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#BayelsaDecides: Soldiers arrest ballot box-snatching suspects

Two persons suspected to be agents of one of the political parties involved in Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa…

Yemi Osinbajo performs his ministerial duty at RCCG

Femi Anjorin For the first time since he was elected along with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Vice President of the…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

Drug Abuse: NDLEA advocates re-introduction of civic education in schools

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has advocated re-introduction of civic education in all schools in the country. Commander…

Harrison Ford passes Samuel L. Jackson as highest grossing US actor

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office, Harrison Ford…

AIB elects TVC Director as exco

Daniels Ekugo International Broadcasting (AIB) have elected the Director of Radio Services, TVC/CBS Nigeria, Richmond Dayo Johnson as a member…

Manager faces trial over diversion of company’s N317m

Cyriacus Izuekwe A warehouse manager, Okunuga Rasheed Olamide, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding…

Bayelsa supplementary poll records impressive voter turnout

Saturday’s governorship supplementary election in Bayelsa recorded impressive turnout of voters in most units in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area…

Boroffice pledges senate support for Buhari on STI

‎The Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Senate will give…

Ex-PDP chairman, senator defect to APC in Akwa Ibom

Former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Otu Ita Otoyo has defected to the All…

NSCDC job scammer arrested with fake appointment letter in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with one Inusa Ali, 36, native of Borno, northeastern part of Nigeria, as he was…

Wike to Muslims: Work with me to promote peace

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has called on Muslims in the state to work with his administration…

Nigerian-born poet wins international human rights poetry award

Nigerian-born Irish poet, Lind Grant-Oyeye, has won the human rights poetry award from the Universal Human Rights Student Network (UHRSN).…

Melaye dines with 1,000 IDPs in Abuja, pleads for release of Chibok girls‎

‎The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday spent his entire day with…

Ex-Bayelsa Speaker, LG boss escape death as terror gang besieges Ekeremor

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hours to the supplementary governorship election in certain constituencies in Bayelsa state, all hell was let loose…

Ex-commissioner drags Rivers Chief Judge to Supreme Court

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A former Commissioner for Land and Survey in Rivers State, Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi, has dragged the Chief…

Semenitari promises to reposition NDDC for better service delivery

Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs Ibim Semenitari, said on Friday that the agency would be…
Uche Ekwunife

Anambra Central Senatorial Re-run: PDP’s Ekwunife defects to APC

Senator Uche Ekwunife, the erstwhile senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, announced on Friday that she had defected to the…

Fake dancing promoter lands in prison over theft of 7 phones from 6 Women

– Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria have arrested a 23-year-old suspected fake dancing…

Four sent to prison over malicious damage

Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X-Squad of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have…

Avoid night trips, FRSC zonal boss warns motorists

Jeff Ezemadu The Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun and Lagos States, Nseobong Akpabio, has warned motorists,…

FG to introduce death insurance for soldiers fighting insurgency

The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for…

Pray for troops in battlefield, Officer urges Nigerians

The Nigerian Army on Friday advised Nigerians to always keep members of the Armed Forces combating the Boko-Haram insurgency in…

Sugar intake increases risk of breast cancer —report

Eromosele Ebhomele A scary health study has warned that diets high in sugar are a major risk factor for certain…

Lawmakers back Ambode over Oshodi demolition

Some lawmakers on Friday defended the demolition of Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi by the State Government,…

Man rapes unconscious teenage girl at boutique

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl…

Court cleaners cry out over unpaid seven months salary

Paul Iyoghojie Cleaners at Igbosere Magistrates’ court in Lagos, western Nigeria, have appealed to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr.…

Teenage boy docked for anal sex in Lagos

For allegedly thrusting his sexual organ into the anus of a five-year-old boy, a teenager, Amisat Ganiyu, was on Thursday…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Economist supports subsidy removal, disapproves VAT increment

An economist, Prof. Uche Uwaleke has advised against the recommendation by the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), to increase…

Youth steals boss’ N3.5m goods

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 22-year old man, Ifeanyi Ogbodo, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrate’s court for allegedly stealing…

Villagers accuse Nigerian army of killing suspects

Villagers in northeast Nigeria are saying that Nigerian soldiers shot and killed a teacher and two middle-aged men who had…