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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…

Why Fashola, Amosun Failed To Resolve Ode Omi Crisis

Although, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, were able to resolve…

Army raid yields arms in Damaturu

The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…

Driver on phone in fatal crash

An accident has happened in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, after the driver of a lToyota Tundra, deep in a…

10 drown as boat capsizes in Lagos Lagoon

Kazeem Ugbodaga and Yisa Jamiu/Metro Reporters Tragedy struck today in Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest…

4 prisoners escape in Nigerian jail break

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two prisoners of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada in Nigeria’s Rivers state were killed yesterday in a…

10 dead, many wounded in Kaduna’s day of violence

The suicide bombing of Kaduna’s St Rita Catholic Church and the counter attack that it has spawned has Nigerian church…

Kaduna: Christian mobs in counter attacks

Christian mobs with machetes and sticks took to the streets of Nigeria’s Kaduna state targeting people they suspected to be…

Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna

FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…

Jonathan Promises Support for Hangar Project

Oluokun Ayorinde President Goodluck Jonathan has promised that the federal government will partner with Akwa Ibom State government in the…

Amaechi confirms buying $45 million Bombardier jet

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has confirmed the purchase of a brand new Bombardier Jet for Governor Chibuike…

Jonathan probes Hajj blues for Nigerian female pilgrims

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said he has ordered a post mortem on the problem Nigerian female pilgrims to Mecca faced…

Nigerian rapist gets away with N80,000 fine

A Magistrates’ Court in Benin, capital of Edo state in Mid Western Nigeria, has sentenced Mr Saturday Udoh, 39, to…

LASTMA: We didn’t impound Obasanjo’s vehicle

Mr Babatunde Edu, General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Wednesday in Lagos, denied media report that vehicles…

Ogun Allots 500 Hectares of Land To Lagos state

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta In furtherance to the southwest government plans for socio-economic and political regional integration, the Ogun state government…

Power Drunk Governor Flogs PHCN Manager

Governor of Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, Aliyu Wamakko, has flogged a manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, for…

Lagos Assembly Slams FG Over Bad Roads

The deplorable condition of federal roads in Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, has become a cause for concern among members of…

630 schools submerged by flood in Delta—Uduaghan

Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has said that 630 primary and secondary schools in the state were submerged by flood.…

Obasanjo Impounds LAGBUS Buses

In an action that could be described as that of a power drunk leader, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has…

Power Bike Robbers Kill Currency Changer, Snatch N4.5m

A Bureau de Change operator was shot dead yesterday evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, by…

Okada Ban: Visit Emergency Ward To See Casualties —Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has asked those not are happy with the law banning motorcycle riders, known as…

Ogun Donates N2.5m To Families Of 5 Slain Cops

Ogun State Government, Southwest Nigeria, today presented N2.5 million to the family of five policemen who were killed during a…