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Ogun Civil Servants Begin Week With Health Walk

Civil servants in Ogun State Tuesday morning trooped out in large numbers as they embarked on a health walk to…

INEC To De-register Moribund Political Parties

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, said on Thursday in Abuja that more of the moribund…

SAHCOL Dismisses 15 For Theft

The Managing Director, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Ltd. (SAHCOL), Mr. Olu Owolabi, said on Thursday that 15 of his workers…

Teacher Docked For Beheading Hubby

A 25-year old teacher, Mrs. Rafat Agboola, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beheading her…

Freedom Of Expression Is Vital To Vision 20:2020

Chidi Odinkalu, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission, spoke with OLUOKUN AYORINDE on the state of human rights in Nigeria and…

Why We Want To Renumber Houses

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, LASAA, Mr. George Kayode Noah,…

Artistes, Fashola Mourn Olusola

Nigerians have continued to mourn the death of former ambassador of the country to Ethiopia, Segun Olusola. Olusola, who was…

Octogenarian docked over land scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Emmanuel Ogwale, 80, and John Nwafor before a…

GOS Donates N50m ICT Centre, Library To LCDA

The Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, has handed over a N50 million of modern library and Information…

Ikuforiji Commissions Ejigbo Councillors’ Constituency Offices

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has commissioned constituency offices for councillors in Ejigbo Local…

Rep Tasks Colleagues On People’s Plight

A member of the House of Representatives, Babatunde Adejare, has urged politicians in the country to be sensitive to the…

Strife torn Nigerian state relaxes curfew

By Femi Adi/Kaduna To allow Muslims and Christians worship, Kaduna State government has relaxed the curfew only on Friday and…

Nigerian cop killed in Boko Haram attack

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/KANO A top source from the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Thursday confirmed the killing…

Poverty Reduction Key To Development – Gbeneol

As world leaders and stakeholders gather in Rio de Janeiro to deliberate on ways of ensuring sustainable development across the…

4 Dead, Thousands Sacked By Windstorm

More than 26,000 people have been confirmed displaced while four lost their lives following a devastating windstorm that affected eight…

Father, Daughter, Three Others Die In Aboru Flood

Following the heavy rain that fell in some parts of Lagos State on Wednesday, at least five residents of Iyana…

Defend Yourselves, Christian Leaders Tell Northern Members

Christian leaders in southern Nigeria have charged northern Christians to wake up and defend themselves by any means against the…

Lady Bathes Rival With Hot Water, Pepper

A 25-year old woman, Eni Ubi, is now in court following an allegation that she poured hot water mixed with…

Jonathan On Jamboree In Brazil

Beleaguered Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan embarked on his unpopular trip to the Earth Summit in Rio de janeiro, Brazil with…

US To Label Boko Haram Kingpins As Terrorists

The government of the United States of America has concluded plans to label three kingpins of the Boko Haram sect…

Kaduna Residents Groan As Hunger Bites Hard

Due to the imposition of 24 hours curfew on Tuesday following the reprisal attacks in some parts of Kaduna, Northeast…

Falana To Sue VIP Over Airspace Closure

Following the closure of the Abuja airspace on Tuesday while he was airborne, human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi…

Lagos ACN Warns Against Rigging In Edo Polls

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned against plans by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 14…

‘No To MAUL, On UNILAG We Stand’

A speech delivered by Dr. Oghenekaro Moses Ogbinaka, ASUU Chairman, Unilag branch, on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at the Julius…

FRSC Sacks 100 Marshals For Corruption

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Osita Chidoka, has disclosed that 100 officials of the…

My Son Is A Cultist, Woman Admits

The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested Mrs. Biliq Omoyeni Olaoye, 47, suspected to be keeping a gun…

Lagos Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To FG Mass Transit Beneficiaries

The Lagos State Government has given a seven-day ultimatum to the beneficiaries of the Federal Government assisted Mass Transit buses…

Lagos To Renumber 700,000 Houses

At least 700 thousand houses will be renumbered in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in a vast exercise meant to create a…

Court Orders Epe Council To Pay Contractor

A Lagos  High Court  has ordered Epe Local Government  to pay Mr Monsuru Olayemi N2.07million owed him for a contract…

Bank Manager Docked Over N42m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mr. Michael Adewole, Branch Manager of Oceanic International Bank Plc, now…