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In Pictures: Habibat Tinubu graduates from Berklee

On Saturday 11 May 2013,Habibat Tinubu, youngest daughter of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, graduated from the Berklee College of Music…

No contact yet with Justice Rhodes-Vivour on kidnapped wife

The Nigerian Police in Edo State said its men have launched a manhunt for the abductors of the wife, daughter…

Governor Aliyu denies running for Nigeria’s presidency

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state on Saturday dissociated himself from posters depicting him to be seeking the PDP presidential…

Nasarawa: 28 cops found alive, death toll hits 43

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa, on Friday confirmed that the death toll from the 7…

9 MASSOB members charged with felony

Nine members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were on Friday arraigned before…

Governor Elechi’s ADC escapes robbery attack

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Gov. Martin Elechi’s Aide De Camp (ADC), DSP Ibrahim Tinja,…

Police free 17 girls in ‘baby-factory’ raid

Nigerian police have found 17 pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house, and were searching Friday for a…

Ogun Shuts 160 Illegal Schools

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than 160 illegal schools have been shut by the present administration in the western Nigerian state…

Lawan, Emenalo fail to stop bribery trial

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja It was indeed a sad Friday for embattled former chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representative’s adhoc…

Pastor, Wife Held Over Fake Deliverance Fee

A pastor, Chidiebere Okafor and his wife Amaka have been charged before Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over …

Security: Lagos Receives 1.6 Million Fake Calls

The Lagos State Government has lamented that it received approximately 1.6 million fake calls in one month about issues bordering…

Ex-Convict Sent Back To Kirikiri Prison

A young man who has just returned from prison has been sent back to Kirikiri prison  in Lagos State, southwest…

Jossy Lad, ex-Super Falcons coach dies

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Former Coach of Super Falcons, Mr. Joseph Ladipo fondly called Jossy Lad died Thursday in his residence at…

Civil Servant Stabs Wife

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 29-year old civil servant, Ejiga Jacob, at the Karu Upper Area Court for allegedly…

99 Suspects Arrested At Oshodi

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 99 more hoodlums in Oshodi…

3 Friends Face Trial For Beating Another To Death

Three friends, who reside in Isolo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, are facing trial before Ebute Metta Magistrates’Court, Lagos for allegedly…

ACN Condemns Bama Killings

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the attack on Bama town in Borno state by suspected Boko…

Fresh massacres reported in 2 Nigerian states

It is still a story of bloodletting in Nigeria as fresh massacres have been reported in two states. Governor Gabriel…

Another person dies in fresh collapsed buildings

Kazeem Ugbodaga Another person has been reported dead as two more buildings collapsed in Bariga and Ikorodu areas of Lagos…

Nigeria’s Election Monitors demanded money in Edo State

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An official of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has described the assessment of some observers of…

Man posing as spirit docked for fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 8, 2013 arraigned Mohammed Yusuf Dabo before Justice Zainab Abubakar of…

Ex-Bayelsa governor arrested after hide and seek game

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arrested Timipre Slyva, the former governor of Bayelsa State, after the…

Amaechi threatens to expose those fighting him

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After keeping mum since the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, were swept…

Court Jails 8 Beggars

The Special Offences Court in Alausa area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced eight beggars to one month imprisonment for…

Jets worth $3.75b Owned By Nigerians

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Wealthy Nigerians own over 150 jets worth about $3.75 billion, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank,…

55 killed in Boko Haram attacks, prisoners freed

Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town…

2-Storey Church building collapses, one person dies

Kazeem Ugbodaga One person has been killed as a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ojodu area of Lagos, Southwest…

Date fixed for forgery case against Senator Akume

A Nigerian Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja fixed June 17 to commence hearing of a suit brought against…

Governor Okorocha formally joins APC at rally

Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo has formally expressed support for the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Gunmen kill relation of Bayelsa special adviser

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Tuesday shot dead two persons in the riverside community of Kuroamagbene in the…