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Nigerian forces avert suicide attacks, in raids of Boko Haram hideouts

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A dawn raid on members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Saturday claimed…

Arik Air to fly Golden Eaglets to Abuja

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, said on Friday it will fly victorious Golden Eaglets, to Abuja, as…

UBTH records second stem cell transplant for sickle cell patient

Nigeria’s University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) on Friday said it had conducted the second successful stem cell transplant for…

Oshiomhole commissions four roads in Benin

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has commissioned four roads completed by his administration in the…

Fake EFCC operative jailed

A man who had paraded himself as an operative of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has been sentenced to…

Jonathan plans grand reception for Golden Eaglets

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has announced a grand reception for Nigeria’s Under 17 soccer team, for winning the FIFA World…

Oyinlola: PDP Goes To Supreme Court

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge Wednesday’s Appeal Court’s reinstatement…

APC Wants INEC Dock APGA Candidate, Obiano, For Multiple Registration

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of…

Lagos Releases DNA Results For Plane Crash Victims

The results of the DNA tests conducted on the 12 burnt bodies of the Associated Airline crash victims are now…

Fallen Electric Cable Kills School Girl

An 11-year old pupil of Ogundimu Primary School, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, identified as Chioma Nwaonumah has been electrocuted…

2 cult members confess being hired assassins

Ayodeji Dedeigbo & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Two suspected members of Eiye Cult group have been arrested by a team of policemen…

UNIBEN doctor, 3 children die in accident

A forensic expert in the Morbid Anatomy department of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Dr. Ralph Omojefe, his…

Commissioner resigns in Kano over APC romance

Kano state governor, Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s speculated plan to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), has created some slight…

Jonathan snubs Port Harcourt centenary celebrations

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President Goodluck Jonathan today snubbed Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s invitation to attend a symposium to mark the…

Ambassador Oke heads NIA

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Ambassador Ayo Oke as the new Director-General of the National…

No Word From Kidnappers Of Engineer

Three weeks after he was kidnapped, there is no word from the kidnappers of an engineer, Mr Tolu Ayoola. His…

Driver Diverts N80m Goods

A 35-year-old truck driver has been arrested by police officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command,…

Falana: I have the mandate of Clara Chime

. Nigeria’s leading human rights lawyer speaks on the confinement of Enugu state governor’s wife inside Government House Human rights…

EFCC docks 12 persons for N3bn pension theft

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) today arraigned 12 officials of the Oyo State Local Government Pension…

INEC sends ex-PDP chair to supervise Anambra polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed a serious doubt on the ability of INEC to organize a free and…

Group backs compensation to Boko Haram victims

A Nigerian human rights group has supported the agitation for adequate compensation by the Nigerian government to victims of Boko…

Governor Chime: My wife seriously ill

Gov. Sullivan Chime of the eastern Nigerian state of Enugu in his reaction to allegations that he detained his wife,…

Murder in Ekiti: Police arrest lawmaker, 3 others

The Nigerian Police in Ekiti State have arrested four persons, including a lawmaker, in connection with the bloody clash in…

Ladipo gets second term as Yaba College of Tech rector

The Federal Government on Wednesday reappointed the Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Dr Kudirat Ladipo, for a second term in…

Court of Appeal returns Oyinlola as PDP secretary

The Nigerian Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Abuja ordered the reinstatement of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as the National Secretary…

APC leaders In Kwara, Sokoto to Woo PDP Members

From Stephen Oni/Ilorin Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC,led by its interim national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, on Wednesday…

APC counsels Jonathan to compensate Boko Haram victims

The interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, in a statement issued today urged President Goodluck Jonathan…

Lagos 2014 Budget Scales 2nd Reading

The 2014 Appropriation Bill, presented to the Lagos State House of Assembly by the state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, scaled…

Female Banker Steals N24m From Customers

A female staff of an old generation bank in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, Alabi Joy Omotayo, 26, has been arrested…

Ajimobi unveils commissioners; Gbadegesin, 4 others return

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has submitted a list of 12 names for confirmation as…