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One killed, many trapped as five-storey building collapses in Rivers State

Nigeria, June 25 -- Several people, including a site engineer and a contractor, are reportedly trapped under the rubble of a collapsed five-storey building in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The buildin... Read More


South Africa coach Hugo Broos fires back at critics after knockout qualification

Nigeria, June 25 -- South Africa head coach Hugo Broos launched a passionate defence of his team after Bafana Bafana secured a historic place in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage for the first time, i... Read More


IGP orders probe into alleged police handover of teacher to mob in Kaduna

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has directed the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to investigate allegations that officers of the Nigeria Police... Read More


Nigerian sentenced to five years in US prison over $3.5 million romance scam

Nigeria, June 25 -- A Nigerian national, Franklin Nwadialo, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for orchestrating a long-running online romance scam that defrauded victims ... Read More


Court convicts top NSCDC officer of job racketeering

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has secured the conviction of a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence C... Read More


Court to rule on EFCC's forfeiture request against jailed ex-minister Mamman's assets

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed 2 July for ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of five a... Read More


ICPC arraigns El-Rufai, ex-aide, five firms over alleged N8.68 billion Kaduna CCTV contract fraud

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Advise... Read More


32 killed, 700 injured in Venezuela twin earthquakes

Nigeria, June 25 -- Two seismic earthquakes have struck Venezuela, killing at least 32 people and injuring about 700 others, the BBC is reporting. The first quake struck Caracas, the capital of Venez... Read More


FG announces discovery of platinum, lithium, rare earth deposits in Kaduna

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Federal Government has announced the discovery of what it described as a world-class polymetallic mineral province in Kaduna State containing deposits of platinum group metals,... Read More


Nigeria among top nine world's gas-flaring countries in 2025 - World Bank

Nigeria, June 25 -- It was a sunny Wednesday in early June. Yet the persistent buzzing from the Heirs Energies gas plant in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State and the intense heat radiating ... Read More