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Lassa fever: Delta State fumigates major markets

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt AS part of its proactive measures against the spread of Lassa fever in the state, the Delta…

Many young girls aged 10 to 15 are defiled on Valentine’s Day

Many young girls between the ages of 10 and 15 are defiled on Valentine’s Day, Mrs Felicia Bello, the Matron,…

Biafra has come to stay, says Nnamdi Kanu from jail

The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that “Biafra has come to stay”…

Bizman loses N5m tax to fraudster

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 54-year old man has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo, Lagos State,…

Pastor, 50, rapes member, 18 in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, 50, has been arrested and detained at the…

11 FUNAAB students bag scholarships

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded…

Mixed feelings as Nigerians react to Murtala Muhammed’s passing

On February 13 1976, Nigeria’s then head of state, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was assassinated as military ruler barely a…

Gov. Ayade shuts out Oyegun, APC bigwigs from Calabar stadium

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has shut out big wigs of the All Progressives Party from the the…

Ponytail gives female suicide bomber away

A would-be suicide bomber who refused to detonate her explosives in northeast Nigeria was identified as she tried to flee…

Why Wike is rightfully elected governor of Rivers – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday gave reasons while Nyesom Wike was affirmed as the validly elected governor of Rivers. Justice…

Rivers: INEC presents Certificate of Return to APC assembly member

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday issued a Certificate of Return to Hon Victoria Wobo Nyeche…

Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue 3 victims

Police in Kogi on Friday shot and killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnap victims at a border area…

Police kill two suspects on bank robbery operation

Men of the Osun Police Command on Friday killed two suspected armed robbers in Ikirun area of the state, while…

Sanction governors who fail to conduct LG polls – Ndoma-Egba tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sanction state governors who failed to conduct local government elections at the appropriate…

Mother of 3 excretes 80 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport

Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly excreted 80 wraps of white powdery substances that tested…

King’s son loses N6.5m to contractor

Paul Iyoghojie An aluminium installation specialist, Bolakale Yekini, 47, has been arrested by the police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos…

Buhari eulogises Olubadan, as body is interred

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday called on Nigerians to emulate the exemplary lifestyle of Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I…

OEAS calls for creation of Biafra self defence units

The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) has called for the creation of self defense units for protesting Biafra agitators…
Sule Lamido

Money Laundering: Lamido’s trial gains momentum as EFCC tenders more documents

The trial of a former Jigawa governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others…

6 arrested over kidnap, murder of Ubulu-Uku king

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta State has arrested six persons in connection with the kidnap and gruesome murder of…

Gov Wike hammers Finance Commissioner, Accountant-General

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has suspended the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Fred Kpakol and…

Amosun swears in 6 new aides

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Barely 24 hours after swearing four Special Advisers, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has approved the appointment of another six…

Dickson to amend Bayelsa criminal code, warns against ransom to kidnappers

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a riot act to criminals with a stern warning…

Pastor in adultery mess, flees housewife’s home naked

Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Wahab Close in EJigbo in Lagos State, western Nigeria, were stunned by the drama that played…

Ricky Tarfa’s trial must go on – Court

A Federal High Court, Lagos has thrown out an application by a prominent lawyer, Ricky Tarfa, SAN, seeking to stop…

Don’t succumb to paying ransom to kidnappers – Dickson

The Bayelsa state governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a Riot Act to criminals with a stern…

2 weeks after employment: Househelp steals employer’s $70k property

Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Bar Beach division, Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 28-year old househelp,…

Cameroon soldiers kill 27 Boko Haram fighters

Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram fighters after launching a cross-border operation in the Nigerian locality of Goshi…

Army hands over 6 serving Generals to EFCC for investigation

The ongoing probe into arms purchase scandal gathered momentum on Thursday as the Nigerian Army said it has handed over…

Jigawa canoe mishap: Death toll rises 8, 15 still missing -SEMA

Alhaji Yusuf Sani, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that the death toll from Wednesday…