Emmanuel Ikechukwu The coordinator of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) in Mecca, Suleiman Usman, has disclosed that some Nigerian pilgrimage officials were arrested and taken to prison... Read more
Nigeria will step up their preparations for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers with two international friendly fixtures next month, against Congo and Cameroon in Belgium. The 2013 African champio... Read more
The abductors of Mrs. Toyin, wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Steve Nwosu, have contacted the family. Toyin was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday... Read more
The U.S. has “disrupted a plot” against Pope Francis as it steps up security measures ahead of his trip to the country later this month. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who is head o... Read more
A storey building housing an Islamic school in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State last night collapsed on pupils, killing about seven of them. The incident occurred at... Read more
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has reiterated his determination to increase the salaries of workers in the state. Addressing newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting with t... Read more
The Federal Government has appointed General Theophilus Danjuma, retd, as the Chairman of its interventions programme aimed to assuage the effect of poverty, deprivations and death inflicted... Read more
A bomb went off in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of the Adamawa state capital Yola in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, killing at least three people, state emerg... Read more
New Boko Haram attacks have created a major hunger crisis in Africa’s Lake Chad region with malnutrition reaching “catastrophic” levels in some areas, the World Food Progra... Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had arrested a suspected notorious drug baron, Azubuike Odugwe, over unlawful importation of 1.025kg of cocaine. The Agency... Read more