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Soldiers go berserk, set BRT buses on fire on Ikorodu Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga, Tunde Adekeye & Simon Ateba Irate soldiers went on the rampage on Friday morning at Palmgroove area of…

N220,000 fraud: Man Bags 14 years Jail term

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano on Wednesday sentenced one Stephen Onyekachi to 14 years…

Fashola employs 265 health tech graduates, appeals to striking doctors

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to call of its…

INEC sends Osun REC on compulsory leave

Ambassador Rufus Akeju, Osun state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has been requested to proceed on leave of absence – for…

Physically challenged man dumped in refuse heap

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A man living with disability and the only child of his late mother, identified as Danjuma, has been…

Confab: Nigeria to adopt new system of government

The National Conference on Thursday 3 July voted in favour of Modified Presidential System of Government following a recommendation by…

Knocks For FG Over ASUP Strike

Damilare Okunola & Harrison Iyoha Students of various Nigerian polytechnics have blamed the protracted industrial action by their lecturers on…

‘Lagos Not For Politics Of Poverty And Stomach’

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured Lagosians that it is ready and prepared to…

Omisore Can’t Win Osun Election —Uncle

Eromosele Ebhomele A Lagos lawmaker and uncle to Iyoola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…

Jilted Graduate Commits Suicide

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young graduate, Oluwatosin Otaiku, has stabbed himself to death because he was jilted by his fiancee. The…

Police Corporal Lynched By Driver

A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…

Confab Delegate, Niyi Akintola Suffers Cardiac Arrest

There was panic at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, venue of the ongoing National Conference, when a delegate from Oyo…

Boko Haram Attacks: Security Beefed Up In Abuja

Sola Adeola/Abuja Security surveillance over the nation’s capital, Abuja, has increased following recent bomb attacks in the city. Soldiers this…

Seadogs call for credible 2015 election

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has called for free, fair, credible and acceptance general election in 2015 saying it…

How Kidnap Of Umaru Dikko Was Foiled 30 Years Ago

Thirty years ago, there was an attempt to kidnap a Nigerian minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, who died in London on…

Engineering Student Jailed For Kidnapping

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Ndudi Ogwu, an ND II Mechanical Engineering student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, has been convicted and sentenced…

Olu Of Ikeja Dies, markets shut down

Yisa Jamiu The Olu of Ikeja Kingdom, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Oba Rauf Adeniyi Aremu Matemi, is dead. He was said…

Court Bailiff Faces Trial Over Pension Scam

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Magistrate Oyeyipo of an Abuja Magistrates’ Court’s siting at Karu has fixed 25 Friday July, for the trial…

Gulder Ultimate Search 11 To Hold In Aguleri, Anambra

Funsho Arogundade The deep forest of the ancient Aguleri community in Anambra State will be playing host to this year’s…

Varsity Admission: JAMB Pegs Cut Off Mark At 180

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as well as the Federal Government have pegged the cutoff mark for admission…

Fashola Warns Tank Farm Owners To Be Vigilant

Kazeem Ugbodaga Following an explosion at a tank farm in Apapa area of Lagos, western Nigeria, last week, Governor Babatunde…

W. African nations in crisis talks as Ebola spreads

Health ministers from across western Africa gathered on Wednesday to plan “drastic action” against the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic as…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Literary icons to inspire secondary students

Select pupils from secondary schools in Nigeria with keen interest in literary arts will have a golden opportunity to meet…

Court blocks extradition of Nigerian child trafficker to Netherlands

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A federal high court siting in Abuja has struck out an application by the federal government seeking to…

Akarigbo succeeds Awujale as Chairman Ogun Council of Obas

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo as being inaugurated the new Chairman for…

Man Rapes Neighbour’s 9-Year Old Daughter

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ilasamaja division on Monday, arrested a factory worker, Victor Nkoli for allegedly having carnal knowledge…

Chief of Army Staff assures of end to terrorism

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Monday assured that the Federal Government would eradicate all forms terrorism and…

Confab: INEC should adopt electronic voting system

The National Conference Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters has recommended that the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) should…

APC not on ground in Ekiti – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the outcome of 21 June governorship election in Ekiti State showed that All Progressives…

Police uncover human parts market in llorin

The Police in Kwara on Monday said it had discovered human parts market in an uncompleted building in the outskirts…