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Ex-council official to spend 7 years in prison

Justice A. S. Dahiru of Sokoto State High Court has sentenced a former Director of Sokoto South Local Government, Mr.…

Nigeria: High profile scammer jailed

Justice M. L. Shuaibu of Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna on Thursday, July 12, 2012, sentenced a bribe taker,…

27,000 pass UNIZIK post JAMB tests

Mr Chijioke Umudum, the Coordinator of Management, Information, Communication and Technology units, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, said that 26,587 candidates…

NDLEA Begs FG For N780m To Train Officers

More than a year after they were recruited, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is still waiting for the…

Workers’ Union Divided Over Oshiomhole, Airhiavbere

Two days to Edo state governorship election, members of the workers’ union of Edo state-owned Edo Line are at loggerheads…

Court Orders EFCC To Release Daniel’s Passport

Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the International…

Budget Performance: Lagos Generates N183.27 Billion In 6 Months

The Lagos State Government has generated N183.27 billion in six months as part of the 2012 budget performance appraisal. This…

Kano To Train 100 Pilots Abroad

At least 100 indigenes of Kano state are to be sponsored by the state government for training as pilots and…

Abubakar Confirmed As IG

The Nigeria Police Council has  confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Abubakar as the substantive Inspector General of Police. This was…

Oyedepo Wins N2b Slap Case

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has dismissed the N2 billion fundamental human…

Tenants Trapped In Sealed Up House

Trapped tenants occupying a three storey building 1, Osoro Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have sent a Save…

Driver Throws Road Marshal Out Of Moving Bus

In his desperate bid to evade arrest and prosecution, a driver, Seun Adenuga, allegedly threw a Federal Road Safety Corps…

Nigerian state set for another mass wedding

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano All is set for the second phase of the Nigerian Kano state mass wedding for 250 couples slated…

Nigeria Witnessing Genocide —Lagos Lawmaker

The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, has described the recent…

Lagos Assembly Stops Trading On Walkways

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the chairmen of the 57 Local Government Councils and Local Council Development…

Lagos Deputy Governor Commends Lagos Legislator

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has commended a member of the State Assembly, Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet over the…

Lagos Assembly Berates PDP Over Comment On House Activities

The Lagos State House of Assembly has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State for condemning the House…

‘Don’t Divide Nigeria’

With the security and other social problems facing the country, Nigerians have been urged not to think of dividing the…

Falana, Nigeria’s rights lawyer becomes SAN

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, alongside 24 others has been elevated to…

Housewife Faces Drug Charges

A Lagos housewife, Omolayo Iphigenia Adeniyi, alleged to have been aiding her husband, Adegboyega Abayomi Adeniji, who holds dual nationality…

Five Policemen Arrested Over Murder Of Commuter Motorcyclist

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Ngozi Braide, has confirmed the arrest and detention of five policemen…

Customs destroys poultry products worth N25m

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A, Ikeja on Wednesday said it seized and destroyed 6,000 cartons of…

80 die in Nigeria’s petrol tanker fire

Eighty bodies have been found at the scene of a fuel tanker which burst into flames as people scrambled for…

200 Homeless After Plateau Massacre

Gunmen who stormed a village and torched dozens of houses in central Nigeria have displaced roughly 200 people after weekend…

Presidential Candidate Sued Over Unpaid Loan

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 19 October a debt recovery suit instituted by…

UNESCO names Port Harcourt World Book Capital

UNESCO on Wednesday announced the selection of Port Harcourt as the 2014 World Book Capital. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova made…

Kwara Governor blames leaders for decadent Nigeria

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present…

INEC Boss picks electoral officers for Edo Polls

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega on Wednesday in Benin announced that he personally…

4 Arrested over murder of Oshiomhole’s aide

Jethro Ibileke/Benin   Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan…

Killing of army general: Police Arrest 4

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of retired Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. He…