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Reps Condemn Saudi’s Detention of Nigeria’s Female Pilgrims

Members of Nigeria’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned the continued detention of 400 Nigerian female pilgrims…

Fashola gets Sports Festival torch from VP Sambo

Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo, on Tuesday received on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan the ‘Torch of Unity’, signaling the…

Honest Abuja taxi driver gets his reward

Mr Imeh Usuah, a taxi driver, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International, Abuja, on Tuesday emerged the winner of the Securities…

Flood warning for 3 Nigerian states

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday predicted that the ongoing flood, affecting some parts of Kogi State is…

Lagos Assembly Approves Gov. Fashola’s N80B Bond

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE/Assembly Correspondent Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State can now access a bond of N80 billion as part of…

Another Boko Haram commander killed in shootout

A Nigerian Boko Haram sect commander known as Abubakar Yola has been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout while…

Man Throws Hot Water, Burning Stove On Wife

A middle-aged man identified as Oladimeji Fowowe has been arrested by the police at Iju  Police Station Red House, Lagos…

Jimoh Ibrahim Sues Ekpu, Agbese, Others

The controversy surrounding the purchase of Newswatch magazine by Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim has snowballed into legal hostility as Ibrahim on…

Hotel Boss Kidnapped

A frontline socialite who owns one of the biggest hotel in Ijebu Ode, Citi Hotels and Suites, located at Imowo…

Suspected Ritualists Kidnap Teenager

Suspected ritualists have kidnapped a teenager who was sent on an errand by her father in Otukpo Local Government Area, …

Fashola Signs New Law On Lagos Polytechnic

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday signed into law the new Lagos State Polytechnic Law, saying it…

Lagos ACN Asks PDP To Get Serious

The Lagos Action Congress Nigeria has warned that unless serious-minded persons take over Lagos PDP, the party is going into…

Lawmakers Fault Bill

There was disagreement in the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over the bill sent by the Governor Babatunde…

Jonathan, A Trainee President —ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a trainee President. In a statement issued in…

Nigerian Mint worker arrested for selling fake currency

An employee of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for…

Fashola endows research council

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday inaugurated the state Research and Development Council with an initial working grant…

Chevron’s Agba quits Oshiomhole’s cabinet

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday accepted the resignation of Prince Clement Agba, the state Commissioner for Environment and…

35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF

Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…

Governor’s wife offers scholarship to 30 kids

Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria’s Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education…

Bankole’s Contract Scam Trial Stalled

The contract inflation scam trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives,  Dimeji Bankole scheduled for Monday was stalled following…

Lagos Public Schools Shut, As Teachers Begin Strike

Activities were paralysed in all public schools in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, today as teachers began indefinite strike to press…

Crackdown On ACN Stalwarts In Kwara Imminent -ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned  of an imminent crackdown on its members in Kwara state in the aftermath…

Our Ordeal On Lokoja-Abuja Highway —Travellers

Thousands of commuters remained stranded on Abuja-Lokoja road this morning as a result of flood that has taken over the…

Lagos Assembly Orders Fashola To Shut Illegal Abattoirs

The Lagos State House of Assembly, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to quickly rise up…

Emission Test For Vehicles Underway

The Lagos State Government is to begin compulsory emission test on all vehicles in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to ascertain their…

Road Construction: Lagos Generates 37,000 Jobs

The Lagos State Government has created 37,000 jobs through the 161 contracts awarded this year, says Commissioner for Works and…

Lagos To Deal With Erring Hajj Pilgrims

The Lagos State Government has vowed to deal with any pilgrim who misbehaved in Saudi Arabia during next month’s hajj…

Traffic Law: LASG Mobilises Councils For Enforcement

The Lagos State Government has begun mobilisation of its 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas, LCDAs, for…

LASEPA Takes Anti-Pollution Campaign To Grassroots

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has taken its campaign against all forms of pollution, especially noise, to the…

200 LASPOTECH Students Donate Blood

Over 200 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu and Isolo campuses donated blood to the Lagos State Blood Transfusion…