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13 bodies recovered from Lagos boat mishap

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday confirmed that 13 dead bodies have been recovered from the boat accident…

Tambuwal: No more excuses in routing Boko Haram

Nigeria no longer has any excuse for failing to root out Boko Haram Islamists blamed for killing thousands, including many…

Wammako denies sending supporters to PDP rally

Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has denied sending some youths to represent him at the North-West rally of the…

Obiano to be sworn in Monday, Obi takes chieftaincy title

Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra state will on Saturday accept his first traditional title from the Anambra Traditional Rulers’ Council,…

Herdsmen attack Governor Suswam’s convoy

The convoy of Governor Gabriel Suswam of the central Nigerian state of Benue convoy was attacked on Tuesday by suspected…

Witness tells how pension officials stole N20bn

An EFCC prosecution witness, Mr Mustapha Sani, on Tuesday narrated before a Nigerian High Court in Abuja, the capital, how…

Police parade cleric, 38 others for robbery, kidnapping

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command Tuesday paraded 39 suspected kidnappers, robbers, and cult members. One of the suspects who…

Ajudua pleads not guilty for Bamaiyi’s $8.4mn scam

.Court forges ahead to hear alleged scam committed within Kirikiri Maximum Prison Henry Ojelu Alleged fraud kingpin, Fred Ajudua was…

Edo teachers’ test holds March 22

Edo state has fixed 22 March for the planned assessment of teachers in public Primary and Secondary Schools. But the…

In trickles, LASU new students arrive for screening

The screening of new intakes of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo entered its second day on Tuesday, with some…

Bomb scare at NNPC headquarters

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Heightened security measures around the four towers of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation headquarters located in the Central Business…

OPC Rescues Raped Teenager

Falobi Moses Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was…

Fashola Okays Jail Term For Hazardous Product Sellers

Kazeem Ugbodaga Manufacturers and sellers of fake products to consumers in Lagos State will now face a three-month jail term…

UK sacks asylum judge living with Nigerian lady

A Nigerian lady has thrown a British asylum judge into trouble after police arrested her in the judge’s home, not…

Why did Amstel make Mikel Obi drink straight from the can?

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Amstel Malta may have triggered a controversy in the subliminal message it passed across with its new ambassadors,…

Plot To Bomb Synagogue Church Foiled

Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba A plan by the Boko Haram terrorist sect to bomb Prophet T.B. Joshua’s church in…

Lagos Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over FERMA Thugs

Eromosele Ebhomele There is serious unease in the political circle as well as among residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria,…

Driver Bolts With Boss’ $50k

Paul Iyoghojie A driver, Festus Chiukwuemeka, 32, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $50,000, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin…

Begin Campaigns, Get Sanctions, Jega Warns Politicians

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday read the riot act to…

India arrests 2 Nigerians running fake job racket

Indian police in New Delhi said it has arrested two Nigerians and 16 Indian accomplices running a fake job racket,…

Kidnappers of Baraje’s son jailed 22 years

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin An Ilorin High Court Judge, Justice Mahmud AbdulGafar, has sentenced two kidnappers, Ajadi Oba AbdulRasheed and Ayeni…

Nigerian police cracks attack on Enugu Government House

The Nigerian police in Enugu state said the identity of those who attacked Enugu State Government House on Saturday would…

PDP hits APC again, restates religious stereotyping

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has re-affirmed its criticism of the rival APC’s published roadmap as an anarchist document, likening…

Abductors of Rivers PDP chieftain want N30m

Kidnappers of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state, Mr. Dicken Worlu, are demanding N30 million as…

Petrol tanker explodes in Abuja

The MRS filing station on Airport Road, Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire as a petrol tanker laden with…

Orji chairs South East Governors Forum

Governor Theodore Orji of the easern Nigerian state of Abia has emerged as the new Chairman of the South East…

Proposed Badagry seaport to preserve historic sites

The Lagos State Government on Sunday assured that the Badagry seaport project would not tamper with historic sites in the…

Nigerian courts to be shut from Wednesday

Judiciary workers grouped under their union, JUSUN will begin a warning strike across Nigeria on wednesday, 12 March, effectively shutting…

Sultan urges Jonathan end killings in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria’s respected monarch, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to use presidential powers to…

Sokoto buries indigene-non indigene policy

The northern Nigerian state of Sokoto said it has abolished the indigene and non-indigene policy in the state, a means…