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CSOs protest in Lagos over budget padding
A coalition of over 30 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, on Monday took to the streets of Lagos to protest against…
Ize-Iyamu can’t be trusted with govt treasury-Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged the people of the State to vote for Mr. Godwin Obaseki of…
IPOB raises alarm over Nnamdi Kanu’s life in Kuje prison
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm over Nnamdi Kanu’s life in Kuje Prison. The IPOB in…
3 men bolt with N6.5m container in Lagos
Three men, who allegedly stole a container laden with goods worth N6.5 million, were in Lagos on Monday charged before…
Zaria clash: Court declines to grant El-Zakzaky freedom
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by…
2, 000 women die annually in Sokoto over pregnancy
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says no fewer than 2, 000 women lose their lives annually in the state…
We are responsible for wedding blast – ISIS
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 15…
Ambode appoints new LIRS chairman
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday nominated Mr. Ayodele Hamzat Subair for confirmation by the State House of…
Attempted jail break in Kuje Prison
Kuje Maximum Prison, Abuja, is in the news again. There was confusion at the prison on Monday as officials of…
Jimoh Ibrahim emerges Ondo PDP’s factional candidate
Industrialist Jimoh Ibrahim has emerged the governorship candidate of the Sen. Ali Modu-Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in…
Ondo: Court stops Modu Sheriff from conducting PDP primaries
A high court in Ondo State has barred factional leader of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and…
2 trapped as 6-storey building collapses in Abuja
A six-storey hotel building under development collapsed on Monday morning on 444 Crescent, Citec Villas, Gwarinpa, Abuja. The incident happened…
Talk for the Best
John Adebisi Gone are the days when you couldn’t talk the talk. Now you’re talking everywhere you go. Inspired to…
Nigeria: Battling corruption to a standstill
Godwin Onyeacholem Over the years, it has been identified in countless studies that one of the core reasons Nigeria has…
60 killed in Yemen suicide attack
At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen…
The professor as a herbalist
A High Chief of Idaseland in Owo Kingdom, Professor Nelson Olabanji Fashina of the Department of English, University of Ibadan,…
We’re ready to dialogue with Boko Haram on Chibok girls-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his government is ready to dialogue with Boko Haram on the release of the Chibok girls…
Donald Trump labelled psychopath
Donald Trump has been labelled crazy by American actor, Robert de Niro. Now the US Republican presidential candidate has earned…
Taskforce impounds 98 okadas in Mile 2, FESTAC
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, (Taskforce ) has impounded 98 motorcycles including tricycles at Mile 2…
NPFL: 3SC mauls Kano Pillars 4-0 in Ibadan
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Sunday thrashed Kano Pillars Football Club by 4-0 in the Nigeria Professional…
Babangida and the month of August
Babangida and the month of AugustIbrahim Babangida, IBB for style, has some special dates in August. He was born on…
Soyinka can’t represent us in dialogue with FG-Avengers
The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, says Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka cannot represent them in the proposed dialogue with the…
Suspected assassins attack former Sergeant At Arms
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former Sergeant at Arms of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Greg Osagie, escaped death Saturday…
Pictures: Joseph Yobo launches football academy in prisons
A former captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Chief Joseph Yobo on Saturday 27 August launched the Joseph Yobo…
Michelle Obama frustrated chibok girls rescue – Mama Boko Haram
Barrister Aisha Wakil, 48, who was recently declared wanted alongside Ahmad Salkida, Ahmed Bolori for allegedly aiding Boko Haram, has…
More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone
Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck…
NGO plans teaching Chinese language in Nigeria
A Non-Governmental Oganisation (NGO), Initiative of African Friends of China, says it has concluded plans to start the teaching of…
Indonesia, Nigeria trade volume falls to $1.75bn
The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Harry Purwanto, said the volume of trade between Nigeria and his country reduced to…
Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term – Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 per cent of Germans against…
‘Pickpocket’ chairman, 21 others arrested in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a self-acclaimed Chairman of pickpockets in Oshodi, Ibrahim Kasali,…