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3 lecturers in court over varsity sex scandal

JEHRO IBILEKE/Benin Principal actors in the sex scandal that rocked Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in July 2010,…

Senator Faults Northern Governors On State Police

Fears expressed by Northern governors that the creation of state police could lead to the disintegration of the country has…

2 brothers, 2 villagers killed by gunmen

In two separate attacks, unidentified gunmen killed two brothers in Michika, Adamawa state and two villagers in Plateau state. In…

Amosun lifts ban on transport unions, launch 77 buses

The Ogun Government on Thursday lifted the ban on the activities of transport unions in Ijebu-Igbo and Ijebu-Ode local government…

Olaitan’s Murder: SSS Hands Over Suspects To Police

Amidst the confusion which trailed their contradictory reports, the State Security Service, SSS, on Thursday handed over six suspected killers…

Olaitan’s Murder: Court To Rule On Ugolor’s Rights

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Justice Esther Edigin of Benin High Court on Thursday reserved judgment till September 6, 2012, in the application…

Keep Off Banned Roads Now —Lagos Govt Warns Okada Riders

The Lagos State Government has warned okada (commercial motorcycle riders) and tricycle riders to keep off the 475 roads they…

Cynthia: Shock, Outrage Over Murder

Nigerians, in their hundreds, have strongly condemned the murder of Miss Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of Major-General Frank Osokogu (retd). She…

Woman Pours Hot Rice On Nursing Mother

A jealous housewife has poured hot rice on her neighbour barely two weeks after she delivered a baby boy. The…

Moslem Clerics Warn On Boko Haram

Moslem leaders in Agege and Alimosho areas of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have sent strong warning to anybody or group…

Man Arrested For Selling ‘Fufu’ Phones

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested a man for selling phones…

Former Miss Nigeria, Helen Is Dead

Former Miss Nigeria Helen Anyamelune is dead. Aged 75, Anyamelune who reigned as Miss Nigeria in 1958, died in her…

Man Recovers From Mental Illness

Okorie Nwankwo, a native of Bende in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, has been miraculously healed of a 17-year old insanity.…

Police Deny Arrest Of Female Kidnapper

The DPO of Oke-Odo Police Station, Akin Omoolaoye has denied that his men arrested a female kidnapper as claimed by…

Nigeria: Clergy urges probe of lady’s brutal killing

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a…

Businessman, Company Docked For Evading Customs Duty

A federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 26 October this year, the criminal charges of evading…

Tribunal nullifies Offa council poll

The Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday nullified the re-run chairmanship election conducted in Offa Local…

Good Samaritan jailed for catching a ‘thief’

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced an employee of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Fasasi,…

Facebook Tragedy: How We Killed The General’s Daughter —Suspects

Two murder suspects who were paraded today by the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu…

Illegal Road Blocks: 8 Mobile Cops Arrested

Eight mobile policemen were on Tuesday arrested at various points between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states by a team…

Dead Baby Found

Residents of Benson Estate, Owutu, along Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway woke up Tuesday  to see the corpse of a newly born baby…

‘How Nigeria Can Tackle Sickle Cell Disorder’

Nigeria can greatly reduce its Sickle Cell prevalence with increased public enlightenment, a minister’s aide, Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye said at…

16 Robbery Suspects Held

At least 16 suspected members of two armed robbery gangs identified as ‘O Strong’ and Get Ready that have been…

Kumuyi: ‘Fear Not Boko Haram’

In the wake of attacks on churches in the country by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the General Superintendent of…

Burglars Return Stolen Items 2 Days After

Like they say, wonders shall never end. Such was the case on 19 August, 2012, a day set aside by…

Fake US Embassy Worker Held

An unrepentant suspect, who operates in Enugu and Lagos, defrauding persons intending to travel to United States of America has…

Suspected OP MESA Men Kill Tricyle Rider

Armed men suspected to be members of Airforce OP Mesa, have killed a Keke Marwa rider and injured another at…

Okupe unfit to speak for Nigeria’s president, ACN says

The Action Congress of Nigeria has once again asked President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately fire Dr Doyin Okupe, his Senior…

Bomb factories uncovered in troubled Nigerian state

The Police in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi said they have uncovered two bomb-manufacturing factories in Abu Limit Estate and…

Disaster averted as bomb laden car arrested

Nigeria’s Borno Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted a bomb-laden…