nigeria, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti and Frontline lawyer,...
Niger State Government says it has repatriated 780 out of 794 Almajiris from its Quarantine Center in Minna, the state capital to their states of origin...
Sen. Gabriel Suswam (PDP-Benue) says the National Assembly has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) not to increase electricity tariff because of the current economic challenges...
Aisha Yusufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls campaign group, has again blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the 77-year-old Nigerian leader does the same work with Nigerian Instagram...
The Nigeria police has denied detaining Seyitan Babatayo, the lady who came forward about being allegedly raped by D’banj. A police representative who spoke to Vanguard,...
The Enugu State Government has confirmed 66 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 327. The state Commissioner...
Following the growing impact of COVID-19 and the continuous use of the social media to educate children who are currently locked down at home, the Nigerian...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned social media big boy, “Nwata Anayo Eze” over alleged $8.5 million scam. The EFCC made the announcement...
The Kaduna State government has confirmed thirty-nine (39) new COVID-19 cases in the State. It explained that the 39 cases were part of the 344 samples...
A total of seven hundred and ninety (790) new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the...
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a 54-year-old pastor identified as Niyi Omowodun for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl at Ejigun Agbede Itele Ota...
Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has sent a message to state governors undergoing COVID-19 treatments. Atiku wished Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta...
Sani Aliyu, the coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, has disclosed that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) timetable is not determined by Nigeria....
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General T.Y. Buratai, has taken assessment of the Nigerian Army combat readiness as the Army moves to engage and clear...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till July 10 for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to present its remaining witnesses and...
Residents of Kautikari village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State on Wednesday, said Boko Haram militants attacked and killed one person on his farm....
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has warned members of the public about an admission scam via fake social media accounts, which purportedly belong to the Commandant...
Transport Operators under the aegis of Public Transport Owners of Nigeria, has issued guidelines following the reopening of interstate movements. The group after its emergency meeting...
Tragedy as a middle-aged woman simply identified as Mrs. Oregbe reportedly slumped and died in Ughelli, Ughelli North L.G.A, Delta. This tragic incident which has thrown...
Sam Amadi, ex-Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has reacted to the Tuesday’s face-off between the executive and legislature of the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians. After...
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the interim forfeiture of 48 choice properties, linked to former Chairman of Nigerian Social...
Farmers in Yobe state have been warned by the police to be watchful as they go to their farms to work. This warning was issued by...
The Cross River State Government has said that the laws against kidnapping in the state will be strengthened to stem the tide of insecurity in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, said that the recently developed Economic Sustainability Plan, aimed at stimulating the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will extend protection to...
The Oyo State Government, on Wednesday, released new guidelines for the opening of schools in the state. The state government announced various measures that were in...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), on Wednesday, said vehicle owners have no intentions of increasing transportation fares. NURTW’s Acting General Secretary, Kabiru Yau...
The Yobe State Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control says the remaining three patients in the state isolation center have been discharged after meeting clinical criteria....
A Nigerian man identified as Elijah Ayodeji Ojo has been arrested by the Ogun state police command for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer in the...
Five NGO workers captured by the Khalifa Soldiers, part of the Islamic State of West African province, ISWAP group may be killed as others before them,...
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The gunmen allegedly carted away computers and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced seven (7) new COVID-19 related deaths for Edo (3) and Niger (4) States. Edo State now has...
Suspected herdsmen have allegedly raped a middle-aged woman to coma in a farmland located at Ebenebe in Awka North local government area of Anambra State. The...
The interfaith Mediation Center, IMC, Kaduna, has called on the government at all levels to urgently take proactive measures to intervene on the frequent crisis between...
The Bayelsa State government has said it recorded two additional COVID-19 related deaths in the state. The Director of Public Health and member of the State...
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus. He made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter. “My wife and I have tested positive...
S.ex workers and the Proprietor of a popular brothel, Pedro Hotel, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State narrowly escaped death on Sunday June 28 when a...
The 12-man Ad hoc Expert Medical Advisory Committee (EMAC) set up by the Enugu State Government has blamed the stigmatization of patients and low compliance with...
Two oil wells in Ejigbo, Lagos State, have been discovered by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The wells are...
The Nigerian Government has ordered the management of MultiChoice, to suspend the implementation of its new hiked tariffs on different bouquets on its DSTV. The Acting...
The family of a 3-year-old boy who was abducted by unknown persons from a church on Sunday, June 28, 2020 has pleaded to the public to...
The Federal Government has commenced moves to recover unremitted revenues accrued to it through the Stamp Duty Tax in the last six years. This was made...
The Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to improving electoral reform in the country. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken about his administration’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within the next 10 years. Buhari stated this while...
A total of 561 new cases of coronavirus infections have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Tuesday....
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has lambasted security agencies for not apprehending some supporters of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, who recently threatened to...
Tragedy as suspected armed robbers allegedly stabbed a mother of two identified as Uchechi Ogoke while her two children were injured in Ihitte Uboma local government...
The Plateau State House of Assembly on Tuesday, suspended the Chairman of Quaan Pan Local Government, Hon. Isaac Kwallu and his Kanam counterpart, Hon. Abas Wokdung,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared a former staff of the anti-graft agency identified as Gloria Obioma Elih for fraudulent...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the...
A 26-year-old, Shagbada Erigga has been arrested by police in Oyo for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Happiness Winifred, 30, for refusing to have sex with him....
Unity Bank Plc has dismissed claims by a whistleblower that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, operated a secret account with the institution. Unity Bank, in a...
The Defence Headquarters has said that Troops of the Air Component of Operation GAMA AIKI have killed several armed bandits at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase has directed the Chief Whip of the House, Muhammed Monguno to sanction members disregarding social distancing...
Three children, two girls and a boy who were stolen from their families since June 2019 are still with the Nigeria Police Force after being rescued...
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor confirmed his status on Tuesday via his facebook page. According to the governor in a 3:29...
Two suspects have been arrested by the police operatives of the Intelligence Response Team for the kidnap and murder of a Medical Doctor, Audu Benedict, his...
It is unarguably true that social media is a platform that has given voice to the voiceless and has helped boost communication across the world. Social...
Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, says he could end the agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra if given the...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has scheduled the end of July for the commencement of registration of intending pilgrims for the 2021 exercise. The...
A 25-year-old man identified as Olamilekan Ayanwole has been arraigned by the Osun State Police Command before a magistrate court sitting in Ile-Ife for allegedly attacking...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has announced that one coronavirus death has been recorded in the state. The Governor who disclosed this in a tweet...
The Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday confirmed that 26 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been recorded in Abuja. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control...
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has accused some politicians of blackmailing and pressuring him into getting slots in the 774,000 jobs...
The drama between Nigerian singer D’banj, whose full name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo and Seyitan Babalola, the lady who alleged that the popular entertainer raped her...
Tragedy as a 22-year-old woman reportedly died two months after making a post about death on Facebook. Recall that the 22-year-old woman identified as Sandra Chinenye Obioha...
The backwardness of Nigeria has been blamed on the Fulanis who have ruled the country for several years without ”anything to show” for holding levers of...
A foremost Ibadan industrialist, Chief Bode Akindele is dead. GCFRNG gathered that Chief Akindele died in Lagos on Monday. He was the Parakoyi of Ibadanland and...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a Nigerian man identified as Babatunde Oyerinde Abidoun popularly known as Kashy who is reportedly...
The arrest of a 24-year-old lady who was nabbed on her way to buy an aborted baby has been confirmed by the Anambra state police command....
A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Monday, June 29 has ordered the Nigerian police to pay the sum of N15 milliom fine over the...
Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, today cautioned the federal and state governments against banning the Almajiri system of education. This is even as the...
A prominent Gombe indigene, Babayo Gidado, is dead. Gidado, 79, served as Chief of Staff to former Governor, Danjuma Goje. Gombe Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has expressed...
The National Association of Nigeria Students has called out the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Ilaro Chapter, Emmanuel Ademola, for dabbling into the...
The Federal Government has approved the safe resumption of domestic flights across the country nationwide in the next phase of the gradual easing of lockdown ordered...
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on interstate movement. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, made the announcement during the daily...
The government of Ogun State says a total of 18 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in the state so far. One patient was reported to have...
Suspected cultists who kidnapped one Patience Emmanuel, a 20-year-old undergraduate in Bauchi State have told her parents that they didn’t need ransom but the victim’s virginity....
In its determined bid to control infectious diseases in the state, the Bauchi State government today inaugurated a molecular laboratory it built and equipped by the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has ordered the relocation of solar street lights project in private residences of some highly placed...
A U.S. court has reportedly docked 11 Nigerians for allegedly involving in a large-scale conspiracy to commit $6m bank fraud in southern New Jersey and southeastern...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has warned the public against the use of non-approved hand sanitizers to avoid the risk of skin damage. The regulatory body...
The federal government has revealed that over one million people have applied for the N-Power program after the application portal was opened for 48 hours. The...
Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of additional 93 COVID-19 patients. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu who made this known in a statement on Monday...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, awarded the sum of N15 million against the Nigeria police over the alleged killings of three members of...
Just like Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, other African woman are making a difference and connecting Africa to the world. Uganda’s Busie Matsiko-Andan is one of such women. New-York...
As Europe prepares to reopen its borders, Nigeria has been excluded from the list of countries whose travelers could be received on July 1. The European...
Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Captain Rabiu Yadudu, has announced that two flights will not be allowed to fly from the same terminal...
The remains of a six-year-old girl identified as Khadijah Ya’u who was allegedly raped to death by her captor(s) were found in a mosque located at...
Niger State Government has hinged the delay in the payment of June, 2020 salaries of workers to discovery of over N672 million monthly payment to ghost...
Several bandits have been eliminated and many kidnapped victims rescued by the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in continuation of aggressive clearance under Operation Accord in...
Some market men and women in Imo State have vowed not to obey the fresh lockdown ordered by the government. The new lockdown is expected to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of Col. Honest Irmiya Stephens (rtd), the Hama Bachama and Paramount Ruler of Bachama Kingdom over the transition...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Malawi opposition alliance leader, Lazarus Chakwera for his victory in the country’s presidential election re-run. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) late Saturday...
Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church, on Sunday, disclosed that his church recorded 114 COVID-19 healings. Oyedepo, who is the founder of Living Faith said...
A 61-year-old man identified as Eke Kanu has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly raping and impregnating his 19-year-old daughter in the...
Pandemonium in Iwo, Osun community as a young man identified as Shuaib Isola was allegedly beaten to death by another man while playing football on Sunday....
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with government and people of Kogi State over the passing of Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Nasir Ajana. GCFRNG reported earlier that...
The ad hoc Expert Medical Advisory Committee (EMAC) on the de-escalation of the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) transmission set up by the Enugu State Government has interfaced...
President Muhammadu Buhari administration has commenced the process that will lead to the earlier announced recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians. On Monday, the federal government will inaugurate...
The paramount ruler of the Bachama Kingdom in Adamawa State, Honest Stephen, who died in the wee hours of Sunday, has been buried. Honest Stephen was...