Timawus Mathias, a Veteran broadcaster at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yola, Adamawa State, has regained consciousness after five weeks of being in coma. He broke the news on Monday evening on Facebook. The 73-year-old who retired as a manager before going into private practice, stated: “This has miraculously ...

  The Nigeria Police Force, Osun State Command, has confirmed the arrest of a notorious serial killer, Rasheed Okoilu. Okoilu, whose birthname is Rasheed Hamed, is said to have been on the command’s wanted list over involvement in life-taking activities in the state. Naija News learnt that Okoilu was arrested ...

  The opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly have said there is no going back on their resolve to impeach the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), if he fails to address the insecurity in the country within six weeks. The lawmakers in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, dismissed ...

British rapper and singer, Stephanie Victoria Allen, popularly known as Stefflon Don, has revealed the major reasons she broke up with Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy. Naija News recalls that the former love birds parted ways late last year over speculations of alleged ...

  Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new record by winning the 100 meters hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. The 25-year-old clocked 12.30 seconds to set a new games record. Her victory has also secured Nigeria’s 10th gold medal in what has been ...

  Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was appointed Nigeria’s 21st Inspector-General of Police on March 6, 2002. He left the office in 2005. He passed on in Lagos on Thursday, four days to his 75th birthday. ...

  Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament but finished first by a narrow margin in parliamentary polls, provisional results showed on Thursday. It is the first time since the historically stable West African country’s independence in 1960 that the ruling party’s camp has lost ...

  The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of being unrealistic with their demands. He stated on Friday that the government can’t borrow money to pay the striking members of ASUU amidst cash shortages when other sectors of ...

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday submitted a petition at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo to challenge the outcome of the July 16 governorship election, which produced Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor-elect of the state. It was gathered that Oyetola was ...

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled the Head of Asset Recovery and Management Unit, Ministry of Justice, Ladidi Mohammed, over allegations of fraud. Naija News understands that the EFCC had detained and questioned Mohammed, who is a close ally of the Attorney-general and Minister ...