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Boko Haram sparks riot in Jos, 3 killed

Christian youths rioted Sunday in the Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least three people in suspected reprisal attacks after…

Jonathan Hails Victorious Liyel Imoke

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Liyel Imoke on his second term victory in Saturday’s governorship election in Cross…

Bloody Sunday In Jos as Suicide bombers strike

Two suicide bombers drove an explosives packed Volkswagen Bora car into a church in Nigeria’s volatile central city of Jos…

Ndigbo in Kano on parade for Ojukwu

Maduabuchi NMERIBEH/Kano  Igbo people resident in Kano, north-west Nigeria today staged a procession under the aegis of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to…

Curfew slammed on Gombe after Boko Haram killings

A 24 hour curfew has been imposed on Nigeria’s Gombe town in the wake of an assault by Boko Haram…

Amaechi, Odili Reunite At Ojukwu Lecture

The death of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and the public lecture held in his honour by the Rivers State Government in…

Ipaye Advocates For Justice Without Delay

The Lagos State Attorney –General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ade Ipaye has stated that the law enforcement machinery and…

Lawmaker Faults Amosun Over TASUED

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Alhaji Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka has faulted the decision of the Ogun State government…

IG Stops Parade Of Dismissed Policemen

The lnspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the Oyo State Police command not to parade the 16 policemen…

Verification For Year 2011/2012 BECE Takes Off

Principals, Parents and Proprietors of Private Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State have been urged to speed up the ongoing…

Fashola Wins African Achievers Award

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) was, Wednesday, at the King’s College, Strand, London, United Kingdom, honoured with…

EFCC appeals case against Abuja lawyer

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed an appeal in the case against an Abuja- based lawyer, Amobi…

Boko Haram: Bombs Detector Vans On Standby At Eagles Camp

With incessant bomb blasts in Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram in the northern part of the country,…

Court Sacks Another PDP Gov

The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the election of Kebbi state Governor Usman Saidu Dakingari of the Peoples Democratic Party,…

Woman Dies After Fight With Husband Over Food

A native of Ishan in Edo State, Southwest Nigeria, Peter Odion, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State,…

Masturbation Not A Sin —Oyakhilome

A shocking revelation by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Believers Love World, a.k.a. Christ Embassy, that masturbation is not a…

Man Jailed For Stealing General Overseer’s Bible

A magistrate’s court in Ejigbo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered a suspect, Johnson Oloye, to be remanded in prison custody…

Fake Lawyer Jailed

A fake Ghanaian lawyer, Otunba Kehinde Dodoo, 74, who has been practising in Nigeria for 15 years, has been sentenced…

Group Wants Jonathan Impeached

A human rights group and also a non-governmental organisation, Veteran Groups for Operation Clean Crusade, VGOCC has claimed that President…

Teenage Destitute Dies At Lagos Govt. Secretariat

A yet-to-be identified teenage female destitute died at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on…

Comply Or Be Punished, Traders Warned Over Filthy Environment

The Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Israel Olusola Adekunle and his Supervisory Councils recently made an unannounced visit to the…

Court Jails Landlord For Contempt

A Customary Court in Mushin, Lagos on Thursday sentenced a landlord to three months imprisonment for endangering the lives of…

Lagos Removes 120 Tankers From Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

The Lagos State Government has removed 120 tankers parked illegally on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway following the expiration of its ultimatum…

Promisador 2012 NASSMAC Expands

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, manufacturer of Cowbell milk, has expressed its commitment to continue to support the National Secondary School Mathematics…

Oranges, grapes lower stroke risk for women

Women who regularly eat citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruit may have a lower risk of blood-clot related stroke,…

16 cops axed for corruption

 GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN  The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Moses Onireti on Thursday evening dismissed 16 policemen serving across the…

Australian woman scams Nigerian scammers

Nigerian email scams have become nearly as commonplace as the Internet itself. But one Australian woman wound up in jail…

Banker jailed for insider abuse

 For granting himself and his other colleagues loans without following due process, a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has…

As Lent Begins, Jonathan Prays for Peace

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Christians in Nigeria as they begin the observance of Lent. As the dominant feature…

LASTMA, Task Force Clear Oshodi-Apapa Expressway Of Trucks

Officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental sanitation and the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, yesterday stormed…