Nigeria

At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the...

Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong has been charged with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion by the Akwa Ibom State government...

The Akwa Ibom State government on Wednesday charged Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion.The actor...

Internet sensation, Big Ivy, has won over the internet again with her new single Poison Ivy.The song, which is a reply to Nigeria’s Mummy...

The President and Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has relieved his nephew, Dr Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren, of his position as the President...

Tanzanian police authorities have released the Nigerian music star, Kizz Daniel, born Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, hours after he was arrested.He was detained at the Oysterbay Police...

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced 20 Ghanaian fishermen to one-year imprisonment each for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka...

The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas has revealed that the kidnappers of two Nollywood actors, Cynthia Okereke and...

Nigeria’s government says it has banned the importation of Sim cards used in mobile phones.Communications Minister Isa Pantami said at an industry conference on...

The Big Ivy and Mummy Dolarz Ghana-Naija beef may not be seeing an end anytime soon.After Ghana’s Big Ivy replied Nigeria’s Mummy Dolarz internet...

All schools have been told to shut and children sent home amid security fears in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and in nearby Nasarawa state.Intelligence reports...

Mother of rapper CJ Biggerman, Ivy Adjimah, popularly known as Big Ivy, says she never wanted her son to pursue music as a career....

The Ghana-Naija feud, which started because nationals of the two nations wanted superiority over who makes the best Jollof rice, is seemingly heading off...

A high court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a primary school owner and his friend to death by hanging for...

A yet-to-be identified man has been captured on video begging his wife's sister for sex, before attempting to force her to sleep with him. In a...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and put before a court to answer for using a charm during sexual intercourse with his girlfriend, which...

A 23-year-old man identified as Mohammed Abubakar, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun state for biting off...

A woman, who left home to celebrate Sallah with friends, returned to find her house and car on fire.She shared a video of herself...

A Nigerian senator will appear in court in London later Thursday, accused of trying to take a child to the UK in order to...

Gunmen have attacked a convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's team in Katsina, his home state in the north.Two persons sustained injuries in the...

Officials in Nigeria say dozens of Boko Haram suspects are missing after prison in the capital, Abuja, was attacked by armed men on Tuesday...

Gunmen have attacked a convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s team in Katsina, his home state in the north.Two persons sustained injuries in the...

Police in southern Nigeria say they’ve launched a manhunt for two Catholic priests who were kidnapped at the weekend in Edo state.The two men...

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye, has said Christians don’t need guns for self-defence.On Sunday, Adeboye clarified...

Ayopo Ogunleye, who has fathered five sets of twins, has become something of a local celebrity in western Nigeria.He told BBC Yoruba he was...

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the southwestern state of Ondo.Some of them...

A Twitter user has narrated how a man discovered that his wife is a lesbian after three years of marriage.According to @thaturhobogirl, the man...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has been chosen as the running mate to Tonte Ibraye, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Rivers...

Suspects linked to the killing of at least 40 people in a church in south-west Nigeria have been detained by a regional security force,...

A Nigerian lawyer caused a stir at the Supreme Court today June 23, when he attended proceedings in the court in his traditional worshipper’s regalia.According to...

A second Nigerian politician has been beheaded by abductors in the south-east of the country, the authorities say.Police in Anambra state say the decapitated...

An alleged mass kidnapping in Nigeria, seemingly reported live on Twitter on Tuesday, was fake, police say.The news of the alleged abductions came...

The founder and senior pastor of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has made shocking revelation about his relationship with his late wife, Ibidunni Ighodalo.The...

The funeral of the 40 persons gruesomely killed by unknown gunmen who attacked the St. Francis Catholic church, Owo, on June 5, is currently...

A mass funeral service is to take place in south-western Nigeria later for victims of the shooting earlier this month at a Catholic church...

Police in Nigeria say they are investigating a reported mass abduction in the capital Abuja.Kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs are becoming increasingly common...

The official trailer for Bakia T. Thomas's star-studded thriller C.O.L.D has debuted ahead of its August 12, 2022, theatrical release.A first glimpse at the...

A man, whose wife is reported to be mentally unstable, is being investigated for allegedly abusing her in the name of cleaning her.According to pulse.ng,...

A Nigerian man who has been hailed a "hero" for risking his life by driving a burning fuel tanker away from a densely populated...

Gunmen have abducted at least 29 people in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, police say.The victims were travelling back home from a wedding...