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2 Principals In Soup Over Illegal Levies

Two Principals of junior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria, are in soup for allegedly imposing and collecting…

PDP denies APC allegation on poll rigging

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has no plans to rig the 2015 presidential and general elections as alleged by the…

Kogi deputy governor unhurt in road accident

Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of the central Nigerian state of Kogi on Sunday escaped unhurt in an accident…

Governor cries after another Boko Haram massacre

It was an emotional scene as the Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe visited the capital’s specialist hospital…

Police, in new crackdown, stop pro-Amaechi group launch

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hracourt The Nigerian police in Rivers State has moved to stop the inauguration of a Pro-Governor Chibuike Rotimi…

Jonathan on hot seat Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will face a panel of interviewers on Sunday, beginning from 7p.m. The Presidential Media Chat will be…

42 die,100 missing in boat mishap on River Niger

No fewer than 42 people were drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli village in Borgu…

Lagos Assembly honours Oshinowo, late first speaker

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE It was a solemn moment at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Friday as the…

Kwara CAN boycotts Nigeria’s independence anniversary

THE Kwara state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the state government’s request to be part…

600 acres of hemp farm found in Ekiti

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local…

Traditional Ruler In Court Over N3.3m Land Fraud

A traditional ruler, Chief Wasiu Maiyegun, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…

Police Arraign 23 Traffic Offenders In Ogun

Twenty-three persons who violated various traffic laws on Friday pleaded guilty before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun. The…

Appeal: Bode George Knows Fate Dec

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday fixed 13 December to deliver judgment in an appeal filed by a stalwart of the…

ASUU strike: Students protest in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged…

Fashola apologises over Igbo destitute deportation

Governor Babatunde Fashola of the western Nigerian state of Lagos Thursday apologised to the people of the South-East over the…

Group Moves Against Building Collapse In Lagos

The President of Building Collapse Preventive Guild (BCPG), Mr Kunle Awobodu, on Thursday said the guild had concluded plans to…

Opeifa Seeks Agency To Manage Logistics

Mr. Kayode Opeifa, Lagos State Commissioner for Transport on Thursday, called for the establishment of a national agency to supervise…

Strike: NUT Gives FG, ASUU 2 Weeks Ultimatum

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff…

FG Declares Free Treatment For Dog Bite Victims

The Federal Government has declared free treatment in all tertiary hospitals in the country for dog bite victims, the Minister…

2 Buildings Collapse In Lagos

Two persons have died and 10 others injured as two buildings collapsed on Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, on Wednesday night.…

How Ozekhome’s Kidnapper Was Arrested In P/H

Contrary to reports that kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oburuvbe who allegedly masterminded the abduction of human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome,…

Train Crushes Pedestrian

A middle aged man was this morning crushed to death by a moving train at Bolade, Oshodi, beside The Arena…

Baby Wasn’t Buried Alive —Christ Gospel Apostolic Church

The management of Christ Gospel Apostolic Church located at Egbeda where a 2-year old baby girl was allegedly buried alive…

Lagos Clamps Down On Hotels, Restaurants

The Lagos State Government has begun to clampdown on unregistered hotels, restaurants and tourism establishments in the state following their…

Suspected Receiver Of 30 Stolen Vehicles Charged

Police in Lagos State, southern Nigeria, have charged the suspected Lagos-based big time receiver of stolen vehicles from armed robbers,…

Teacher Sent To Prison For Fondling Pupil’s Breasts

A 30-year old teacher, Augustine Akpan, who allegedly fondled the breasts of his pupil, an 11-year old girl (names withheld),…

Emerhor wins APC Senate nomination for Delta Central

Mr O’Tega Emerhor, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for the forthcoming by-election into the Delta Central Senatorial…

Ozekhome’s kidnapper arrested in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Security Service, DSS, Edo state Command, Wednesday said they have arrested kidnap…

Danjuma gives N500m to youth training centre

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Businessman and former defence minister for Nigeria, General T.Y. Danjuma, has announced a donation of N500m for…

Semenitari condemns police action, Old PDP applauds

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications,Mrs Ibim Semenitari,has said the dispersal of 13,000 teachers by policemen…