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Budget: Reps warn Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala against breaches

Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the…

October 1 bomb meant to rattle government

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja,…

Edo PDP EXCO gets quit order after poll rout

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Following the crushing defeat suffered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in July 14 governorship election in…

Burial Plans for Senator Dantong, Fulani out

The Plateau State Government on Thursday released the burial programme for late Senator Gyang Dantong and the Majority leader in…

Islamic Council prays for ailing scribe, Adegbite

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Council for Islamic affairs has called for prayers for its ailing Secretary General, Dr.…

Smugglers dig 700m tunnel, instal rail line

Slovakian police have discovered a 700-metre-long smuggling tunnel between Slovakia and Ukraine, the Slovakian interior and finance ministers said on…

Soldiers Go Wild In Lagos After Fashola’s ‘Humiliation’ Of Colonel

Soldiers went wild yesterday and attacked officers of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit at…

8 Jailed 44 Years For Kidnapping

The Delta Command of the State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday in Asaba said it has secured the conviction of…

ACN Vs PDP Tussle In Badagry: Tribunal Defers Verdict

The Local Government Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, this morning deferred till 27…

Gawat Still Missing

Nine days after ex-NTA staff, Alhaji Rasaq Aremu Gawat was declared missing, the incident is still being trailed by  mixed…

Truck Kills 2 Inside Car

A truck ran over a car and killed two occupants on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway  yesterday. The victims, who were yet…

Housewife Arraigned Over Drug Importation

A Lagos businesswoman, Imonle Funke, has been arraigned before a federal high court in Lagos on a one-count criminal charge…

Smoking Drivers To Pay N20,000

Any driver in Lagos State caught smoking while driving will now be made to pay N20,000 as fine in the…

Lawmakers May Phase Out Kerosene

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Energy says it is considering supporting a gradual phasing out of the…

‘Incessant Killings, A Dangerous Trend In Nigeria’

The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, has condemned…

‘Funding Is Bane Of Africa’s Development’

A senior lecturer in the Philosophy Department, University of Lagos, Professor Olumuyiwa Adebanjo Falaiye, has described lack of proper funding…

Okesina Urges Govt To Ban Smoking

A Professor of Chemical Pathology at the University of Ilorin, Adekunle Bashiru Okesina, has called on the government to enact…

Boko Haram: Jonathan Urged To Emulate OBJ

The founder of Ifeoluwa Mission, Rev. Tela Tella, has said that Boko Haram assumed the monster it had become because…

Youths Turn Closed 3rd Mainland Bridge To Football Pitches

Some youths around Oworonsoki area of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos now under repairs, have turned the closed part of…

7-Man Robbery Gang Docked

The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a seven-man robbery gang before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with stealing two…

Pianist Threatens Kris Okotie, Disrupts Church Service

For allegedly threatening Pastor Kris Okotie and disrupting  service at the Household of God, Lagos, an ex-pianist with the church,…

The Longest Traffic Jam In History

China is a great automotive market and will remain so as long as more and more manufacturers are attracted by…

Ogun Pupils Write Entrance Exam

Primary school pupils in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria will sit for the Common Entrance Examination across the 20 local government…

Teenage Salesboy Swindles Boss

A 19-year old salesboy, Nurain Musendiku has been charged to an Ikorodu Magistrate’s court for alleged theft of his employer’s…

ACN: PDP Nigeria’s biggest problem

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of suffering from delusion of grandeur by saying it is…

Senator on terror charge seeks travel papers

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume who is standing trial for allegedly providing finance and logistic supports to…

Abuja road named after Dame Jonathan

A road linking Defence Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA) office with the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Barracks, in Abuja, has been…

US tightens the screws on Syria’s Assad

The United States moved to freeze the assets of dozens of Syrian ministers Wednesday, piling pressure on the regime as…

Mother of Governor Ajimobi Dies

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Mother of the governor of Oyo State, Alhaja Sikirat Abeje Ajimobi is dead. She was 85. According to…

Jonathan ends emergency rule in Boko Haram councils

Nigerian Government State of Emergency in Four States The Federal Government has lifted the State of Emergency imposed on 15…