4 killed as Lorry falls on commercial bus carrying students of Fed. Government Girls College Oyo

Four students of the Federal Government Girls College Oyo state were reportedly killed after a Lorry carrying garri, fell on a commercial bus conveying them to school yesterday. According to residents of the town, the accident happened at Sabo market in Oyo state. The accident was caused by bad portions of the road. The remains of the deceased have been deposited in a morgue

Kano State House of Assembly approves 15 years for rapists, life imprisonment for kidnappers

The Kano State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill seeking for life imprisonment for kidnappers and 15 years sentence for rapists in the state.

Hon. Yussuf Attah, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, who read the Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Labour Amendment Bill 2016 before the Assembly today Monday, October 31, said the committee of the whole Assembly passed the bill after considering the amendment.

"The law has been in existence since 1963, but did not provide serious punishment for kidnappers, therefore, we have to amend it to suit the current situation," said Attah.

Don't drag Buhari into judges' arrest - Presidency

The Presidency has advised journalists and other Nigerians to stop linking President Muhammadu Buhari to the legal travails of some recently arrested Judges in the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said President Muhammadu Buhari would be the last person to authorise anybody to induce a Judge to pervert the course of justice.

Malam Shehu recalled that, despite his personal familiarity with some court Judges, the President had never used that familiarity to seek favours from them from 2003, 2007 and 2011 when he was challenging the fairness of the presidential election results during the periods in question.

Aggrieved Ondo PDP members carry coffins to protest emergence of Jimoh Ibrahim as party governorship candidate

The protest against the removal of Eyitayo Jegede as the candidate of the PDP at the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State took another dimension in Akure, the Ondo State capital yesterday as the PDP supporters and well wishers carried Coffins with inscriptions which read: R.I.P Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim, Ibrahim is not PDP candidate, No To O.E.A injustice, Okon Abang is a rotten Egg, Obituary of Okon Abang, No Eyitayo Jegede No election in ondo state.

Photo of the brave soldier that foiled today's suicide attack attempt at an IDP camp in Maiduguri

According to this twitter user, the soldier pictured on a motorcycle foiled the suicide attack attempt by a male suicide bomber at Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno state today.

Under my watch, not a single Nigerian was sent to prison because of anything they wrote or said about me- GEJ

Former President Goodluck Jonathan today spoke at the Annual Gala dinner of the Nigerian Lawyers Association in the US. In his speech, Jonathan noted that under his watch, not a single Nigerian was sent to prison because of anything they wrote or said about him. He said no matter what his critics had said about him, he ensured that there was both freedom of speech and freedom after the speech

Graphic photos: Troops foil another suicide bomb attack on Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri

ays after a female suicide bomber attacked the Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno state, a male suicide bomber attempted to attack the same IDP camp today. Thankfully, he wasn't lucky as the troops moved in quickly to neutralize the bomb on him. Read a statement from the Army spokesperson, Col S.K Usman below...

At about 9.00am this morning, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed behind Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Damboa road, Maiduguri, on security duty, intercepted and killed a male suicide bomber who had attempted to sneak through the troops’ inner parapet towards the IDP camp.