[AI London] Alarming escalation of attacks, abductions for ransom and frequent killings across Nigeria have left people feeling more unsafe, showing utter failure of the Nigerian authorities to protect lives and properties, said Amnesty International...

[Daily Trust] People of Sokoto State, which has been experiencing banditry for a long time, have placed high expectations on the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruku Yahaya.

[Premium Times] The credit will provide six million people with basic drinking water services and 1.4 million people access to improved sanitation services.

[This Day] The World Bank has approved the Nigeria Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Program (SURWASH).

[This Day] Grammy winner Burna Boy has emerged as the most streamed African artist globally on the music streaming platform Spotify.

[Premium Times] This newspaper had earlier reported the declaration of 90 travellers as health hazards for allegedly committing the same offence.

[Daily Trust] Forty-six dead bodies of over 200 passengers who drowned after a boat carrying artisanal miners and traders capsized in Tsihuwan Labata in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

[Premium Times] Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim's initial appointment as the boss of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) violated the law of the agency.

[Vanguard] The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.

[Daily Trust] Their voices could be heard meters away - each wanted to suppress the other.

[Premium Times] Farouk Yahaya, a major general, replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash on May 21.

[Cameroon Tribune] Government has proposed a National Oil Policy which aims to consolidate oil industry regulatory authorities into a single agency.

[This Day] In the past few weeks we have been treated to how degraded Nigeria has become, we have also witnessed the manifestation of a contrary trend. The latter was the retrieval and reassertion of the spirit of federalism by the Southern Governors...

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday said 37 of its inmates were admitted and matriculated into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

[Premium Times] The governor promises to deliver more people-oriented projects within the next 24 months.

[Premium Times] Lawmakers accused themselves of plagiarising the content of a bill to establish the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Examiners.

[Premium Times] Mr Saraki, a former senate president, served two terms between 2003 and 2011 as Kwara governor.

[Premium Times] Lagos again took the lead with 27 new cases and followed by Rivers with 14 new cases.

[Premium Times] A Chinese man allegedly involved in the rail track theft was also arrested.

[Vanguard] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday assured members of the Day Old Chicks Merchant Association of Nigeria (DOCMAN) of an improved system and the backing of the government.

[Vanguard] The Borno Government has ordered the closure of two tertiary institutions in the state following students' unrest for two weeks

[Vanguard] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says that 54 petroleum pipeline points were vandalised in February 2021.

[Vanguard] As transport fares soar amid drop in petrol price

[This Day] Award-winning actress and singer Supernova is the cover star of Black Celebrity Magazine.

[This Day] The General Overseer of Flaming Sword Ministry, Obalende, Lagos, Bishop Adebayo Babalola, has ascribed the rising insecurity in Nigeria to the inability of the Christian leaders to focus on their primary duty, which is to pray the church a...

[This Day] The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, has pledged the commitment of EU countries and their business concerns in Nigeria to redouble e...

[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has released another list of 132 Nigerian travellers wanted for breaching the Health Protection Regulations 2021 in relation to the COVID-19 protocol.

[This Day] Abuja -- The announcement of Maj. Gen. Faruk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff (COAS) yesterday drew pulsating jubilations at the headquarters of Operations Hadin Kai in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday lamented the continued vandalism of the commission's assets, warning that it could weaken elections and democracy, if not proper...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Cui Jianchun, and Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, yesterday met in Abuja, with both countries agreeing that there's no row between them.