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Lagos Deputy Gov’s Father Dies At 101
Kazeem Ugbodaga Father of Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Prince Jimoh Kareem-Orelope has died at the age of…
Transfer Voters Card Still Ongoing in Ogun – INEC Boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Contrary to speculations making the rounds that the transfer voters card exercise has been stopped in Ogun, the…
Don’t let your child be an election thug, says Prince Tejuoso
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Parents have been advised to take good care of their children/wards, especially during this election period in the…
AY’s ’30 Days In Atlanta’ Breaks US Box Office Records
Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY is getting some rave reviews in the United States following the release of his…
FG approves sale of NITEL/MTEL for $252m
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on Thursday approved the sale of the liquidated Nigeria Telecommunication Plc. and its subsidiary,…
FIFA executive meets amid corruption report
FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened a meeting of his 25-member executive committee on Thursday amid a storm of controversy over…
Black Scorpion deserves a befitting burial, says Alabi-Isama
Civil War Veteran, Brig,-Gen. Godwin Alabi-Isama, on Thursday, called for exhumation of Brig.-Gen. Benjamin Adekunle’s corpse from Ikoyi cemetery for…
There’s No ‘Northern or Southern’ citizen in Nigeria, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday urged Nigerians not to see themselves as “Northern” or “Southern” citizens, but as people and…
Balotelli given one-match ban over racist post
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been suspended for one match, fined £25,000 ($39,176) and ordered to attend to an education…
Tinubu to inaugurate road, hospital in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As part of activities commemorating the sixth anniversary of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State, former…
Buhari/Osinbajo will turn Nigeria’s misfortune – Ikuforiji
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Thursday described the choice of Professor Yemi…
TB Joshua did not have approval for collapsed building, says SCOAN Consultant
A town planner who worked for influential Nigeria preacher TB Joshua told an inquest Thursday that the building which collapsed…
Fire Outbreak At OAU Female Hostel
Akintola Lukmon Mayhem in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, as one of the female Hotels, Moremi Hall, was gutted…
2015: You Either Vote Goodluck Or Bad Luck, Okupe Tell Nigerians
Jamiu Yisa The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said that…
Australian actor charged with 103 child sex offences
Australian actor Jeremy Kewley was charged with 103 child sex offences in a Melbourne court on Thursday, news reports said.…
Akpabio distributes 2.7m treated mosquito nets
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has flagged off the distribution of 2.7 million insecticide treated nets to households in…
Our officers are responsible for fake driver’s license, says FRSC Boss
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Charles Akpabio, the Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone 5, (Edo, Delta and…
Japan recalls 20k bras due to injury fear
A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling over 20,000 brassieres after complaints that underwears suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were…
Egypt jails 40 Morsi backers for burning churches
An Egyptian court sentenced 40 backers of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to up to 15 years in jail Thursday…
UPDATE: Boko Haram kidnaps 185, kills 32 in Borno
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people, including women and children, from a Nigerian village, carting the hostages away…
Fashola Swears In Three New Judges
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola today sworn in three new judges into the state judiciary. The three judges…
Federal High Court Upholds Prisoner’s Right To Vote
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Many Nigerian politicians do not see their campaign train going to the prisons across the country but that…
Court sets aside Reps’ invitation to Deziani
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday set aside House of Representatives’ invitation to Petroleum Minister Deziani Alison-Madueke to appear…
Court orders alcoholic Father to pay child’s medical bill
One Taiwo Adeoye has been ordered to pay N85,000 for the treatment of his three-year old son he almost squeezed…
Police rescue kidnap victim, apprehends 3 suspects
The police in Rivers on Wednesday said that it had rescued the Branch Manager of First City Monument Bank in…
FG awards N12bn contracts for sea port projects in Lagos, Makurdi
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a 59-million-dollar (N9 billion) contract for the construction of Berth 21 at the Terminal…
Boko Haram kills 32, kidnap more women and girls in Borno
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in…
Eagles to play Ivory Coast, Mali in Abu Dhabi
In kick starting its pledge to ensure that the senior national team, Super Eagles are engaged for all the FIFA–free…
Liverpool face Chelsea clash in Capital One Cup semis
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is relishing the prospect of facing Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals. Rodgers’ side…
Court orders Agbaje to stop parading self as Lagos PDP governorship candidate
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission…