An investigative journalit has rejected 700,000 cash which was given to him as a bribe to kill a story in Kano state. Nasiru Salisu Zango who describes himself as a whistle-blower and Human Rights fighter – currently works with Freedom Radio Kano, was presented with the “incentive” to cover up …

Unknown assailants suspected to be ritualists on Tuesday killed a 73-year-old pensioner, Mrs. Adetutu Ajayi, in Ado Ekiti. The criminals reportedly made away with her fingers, while her blood was also suspected to have been drained and taken away in a bucket she owned. Mrs. Ajayi, a daughter of the …

The Programme Manager, Akwa Ibom state Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKSACA), Dr. Nkereuwem Etok, Tuesday, disclosed that 51.6 percent of married men and women have tested positive to HIV/AIDS infection in the state. Dr Nkerereuwem who expressed fears over the alarming rate of HIV/AIDS infections among married men …

President Donald Trump has signed into law a package of sanctions against Russia, the White House said Wednesday, after he had privately opposed the measures and his aides had lobbied against them. Two White House sources said Trump had signed the bill behind closed doors and away from the cameras …

The Grand Master Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Baba Bisi Akande and Gov Abiola Ajimobi today paid a condolence visit to Governor  Ogbeni Aregbesola over the demise of his mother. See photos below

Global smartphone sales saw a modest decline in the second quarter of 2017, as market leaders Samsung and Apple consolidated their positions, a survey showed Wednesday. The IDC survey showed South Korean giant Samsung maintaining the top spot by delivering some 79.8 million handsets for a 23.3 percent market share. …

The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement today in Abuja undertook a peaceful protest to demand the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls, and to condemn last week’s gruesome killings and abduction by Boko Haram terrorists of oil exploration workers and lecturers of the University of Maiduguri. The demonstration began at the …

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea spreads from an infected person’s throat during oral sex, the World Health Organisation has warned. The world health body says the human throat acts as a ‘silent reservoir’ for gonorrhoea, and that the problem is driving the drug-resistance crisis currently being experienced in the treatment of gonorrhoea. Drug-resistant …

A horrified wife discovered that her husband had repeatedly raped her while she slept. She found shocking videos of the attacks on his mobile phone. The disgusted victim saw the sickening footage when she grew curious about an app called ‘Video Locker’ on her husband’s phone and decided to investigate. …

Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said yesterday that more than half of Nigeria’s value added tax, VAT, comes from Lagos State alone. Kemi Adeosun Speaking at the parley between the Federal Government and Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, in Abuja, Adeosun said 87 percent of Nigeria’s VAT was derived from four states …