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Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna

FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…

Jonathan Promises Support for Hangar Project

Oluokun Ayorinde President Goodluck Jonathan has promised that the federal government will partner with Akwa Ibom State government in the…

Amaechi confirms buying $45 million Bombardier jet

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has confirmed the purchase of a brand new Bombardier Jet for Governor Chibuike…

Jonathan probes Hajj blues for Nigerian female pilgrims

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said he has ordered a post mortem on the problem Nigerian female pilgrims to Mecca faced…

Nigerian rapist gets away with N80,000 fine

A Magistrates’ Court in Benin, capital of Edo state in Mid Western Nigeria, has sentenced Mr Saturday Udoh, 39, to…

LASTMA: We didn’t impound Obasanjo’s vehicle

Mr Babatunde Edu, General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Wednesday in Lagos, denied media report that vehicles…

Ogun Allots 500 Hectares of Land To Lagos state

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta In furtherance to the southwest government plans for socio-economic and political regional integration, the Ogun state government…

Power Drunk Governor Flogs PHCN Manager

Governor of Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, Aliyu Wamakko, has flogged a manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, for…

Lagos Assembly Slams FG Over Bad Roads

The deplorable condition of federal roads in Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, has become a cause for concern among members of…

630 schools submerged by flood in Delta—Uduaghan

Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has said that 630 primary and secondary schools in the state were submerged by flood.…

Obasanjo Impounds LAGBUS Buses

In an action that could be described as that of a power drunk leader, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has…

Power Bike Robbers Kill Currency Changer, Snatch N4.5m

A Bureau de Change operator was shot dead yesterday evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, by…

Okada Ban: Visit Emergency Ward To See Casualties —Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has asked those not are happy with the law banning motorcycle riders, known as…

Ogun Donates N2.5m To Families Of 5 Slain Cops

Ogun State Government, Southwest Nigeria, today presented N2.5 million to the family of five policemen who were killed during a…

Policeman’s Son Burgles Barracks Apartment

The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned a suspected thief,…

Man Beats Wife With Iron Rod

The president of Agege Grade A Customary Court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Mr Emmanuel Sokunle, has ordered that a 39-year old…

3 Land Speculators In Prison Over N16m Fraud

Three suspected land speculators, Olumuyiwa Makewu, 42, Omogbalahare Raheem, 45, and Paul Nwosu Onyemechi, 39, have been arrested by the…

Bizman Docked Over N4.7m Dud Cheque

A 38-year old director of a dredging firm, Frank Ojeuwe, has been arraigned before an Igbosore Magistrate’s Court on a…

Robbers Invade Oko Oba

Armed robbers, mostly youths in their early 20s, have invaded New Oko Oba in Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos…

Agbaje Makes Case For Creation Of State Police

A former gubernatorial candidate of the Democratic People’s Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 governorship election in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje,…

Robbers kill Currency Changer in Lagos

AYODEJI DEDEIGBO/Crime Reporter A Bureau De Change operator was shot dead this evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos,…

EFCC Docks Customs boss Impersonator

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, arraigned Bello Godwin Onimisi, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko…

2 robbery suspects killed in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead today on Ada-George Road in the Nigerian oil-rich city of…

Bomb Scare On Arik Flight

There has been a bomb scare on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja but the Ministry of Aviation…

Court Orders Bizman To Forfeit N102m To FG

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria Tuesday ordered officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

Kidnappers Demand N50m Ransom To Free Housewife

Gunmen who kidnapped a housewife, Mrs. Ime Abasi in Calabar, Cross River State; southsouth Nigeria, have contacted her husband, Mr.…

OKADA MENACE: 3,000 Bikes Seized

Several commuters were today stranded as the Lagos State Government withdrew its BRT buses from Ikotun-Iyana Ipaja axis to save…

Army Officers Pledge To Obey, Enforce New Lagos Traffic Law

The implementation of the new Lagos Traffic Law has got the backing of the Military as the General Officer Commanding…

9 Charged With N300m Petroleum Theft

Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected petroleum thieves and…

Bank Guard Steals N1m From ATM

A security guard, Danjuma Abutu, 36, attached to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB, Lagos has been arraigned before an Igbosere…