Year: 2017
Igbos must go, Northern Elders back youths
The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), on Friday expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for…
LASG debunks report on Lagos water project
The Lagos Sate Government, through the Lagos State Water Corporation, has debunked a recent report published in the media that…
Salary Arrears: Lagos Wades Into LASPOTECH Crisis
The Lagos State Government has initiated steps to find a lasting solution to the crisis rocking the Lagos State Polytechnic…
Oba of Benin cautions EFCC against indiscriminate arrest
The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II has admonished the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), to focus…
Lagos holds June 12 Rally Monday
The Lagos State Office of Civic Engagement has concluded plans to mark the 24th Anniversary of the June 12, 1993…
91-Year-Old Shoplifter Nabbed
A 91-year-old woman on a meagre pension was caught shoplifting from a department store, but Italian police officers called to…
Divorce: Mary J Blige Ordered To Pay Estranged Husband $235,000
American singer, Mary J. Blige, who filed for divorce from estranged ex-husband and ex-manager Martin “Kendu” Isaacs, has been ordered…
Tonto Dikeh’s Estranged Husband Celebrates Her Birthday
Olakunle Churchill, estranged husband to Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has taken to instagram to celebrate the mother of his son.
Community leader attacks wife with pestle
A 54-year-old community leader, Peter Igboeli, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly punching…
Abacha’s anniversary: How brutal dictator died unsung
Even in death, General Abacha set hard to surpass records. He is the fourth head of state to die in…
7 Women Rape 2 Men
Two men who were offered lifts by seven women in two separate incidents, were reportedly sexually assaulted by the women…
Senate passes 96 bills, 72 petitions
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said the 8th Senate passed 96 Bills and 72 petitions from its inauguration…
Police arrest 2 with IED
The Nasarawa Police Command, on Friday announced the arrest of two men with a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
Teenager Who Escaped From Sambisa, Rescued
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa says it has rescued Mumina Hamidu, a 19-year-old lady who…
Man Arraigned For Defiling 7-Yr-Old Girl
A 41- year-old man, Aminu Umar, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s daughter, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…
Photos: Faces of children in IDPs camp Borno
''With an average of 200 births every month and these faces of the young, our job is cut out for…
3 UN Peacekeepers Killed In Mali
Insurgents killed three United Nations soldiers and injured three others in northern Mali, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission…
19 Tanzanian Illegal Miners Arrested
Authorities in eastern Zambia have arrested 19 Tanzanians working without immigration permits at an illegal gold mine, an Immigration Department…
NGOs Reinforce Campaign Against Rape, HIV
Miss Oluwaseun Owolabi, the Executive Director of Stand to End Rape (STER) Initiative says there is need to intensify awareness…
Maiduguri Attacks: Bloodiest Boko Haram attack so far this year – Amnesty International
The coordinated attacks by Boko Haram that killed at least 17 people and injured 34 more Wednesday night are vicious,…
NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Patronising Middlemen
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerians not to patronise consultants and middlemen…
Meat Seller Remanded For Assaulting TRACE Official
A 26-year-old meat seller, Kadejo Taiwo, who allegedly assaulted a Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) officer with a cutlass,…
Breaking: Appeal Court reaffirms Obaseki as Edo governor
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin, Friday reaffirmed Mr. Godwin Obaseki as validly elected Governor of Edo State in…
Cashier to spend 24 weeks in prison for stealing employer’s N45, 000
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday sentenced a 20-year old cashier to 6 months imprisonment, with no…
2 Children Killed, Others Injured In Adamawa Blast
The Chairman of Hong Local Government in Adamawa, Alhaji Haliru Lala, has confirmed the death of two children in a…
Sudan Rebels Claim Responsibility For Deadly Convoy Attack
South Sudan’s rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for an ambush on a convoy of buses and other vehicles traveling on…
How developing is Nigeria’s democracy?
By Cecilia Ijuo (NAN) Nigeria recorded another major political development when it returned to democratic rule in 1999 after it…
N4.74 trillion spent on importation of petrol – Kachikwu
The importation of petroleum products between January and December of last year amounted to about 20 million metric tonnes
UK election: disastrous night for Theresa May
British Prime Minister Theresa May faced calls to quit on Friday after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate…
ICC prosecutor renews call for Al Bashir arrest
The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has called for arrest and handing over of Sudan’s President Omar…