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US schools close in Texas, Ohio, over Ebola fears

Some schools in Ohio and Texas closed Thursday amid fears that students or staff had been exposed to a nurse…

5,448 Lagos Corps Members Discharged

Damilare Okunola At least 5, 448 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members will be discharged Thursday in a low key…

Inquest Team Visits Scene Of Synagogue Building Collapse

Henry Ojelu The coroner’s inquest team set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the Synagogue Church of All…

Even Boko Haram cannot stop 2015 election, says Jega

Nigeria can hold elections in February even if Boko Haram violence makes voting impossible in parts of the northeast, the…

Cracks In Lagos PDP Throw Up Greenhorn

Simon Ateba The crisis rocking the Lagos chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has worsened, and the party may…

Keshi’s Sack: Shuaibu’s Choice Like Frying Pan To Fire

Taiwo Adelu, Sam Paul & Daniels Ekugo The appointment of former Super Eagles Coach, Shuaibu Amodu to replace Stephen Keshi,…

Liberia minister in quarantine after driver dies of Ebola

A Liberian minister said Thursday she had gone into quarantine voluntarily after her driver died of the Ebola virus sweeping…

Inquest visits scene of Synagogue building collapse

Henry Ojelu The coroners inquest set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the Synagogue Church of All Nation,…

Protest In Benin, As EFCC Detains Edo Speaker, Majority Leader, Chief Whip

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of All Progressives Congress (APC) members and sympathisers, this morning protested round the streets of Benin to…

AOCOED Students Appeal For Reduced School Fees

Harrison Iyoha Students of Adenira Ogunsanya College Of Education, AOCOED, Oto Ijanikin, Badagry Expressway, Lagos State have appealed to the…

Best Varsity Status Excites OAU Students

Damilare Okunola Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, are excited with the latest ranking of the  Nigerian universities which…

Caretaker Chairmen For Lagos LGs 29 Oct.

Jamiu Yisa There are strong indications that the current council chairmen in the 20 Local Government Councils and 37 Local…

Fayose bemoans heavy debt burden at inaugural

GBENRO ADESINA/ADO-EKITI The new Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose will today disclose that his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi left…

EFCC Detains Edo Speaker, Majority Leader

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has detained three APC members of Edo State ‎House of Assembly.…

Teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling pupil, 11

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin City High Court has sentenced a 35 year-old teacher, Bright Asiruwa, to life imprisonment for defiling…

Oil Theft: JTF arrests 6 persons, destroys 31 illegal refineries

J‎ethro Ibileke/Niger Delta Seven suspected oil thieves have been arrested by the special squad of the anti-illegal oil bunkering of…

No Ebola in Ogun, just an ulcer patient, says Soyinka

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Olaokun Soyinka has debunked rumours making the rounds that the deadly…

Existing law on firearms weak – Presidency

The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM), has described the existing law on firearms in the country…

Couples who meet online are likely to have lasting marriages

Couples who meet online are likely to have marriages that last, according to a survey of 20,000 married people. John…

No new contract: NFF sacks Coach Stephen Keshi

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sacked Stephen Keshi, coach of the country’s national team, the Super Eagles. The Cable…

Kwara govt to hand schools back to private owners

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has restated the readiness of government to hand over grant aided schools to proprietors…

Moroccan held, with daughters, for trying to join IS

A Moroccan man, with his two young French daughters in tow, were arrested in Casablanca Wednesday as he sought to…

Hillary Clinton campaigns for Democrats as 2016 looms large

Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail Wednesday in support of a Democratic Senate hopeful, but she sounded every inch like…

2015 polls: Groups tip Buhari for APC ticket

Major General Muhammadu Buhari has begun to enjoy the support of groups to land the party ticket after he formally…

US to be ‘more aggressive’ in monitoring Ebola, says Obama

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday pledged a “much more aggressive” response at home to the Ebola threat, and…

APC making mockery of Buhari, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday in Abuja has urged the handlers of former Head of State, General Muhammadu…

Jonathan returning Nigeria to era of impunity, Akande Warns

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande today lashed out that…

Jonathan under pressure to contest – Okupe

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, said that President Goodluck Jonathan is under pressure…

Buhari, Atiku are serial losers – Presidency

The Presidency on Wednesday in Abuja enjoined supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan not to worry about the declaration by some…