Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Turkson, 73, fr...

The police in India have busted a pan-India hawala racket with possible links outside the country and arrested three persons including a Nigerian national, The Times of India reports. The police also froze about 30 bank accounts having trans...

The Nigeria Police have released five protesters arrested for participating in the #NorthIsBleeding protest to demand improved security in the Northern part of the county. The protesters on Wednesday took to the streets  of Abuja to cal...

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has called on the international community to sanction Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, over the continued detention of a journalist, Mr Luka Binniyat. Binniyat is also the spokesperson for ...

Elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has insisted that the South-East geopolitical zone must produce the next president of Nigeria. He said this when a presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, visited h...

Yusuf, son of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been turbaned the new District Head of Kwasarawa under Daura Emirate in his home state, Katsina. Yusuf has also been turbaned the Talban Daura. The ceremony was held...

The Nigerian Army has reacted to the death of an undergraduate of Computer Science at the University of Benin, Christian Ehima. Christian’s mother, an Assistant Superintendent of Police attached to the Delta State Police Command, Mercy Ehi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram terrorist group was fragmented and weakened. Buhari said despite efforts of the armed forces against the insurgents, they remain active and are “preying on soft targets”. ...

File photo used to illustrate story. Two young Nigerians, Morakinyo Tobiloba Peter and Yusuf Samson Dayo, have narrated how officers attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon Close, Lagos State, extorted N22,000,0...

The Nasarawa State Government has banned the use and sale of charcoal in the state.   Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Aliyu Agwai, who announced this while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Lafia...