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Rivers State: Tribunal reserves judgment
The Legislative Election Petition Tribunal for Rivers sitting in Abuja on Friday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Isaac…
Ogun Assembly confirms Dayo Adeneye, 4 others as commissioner-nominees
The Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday cleared Adedayo Adeneye popularly known as D1 and four others commissioner-nominees sent to…
Many dead following blast on Yola mosque
Many people are feared dead as bomb blast rocked a newly opened Friday mosque in Jambutu area of Yola in…
Ogbulafor mobilises support for Buhari’s corruption war
The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has urged Nigerians to give maximum support…
Paedophile Lagos lawyer still on remand, says Prosecutor
A 40-year-old lawyer, Christopher Uzoamaka, arraigned on Sept. 1 for allegedly caressing a nine-year- old girl at the premises of…
FRSC convicts 38 offenders in Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, on Friday said that its Magistrate Mobile Court convicted 38 offenders…
Flood control: RSG begins demolition of structures
The Rivers State Government has commenced the demolition of structures which are impeding the free flow of water along the…
I’m not shy around women, says Buhari
The claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is shy around women, purportedly made by one Gideon Samani yesterday and published by…
Man, 25, in court for raping boy, 13
A 25-year-old man, Benjamin Ibehmonic, on Friday appeared in a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court for alleged rape of a 13-year-old boy…
Tribunal confirms Amosun’s election
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The State Election Petition Tribunal in Abeokuta, Ogun state has struck out the petition of Gboyega Nasir Isiaka,…
Nollywood actors not scavengers, Asiegbu replies Gambian movie director
Funsho Arogundade Top Nollywood actor and former president, Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ejike Asiegbu has replied Gambian movie director,…
Camp facilities force postponement of Kiddies Olympics
Taiwo Adelu The organizers of the maiden Kiddies Olympics scheduled to take place in Lagos next week have announced its…
Mimshack Mock Nations Cup hots up in Lagos
Taiwo Adelu The premises of NITEL Training School at Cappa, Oshodi in Lagos has been a beehive of activities since…
DPC hails Buhari over new INEC Chairman
The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as the Chairman of the…
10 dead in Maiduguri bomb blasts
At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern…
Alleged murder: NURTW Chairman gets reprieve
Paul Iyoghojie The office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, western…
WHO DG visits Abuja to delist Nigeria as a polio endemic country
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria is at the verge of eradicating polio as the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to formally…
Man jailed for N1.2m stock fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 22, 2015, secured the conviction of Bashir Olumuyiwa, Managing Director,…
N789m Subsidy Scam: EFCC closes case against Majope Investment, 4 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, closed its case against Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment, Abdullahi Alao, Axenergy,…
45 Boko Haram suspects arested in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe Forty-five people suspected to be members of Boko Haram who reportedly planned to bomb Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi,…
Ogun Guber: Amosun, Isiaka know fate today
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tension is high in Ogun as politicians, residents and observers impatiently await the verdict of the governorship election…
Maiduguri Blasts: Rescuers deposit six bodies in mortuary
Rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies of the victims of an early morning…
N20m Fraud: EFCC docks ex-Adamawa Commissioner
A former Adamawa State Commissioner for Finance and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, John Elias, was on Thursday, October 22,…
Plea bargain a plus to our judicial system – Ocholi
A ministerial nominee, James Ocholi, on Thursday in Abuja said plea bargaining should be encouraged in pursuant of criminal justice…
Twin bomb blast rip through Maiduguri mosque
Two bomb blasts have ripped through a mosque in Maiduguri killing many, eyewitnesses say. The blast is believed to be…
Solar energy an incredible opportunity for Nigeria, Africa – Osinbajo
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that solar energy provides an incredible opportunity for Africa to be…
620 million Africans including 96mn Nigerians lack access to electricity
At least 620 million Africans lack access to electricity and 96 million of them are from Nigeria, the most populous…
UNESCO translates English Primer into Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Kana
UNESCO has commenced the translation of the Literacy by Radio Learner’s Primer into four local languages, to revitalise adult and…
FRSC to comply with ECOWAS policy on axle load enforcement
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), says Nigeria is ready to comply with the Economic Committee of…