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Abandoned Lagos school turns den of robbers

Cyriacus Izuekwe Suspected criminals have taken over an abandoned public school in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria, and converted it…

Minister insists teachers must have basic qualification in education

The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, says there is a large number of unqualified teachers at the…

Nigerian refugee children bring David Miliband to his knees

A bunch of refugee kids singing “ABC” brought former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband to his knees Monday in the…

Chibok girls not among 900 rescued from Boko Haram – Cameroon

Cameroon said on Monday that schoolgirls Nigerian town of Chibok, kidnapped by Boko Haram last year were not among a…

Bayelsa: PDP agrees with INEC over election cancellation, APC kicks

Rep. Fred Agbedi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), agent at the collation centre in Yenagoa has said the cancellation of…

Appeal court upholds Kashamu’s victory

Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Monday set aside tribunal judgment and declared Senator Buruji Kashamu of Peoples’ Democratic…

Nigeria’s 2016 budget up by N1.5 trillion

Nigeria’s Federal executive council has decided on a N6 trillion ($30.3 billion) budget for 2016, the planning minister said on…

Nigeria must learn from history of others — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians must learn from the socio-political history of other countries and avoid repeating mistakes…

Nigerian couple jailed for keeping man as slave for 24 years

A doctor and his nurse wife who kept a man in forced servitude for almost a quarter of a century…

1004 Estate MD, CDA chairman face trial over alleged breach of peace

Paul Iyoghojie The Managing Director of 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Samuel Ukpong, 49, and the chairman, Community Development Association, CDA,…
Ikedi Ohakim

How ex-Imo Gov, Ohakim, used N270m cash to buy Abuja property

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has told Justice Adeniyi Ademola…

PICTURES: Ambode graces the coronation of new Ooni of Ife

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos joined other Nigerians in Ile-Ife, Osun state at the coronation of the new Ooni of…

Lagos holds ICT workshop for school pupils

Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Wifi Combat Academy, has organised a One-Day training workshop on…

BREAKING: INEC declares Bayelsa election inconclusive, cancels Southern Ijaw polls

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Bayelsa State governorship election as inconclusive. The…

Lagos hospitals death centres for women in labour —rights group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly demanding…
Retired DIG, Hashimu Argungu

#BayelsaDecides: We will use minimum force to stop protests – AIG Argungu

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of security in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state,…

Osinbajo outlines attributes of the Yoruba race

The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday identified honesty, integrity, and hard work as integral attributes of the…

EFCC arraigns three for N123m fraud, another for N200m forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday arraigned Okewole Dayo (alias Okewole David Dayo), Bishop Katung Jones and Dadin…
Uche Ekwunife

Appeal Court sacks PDP’s Uche Ekwunife from Senate, orders fresh election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has reversed the election of Uche Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…

Money Laundering: Sule Lamido’s son, Aminu loses appeal

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, December 7 dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year…

Lagos RRS parade 4 Indian hemp peddlers

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), an arm of the Lagos State Police Command headquartered in Alausa, Ikeja, on…

INEC puts result collation on hold indefinitely #BayelsaDecides

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Chief Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has put on hold indefinitely, the…

#BayelsaDecides: Dickson extends victory to 6 LGAs

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa state and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson, has…

PICTURES: Protest at INEC collation centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa

Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters, men, women…

#BayelsaDecides: PDP supporters protest in Yenagoa

Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

VIDEO: Nigeria’s corruption trending on US television

  On 2 December, 2015, Nick Schifrin, PBS Newshour special correspondent aired the report “Nigeria: Pain and Promise: How a…

Nigeria continues airstrikes on Boko Haram bases, destroys 11

Nigeria’s military says it has carried out air strikes against militant Islamist group Boko Haram “deep inside” the Sambisa forest,…

Engineer kidnapped, freed, wife taken away

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A building contractor, Engr. Adewale Akindehinde was at the weekend abducted by some unidentified gunmen in Ijebu Ode,…

Referendum: All FG properties will go to Biafra, debts to Nigeria

  The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international governmental organization that promotes self-determination and the end to colonial…

We need divine wisdom to overcome challenges, says Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, said current Nigerian leaders need divine wisdom to overcome the…