The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu has warned that the security agency would not be at...
Mrs Moji Ladeji, sister to former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose is dead. Mrs Ladeji died on Monday after a brief illness. Her death was...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said most people see Governors as thieves, corrupt and ineffective. The Governor said this in response to questions on...
A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has attributed the success of the just-concluded Edo governorship election to...
The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has said that it is saddened by the death of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji (Dr) Shehu Idris. Late Emir...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and a team of government officials to Zaria, Kaduna for the burial of the...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Sunday, moved into Ile Mole, Iremo Quarters, Ile-Ife. He will be secluded there for seven days as the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is forging ahead with its threat to deal with companies involved in illegal foreign exchange transactions. A total of 71...
Following the death of Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris on Sunday, the Kaduna State Government has declared three days of mourning. In a statement on...
The portal for the registration of prospective beneficiaries by the Federal Government for the Survival Fund will open today. The fund is a conditional grant to...
A six-month-old baby has been rescued from the wreckage of a storey building which collapsed at Obosi near Onitsha, at about 4:00 p.m yesterday. GCFRNG learnt...
Men of Operation Burst have arrested another gang leader of notorious ‘One Million Boys’ in Ibadan over kidnapping. This was made known by the Director-General of...
Thunder struck on Saturday evening at the outskirt of Ikogosi Ekiti community, Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State, leaving no fewer than 15 cows...
Twenty four hours after a 608 bus plunged into Akaeze River in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, four persons out of 32 passengers who...
A high rise shopping mall, located at Totoro area of Abeokuta metropolis in Ogun State, caught fire on Sunday, September 20. GCFRNG learnt that the fierce...
A 45-year-old woman identified as Rahma Sani has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly maltreating a 6-year-old boy Abdulkadiri Mu’awuya, under her care....
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on its performance at the just-concluded Sept. 19, governorship election...
Police in Delhi, India have arrested an alleged Nigerian drug peddler with expired visa on Sunday, September 20 for being in possession of 250 grams of...
The former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi, has described late Alhaji Shehu Idris, the Emir of Zazzau, who lived peace and exuded it....
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Sunday, said the late Emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris, played a fatherly role during his life stay on Earth. In...
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has expressed shock on the demise of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris. CAN Kaduna State...
A shopping mall has caught fire in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The fire was said to have started on Sunday morning. Thick black smoke coming...
A 20-year-old Business Administration student of the Federal polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, has been murdered by her boyfriend in Ikorodu, Lagos. Toluwalase Kembi, who had a...
Emir of Zaria, Alhaji Shehu Idris is dead. Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani confirmed his death on his Twitter page. Sani expressed shock at the passing...
A 35-year-old woman identified as Ms Blessing Emmanuel was delivered of a baby boy under the flyover bridge in Ajah area of Lagos state on Saturday....
A 24-year-old woman who was kidnapped by a three-member gang has been reportedly raped in Anambra stste after her family paid a ransom of N400,000. GCFRNG...
For the family of Adetoye, last Saturday morning was a tragic day for them and both couple identified as Kamilu Adetoye and his wife, Rofiat Adetoye...
A man named Hussaini Isah, the leader of Sara-suka, a suspected cult group terrorising some parts of Jos North Local Government Area has been arrested by...
President Muhammadu Buhari has offered his condolences to the government and people of Ebonyi State over the motor accident on Akaeze-Ukwu River, which claimed several lives...
The Ebonyi State Police Command have confirmed the recovery of 14 dead bodies from the Ebonyi river after accident. Recall that a bus conveying several persons...
Tragedy as a three-storey building belonging to a private school in the Ejigbo area in Lagos state reportedly collapsed on Saturday, September 19. GCFRNG learnt that...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has lauded the security presence at the various voting centres visited by a team from the commission deployed to monitor police...
The Ekiti State Police Command on Saturday declared a notorious armed robber and kidnapper, Oguntoyinbo Samuel wanted and placed placed a N5m bounty on whoever apprehend...
The Ebonyi State Police Command yesterday confirmed the recovery of 14 dead bodies from the Ebonyi river. The command, in a statement, signed and forwarded to...
50-year-old Bawada Audi has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for the death of his newborn grandchild in Rimin, Zayam Toro Local Government Area...
Farmers in Bauchi State have been warned not to hurriedly sell their harvested grains to food merchants from neighbouring states in order not to suffer hunger...
The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has warned the people of Edo State to monitor their votes and not be carried away. Saraki stated this in...
The Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday has arrested three staff members of the Bauchi State Local Government Pension Board for their involvement in a pension...
Three gunmen attacked Royal Garden Relaxation Spot in Egume, Dekina Local Government of Kogi on Friday, killing one person and injuring many others, the police said...
Some aggrieved voters in Edo reportedly protested against vote buying at Emokpae Model Primary on Mission Road where the sitting governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki...
Calls for the reconstruction of bridges destroyed by Boko Haram in Northern part of Adamawa since 2014 have been renewed after the collapse of Wuro-Gayandi bridge....
A journalist identified as Emma Ogu has narrated how he rescued his family from perishing in the landslide that ravaged Akwakuma community in Owerri North Local Government...
Tragedy occurred on Thursday at Egume Community in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State when unknown Gunmen struck at Royal Garden Relaxation Spot, along Anyigba...
Hundreds of graves in Nayinawa Tsallaka graveyard in Damaturu have been submerged by flood which has caused tension in the community as people express their worry....
Police in Gombe state have arrested a 37-year-old farmer identified as Ephraim Kadiri for allegedly killing an Okada rider and selling off his motorcycle in Billiri,...
Lukck ran out of a 26-year-old thief identified as Lucky after the Special Squad of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Security Outfit apprehended him shortly after stealing...
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it arrested a police sergeant identified as Anthony Kachukwu after his girlfriend, Justina Omofuma died in his custody at Exclusive...
Police in Cross Rivers have arrested a landlord identified as David Ntiero Okon for allegedly setting his tenant ablaze in Calabar, the state capital over her...
Parents and teachers of private schools in Kwara State, on Friday stormed the secretariat of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, demanding the resumption...
There were multiple accidents at the same time on Friday September 18, involving several vehicles traveling to their local government ahead of Edo governorship polls slated...
The chairman of Gokana Local Government Council, Hon. Paul Vidag Kobani has been arrested by men of the Rivers state police command over the alleged link with...
A Nigerian lady has narrated how a 17-year-old girl who was declared missing by her parents, was found in a hotel with two boys. According to...
The Federal Government has included Emirates Airlines in the list of airlines not allowed to operate in Nigeria. This is part of measures to curb the...
A High Court in Benue State has order Dangote Coal Mines Ltd to stop its mining activities in the State. The order was given by a...
On Friday, an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan remanded a 60-year-old man, Abiodun Omokhunu, 60, at State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) for reportedly...
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike destroyed bandits’ meeting venue in Kwaimbana Forest area of Kaduna State. Several bandits...
Investigations into the reported murder of an 18-month-old baby in the state has been commenced. The Plateau State Police Command on Friday said the baby who...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Friday disclosed that the State has committed N366.5 million in its fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. He explained that...
A 47 year old man identified as Emeka Ezimadu has been arrested for allegedly killing two of his children and his aged mother and inflicting injuries...
The federal government has called for increased partnership with the Cross River State government over developing its huge solid minerals potential. The Minister of Solid Minerals,...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has presented the staff of office to the new Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaye charging the monarch...
The Bishop of Anglican Communion, Diocese of Kaduna, Timothy Yahaya, has observed with dismay that insecurity in the country has made life nasty, brutish and short....
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised an alarm of children being recruited into the Boko Haram terrorist group. Speaking while receiving a committee of...
The US Department of Commerce has announced that TikTok and WeChat will be banned from app stores in the country from Sunday, September 20, amid national...
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has hailed the signing of the Nigeria Police bill 2020 into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday....
The Niger State Police Command has called on members of the public in possession of illegal and prohibited firearms in the state to submit them between...
Local Government Area Chairmen in Sankaraland of Benue State and some traditional rulers have abandoned their domain and relocated to Makurdi for fears of their lives....
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami; the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, and...
Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadeeq Abubakar has promised that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would not relax its onslaught against bandits until criminals...
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps has apprehended about 65 cows as well as one herdsman. The herdsman identified as...
The Presidency has said that Nigeria is ‘collapsing’ forward under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made the remark...
Ahead of tomorrow’s visit to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State by the Ebeano political family, a former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Kano State, has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Jamila Abubakar, over alleged murder of her...
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has commissioned a Molecular Laboratory & Diagonistic Centre in Aba, for the testing of Covid-19, and an Infectious Disease Hospital...
A self-styled traditional ruler of Otokutu, Ughievwem Kingdom, in the Ugheli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Rueben Ogode, has been arraigned for allegedly...
Unknown Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Monday, shot and killed one Alhaji Muntari Mai Yadi and kidnapped his son, Usman, at Yankara town in the...
President Muhammadu government has come under attack over the compulsory registration of self-certification forms. The Buhari-led government had on Thursday ordered that all Nigerians with account...
Evans The trials of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chuckwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and others yesterday stalled at Special Offences section of Lagos State High Court sitting in...
Nigerian man named Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi has escaped death penalty after Singapore’s Court of Appeal reversed its own decision on Thursday September 17, a judgement widely...
Lawyer and former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has confirmed the separation/divorce from his fourth wife, Precious Chikwendu who delivered triplets for him. GCFRNG learnt that...
A hotelier identified as Falola Oke has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Ilesa, Osun state on Wednesday night. GCFRNG learnt that the hotelier, Oke who...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the passage of renowned theatre arts practitioner and prominent indigene of the state, Chief Jimoh Aliu, who...
The National Economic Council (NEC) says 15 states will benefit from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) funding for education. The fund is part of measures...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government on Thursday, directed all account holders in all financial institutions to obtain, complete and submit Self–Certification Forms. This includes banks,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, said all is set for the Edo State governorship election. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner for Information spoke at...
Lighthening Tragedy hit Taraba on Tuesday when three siblings were struck to death by thunder while their mother, Justina Nyavoro, who sustained serious burnt is receiving...
Nicholas Afel, Acting District Head of Kamuru-Ikulu in Zango-Kataf Local Government, Kaduna State, has alerted of rising insecurity in his domain. The traditional leader said murder...
The federal government has commenced a comprehensive review of treasury forms and other accounting source documents in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs). Henshaw Ogubike, Information Director,...
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Citizens Action for Good Governance (CAGG), on Thursday, in Abuja condemned a statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the state...
A 21-year-old marriage between a painter, Ojo Ayeni and his wife, Sade has been dissolved on Thursday, September 17 by a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. His spokesman, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the...
The Northeast Governors Forum (NEGF) has appointed Muhammad Abba Aji as the body’s Executive Secretary. He will coordinate the forum’s affairs and head the secretariat for...
The Ogun State Government has described the steps taken by its workers to embark on a one-week strike as provocative and indecorous. The government also said...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), in conjunction with the Defence Headquarters, has commenced a two-day workshop to educate and sensitise officers and men of the...
Suspected bandits have killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gidan Madi police station in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto state. According to report, the...
The regular bi-annual meeting of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Senior Executives of telecommunication companies on complaints management was recently held and for the first...
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Teejay Yusuf representing Kabba Bunu/Ijumu Federal constituency of Kogi State has urged the European Union, United Kingdom and...
Tragedy as two undegraduates of University of Jos identified as Kamal Abubakar and Ramadan Muhammad reportedly died in a fatal car accident on Wednesday, September 16....
The Niger State government has denied allegations of closing down the existing Federal roads in the state to articulated vehicles. Alhaji Balarabe Ibrahim, Chairman, Infrastructure and...
The Lagos State Emergency Management (LASEMA) has announced that fire has engulfed six shops at Ogudu police barracks in Ogudu axis in a pre dawn fire...