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APC tackles INEC again: Anambra election a parody

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is not relenting in driving home the message to the Independent National Electoral Commission, why…

It’s Official: Tiwa Savage Now Mrs Balogun

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Nigerian music diva, Tiwatope Savage Saturday afternoon officially got married to her beau, Tunji Balogun. At a star-studded…

ASUU wants to meet President Jonathan

Nigeria’s striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rose from a two-day National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in…

Jonathan’s acute abdomen ailment: What it means

Forty-eight hours after President Goodluck Jonathan suddenly fell ill and was forced to skip a meeting Thursday in London with…

Akhigbe buried amidst eulogies

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Nigerian Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, was Saturday buried in Fugar, Etsako Central local government…

Jonathan had ‘acute abdomen’ crisis , returns Sunday

Doctors who examined and treated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the sudden onset of severe abdominal pains in London have…

Complainant vows to drop charge if accused swear on Qu’ran

A prosecution witness, Hassana Suleiman, has told a Mararaba Grade 1 Upper Area Court, in the central Nigerian state of…

Jonathan denies drinking spree on birthday, condemns rumour mongers

President Goodluck Jonathan has described as fiction the story that he fell ill in London after a “heavy birthday party…

Nigerian jailed for rape in UK

A Nigerian, living illegally in the United Kingdom and who was twice spared deportation has been convicted and sentenced for…

APC rejects supplementary election in Anambra

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Friday’s announcement by INEC to hold supplementary election in Anambra State on 30…

Omoruyi laid to rest in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Director-General of the defunct Nigerian Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Prof. Omo Omoruyi was Friday laid to…

UK Rapper, Chip Arrives Nigeria For “Fire of Zamani” Concert

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Sony Music United Kingdom rapper, Chip, formerly known as Chipmunk, arrived Lagos for the first time this morning…

UNIJOS wins $8m grant from World Bank

A Nigerian university in the city of Jos has received an eight million dollar grant from the World Bank to…

Election now Nigeria’s worst enemy, says muslim cleric

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Move over Boko Haram. A new bugaboo has seized Nigeria’s landscape, with its attendant fear and anxiety. The…

5 Police AIGs redeployed

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has redeployed five assistant inspectors-general of police (AIGs) and two commissioners of police for…

Tiwa Savage weds Saturday

Sexy songstress Tiwa Savage will tomorrow, 23 November, take a big step into matrimony as she will get married to…

I Came To Lagos To Steal —Beninoise Convict Tells Judge

A Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ejigbo has ordered an immediate deportation of a 19-year old illegal immigrant from Cotonou…

20,000 Driver’s Licences Abandoned

At least, 20,000 driver’s licences are yet to be collected by their owners at the Ojodu office of the Federal…

UK court fails to pity Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike

A Nigerian asylum seeker said to be near death from a hunger strike failed in his bid on Thursday to…

Jonathan ill in London, fails to meet investors

Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has fallen ill in London and could not attend the meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’…

Septuagenarian alleges battery by wife, wants divorce

A 75-year-old man, Fashola Fakorede, on Thursday urged a Customary Court, in the Lagos suburb of Igando, to dissolve his…

Fani-Kayode’s trial stalled again

The absence of prosecution counsel on Thursday stalled the trial of Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over alleged N230…

Lagos Goes Tough On Block Makers

The Lagos State Government has banned blockmakers from moulding blocks without obtaining the necessary permit, as it moves to checkmate…

Man Burnt To Death

A Lagos resident identified as Jide Ojoola and son of the Balogun of Ejigbo, has been burnt to death in…

Senator Anyanwu canvasses life jail for paedophiles, rapists

The Sexual Offences Bill, which prescribes life imprisonment for paedophiles, on Wednesday in Abuja passed through second reading at the…

Lecturer, 4 other suspects paraded as Boko Haram members

Nigeria’s Department of State Services said it uncovered a Boko Haram cell in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and…

Obaleye, businesswoman abducted in front of factory

A renowned businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Obaleye, the Managing Director of Yinka Oba Foam in Ilo, State of Osun, in western…

Oshiomhole suspends head of waste board

Governor of the Nigerian southern state of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole has suspended the head of the State Waste Management Board…
A- yet- to be identified operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has committed suicide at his residence in Abuja.

EFCC to arraign Reverend over N40.2m Scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday arraign one David Kim Pam, a Reverend and Chairman of…

Gunmen abduct commissioner’s father

Gunmen have abducted a 78-year-old community leader, Chief Nelson Tempurah, the father of the Commissioner for Tourism Development in Bayelsa,…