Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat will reportedly be embarking on another medical trip which they will be accompanied on by security operatives.   A top IMN source confirmed the planned trip in an interview with The Nation and he also revealed that El-Zakzaky’s family members and close associates have been stopped from visiting by DSS …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his arch rival and one of his political enemies, Senator Shehu Sani, has become a blogger after he lost out in the Kaduna Central Senatorial election held in February this year.   Sani left the All Progressives Congress (APC) after clashes with El-Rufai to join the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) where he lost his seat …

A retired Marine attending a school reunion in Thailand took revenge on a man who bullied him over 50 years ago by shooting him dead.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 16-man new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, with Dr. Pius Odubu Edo State former Deputy Governor as the chairman.

Shortly after landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Friday night, on his way to begin his freshman year at Harvard University, 17-year-old Ismail B. Ajjawi was taken aside by immigration officers who he says detained him for eight hours, questioned him about his friends’ social-media activity, and then deported him.

Former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati has reacted to the recent string of fraud related crimes linked to Nigerians in the diaspora and the damaging consequences it portends for the nation.   See his full piece below.. This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian, especially if you are a Nigerian in diaspora. It is indeed the …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad cried out over loss of his independence while speaking at the 2019 General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.   Alleging that the Judiciary is not truly independent financially, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) promised that the arm of goverment which he heads won’t lose “its …

A tragic accident which occurred in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, left a BRT bus passenger dead and many others injured.   The sad incident occurred on Tuesday morning, after a cement truck belonging to Dangote company veered off its lane and collided with a 60-seater high capacity Bus Rapid Transit BRT.   Confirming the accident which led to a traffic gridlock as …

Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that the collaboration between the Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, has led to the recovery of the sums of $314,000 (Three Hundred and Fourteen Thousand US Dollars) and about N373,000,000 (Three Hundred and Seventy-three Million Naira) from perpetrators of computer-related frauds.   Magu said …

President Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Reverend Tor Ujah.   In a statement released by the Director (Information) at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, the Federal government says the termination was in line with the provision of Section 4, Sub-Section 3 …