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Amaechi proposes N490b budget

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers State has proposed an aggregate budget of N490.3 billion for 2013. The…

SSS arrests 2 Nigerian journalists, wives

Operatives of Nigeria’s State Security Services, the SSS, on Monday arrested two journalists after a report of alleged abuses by…

Nuhu Bajoga nominated as deputy governor

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Nigeria’s Kaduna State has nominated a former Nigerian ambassador to Poland, Nuhu Bajoga as the new…

Kidnappers Scare Igbo From Xmas Trip

The fear of kidnappers is the beginning of wisdom for many Igbo residents in Lagos as many have refused to…

Lagos unveils Nigeria’s first suspension bridge

Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has completed the Lekki-Ikoyi suspension bridge and it touts it not just Nigeria’s but sub-Saharan Africa’s…

Lagos Wins Eko Court Towers In Supreme Court

It’s thumbs down for Nigeria’s graft and corruption. Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the estate of…

Bombed Kano city steps up security

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano In Kano, northwest Nigeria, human and vehicular traffic increased Monday morning, with hustling and bustling recorded by last…

LASG Demolishes N100m Church

There was uproar at Afero village on Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, as officials of the Lagos State Government demolished…

BRT Management Warns Protesting Workers

Protesting workers of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) have been warned not to allowed themselves to be used to…

Lagos Traffic Law: Group Calls For Understanding

A socio-political organisation, Humanity Services project (HSP), has called on all stakeholders involved directly or indirectly in the new Lagos…

Economic Implications Of Okada Restriction

Willoughby Street on Ebute-Meta, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, used to be a busy place of business for motorcycle dealers. The…

Love Has Kept Us Together —Couple

Plantain roasting couple, Mr. and Mrs. Igharha, say their deep love for each other has been the reason for their…

Professor Utomi joins ACN

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Professor Pat Utomi, a 2007 Nigerian presidential candidate on the platform of the African Democratic Party, has announced…

Don’t lose hope, Tinubu urges Nigerians

National leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said Nigerians who have survived the outgoing year…

Bomb explodes near drinking parlour

A bomb exploded near a drinking parlour in Badawa Quarters in the Nigerian city of Kano Sunday, the same city…

Oshiomhole: Where are the police patrol vehicles?

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state is puzzled by the scanty presence of police patrol vehicles in the state,…

6th Nigerian Law School opens in Yola

The Yola Campus of the Nigerian Law School, the sixth to be established, will commence operation in January 2013, the…

Governor Nyako’s son installed youth leader

The traditional ruler of Yola, the capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Adamawa, The Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Barkindo…

Patience Jonathan lights Nigeria’s Christmas Tree

The Wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan, has urged for peace, unity and love during the Christmas season. Mrs.…

Governor Elechi forgives 3 errant aides

If Christmas is the season of love and forgivesss, the spirit is catching on in Nigeria, where Governor Martin Elechi…

Freed Hyundai Korean-Nigerian workers narrate ordeal

Four South Korean workers and a Nigerian who were kidnapped Monday in the oil-rich Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta…

Army confirms death of 2 suicide bombers

Nigeria’s Joint Security Task Force has confirmed the deaths of two suicide bombers who attacked Airtel and MTN Telecommunications offices…

America Warns Citizens Against Trips To Nigeria

Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying…

Fire guts NAFDAC warehouse

A fire on Friday evening destroyed counterfeit products in the warehouse of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and…

Police: Nkiru’s family paid N8m ransom to abductors

The Commissioner of Police in Nigeria’s Imo state, Mr Adisa Bolanta, has confirmed that the family of Nkiruka Sylvanus, the…

Ogun state sheds inherited debt burden

The Commissioner for Finance in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Friday that the debt…

Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…

47,289 Nigerian candidates cheat in WASSCE

The West African Examination Council revealed today that 47,289 candidates of the 413,266 that sat for the November-December West African…

Nigeria graduates 18,357 police constables

No fewer than 18,357 constables on Friday graduated simultaneously from the seven Nigeria Police Colleges nationwide, after a training programme…

Nigeria launches Lagos-Kano train service

The Federal Government on Friday in Lagos inaugurated the Nigeria Railway Corporation’s Lagos-Kano intercity passenger train services and haulage of…