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Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria

Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…

Imoke Presents N151bn Budget Of Commitment

Governor of Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Tuesday presented a budget of N151.3 billion as the…

Man Held For Sleeping With Step Daughter

A 62-year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem, who was alleged to have defiled her 10-year old step daughter in Abeokuta,…

Our Job Is To Satisfy Our Constituents —Omisore

The Chairman, Committee on Special Duties and House Services, Lagos State House of Assembly, Ipoola Omisore, has said that no…

Lagos warns on the ripples of Hurricane Sandy

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the imminent ripple effect on Lagos coastal areas of…

Prostate Cancer Kills 14 Nigerian Men Daily, Says Expert

Prostate cancer kills 14 men everyday in Nigeria, Dr Abia Nzelu, Coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), Lagos State branch,…

Army Nabs 3 Fake Soldiers, NITEL Cable Vandals

The Forward Operation Base (FOB), 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Aba, Abia, said on Monday that it has arrested…

3rd M\Bridge Fully Opens, Repairs Gulped N1b

All was set this afternoon for the full opening of the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The bridge…

Farmer, 22, Remanded Over Murder Of Man, 70

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs. Theresa Wergbah on Tuesday remanded a 22-year old farmer, Aondoyila Agbidye,…

Man Loses 3 Kids In Lagos Boat Mishap

The man who lost three of his children in a boat mishap at Imude in Otto Awori Local Council Development…

Gunmen Rob, Kill Car Dealer

Four armed men on Monday robbed and killed a middle-aged car dealer, Chief Emeka Ekwerendu, at Modebe Avenue Junction in…

Kaduna Bombing: Expose Terrorists Now-Makinde Tells Jonathan

The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde has called on the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government and all…

13 Prisoners Freed In Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu

The Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Tokunbo Olopade, on Monday set free 13 inmates in Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu prisons. The…

21 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi

Twenty-One Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission has announced. Male pilgrims that died were 13. The…

AJEGUNLE: Rise And Fall Of ‘ One Million And One’ Robbery Gang

For months, residents of Ajegunle, in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, found sleep a luxury. Why? They…

Trade Fair: Construction Of Pavilions, Shops Begins At TBS

Construction of exhibition halls and shops have picked up at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), the venue of the 26th…

Couple Arraigned For Neglecting Parental Duty

Mr Sikiru Adebayo and his wife, Fatimo, were on Monday arraigned before an Oyo Magistrate’s court for neglecting their parental…

Balogun, Edo State Police boss bows out

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Olayinka Balogun this morning bowed out of the police service after attaining the retirement…

Edo House sacks council committees

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo state House of Assembly has dissolved the 18 local government transition committees with immediate effect. This was…

Oshiomhole gives doctors sack warning

JETHO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has threatened doctors and other medical workers on the pay roll of…

Nigerian paedophile,62, arrested by police

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Police in Ogun state, western Nigeria have arrested a 62 year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem who…

Disabled beggar donates ”widow’s mite” to flood victims

A middle aged Nigerian beggar, identified as Simon Ozoemena, has stunned government officials in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, by making…

Bombing: Catholic Church leader calls for true dialogue

The Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, on Monday called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to dialogue with the Federal Government…

Kaduna: Residents indoors as troops patrol city

Nigerian soldiers patrolled the streets of Kaduna Monday, a day after at least 10 people were killed and 145 wounded…

Dead man boarded Arik plane from Lagos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Monday it has established that the man whose corpse was…

SUICIDE BOMBING: Shops Shut In Kaduna

Following reprisal attack in the wake of the bombing of Saint Rita Catholic Church, Anguar Yero, Malahi, Kaduna, Kaduna State,…

Lawyers Decry State Of Courts In Lagos

Some Lagos-based lawyers have appealed to the Lagos State Government to provide electronic gadgets in magistrates’ courts to facilitate court…

Police Smash 3-Man Robbery Gang

The police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria have smashed a three-man armed robbery gang and arrested two of them while the…

Community On Rampage Over Dead Man Found In Well

Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo,  Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man’s corpse was…

Fashola-Okada: When The Going Was Good

In the heat of electioneering campaign for the 2011 Governorship election, the romance between Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State…