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Akinyemi Named DG Of Ekiti State Communication Bureau

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has appointed Mr Kayode Akinyemi as the Director General of the newly-created Bureau of Strategic…

Thugs Batter Photo Journalists In Lagos

Four days after Mr. Benedict Uwalaka, a senior photo journalist with the Leadership Newspaper, was pummeled by mortuary attendants at…

Oba Akran Declares Badagry Festival Open

In a gathering of who is who in Badagry Local Government Area, which took place at the local government Secretariat…

PHCN Unions Acting Like Outlaws —Bart Nnaji

Professor Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power on Monday said the various unions to which workers of Power Holding Company…

TERRORISM: Group Decries Action Of State Govs

The Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa, a Non-Governmental, Non-Political Organization with Regional Offices in other African…

Gunmen in Cab Rob RCCG Pastor

A Pastor (simply called Gideon) with the Redeemed Christian Church of God was over the weekend robbed of all his…

Increasing Revenue, Wasteful Spending

The six months target hit by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resulted in more posers for the Goodluck…

Borno sacks caretaker council committees

The Borno government has announced the dissolution of its 27 local government caretaker committees in the state after the expiry…

Police officer arrested for killing driver

The Bayelsa State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in…

Prophet turns woman sex slave for fake spiritual aid

Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Dennis Mmadu, 35, is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…

Gov. Akpabio: State police panacea to security problems

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state said the establishment of state police will help check the spate of violent…

Jonathan breaks fast with muslim diplomats

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday called on Muslims to use the remaining period of the Ramadan to seek Allah’s intervention…

UNILAG not UNIBEN Nigeria’s first in web ranking

University of Lagos has been ranked number one among Nigerian universities, in the latest webometric ranking of 100 universities in…

PDP boss: ‘They want to chop Airhiavbere’s money’

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verbal altercation between members of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the…

Nigerian Cop on church guard duty killed

Unidentified gunmen today attacked the All Saints Catholic Church, Kanoyel in Gombe State, killing a policeman who was on duty…

20 Boko Haram members shot dead

Twenty suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri,have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout. But the army lost one…

Boko Haram in shootout with Nigeria police

A shootout has been reported in the Bindigari area of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state, where militants of the Boko…

Be warned…flooding predicted in 14 Nigerian states

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted downpour between now and August 19, which might cause flooding in 14 states.…

Soldiers seize Boko Haram weapons after raid

Nigerian troops recovered weapons in raids on suspected Boko Haram bases in two northern cities, officials said Saturday. A raid…

Police fraud unit arrests 3 suspects

The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) said it arrested two suspected fraudusters, alleged to have defrauded an American citizen of…

Pastor Adeboye: Nigeria can go higher

Amidst the gloom and despair that has enveloped the country, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of…

Body of missing INEC staff found

The body of the missing INEC ad-hoc staff involved in a boat mishap during the July 14 governorship election in…

Assault on journalists: LASUTH blames ‘unknown attackers’

Simon Ateba The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has distanced itself from the barbaric attack on journalists which occurred yesterday…

Nigeria: Big slump in church attendance and finance

The Kaduna Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) said on Friday that worshippers’ attendance in its churches has dropped…

No mercy for teen burglar who begs for mercy

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced an 18-year-old student, Nasiru Abdullahi of Kunchingoro, Airport road, Abuja to one…

Osun demolishes offices for market

All the courts, including the Chief, the Senior, the Magistrates’ and the Family Courts in the old Governor’s Office in…

Heavy rains, flood forecast for August-October

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Friday said there was a high prospect of intense rains between August and October…

Below 40 per cent pass English and Maths as WASCE results out

The results of the May/June 2012 West African School Certificate Examinations have been released. They were released today by the…

Sex-Crazy Printer Sent To Kirikiri Prisons

A sex-crazy printer, 39-year old Oluseje Israel is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, Lagos for allegedly raping…

Controversy: Enugu Girls Top Sex Workers

Which of the Nigerian states has the highest number of commercial sex workers in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital? That is the…