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Lagos Assembly Declines To Screen Fashola’s Nominee

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday refused to screen a nominee of the state governor, Mr…

Torture By MOPOL: Women Group Threatens Mass Protest

Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigerian women, under the aegis of Women Arise have vowed to mobilize for mass protest against the Nigeria…

Filling Station, 3 Vehicles Burnt In Ogun State Inferno

Nkem Taiye-Ulebor Passengers of a commuter bus escaped death when their bus caught fire close to an Oando filling station…

Police, Robbers In Gun Battle: 1 Killed, Others Escape

Yusuf Muhammed A combined team of policemen from Elere Police Station and Area ‘G’ Command Ogba, Lagos State, early Tuesday…

Yoruba’ll defend themselves if attacked—Afenifere

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has said the Yoruba people in southwest Nigeria will defend themselves by any…

Ijebu State: I’m Optimistic— Awujale

Lanre Babalola & Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-Ode The Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona Ogbagba II on Tuesday expressed optimism that…

Nyanya Blasts: No Relief Yet For Commuters

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja One week after the Nyanya, Abuja bomb blasts that left scores of people dead, commuters on the axis…

Nigeria leads AU debate on conflict-free Africa

Nigeria will on Thursday 24 April lead the 15-member AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on a debate to evolve…

Boko Haram will not defeat us – Gov. Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state said on Tuesday 22 April that the Boko Haram insurgents would not emerge victorious…

Insurgents assassinate Somali lawmaker, second in 24 hours

Insurgents assassinated a Somali lawmaker Tuesday 22 April, police and witnesses said, the second such killing in 24 hours and…

Manchester United sack David Moyes

Manager David Moyes has left Manchester United, the club announced on their Twitter account today. “Manchester United announces that David…

Brunei postpones introduction of tough Islamic law

Brunei has postponed its implementation of tough Islamic criminal punishments that were due to begin Tuesday 22 April and have…

Intensify efforts to rescue Chibok school girls – CAN tells FG

The North-East Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Federal Government and security agents to intensify efforts…

World Bank approves $250 million credit for water projects in Nigeria

The World Bank said it has approved a credit of 250 million US dollars to help the Nigerian Government continue…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Farewell To The Magic Muse

By Niyi Osundare Gone, the Magic Muse of Aracataca. In a manner similar to his wondrous tales, I can see…

In Video: Lagos Easter Carnival 2014 edition

Just sit back and be ready to join in the fun.

Electricity generation to hit 12,000mw by 2016

Dr Sam Amadi, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said electricity generation nationwide would hit 12,000 mega watts before…

South Sudan rebels slaughter hundreds

JUBA(AFP) – Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians because of their ethnicity when they captured a key…

National Confab committees’ change venue, as deliberation commence

The National Conference Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi (retd.), has announced a change of venue for some of the confab’s standing…

Three-month old baby stolen in Makurdi

The Benue Police Command has today confirmed that a three-month old baby belonging to one Mr Ikyavngi Imande had been…

Boko Haram: Abducted school girls jump to 234

The number of secondary school girls still under Boko Haram captivity is more than the figure widely circulated. There are…

Three Bosnian Croats arrested for wartime rape

Three Bosnian Croats, suspected to have raped Serb women at the beginning of the 1992-95 inter-ethnic war in Bosnia, were…

Marketers urge FG to pay outstanding fuel subsidy claims

Obafemi Olawore, Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, has pleaded with the Federal Government to pay marketers’ subsidy…

52 die in Ogun auto crashes in 3 months

A total of 52 persons lost their lives in 66 road accidents recorded in Ogun from January to March 2014,…

NURTW calls for collaboration with security agencies

Najeem Yasin, President, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has called for strengthened collaboration between the union and security…

Election by consensus has yielded good candidates, says APC chief

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe,Alhaji Sani Fema, said the party’s election by consensus in the…

Armed man takes 3 persons hostage in Russian bank

Police were in talks with a man armed with a hunting rifle who took three people hostage in a bank…

Myanmar pro-democracy campaigner Win Tin dies at 84

The co-founder of Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition and the nation’s longest-serving political prisoner, Win Tin, has died at the age of…

An Arab, 110 suspects arrested in multiple raids

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta One hundred and ten suspects have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command after multiple raids of…

Jonathan: Nigeria will survive despite Boko Haram

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday vowed to keep Nigeria a united country despite the attempts by Boko Haram militants to…