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Synagogue Church Trustees, Engineers to be arraigned on Monday over building collapse
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Ministry of Justice says that the trial of Trustees of the Synagogue Church and the building…
FG, States, LGs share N473.8bn for Oct
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Friday said N473.8 billion was shared among the federal, states and local…
Kano Blast: Police yet to ascertain casualty figure
The Kano State Police command said on Friday it was yet to ascertain the casualty figures in the bomb attack…
Tinubu to attend launch of CAEL in Wolverhampton
Former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is expected to attend a University of Wolverhampton centre which supports entrepreneurship and…
Lagos shuts Shoprite over breach of safety law
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Safety Commission has shut the multi-billion multi-national shopping outlet, Shoprite located at the Ikeja Shopping…
Metuh donates relief materials to IDPs
Chief Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday donated relief materials to the Internally…
Suicide bomber hits Shi’ite procession in Kano
A male suicide bomber hit a procession of Shi’ite Muslims in Nigeria’s Kano state as they walked to the city…
Buhari approves appointment of 30 new Judges for Federal High Court
Ayorinde Oluokun President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new Judges for the Federal High Court on…
Kidnapping: Police on 24-hour patrol of varsity
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following complaints of poor security situation around Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, especially after…
Toyota leads global car sales in October, outsells VW in 4th month
Toyota Motor Corp. outsold Volkswagen AG for the fourth straight month in October to remain the world’s top-selling automaker so…
Ban, British Queen meet on conflict, poverty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Queen Elizabeth II have reiterated their commitment to preventing and resolving deadly conflicts and eradicating…
NDLEA arrests journalist, 5 other suspected drug traffickers at MMIA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it has arrested a Brazil-based freelance journalist (names withheld) and…
Group protests discrimination, victimization of Muslim women
Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing Women) Organisation has criticized the discrimination and victimisation of Muslim women and girls in educational institutions and…
Siasia cries out: I’m distracted by my mom’s abduction
Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team, Samson Siasia has cried out to Nigerians that the abduction of…
U-23 Nations Cup: CAF names officials for Saturday’s opening matches
Taiwo Adelu Officials for the opening matches of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2015, have been announced. CAF…
Minister tasks media on terrorism, national unity
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the media to galvanize support among the populace for…
RRS smashes dollar counterfeiting syndicate
Kazeem Ugbodaga Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Friday arrested five members of a 15-man syndicate specialising in dollar…
Ambode commissions N4.765b copters, APCs, gunboats for Lagos police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari Friday commissioned three helicopters, 15 armoured personnel carriers, APCs, two gunboats, 165 vehicles and…
I became ambassador because Aregbesola put politics aside – PDP Chieftain
The immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Yemi Farounbi has…
ICPC cautions VIOs against extortion, bribery
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has advised Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) in Kaduna State to…
France commemorates victims of terrorist attacks in Paris
Some 2,000 people gathered at the Paris military museum on Friday to pay homage to the victims of the Nov.…
President Buhari arriving to participate at the Opening of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta
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Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police in Bayelsa
Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on…
Institute honours Nigerian researchers for developing typhoid vaccine, anti-snake venom
The International Institute for Training, Research and Economic Development (IITRED) has awarded prizes to three Nigerian researchers for developing typhoid…
Terrorism is our common enemy, say Hollande, Putin
Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised efforts by his French counterpart, Francois Hollande to set up a coalition to…
Man loses belongings over wife’s N4k bank debt
Cyriacus Izuekwe It was a sad experience for Segun Adeyemi after he discovered that his belongings were carted away by…
Boko Haram kills 18 in Niger village
* Local imam killed by his nephew in attack, government says * Attackers fire rockets, fire indiscriminately on residents *…
Ex-militants protest over unpaid 5 months stipends
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta who claimed that they were in the creeks working for…
Kogi governorship race gets messier by the day
The governorship election in Kogi state, central Nigeria that appeared to have been conducted almost seamlessly on 21 November is…
Let Aisha Alhassan make another ‘First’
By Abdullahi Umar When the Taraba Election petition tribunal sacked Governor Darius Ishaku and returned Aisha Alhasan as governor, not…