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Fashola opens N2.5bn Yaya-Abatan Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday commissioned the 2.9km Yaya-Abatan Road in Ifako Ijaiye area of…

Final goodbye to GOK Ajayi

Abiodun Onafuye/ Ijebu-Ode Ijebu-Ode, the ancestral home of the legal icon, Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole (GOK) Ajayi, stood still for…

Osoba declares final parting of ways with Amosun

The former governor of Ogun State vows never to reconcile with Amosun Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The former governor of Ogun…

View from abroad: Why Jonathan can’t #bringbackourgirls

.An insight into the political bickerings, military corruption stalling rescue of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls When local people warned that hundreds…

No driver needed: Google unveils a self-driving car

The world has seen pilotless aircraft called drones. We have seen driverless trains. Now Google is set to unveil a…

APC has no anointed candidate – Chairman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa says it has no anointed candidate for the position of governorship for 2015…

Senate yet to conclude probe of missing NNPC billions – Saraki

Senator Bukola Saraki, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday described as misleading, reports indicating that the…

PDP looking beyond 2015 and 2019 – Anenih

The Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, has said in spite of the predictions of…

APC behind #bringbackourgirls campaign, alleges Maku

. in a bizarre twist, Jonathan government labels protesters for Chibok schoolgirls as APC Nigeria federal government said on Wednesday…

Amosun to eject squatters from Govt. quarters

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, southwest Nigeria, has threatened to eject illegal occupants in state’s government quarters. Head…

Democracy Day: Senate committed to democracy gains

The Senate on Wednesday said the National Assembly remained resolutely committed to pursing legislative actions that would guarantee the gains…

Democracy Day: IG puts police on alert

As the nation marks Democracy Day today, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday, directed officers in special units…

State of emergency will not stop elections – Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, said elections would hold in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in spite of…

Ex-Convict Jailed Again

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An ex-convict, Saheed Akangbe, 23, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, Isabo,…

Senate committee says $49.8bn oil funds not missing

The Senate Joint Committee on Finance has said that contrary to claims by suspended CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, there…

Robbers kill 2 policemen, 2 bank officials

The Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Tunde Ogunsakin, has said that two policemen and two bank officials have been…

Pro-Jonathan thugs attack marchers for ‘free Nigeria schoolgirls’

Scores of young men armed with bottles and stones on Wednesday attacked women protesters staging a demonstration over the plight…

Confab suspends religious, land tenure recommendations

The leadership of the National Conference has temporarily suspended some “contentious” recommendations contained in the reports of some of its…

Ogun installs Intelligent Traffic Signal lights

The Ogun Bureau of Transportation on Wednesday said it had started installing Intelligent Traffic Signal (ITS) lights to control traffic…

LASU Strike Cripples Academic Activities

The strike by the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo Chapter, on Tuesday paralysed activities…

Tributes Galore For Otedola

Yisa Jamiu & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The late Sir Michael Atolagbe Otedola, former Governor of Lagos State, has been described as…

Confab Adjourns As  Kutigi Loses Wife

Proceedings at the ongoing National Conference was adjourned after less than an hour sitting on Wednesday following the death of…

Couple Beats Son, 12, To Death

Yusuf Muhammed On the eve of a day children were to be celebrated worldwide, a couple in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…

Police, Taskforce Clash In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Over 180 men of the Federal Taskforce have been arrested at Tollgate area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, after…

ASUP/COEASU strike: Commission kicks against payment of arrears

The Federal Government on Tuesday alleged that the Salaries, Wages and Income Commission was opposed to the payment of arrears…

Chibok Girls: ‘Condemn the animals, not govt.’ – Suswam

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue state on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigerians must stop playing politics with the kidnap of…

Children’s Day: Chibok Girls Protests Rock Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Massive protests rock Lagos State on Children’s Day in solidarity with the abduction of 234 secondary school girls…

Nigerian doctors issue strike warning

Nigeria health sector is set for fresh crisis as the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) on Tuesday indicated its intention…

Court gives date for suit over APC registration

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday, 3 June commence hearing in a suit…

Sambo inaugurates 100 buses, says commuters will ‘greatly rejoice’

The Federal Government on Tuesday said that its road-map on the transport sector was aimed at tackling the challenges in…