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Lagos dismisses Boko Haram talks, step up enforcement on street trading

Kazeem Ugbodaga Arising from a crucial security meeting this evening, the Lagos State Security Council Meeting says rumours of infiltration…

Ambode approves release of 2,500 C of O

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed and approved the ​immediate release of 2500 Certificates of Occupancy (C of…

US court orders release of Kim Davis, who refused to issue gay marriage licences

The United States clerk who was sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was ordered…

PICTURES: Buhari, Obasanjo dazzle as fashion meets politics

President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo share somethings in common. For starters, they both ruled Nigeria as military leaders…

Family sue ex-Lagos Lands Ministry official for trespass

YUSUF MUHAMMED Muhammed Liadi Cole family of Alaagba Village, Ipaja Road, Agege, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have sued Mrs Elizabeth…

Go for medical check-up regularly, Lalong tells public officials

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Tuesday advised public office holders in the state to embark on regular medical check-up…

Set debt limit for all tiers of govt – FRC urges Buhari

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set debt limit for federal, state, and local…

Buhari to slash Nigeria’s foreign missions, save cost

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration will undertake a review of Nigerian foreign missions to determine…

Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy sues CAC over ‘stolen’ identity

The Incorporated Trustees of Christ Embassy Church International a.k.a “CHRIST EMBASSY, led by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has dragged the Corporate…

Police to arrest unauthorised users of siren nationwide

The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories…

Security guard docked for raping employer’s 7-year-old daughter

A 20-year-old security guard, Abass Haman, who allegedly raped his employer’s seven-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja…

N36.2m fraud: ICPC declares civil servant wanted

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has declared a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…

Ordeal of a Nigerian prostitute in Russia

A young Nigerian prostitute in Russia who identified herself as Blessing, has narrated how she was beaten by Russian clients…

Flood alert: NEMA asks states, LGs to relocate communities in flood prone areas

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has again advised states and local governments to immediately relocate residents of communities along…

Nigerians make up 85% of GE Nigeria workforce

Seun Bisuga In a bid to make General Electric (GE) Nigeria a wholly Nigerian company, the management of the organisation…

Police commence ‘Operation Round Up Persons Inciting Violence’ in Nigeria

The Inspector –General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has ordered an immediate clamp down on persons or group of persons…

Jigawa LG targets 85,000 children for immunisation

At least 85,000 children have been targeted for immunisation in ongoing exercise against polio and other child-killer diseases in Kafin-Hausa…

APC lashes out at Tinubu’s traducers

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, has decried the attack on the National Learder of the party, Asiwaju Bola…

2 brothers batter pregnant woman, husband over electricity bill

Cyriacus Izuekwe Two brothers of the same parents have been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly battering…

Flood sweeps 10 Onitsha traders away

Cyriacus Izuekwe At least 10 traders in Onitsha, Anambra State in eastern Nigeria, have died and many injured after they…

Lagos highway sweepers protest non payment of salary

Following protests by Lagos midwives over the non payment of salaries, scores of highway sweepers under the Lagos State Waste…

Ex-aide of Jonathan, submits APC guber form, promises more involvement

Chief Diekivie Ikiogha, a retired director and one-time adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan when he (Jonathan) was governor of Bayelsa,…

Dickson abandoning projects I initiated, says Sylva

Former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva, has accused incumbent, Governor Seriake Dickson of abandoning all the projects he initiated when…

Gov Emmanuel closes case at tribunal amidst allegations of impersonation, false report

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel on Monday closed his defence before the tribunal amidst allegation of impersonation and false…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

PDP will win Bayelsa guber election – Jonathan

Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, failed to secure a second term in office but he is optimistic that Governor Seriake…

Bayelsa Poll: Jonathan, Anenih, Alamieyeseigha, others endorse Dickson

Ahead of the December 5 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, political heavyweights in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including ex-President…

NIS asks ex-governors, lawmakers, others to return diplomatic passport

Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has directed former public office holders like governors, lawmakers at the national and state level, ministers,…

Naval Chief unveils new strategy to tackle maritime crime

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, in one of his first major policy and administrative decision,…

Oranyan festival commences in Oyo with free medical treatment

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN As part of effort to commemorate this year’s Oranyan festival organized by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi…

Fernandez never joked with Yoruba tradition, says group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, on Monday described the late Ambassador Deinde Fernandez as a man who never…