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Ajimobi To Reshuffle Cabinet

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, on Monday confirmed his plan to reshuffle his cabinet. Ajimobi made the…

JTF Recovers Guns, Bullets From Boko Haram Commander

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Monday that it had recovered arms and ammunition…

Security Agencies Educate Okada Riders

Commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as Okada riders in Badagry have been commended by security agencies. The commendation came during…

Lagos Book Expo Kicks Off

The Lagos State Government has flagged off the 5th Lagos Book Expo. The fair being organised by the Lagos Television…

Youth Sent To Prison For Dumping Lover

A 20-year old man, Ogunma Sunday, has been arrested by the police and charged before Cele Magistrate’s Court in Lagos,…

Ola Vincent For Burial Thursday

The late Ola Vincent, former  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is to be buried on Thursday at…

ACN tells PDP to forget Offa council

The Action Congress of Nigeria has advised the People’s Democratic Party to banish from its thoughts the hope of ever regaining political…

Man charged with assault on king

A middle-aged man, Sunday Akinseye, was on Monday arraigned before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a traditional ruler.…

7 Ekiti pilgrims fail Quranic test

The Ekiti State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board has disqualified seven intending pilgrims to this year’s Hajj for failing a test.…

NURTW backs Lagos Traffic Law

The new Lagos Road Traffic Law Monday garnered more support from stakeholders in the transport sector as the National Union…

Pastor jailed for stealing $20 sheep

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a pastor, Oloruntoba Ibitoye, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a sheep. According…

Woman Bites Off Policeman’s Ear

A 36-year old woman, Mrs. Gloria Ugonnaya, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, charged…

Man Caught Stealing Car Blames God

A man who was caught attempting to steal a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, during church service at an Anglican Church…

Robbers In Military Uniform Kill Petrol Station Attendant

Armed men dressed in military uniform invaded a petrol station in Calabar on Friday, at about 10am and shot dead…

Traffic Law: Okada Riders Beg For Time

Following the ban on okada riders from plying 475 roads in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, some commercial motorcycle operators, also…

Pregnant Woman, 4 Others Nabbed For Robbery

Members of a  three-man robbery gang  that operate in Lagos and Ogun states, southwest Nigeria have been arrested by men…

Lagos state appoints new accountant-general

Mr Babatunde Fashola, governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, has approved the appointment of Mr David Olabanji Adewale Sunmoni as the…

Breastfeeding Week Marked In Lagos

Lagos State, last week,  joined the rest of the world to mark the 2012 Breastfeeding Week, an annual event organised…

Judicial Sector Reform: Lagos Ready To Assist Other States —Ipaye

The Attorney General and Commissioner or Justice, Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, has declared the readiness of the state government to…

Ndigbo leader wants Jonathan check North’s Hisbah Guards

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to check the activities of the Hisbah Guards in Sharia state…

Lottery body stops unsolicited lottery SMS

The Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has directed the stoppage of unsolicited lottery text messages on cell phones, its Director-General,…

Traffic law: No immunity for Lagos government drivers

There will be no immunity for any LAGBUS driver that flouts the new Lagos traffic law, says the executive director…

VC appointed for North-West University

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State, has appointed Malaysian Professor Dato Mohd. Razali Bin Agus as the substantive Vice Chancellor…

2 persons die as ancient wall collapses in Bauchi

A two century old high mud wall has collapsed after a heavy downpour in Bauchi, North western Nigeria, killing two…

5 Boko Haram suspects killed in attack on troops

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Saturday that it killed five suspected terrorists after…

Go to court, Governor Amaechi tells ASUU

Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State in Berlin on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities…

2 Children Drown In Minna

Musa Aliyu/Minna Two children, Basiru and Mustafa Muhammed Kudu of same parents drowned Saturday in Minna, Niger state capital, northcentral…

Bayelsa injects taxis to replace motor cycles

Nigeria’s Bayelsa state government has injected 300 ‘ restoration city cabs’ to replace motor cycles as a means of transportation…

29 die as 2 speeding buses collide

Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…

Fire: LUTH relocates patients

The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Friday said alternative arrangements have been made for patients seeking care…