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Lagos Goes Tough On Block Makers

The Lagos State Government has banned blockmakers from moulding blocks without obtaining the necessary permit, as it moves to checkmate…

Man Burnt To Death

A Lagos resident identified as Jide Ojoola and son of the Balogun of Ejigbo, has been burnt to death in…

Karen Igho Dumps Nigeria For British Citizenship

Karen Igho, ex-Big Brother Africa winner has dumped her Nigerian passport for British citizenship. The controversial reality show star announced…

Anambra Poll: APC takes case to Jega, demands annulment

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally petitioned INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega seeking the cancellation of the Nov. 16th Governorship…

Debo Basorun: Why I Fled Nigeria

Major Debo Basorun (rtd.) wants the public to know what transpired during the regime of former military president, General Ibrahim…

I Have A Passion For Books

As prominent Lagos residents filed into the Ikoyi venue of her 70th birthday celebration, Mrs. Laulat Gbemisola Tejuosho, owner of…

Jihadist Chief Killed In Mali

French special forces have killed the second-in-command of the feared Islamist commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an operation in the region…

Boko Haram: FG charges Deeper Life Church attackers

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday filed a six count charge against suspected Boko Haram member, Mr.…

Senator Anyanwu canvasses life jail for paedophiles, rapists

The Sexual Offences Bill, which prescribes life imprisonment for paedophiles, on Wednesday in Abuja passed through second reading at the…

Lecturer, 4 other suspects paraded as Boko Haram members

Nigeria’s Department of State Services said it uncovered a Boko Haram cell in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and…

DG highlights benefits of Nigeria’s new ID card

Nigeria’s new national identity card has been designed to meet the highest international standard aimed at redefining the country’s image…

Obaleye, businesswoman abducted in front of factory

A renowned businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Obaleye, the Managing Director of Yinka Oba Foam in Ilo, State of Osun, in western…

Clinical equipment row brews at Veterinary Council

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Accusations and counter claims over an alleged missing multi million Naira clinical equipment procured some years…

Jitters in the Nigerian city of hostage drama

ZARIA(AFP) – Zaria, in northern Nigeria, has not been known as an Islamist stronghold but revelations that a French engineer…

VP Sambo, others praise Jonathan on birthday

Today, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became a year older, clocking 56. Though he was away in the UK to woo…

Oshiomhole suspends head of waste board

Governor of the Nigerian southern state of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole has suspended the head of the State Waste Management Board…
A- yet- to be identified operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has committed suicide at his residence in Abuja.

EFCC to arraign Reverend over N40.2m Scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday arraign one David Kim Pam, a Reverend and Chairman of…

Gunmen abduct commissioner’s father

Gunmen have abducted a 78-year-old community leader, Chief Nelson Tempurah, the father of the Commissioner for Tourism Development in Bayelsa,…

How Lord Chosen’s Truck Killed 6 At Oshodi

Details of how a truck carrying sand belonging to the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Movement lost control on the ever-busy Oshodi-Apapa…

Pastor’s Wife Bathes Sister With Hot Water

The police at Idimu, Lagos, western Nigeria have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot…

Fashola Bans Skating On Expressway

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to arrest and prosecute Mr. Michael Ekundayo, an official of the Lagos…

APC Slams Police For Continued Detention Of Election Observers

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election Observers…

President Jonathan, Dame Patience And I

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State explains his fractious relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan to TheNEWS editors In the last…

Amaechi: Battered But Unbowed

Rattled. That is what Rotimi Amaechi should be. Months of enduring body blows from an out-and-out heavyweight that is the…

Doctor guilty of fondling 21 women under anaesthesia

A Canadian anesthesiologist was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting 21 women while they were under helplessly under anesthetic but…

Omo Omoruyi for burial on Friday

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis in late Professor Omo Omoruyi’s family over burial procedures has been resolved to pave way for…

Ghana waives taxes on condom

Ghana on Tuesday backed down on a proposed tax on imported condoms after mooting increased levies on foreign-made goods as…

Counter terrorism: Nigerian forces abort plot, kill 2 suspects

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigerian forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Tuesday evening confirmed the death of two terrorists and the arrest of…

Jonathan misses 2014 budget date again, leaves for UK

For the second time this month, President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly…

Amosun Presents N210bn Budget For 2014

Governor  Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria today presented a proposed budget of N210.21 billion for the 2014 fiscal…