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Headlines, Metro

Why I stabbed Super TV CEO to death – UNILAG student Ojukwu

A 21-year-old 300 level student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu has said she stabbed the Chief…

Headlines, Metro

Breaking: UNILAG student Ojukwu arrested for alleged murder of Super TV CEO

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday paraded a 300 level student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chidinma Adaora…

Politics

Aggrieved APC members block entrance to Lagos Governor’s office over imposition 

Hundreds of aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Somolu on Thursday staged a protest to the Lagos…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Opinion

Sanwo-Olu: Celebrating a kind-hearted achiever at 56

It is common in our clime for praise singers and vuvuzela blowers to be at their best performances, increasing the…

Metro

Gunmen abduct Kogi lawmaker Makama, others from Abuja hotel

An unspecified number of persons, including a two-term former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Sani Makama…
Lai Mohammed

Headlines, News

Suspending Twitter in Nigeria was a tough decision FG took – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said the suspension of Twitter's operation in Nigeria was a…
Femi Falana

Headlines, News

FG meeting with Twitter is like putting the cart before the horse – Falana

Human rights activist, Femi Falana has said the Federal Government’s planned meeting with Twitter is like putting the cart before…

Metro

Nigeria’s Hashim arraigned over alleged N20m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Salmanu Abdullahi Hashim before Justice Bello Shinkafi of the…
LAUTECH

News

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Alumni Association Launches a Website

The Alumni Association of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, has announced the birth of a website specifically designed to…

Metro

EFCC busts 10 suspected Internet fraudsters in Enugu

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office, have arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu.
Soludo of APGA

Headlines, Politics

Updated: Soludo emerges APGA governorship candidate in Anambra

Former CBN governor, Prof. Charles Soludo on Wednesday evening emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA…
Professor Banji Akintoye

Headlines, News

Secession: It’s time for Yoruba people to hold a referendum – Akintoye

Chairman, Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), Prof. Banji Akintoye on Wednesday said it is time the Yoruba people…
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike: Controversies trail his selection to lead Ogoni stakeholders in discussion with FG on resumption of oil production in OML 11

Headlines, Metro

We won’t succumb to pressure from criminals to lift Curfew – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said the government would not succumb to pressure from criminals to lift the…
Chukwuma Soludo

Headlines, Politics

Anambra poll: APGA crisis deepens, as faction suspends Soludo

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State deepens on Wednesday as a faction of the…
Yobe youths beg Senate President Lawan to run for governorship

Headlines, News

Leaky Assembly: N37bn was never approved for NASS renovation – Senate

The Senate has protested a media report by Channels Television alleging that its leadership approved the sum of N37 billion…

Lifestyle, World News

Nigeria’s Luke Wildman wins Writers of the Future award

Nigerian native, Luke Wildman, will travel to Hollywood as a winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, now in…

Metro

Killer-labourer Ikechi goes to jail for life in Lagos

Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old…

Metro

Ogun sympathises with victims of Ogere inferno

By Adejoke Adeleye The Ogun State Government has extended condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in…
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Metro

Gun duel in Edo: Police dislodge kidnappers’ barricade, shoot one dead

Operatives of Ehor Division of Edo State Police Command, on Tuesday dislodged a blockade made by hoodlums suspected to be…
Senate sets up committee to probe NNPCL’s subsidy regime

Business, Headlines

Senate receives Buhari’s request for N895.84bn supplementary budget

The Senate on Tuesday received a supplementary appropriation bill from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum of N895.842,465,917 billion…

Metro, World News

Wicked policeman Ndlovu stabs wife 10 times till she dies

A police constable, Bright Ndlovu has allegedly stabbed his estranged wife, Muchaneta Siziba 10 times until she died for refusing…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Metro

Sanwo-Olu unveils seven new boats, Cowry card for water transportation

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday unveiled seven additional new boats built by local boat builders to enhance the…
Buhari and Twitter

Headlines, News

Breaking: ECOWAS Court restrains Buhari from prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling on Tuesday restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari…
CACOL hails Supreme Court judgment affirming Farouk Lawan's jail term

Headlines, News

JUST IN: Farouk Lawan sentenced to 7 years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe

A former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe from…

Politics

2023: 10,000 Youths to get APC tickets – Buhari, Osinbajo

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN have assured youths that the outcomes of the first…
Chief of army staff General Farouk Yahaya: top officers shuffled

Headlines, News

Senate confirms Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff, COAS.
Lawan and Buhari

Headlines, Politics

Lawan predicts serious problems for APC after Buhari’s exit

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may face challenges after the exit…
Gunmen

Metro

Gunmen shoot ATM customer dead in Ibadan

A yet-to-be identified man was allegedly shot dead at Water bus stop, along University of Ibadan, Ojoo Road on Monday…

Opinion

Poverty is bigger than our division

President Muhammadu Buhari must end well. Because he is the product of the longest running, successful and unprecedented North-South progressive…

Business, News

Ecobank promotes 682 workers, recruits new employees

Ecobank Nigeria has announced the promotion of 682 staff effective from May 1, 2021 representing 26% of its core staff…