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Ambode endorses 4-year term for LG chairmen

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has endorsed four-year tenure for Local Government chairmen and other elected council representatives. The governor…

Jonathan’s cousin drags FG to court over his detention

Akin Kuponiyi Mr Azibaola Robert, a Niger-Delta activist who also is a cousin to Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has…

Hurray! Free varsity education for prisoners

Prison inmates throughout the country now have hope of a quality higher education with the gesture by the National Open…

Police drivers to pay for damaged patrol vans

Police drivers of damaged patrol vehicles will henceforth pay the cost for the repair. The police on Thursday said it…

Traffic Gridlock: Lagos demolishes 84 gated streets

The Lagos State Government says it has demolished 84 street gates which were shut against motorists before the 12 midnight…

Appeal Court reserves judgment in Metuh’s bid to stop trial

The Court of Appeal has reserved ruling on the appeal filed by Chief Olisah Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of…

My wife’s ‘brother’ slept with her-Husband

For sleeping with her supposed brother, a 40-year-old man, Mr Sunday Oladipupo, has asked an Orile Agege Customary Court in…

Accident: 7 Kano students, driver buried amid tears

The seven Kano State students and their driver who died along Lagos-Ibadan expressway were on Thursday buried in Kano, amid…

Operation Crackdown: Nigerian troops under fierce attack from Boko Haram

Nigerian Army troops involved in the clearance of Boko Haram terrorists and rescue operations in Sambisa forest nicknamed “Operation CRACKDOWN”came…

Ex-Lagos Commissioner, Adeniji Adele dies at 60

Former Lagos State Commissioner, Ademola Adeniji Adele has died early Thursday in India. Family sources say that former Commissioner of…
Late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua: son Aminu jailed in Yola

Yar’Adua’s memory indelible in our hearts – Saraki

Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s senate president has paid tribute to late Nigerian president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, stressing that, Yar’Adua can never…

4 innocent mothers, babies set free from prison

Four innocent mothers with their babies dumped into prison by the authorities have been set free from the Umuahia federal…

Six years on, Nigerians pay glowing tribute to late president, Yar’Adua

Six years after the death of Nigeria’s former president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua citizens of the most populous black nation have…

More public servants have declared assets under Buhari – CCB

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) said that more than ever before, the rate of compliance to assets declaration requirement…

Gov issues Fulani herdsmen 7-day ultimatum

Following attacks on communities in the South by Fulani herdsmen, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has given herdsmen within…

EFCC arrest ex-Imo governor, begins manhunt for Fani-Kayode

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have launched a massive manhunt for former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode over…

Mass movement of soldiers in Abuja tomorrow

There will be a mass movement of soldiers in the nation’s capital, Abuja, tomorrow and the authorities have warned residents…

FG dragged to ECOWAS court for failing to stop herdsmen killings

The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Community…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Umahi orders relocation of herdmen from Ebonyi campus

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi on Wednesday ordered the relocation of herdsmen from the premises of College of Agricultural Sciences…

Military to reassess performance of troops in northeast – Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military hierarchy will review the entire counter-insurgency operations in order…

Buhari has made us kings – Rice, Wheat Associations

The Buhari presidency has a clear idea on how to execute its agricultural policy to achieve self-sufficiency in food production,…

UN to spend N20bn on corruption, terrorism prevention in Nigeria

The UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) says it is spending 100 million dollars (about 20 billion naira) on…

Abia Chief Judge frees 6 inmates from Umuahia Federal Prison

The Chief Judge of Abia, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, on Wednesday freed six inmates from the Umuahia Federal Prison. Uzokwe ordered…
EFCC alleges foul play, approaches Court of Appeal to quash no-case ruling ex-governor Babangida Aliyu and Tanko Beji in N4bn fraud trial

Zoning chairmanship to Northeast is unconstitutional – PDP Concerned Leaders

A group, Peoples Democratic Party Concerned Leaders on Wednesday said zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to the North-East…

Kano: 2 feared dead in petrol tanker fire

Two persons were feared dead when a petrol tanker caught fire while offloading product at AA Rano Filling Station near…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

EFCC to arraign Mohammed Sambo for fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, May 12, 2016 arraign a retired Commissioner of Police, Mohammed…

8 Kano students perish in road crash in Ibadan, Ajimobi mourns

By Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has condoled with his Kano State counterpart, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…

No going back on Bakassi, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured that Nigeria would abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment on Bakassi…

Thanksgiving prayers for Anisulowo in pictures

Prayers were held today at the Ilaro, Ogun State residence of Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, former minister of state for education who…

We have no link with Auctus Integrated, says Tunde Ayeni

Chairman of Skye Bank Plc. and NATCOM, Dr. Olatunde Ayeni has dismissed speculations that he has interest in Auctus Integrated,…