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Encomiums As Oba Akiolu Clocks 70

As  Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, clocked 70 today, there has been an outpouring of congratulatory messages and commendations from…

How Kelvin, Ozekhome’s Kidnapper Operated, By Aide

Kelvin Onyiara, the dreaded kidnap kingpin who abducted human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, had recruited and trained over 300…

Fashola: Why I oppose Sovereign Wealth Fund

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday reiterated that Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth initiative was unconstitutional noting that he would…

Police arrest dare-devil robbery gang members

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A confessed armed robber who had terrorised Nigeria’s western states in the last few years was today…

Amosun sets up consultative advisory councils

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has declared that his administration can no longer wait…

Lagos speaker loses chief of staff to prostate cancer

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Monday mourned the death of Mr. Olusegun…

Oshiomhole heckled after slamming dialogue panel as wasteful venture

. Edo State governor’s submission draws heckles from a mob of hired thugs Thugs believed to have been hired by…

Housewife Jailed 10 Years For Housekeeper’s Death

An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old woman, Chiamaka Nnajiofor, to 10 years imprisonment for her culpability in…

13 Ships Arrive With Petroleum Products

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said that 13 ships laden with petroleum products had arrived at the Lagos…

NGO To Create 63,000 Agric Jobs

A Birnin-Kebbi-based organisation, Youths In Agriculture, said it had registered 63,000 unemployed youths for its agricultural empowerment scheme aimed at…

Court Adjourns Ex-Gov’s Son’s Case

An FCT High Court has adjourned hearing in case filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Mustapha Audu,…

Osun Assembly To Scrap Agencies

The Osun House of Assembly On Monday in Osogbo threatened to recommend government agencies that were not performing to expectations…

NDLEA Arrests 158 Suspects

The Kebbi Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said on Monday that no fewer than158 suspected drug…

Navy Takes War To Oil Thieves In Creeks

The Nigerian Navy says it has shifted patrol from traditional deep sea to the creeks to tackle increasing crude oil…

Civilian JTF Warned Against Abuse Of Power

The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Monday warns members of the local vigilante group popularly called ‘Civilian…

Fashola, Others Pay Tribute At 10th Fidau For K.O. Tinubu

Tributes poured forth on Sunday for the late Patriarch of the Tinubu Family, Alhaji Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu, as relatives, friends…

Man Steals Dead Friend’s N200k

Two lovebirds simply identified as Nnaemeka and Nkechi, have been arrested and detained by the Delta State Police Command for…

Lagos Shuts Hospitals Over Untrained Personnel

A Lagos lawyer, Barrister Olufemi Ogundele, has been found dead in his apartment at Ejigbo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. The…

Akhigbe, Ex-Chief Of General Staff Critically Sick

Former  Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Okhai Akihgbe is lying critically ill in an American hospital. The former second…

UK Can’t Deport Convicts To Nigeria —Falana

Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has vowed to sue the Nigerian government if the bill passed by the…

Jonathan’s South-South Stealing Nigeria Blind

Alhaji Isa Lawal Kaita, a Second Republic governor of Kaduna State and founding member of the People’s Democratic Forum, gives…

Oduah’s kinsmen protest at Akanu Ibiam Airport

Hundreds of Igbo youths, under the aegis of Igbo Progressive Union (IPU), have embarked on a peaceful protest against the…

Commuters stranded as BRT workers boycott work

Damilare Okunola Commuters in Lagos, western Nigeria, were stranded, Saturday morning, when workers with the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT scheme…

Nigeria: Six die in fuel tanker explosion

Six persons were killed on Friday night in a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government…

Cops withdrawn from Amaechi’s aides, police deny

Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt Despite the withdrawal last night of Policemen attached to Tony Okocha, the Chief of Staff to…

$15m Ibori money given to FG by court

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital on Friday awarded the Federal government,…

FERMA To Repair Roads Ahead Of Christmas

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Friday in Abuja said it would soon commence massive road rehabilitation to reduce…

Ibaka Residents Demand N10bn Over Seaport

Residents of Ibaka community in Ibaka Mbo Local Government, Akwa Ibom Stae, southern Nigeria, on Friday asked for N10 billion…

Kwara LG Election Holds Saturday, Court Rules

An Ilorin High Court  on Friday dismissed an order seeking to restrain the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, from…

NDLEA Arrests 72 Suspects

The Akwa Ibom command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 72 offenders for drug related…