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Lagos targets end to HIV/AIDS 2030
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is targeting an end to the dreaded HIV/AIDS pandemic in the state by 2030…
U.S., Soyinka, Obasa, Bakare decry gender-based violence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The acting United States Consul General, Dehab Ghebreab, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Speaker, Lagos State House of…
Players from 60 countries for Lagos Governor’s Cup Tennis
Taiwo Adelu Lagos is going to experience influx of players from at least 60 countries around the world during this…
Biafra: DSS asks court to stop Kanu’s trial
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday requested a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court in Abuja to discontinue…
Wada confirms Audu’s death, declares 7-day mourning
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Monday confirmed the death of the first civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Abubakar…
Audu’s death a shock too hard to bear, says Oshun
Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts for State in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Moshood Oshun, has…
2018 World Cup draws: Pinnick allays fears over Eagles’ likely foes
Taiwo Adelu Ahead of the final stage of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying series, President of Nigeria Football…
Ogun set to celebrate Mama HID Awolowo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Sagamu International Stadium, Sagamu in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, was in festive mood as the state is…
Rivers Assembly screens Wike’s Commissioner-nominees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State House of Assembly is expected to screen and confirm 20 nominees as Commissioners and members…
Bizman dies after losing N36m to partner
Cyriacus Izuekwe An Onitsha businessman, Ikechukwu Ezeanyagu, has died in his room after he allegedly lost N36m to his business…
High court stops installation of Eze Ndigbo in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A high court in Benin, presided over by Justice A. Edodo-Eruaga, has ordered the Edo state police commissioner,…
Olamide drops fifth studio album, ‘Eyan MayWeather’
Funsho Arogundade YBNL front man and rap star, Olamide has released a new album, Eyan MayWeather. The album, released on…
Catholic priest slumps, dies during church service
Cyriacus Izuekwe Catholic faithful in Umuchu town in Aguata local government of Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, have been thrown into…
The many unfulfilled dreams of Abubakar Audu
Abubakar Audu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 election in Kogi state, was very…
N7bn Loan: Mimiko’s defence is lame, witless, says Boroffice
Senator Ajayi Boroffice has described the defence of Governor Olusegun Mimiko to taking a N7 billion naira loan from Zenith…
Bail is free? Nigerians react to Police CRU
Nigerians have taken to social media platform, Twitter, to react to the statement of the Police Complaint Response Unit (CRU)…
TASUED doctorate degree, an honour for my people – Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the Doctor of Science Education in Political Science awarded to…
Why Faleke becomes APC’s replacement for late Audu – Keyamo
Eromosele Ebhomele The death of Prince Audu Abubakar, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the ongoing governorship election…
Life and Times of Abubakar Audu
*Audu Abubakar, the flamboyant prince of Igalaland and the man who contested four times to return as governor of Kogi dies…
PICTURES: Bakare, Obasa, others grace premiere of ‘Gender Based Violence In Nigeria’
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Images from Women Arise and The US Consulate General, Lagos, premiered ‘GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA’,…
NDLEA arrests drug baron, intercepts 576kg of narcotics
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug baron, Tochukwu Ubah, alleged to be coordinating a…
Female suicide bomber kills seven in Maiduguri
No fewer than seven persons were killed today when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised explosive Device (IED) in…
Bail is free in Nigeria – Police CRU
Nigeria’s Police Complaint Response Unit has stated that bail is free in Nigeria negating the widely held belief that people…
Taraba tribunal ruling deepens Nigeria’s democracy – VOTAS
The Nigerian Voters Assembly (VOTAS) has said the ruling of the Taraba State election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, deepened…
Abubakar Audu to be buried Monday as Wada declares 7-day mourning
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kogi state who died on Sunday will be buried Monday morning according to…
Akwa United silence Lobi, win 2015 Federation Cup
Taiwo Adelu Akwa United of Uyo defeated Lobi Stars of Makurdi 2-1 to lift the 2015 Federation Cup and secure…
FERMA begins rehabilitation of Port access road
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Sunday began the rehabilitation of the Tin-Can-Island Port portion of the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki expressway…
2 directors in trouble over dud cheques
Paul Iyoghojie Two directors of Adrog Cargo Handlers Limited in Lagos, western Nigeria, Ajayi Olusola, 44, and Aduroja Olawoyin, 41,…
Nigerians hail Martins after winning Seattle’ s MVP award for 2015
Taiwo Adelu Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins has received applause from football fans in the country after he…
Buhari arrives Tehran for 3rd GECF summit
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived in Tehran, Iran, to participate in the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit on…