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Lagos White Cap Chief Murdered

A Lagos white cap chief and the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, 73, has been shot dead, by unidentified…

Nigeria’s opposition parties form All Progressive Congress

Nigeria’s main opposition parties on Wednesday said they planned to merge ahead of presidential elections in 2015, potentially mounting a…

Bricklayer Rapes Daughter

A 39-year old bricklayer has been arrested at Ajah area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly raping his 14-year…

Nigeria Police Threatens Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

For delaying the payment of their January salary, junior officers in the Nigeria Police have threatened to embark on strike.…

Son Sends Mom To Prison

A 68-year old woman, Madam Silifat Abeni, broke down and wept at Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, as…

Sellers Of Porno Materials Arrested

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun clampdown on distributors and sellers of pornographic…

NURTW chief arrested over Offa-Erinle crisis

A Nigerian commercial vehicle owner, Ganiyu Oyeyemi Ogunjobi, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command over the murder…

Nigeria postpones cabinet meeting

The weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, scheduled to be held today, has been postponed. FEC is the decision-making…

Rumours over: Tiwa Savage, Manager Tee Billz Engage

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE The fifth of February was supposed to be sexy diva, Tiwa Savage’s 33rd birthday, but it also turned…

Nebo new man at Nigeria’s Power Ministry

The Jonathan administration has named Professor Chinedu Nebo, as successor to Barth Nnaji as Minister for Power. A statement by…

Governor Lamido’s son granted bail

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Freedom came the way of Aminu, first son of Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido when a Nigerian…

10 Nigerian governors back merger of parties

Ten State Governors drawn from the different political parties and geo political zones in the country on Tuesday met at…

Fashola: LGs Don’t Deserve Autonomy

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has kicked against granting autonomy to local governments in Lagos and other states of…

Man sues UK based nurse for abandonment

A Nigerian businessman, James Onyike has sued his wife, Patricia, a nurse, based in the United Kingdom for allegedly abandoning…

Man dies watching Nigeria-Ivory Coast match

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta An engineer with Nigeria’s Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA collapsed and died yesterday in Abeokuta, capital of…

Lagos Sends 30 Beggars To Jail

By Kazeem Ugbodaga In a new dimension in the war against begging, the Special Offences Court in Alausa area of…

Thousands Stranded In Ota As Trucks Collide

By Eromosele Ebhomele Thousands of commuters were Monday morning stranded at the Ota area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, when…

200cc Motorcycle Palaver: Fashola Disowns Opeifa

Governor Babatunde Fashola has disowned the Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa for arrogating to himself the power to grant approval…

Artisans Threaten Showdown With Ogun Govt

By Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Members of the Association of Terrazo, Marbles and Tiles in Ogun State have threatened a showdown…

500,000 Blood Donors Needed In Lagos

If 500,000 Lagosians can donate blood voluntarily, there will be enough blood in all blood banks in the state, says…

Market leader in Lagos charged with murder

Henry Ojelu &Mercy Momoh The western Nigerian state of Lagos has arraigned the President of Aguiyi i Ironsi Market popularly…

Nigerians Celebrate Eagles’ Victory Over Ivory Coast

It was celebration galore among soccer loving Nigerians as the national team, Super Eagles defeated their arch rivals, the Elephants…

Veteran journalist Ayo Ositelu buried

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The body of the former Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area and a veteran sports journalist, Deacon…

VC laments poor academic performance

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Isaac Adewole today lamented the high rate…

French police bust Nigerian prostitution ring

French police have arrested seven people suspected of procuring Nigerian prostitutes who worked across France, judicial sources said Friday. The…

Fire Guts Lotto Office in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fire said to have been sparked by a faulty air conditioner gutted a lotto office in the western…

Man buries five kids after tragic fire incident

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A Nigerian father of five children has done the unpleasant task of burying them all, after a…

My Critics Are Ignorant, says Gov. Fashola

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State says those criticizing his administration over its debt profile are…

Appeal Court: Rev King Must Die

By Akin Kuponiyi A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Friday affirmed the judgement of a Lagos High…

Gbenga Daniel: I’m Being Persecuted

By Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Former governor of Nigeria’s western state of  Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has, in a…