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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…

Nkiru: AGN Warns Kidnappers

Following the release of actress Nkiru Sylvanus by her abductors yesterday evening, the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has warned…

Petty Trader Gives Birth To Quadruplets

It was a bundle of joy for Emmanuel Uba, 39, a second hand bags seller at Idumota market under bridge,…

Traffic Law: Group condemns Okada riders protest

A pressure group, Joint Action Movement, JAM, has described as illegal, the recent protest of some commercial motorcyclists popularly called…

Babalakin In Fresh Bid To Stop Arrest By EFCC

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest  Nigeria, was this afternoon looking into the request of Dr Wale Babalakin,…

Fashola Appoints 14 New Perm Secs

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday held a send-off for 13 Permanent Secretaries who retired from the civil service…

Ex-CJN Wants Separate Regulator For Judges

A former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, on Thursday in Lagos canvassed for the establishment of an…

PDP Slams LASIEC, Wants Body Dissolved

The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the frequent stakeholders fora organised by Lagos State…

Mushin LG Boss Clears Air On Ownership Of Ladipo Market

The Chairman of Mushin Local Government, Mr Babatunde Adepitan has answered the lingering question about the ownership of Aguiyi-Ironsi International…

Nigeria police warns on bombs in Xmas gifts

The Police in Nigeria’s Gombe State on Thursday urged residents of the state to be on the look out for…

Nollywood star, Nkiru set free

Nkiru Sylvanus, the Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Imo State governor on Public Affairs, who was kidnapped last Sunday…

State of Osun to send 50 graduates to Germany

Nigeria’s state of Osun has concluded plans to send no fewer than 50 members of the state’s Youth Empowerment Scheme…

Nigerian court declines to keep bomb exhibits

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence, 200 explosives allegedly seized from four suspects of the…

Fire outbreak throws MMI Airport into chaos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, was thrown into confusion Thursday when a thick…

Lagos Blacklists 244 Hotels

The Lagos State Government of Nigeria has blacklisted 244 hotels, event centres and restaurants in the state for failing to…

Justice Eso begins final home journey

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The remains of eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Eso, left…

Avoid Sex, Drug During Xmas

Secondary school students, who are embarking on Christmas break this week must avoid sex, drug and crime to remain safe…

Court orders fresh bye-election in Plateau state

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday set aside, the 6 October, 2012…

Landlord Machetes Tenant

A landlord and another tenant have landed in trouble in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria after they used machetes to settle…

Fashola, Wife Fete Children At End Of Year Party

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and his wife, Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola hosted children at the 2012 End…

Xmas: Crime Rate Rises

As Christmas and New Year approach, crime rate appears to have increased. Most of the motorcyclists with the backing of…