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Fashola Lights Up Carter Bridge

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Sunday switched on the lights of the 6km Carter Bridge, the oldest bridge in Lagos, southwest…

Residents Of Flood-Prone Areas Asked To Relocate

The Lagos State Government has warned residents living in flood-prone areas to vacate as heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected…

Atiku: My dad jailed for not allowing my education

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar stunned his audience in far away Geneva, Switzerland when he recalled how his late…

Ribadu: Why corruption persists in Nigeria

The former chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has attributed the persistence of corruption…

Nigerian senator dies at 50

Nigeria lawmakers are mourning the passage of Senator Pius Ewherido, a member representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Senate,…

Photospeak: Jonathan, Amaechi in Port Harcourt

Governor Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers State and chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, was at the Port Harcourt International…

3 corps members kidnapped in Rivers State

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three Nigerian corps members serving at Government Comprehensive Secondary School in the oil producing state of Rivers…

AIDS Scientists express hope for cure

People living with HIV/AIDS.[/caption With Nigerian children rated as the most AIDS infected in the world, this news from Malaysia…

The Furniture maker saved from hanging

On Tuesday, Thankgod Ebhos was dragged to the gallows in Nigeria’s Benin Prison. He was forced to watch as four…

ASUP strike: Amosun offers mediatory role

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has assured students of polytechnics in the…

In pictures: Amaechi pays condolence visit to Tinubu

The Tinubus’ home on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, in the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos is still receiving important dignitaries who…

Female Student Whipped Into Coma

A Chemistry teacher at Iponri Estate Senior High School, Surulere, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, identified as Mr. Sebastine, has reportedly beaten…

Capital Oil Boss, Uba Joins Labour Party

Capital Oil boss, Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, who declared for the 2014 Anambra governorship race in February this year joined the…

KWASU Expels 28 Students

Twenty-eight students of the Kwara State University, Malete in Moro local government area of the central Nigerian state of Kwara…

NBA Declares Support For Lagos Speaker

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who is currently facing a 54-count charge of financial impropriety…

Robbers Strike 5 Days After Informing Residents

Armed robbers who wrote residents of New Oko Oba last Friday telling them to prepare for their visit carried out…

Stop Executing Prisoners, Group Tells Jonathan

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigerian government to withdraw the directive  to the 36 states of…

Two Men In Police Net For Buying Blood From Students

Two patent medicine sellers accused of buying blood from students in Agege area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been…

Doctors Begin Warning Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday embarked on a warning strike over poor funding of residency training…

Bank Staff Arrested For Robbery

Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who allegedly waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7 million…

IG Appoints New Commandant For Police College

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has approved the appointment of Malam Yahaya Garba, a Commissioner of Police,…

NDLEA Arrests 194 Suspected Drug Offenders

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 194 drug suspects and confiscated 23.6 kilogrammes of cannabis and other…

N5.2B Fraud: Court Frees Elumelu, Ugbane

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court on Wednesday, quashed a 62 count charge brought…

Bank staff arrested for robbery

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7…

3 Hezbollah-linked Lebanese charged with terrorism

Nigeria on Wednesday charged three Lebanese allegedly linked to the militant Shiite movement Hezbollah with terrorism related offences. Five Lebanese…

8 Arrested At Fake Cement Factory

The Nigerian Army Wednesday disclosed that eight persons have been arrested at a fake cement factory in Ewekoro town in…

Robbers Raid Hotel For Dollars

Unidentified gunmen on Monday struck at a popular hotel in Ajao Estate, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, and carted away millions…

How I Esaped From Prison —Re-Arrested Suspect

A former militant leader turned suspected kidnapper, has opened up on how he escaped from Oko Prison custody. The suspect,…

Reps Member Decries Persecution Of Fani-Kayode

Executive Chairman, House Committee on Human Rights, Rotimi Makinde representing Ife Central Constituency in the House of Representatives, has condemned…

The Highway Of Death

Nigerians are not finding it easy on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway writes EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The refusal of both the Federal Government…