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One person dies as fire guts building in central Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga   Barely five days after fire gutted a 5-storey building, fire has razed another three-storey building at Breadfruit Street…

Houseboy Defiles Employer’s 6-Year Old Daughter

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dopemu residents of  Surulere, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, must be regretting their action when…

Man Killed Over N200

A 35-year-old bricklayer, Mr Ugochukwu Ekwuribe, from Amuzu-Olokoro, near Umuahia, has allegedly been stabbed to death over a N200 debt…

Dismissed Police Sergeant Leads Robbery Gang

A dismissed police sergeant, Eboma Onyeka, allegedly involved in robbery and murder but jumped bail has been rearrested along with…

Fashola Decries Sexual Harassment

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday made a call for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to evolve…

Nigerian soldiers massacre 40 in Maiduguri

No fewer than forty people have been summarily executed by Nigerian soldiers in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The soldiers,…

Car Dealer Slumps, Dies After Scuffle With Friend

A car dealer identified as Akeem has slumped and died after a fight with his Tope Adeosun, simply called Baba…

UNILAG VC’s Job: The Candidates, The Intrigues

Unilag’s process of choosing a Vice Chancellor requires stringent conditions though, politics and intrigues are part, too. Many months after…

Boko Haram Can’t Force Me Out — Yakowa

Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said he would not resign his position because of the spate of…

Gunmen Kill Policemen

Unidentified gunmen in a black colour Sport Utility Vehicle shot  at three policemen, killing two of them while one was …

Lagos Assembly Warns Against Financial Recklessness

The Lagos State House of Assembly has vowed to sanction any government official that engages in financial recklessness henceforth. The…

‘No Gov Has Replicated Awo’s Achievements’

The coordinator of Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, USA chapter, Taiwo Oladotun Ogunleye has said that no governor in southwest Nigeria…

5 cops bag 25 year prison term for robbery

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today sentenced five policemen to 25 years imprisonment each for robbing…

Suspects: We were tortured to admit killing Oyerinde

JETHRO IILEKE/Benin There was a twist in the murder case of Olaitan Oyerinde, late Principal/Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole…

Tribune Sacks 160 Workers

There has been a mass sack of workers at the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) PLC,  publishers of the Tribune…

Journalists Call For Recognition Of Media In Constitution

Participants at a workshop on the review of the 1999 constitution have stressed the need for independence and freedom of…

Electrician To Die By Hanging

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old electrician, Abdulkadri Issa, to death by hanging for…

Pastor admits stealing ipad

A 45-year-old pastor, Peter Oladiti has appeared before an Ibadan Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing Ipad and other sets of…

LAWMA DefiesCourt Order, Demolishes Disputed Property

The land tussle between the late herbal practitioner, Professor Ojeih and Lagos state Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, took a dramatic…

Akwa Ibom deputy governor quits

EMMA UNA/Calabar Mr Nsima Ekere, the Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor resigned from his post on Wednesday afternoon following political…

Civil Servants Abandon Duties In Search Of Fuel

Many civil servants in Jos abandoned their duty posts on Wednesday in search of petrol as acute scarcity of the…

3 Suspected Boko Haram Sponsors Under Watch — IG

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the three people alleged to be…

Jonathan Swaps Two Ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle, swapping Ministers of State for Power and Niger Delta Affairs,…

FinBank Directors Manipulated Shares -Witness

Head of Compliance and Enforcement Department with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anafi Buba Mohammed today told…

Kalabaris Protest Over Plans To Cede 5 Communities To Bayelsa

Elders and Youths of Kalabari Wednesday staged a peaceful protest on the major streets of Port Harcourt , southsouth Nigeria,…

Lagos Assembly Promises Serious Scrutiny Of 2013 Budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it is not prepared to grant easy passage to the 2013 budget…

Adekeye, Apex Court Jurist Bows Out

Supreme Court jurist, Justice Olufnlola Oyelola Adekeye, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 28 October, retired…

Robbers Massacre Village Head, 19 Others

Armed robbers shot dead 20 people on Tuesday in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an area plagued by violent clashes between…

Fashola Presents N497b 2013 Budget

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today presented a budget of N497.277 billion to the State House of Assembly for…

Constitution Amendment: NBA Insists On Referendum

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) says only a referendum will bestow legitimacy on the outcome of Constitution amendment. The President…