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Taskforce Arrests 183 Suspects

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 183 suspected hoodlums in Oshodi…

Turai Floors Patience in Nigeria’s battle of first ladies

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan…

Kidnapping: Lagos police chief warns on domestic staff

The Lagos State Security Council Wednesday met under the chairmanship of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) with the State Commissioner of…

7 Boko Haram members arrested, bomb factories busted

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Seven suspected members of the Islamic Boko Haram members were arrested by the Joint Task Force who also…

Bolivia expels USAID

President Evo Morales on Wednesday announced the expulsion of USAID from Bolivia, accusing the US development agency of meddling in…

Amosun offers free shops to owners of demolished ones

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun State government has assured traders whose shops were demolished in the course of the on-going…

Jonathan urges workers join battle against corruption

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja called on organised labour to complement Federal Government’s efforts in fighting corruption…

Obuah denies plans to impeach Governor Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The disputed leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers State, Felix Obuah…

Baga: Nigerian Army lied, says Human Rights Watch

Satellite images have revealed massive destruction of civilian property from a military raid on April 16 and 17 in the…

Report: Muslims worldwide want Sharia

A majority of Muslims around the world want sharia law to be implemented in their countries but are split on…

Court summons Rep over ex-governor Turaki’s Absence

Following the failure of former governor of Nigeria’s north western state of Jigawa, Saminu Turaki to attend his trial in…

Jonathan backs fresh Baga massacre probe

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed an independent investigation into the alleged massacre of 287 civilians in the fishing town…

Lagos CJ Frees 96 Prisoners

Ninety six inmates of the Kirikiri Medium and Female Prisons in Lagos were today released by the Chief Judge of…

Forgery: Journalists Plead Not Guilty, Get Bail

The trial of two journalists with Leadership Newspapers kicked off before a federal high court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday.…

Suspended Rivers Lawmakers Seek Court’s Shield

The 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, including the Speaker Otelemaba Amachree, who were yesterday suspended by the…

20 Years After, World’s First Web Page To Be Reborn

The world’s first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today’s Internet browsers as part of…

Food Poisoning Again Hits Egypt’s Top University

At least 161 students have been hit by food poisoning at Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar University, in the second such incident…

Police Arrest Cow Over Murder

The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old…

2 Jailed Over N33m Fraud

Justice M. L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna has sentenced two persons, Ifeanyi Echebiri and Sylvester Okoli to…

ASUU Begins Strike

The University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over…

Jonathan’s Govt Still In Dreamland —Esele

Nigeria’s plan to be among the first 20 economies in the world by the year 2020 may just be a…

Fake Army Lieutenant Faces Trial

A fake Army Lieutenant is facing trial for allegedly snatching seven cars. The suspect, Lawrence Oguezi, who was allegedly caught…

Fashola Advocates True Federalism For Nigeria

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the weekend in the United States of America advocated a truer federal…

Dutch Queen abdicates for son

The Netherlands’ Willem-Alexander became Europe’s youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country hailed the…

And The APC Train Marches On

Action Congress of Nigeria crosses a major hurdle for APC’s registration As early as 7a.m, last Thursday, the Marina and…

Growing Insecurity In Lagos

The spate of criminalities, including armed robbery, in Lagos State, seems to be on geometric rise The recent abduction of…

Fury Of Fire

After an inferno ravaged an area in Ibadan, most of the affected victims are now homeless Monday, 22 April 2013,…

Why Sexual Abuse Of Kids Is Increasing

Mrs Josephine Effah-Chukwuma tells NEHRU ODEH  why child molestation is on the rise and what can be done to stem…

Siege Of Child Rapists

Whether in urban and rural communities, the Nigerian child is a prey for sex predators and the streets are crawling…

Suspected Bomber’s Trial Begins

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of Mr. Mustapha Umar, the suspected terrorist and member of Boko Haram, fingered in the…