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Court awards custody of daughter to boyfriend
A house agent, Joshua Obed, on Tuesday secured the custody his daughter from his girlfriend, Sofia Isaac, 28. Obed, 30,…
LASU students union protests increment in acceptance fee
The Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU) on Tuesday urged the institution’s Authorities to revert the increment of the newly-admitted…
Buhari will restore Nigeria’s integrity, says Ex-PDP chairman
Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence in the ability of…
WHO official settles maid abuse case out of court
A representative for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Thailand has settled out of court after being accused of keeping…
Wife sues husband for hiring assassins to kill her
A man in Australia was on Tuesday in Sydney charged to Supreme Court for hiring hit men to assassinate his…
Global terrorism death hit 80%, ISIL, Boko Haram account for 51%
The number of people killed in terrorist attacks has jumped by 80 per cent to 32,658 in 2014 as 11…
Man docked for attacking co-suspect inside police cell
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 37-year old man, Henry Usifo has been arrested and charged before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo…
Russia offers $50m reward for info on Sinai plane attackers
Russia’s federal security service (FSB) on Tuesday said it would pay $50 million for information about “terrorists” who brought down…
Couple eats genitals of wife’s rapist
A newly-wed Indonesian couple have been arrested over claims they dined on the genitals of the woman’s suspected rapist after…
Dutse LG to immunise 97,000 children against measles
The Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa said on Tuesday that it would vaccinate no fewer than 97,000 children against…
Make or Mar: Super Eagles face Swaziland in Port Harcourt, 4pm
It’s a win or die match for Nigeria’s Super Eagles today as they battle Swaziland national team for a place…
Akwa Ibom screens 60 enterprises for BoI loans
The Akwa Ibom Investment Corporation (AKICORP) says it has screened and prequalified 60 small and medium scale enterprises for loans…
US approves $1.29 bn sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
The United States has approved a $1.29 billion deal to replenish the Saudi air force’s arsenal, depleted by its controversial…
Again, France bombs ISIS as Hollande urges global coalition
France’s President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia on Monday to join a global coalition to destroy…
VIDEO: LASTMA officials display indiscipline, prove Ambode was right
There’s been loads of talks around Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s decision to reduce the powers of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority…
IGP seeks total commitment and professionalism from Squadron commanders
For the first time since his posting as the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase yesterday held a meeting with…
Belgium-Spain football friendly cancelled after Paris attacks
The football friendly between Belgium and Spain scheduled for Tuesday in Brussels has been cancelled on the recommendation of the…
Dangote resigns from Dangote Flour Mills
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote quit the board of Dangote Flour Mills today, as the company now majority controlled by…
Okowa inaugurates 69-man security committee
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba In pursuant of his commitment to ensuring a peaceful atmosphere across the state, Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa,…
We will all miss Mama HID Awolowo, says Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwestern, Nigeria has declared that the state and the entire country will…
PDP chieftains in Kogi defect to APC
With less than a week to Kogi governorship election, members of Senator Smart Adeyemi’s political organisation and notable Peoples Democratic…
Empower trained ex-militants, Okowa tells FG
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has called for urgent empowerment of trained ex-militants so as to re-integrate…
Protesters block Lagos Assembly over abnormal electricity tariff
Eromosele Ebhomele Residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria on Monday blocked the two entrances to the State House of Assembly…
PICTURES: Boko Haram’s rocket-making factory
Nigerian military has finally admitted that a rocket producing factory owned and managed by Islamist sect, Boko Haram does exist…
Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram kingpin named ‘John’
Another Boko Haram kingpin has been arrested in Maiduguri, Borno state and he goes by the name John Trankil sparking…
AUDIO: Nigerian Prof explains why he solved 156-year old maths problem
A maths problem, which has gone more than 150 years without a solution, has finally been solved by Nigerian academic…
Stampede: NAHCON blames Saudi over inability to account for casualties
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has blamed the Saudi Arabian Government for the commission’s inability to give accurate…
Man dressed like woman to defraud other men arrested
The police in Lagos have arrested a man who allegedly defrauded some men of various amount of money by dressing…
Lagos to spend N352.9m on cars for 20 lawmakers
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State Government is to spend N352, 973, 986 on 20 cars for lawmakers of the state…
Lagos Lawmaker apologises for ‘unruly’ behaviour
Eromosele Ebhomele The lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adefunmilayo Tejuosho, on Monday apologised…