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Iyetade Soyinka to be buried next week

The Soyinka family has announced the burial programme for Iyetade, daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Mrs. Olayide Soyinka,…

APC Politics: Shekarau’s supporters pledge loyalty to Kwankwaso

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The absence of immediate past governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano Government House on Friday…

Bus Driver Crushes Motorcyclist, Passenger To Death

A commuter bus driver Thursday crushed to death a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger at Alagbole, a border town between…

Nigerian Police distorted arrest of Lloyd, says government

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has reacted to the allegations made by the Police concerning the arrest of…

PDP tempts APC’s Shekarau

A chieftain of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday assured PDP elders in Kano state of his…

Chidi Llyod, Rivers lawmaker arrested for double murder

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd has been arrested by the…

Jonathan to appoint Surgeon-General of the Federation

President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to appoint a Surgeon-General of the Federation as demanded by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA),…

Doctors Strike: Jonathan summons crucial meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned a crucial meeting with stakeholders in the medical sector to find a solution to the…

PDP women’s leader joins APC

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The former Women’s Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in Western Nigeria,Otunba Iyabo Odunmolorun Omotayo has defected with…

Woman with heroin hidden in bag arrested in Lagos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said on Thursday it has intercepted a woman and a…

In Video: Happy New Year Lagos!

Some video shots of the New Year eve event in Lagos on Tuesday night. Styled, Lagos Countdown 2013, the event…

2 Kids Burnt To Death, Graduate Commits Suicide

Two children were burnt to death last night when a candle light razed their parents’ home at 12, Adebari Street,…

The Mighty ’ll Fall In 2014 —T.B. Joshua

  Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has declared 2014 as a year Nigeria’s corrupt…

Italian Navy rescues boat carrying Nigerian migrants, others

Italy’s navy has rescued 233 mostly Nigerian and other African immigrants from a boat in trouble off the coast of…

Nigeria: Monarch, 21 prisoners get state pardon, amnesty

Gbenro Adesina/ Ibadan Oba Gabriel Adepoju Adeyemo of Oko-Ile of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, western Nigeria was among the four…

Six-year old son of ex-commissioner abducted

A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa state, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen. The…

2014 to define Nigeria’s destiny, says Pastor Adeboye

Kazeem Ugbodaga General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye says God told him that the destiny…

Nigeria to celebrate centenary February, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday disclosed that the nationwide ceremonies to mark the hundred years of the Nigeria’s existence would…

I am loyal to Suntai, says Taraba deputy governor

The Acting Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Wednesday, said his loyalty to his…

In Pictures: Tu Face, Olamide, D’banj at the Lagos Countdown

To herald the new year in Lagos, many of the city’s accomplished artistes from Tu Face Idibia, to Olamide, Iyanya…

Dazzling lights, Fireworks, herald New Year in Lagos

Courtesy of Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, LASAA, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, witnessed a mesmerising display of lights and…

Saraki now APC senator, blasts PDP

.The ex-governor of the central state of Kwara Says PDP Retrogressive, Repressive Jamiu Yisa After months of identifying with the…

Ajimobi sacks boards, pledges interest free loan in New Year

.Traders to get free credit in New Year Deal GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of…

Aregbesola presents N216bn Budget For 2014

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Tuesday in Osogbo presented a budget of N216 billion for the 2014 fiscal year…

Citizens to the leaders: ‘Our New Year messages to you’

Goodbye 2013. Welcome 2014. Nigeria’s political and religious leaders have been issuing forth a plethora of new year messages to…

Brig. Olawunmi new boss of NYSC, Waziri chairs TCN

The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).…

Tambuwal charges INEC to get acts together

The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission…

APC To Nigerians: Change Is Imminent!

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that the party is ready, willing and determined to make all the…

Oduah To Spend N800m On Vehicles

Nigeria’s embattled Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, will spend at least N800 million on vehicles in 2014, after splashing N643…

Lagos Assembly delays passage of budget

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria could not hide their confusion and disappointment on…