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Patience Jonathan out for medical check up?

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany. Sahara Reporters, quoting two presidential…

Reports: Mob attacks suspected gays in Abuja

A mob armed with wooden clubs and iron bars, screaming that they were going to “cleanse” their neighborhood of gay…

LASU reopens to meet NYSC deadline

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Lagos State University Senate in a memo dated 14 February, has decided to reopen the university on…

In Pictures: Jonathan in charm offensive to Kano, South West

In one day, President Goodluck Jonathan, hopped from one major Nigerian city to the other, certainly in search of political…

Contract Scam: Court Frees Bankole

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Speaker of the House of…

Ogun Guber Aspirant Linked With N2.8b Fraud

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A 2015 governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party in Ogun State, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka has…

Randy Pastor, 62, Jailed For Defiling Girl, 10

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 62-year old randy pastor, Alfred Idonogie was on Friday sentenced to two years in prison by an…

Woman Stabs Brother To Death

The police in Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, have arrested Elizabeth Eze, a resident of Chikanda in Baruten Local Government Area,…

How Pastor, Doctor Robbed Banks

Sunday Akintoye A medical practitioner, Dr Tajudeen (surname withheld)  and Pastor Isaiah (surname withheld) have confessed about how they robbed…

Widow, 86, Battles PDP Chieftain

Henry Ojelu An 86-year-old widow, Mrs. Adedayo Dada, has sued the Acting National Vice-Chairman, the southwest zone of the Peoples…

Awujale Derobes Ijebu Chief

Eromosele Ebhomele The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has suspended a top chief of the historic town located…

PDP Senator Defects To APC

Simon Ateba Senator Hassan Ahmed Barata, a Nigerian lawmaker representing Adamawa South, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

Sierra Leone university to honour Tinubu

Former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on…

Pension scam: EFCC seizes assets of 9 accused

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Justice Eni Esan of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, western Nigeria has ordered the forfeiture of…

Truck kills woman praying inside church

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A middle-aged woman, simply identified as Iyawo Alfa was crushed to death inside a church in Sotubo…

714 Women Die During Child Birth

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 714 women died during child birth in Lagos public health facilities between 2010 and 2012. The…

Fathia Goes Back To School

Funsho Arogundade To improve her lot in the make believe world of movies, Nollywood actress, Fathia Balogun is set to…

Oduah’s Sack Good Riddance!

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja & Simon Ateba Stakeholders in the aviation industry have applauded the sack of controversial Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah.…

Uche Iwuji Celebrates Crashed Marriage

Funsho Arogundade It seems not all marriage break-ups elicit sadness, considering how Nollywood actress, Uche Iwuji, has reacted to the…

Nigeria’s anti-drug csar says it’s cash starved

From heroin stashed in human hair to drugs concealed in tins of sardines, Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency is used to having…

Boko Haram gunmen abduct 20 maidens in fresh raid

Gunmen from Islamist sect Boko Haram are certainly not waiting for the reward of martyrdom in heaven: the reward of…

Thursday weather forecast across Nigeria

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) predicts cloudy conditions, chances of localised thunderstorms around the coastal areas in the southern states during…

Nigeria: Maku explains ministers’ exit

Nigeria’s Federal Government has said the four ministers who resigned their appointment from President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet on Wednesday left…

Female cops in tears as Mbu leaves Rivers, Ogunsakin takes over

The new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin today officially took control as the new commissioner of…

Confab: Afenifere Warns Delegates To Respect Yoruba Agenda

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Ahead the forthcoming National Conference, Yoruba leaders today warned potential Yoruba delegates to the conference not to betray…

Belgore, ACN ex-governorship candidate joins PDP

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Mohammed Dele Belgore, governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the central Nigerian state of…

Stella Oduah sacked, 3 ministers also quit for politics

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s powerful minister of aviation has quit President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet. Her resignation was announced today after the…

Pregnant woman convicted for cannabis trafficking

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of Nigeria’s Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old pregnant woman, Saudat Wasiu, to three…

Manko Calls For Reform Of Criminal Justice System

Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko has said the effort of the police will be…

Ajudua turns accuser in fraud case with Gen. Bamaiyi

Fred Ajudua, the Lagos lawyer facing several fraud charges, has turned the accuser in one of the cases he is…