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Lagos Island LG To Implement Child Rights Bill

Lagos Island Local Government Area, Lagos, southwest, Nigeria, has said it would observed all  the provisions of the Child Rights’…

Man Docked For Setting Sharia Court Ablaze

The Katsina State Police Command has arraigned Ahmad Musa before a Katsina Chief Magistrates’ Court III for arson. Musa was…

ACN, CPC Merger Talk In Progress —Faruk

Mr. Faruk Osuma, the Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in FCT today said the party had started…

Kidnap: Pastor, 2 Others Jailed 20 Years Each

A Delta High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state on Monday sentenced a…

Two Escape Death As Mast Collapses

A mast belonging to Diamond Bank Plc collapsed on Saturday at about 2 p.m. in Idumagbo area of Lagos State,…

Bank Robbery: DPO Redeployed

The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Umaru Manko, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer…

Youths Urged To Shun Cultism, Drugs

Chairman, Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Princess Ramota Adeyeri-Oseni has advised children and youths to shun wayward…

Abia gives police 30 patrol vans

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state, eastern Nigeria, on Monday donated 30 patrol vans to the State Police Command as…

Ogun electoral commission clears 89 for polls

The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has so far cleared 89 chairmanship candidates from 28 political parties to contest…

Nigerian student posing as ‘gay’ jailed 20 years

Justice Mohammed L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has sentenced an undergraduate of the University of…

Tears As Dana Crash Victims Are Remembered

Emotions were high and tears abundant yesterday as hundreds of people gathered in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to remember the victims…

Lagos Seals Off Distressed 3-Storey Building

The Lagos State Government has sealed off a distressed three-storey building and evacuated its occupants on Ajayi Road, Ogba area…

Nigeria may not attain MDGs -Edo NMA

Going by the high level of corruption in high places in Nigeria, the dream of attaining the Millennium Development Goals…

Kaduna Curfew Relaxed

After observing that relative calm had returned to the state this afternoon, Kaduna State government has relaxed the 24 hours curfew…

LASG Begins Coroner’s Inquest Over Dana Air Crash

The state government Monday began inquest into the cause of the 3 June Dana plane crash at Iju-Ishaga, in which over 150 people lost…

Kaduna Bombings: Death Toll Exceeds 100

The death toll as a result of the bomb explosions that hit churches at Zaria and Kaduna yesterday and the…

Our IGR Now N23b Monthly —Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola  says the monthly Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state is now N23 billion. The…

Sex Slavery: Woman Sent To Kirikiri Prisons

A 30-year old woman, Toyin Akinmola, has been sent to the Kirikiri prisons in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria after she…

Lady smuggles snake Into PDP Rally

An attempt by a woman to smuggle snake into the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium-venue of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally…

Religious War Looms, Clerics Warn

As bombs continue to go off in northern Nigerian churches and a horde of Christians are massacred by Boko Haram,…

Bombed Nigerian state relaxes curfew

By Femi Adi/Kaduna After observing that relative calm has returned to Kaduna state, Kaduna State government has relaxed the 24…

Ezekwesili Promotes Reading Culture

In a bid to promote reading culture, former Minister of Education and former Vice President of The World Bank, Dr.…

Lagos Warns CDCs, CDAs Against Corruption

The Lagos State Government has warned officials of Community Development Councils, CDCs, and Community Development Associations, CDAs, to shun all…

No Going Back On Strike By Plateau Workers

The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Plateau says it will not call off its two-week old strike…

IG Orders Massive Deployment Of Police In Kaduna

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered massive deployment of police personnel in Kaduna to restore…

Enilolobo Gets ACN LG Ticket

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate for Ifo Local Government, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria in the forthcoming Local Government…

Hundreds Gather To Remember Dana Crash Victims

Simon Ateba Fourteen days after Dana flight 992 crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, killing more than 150 people,hundreds of Lagosians…

Official: 36 dead, 101 injured in Nigeria blasts

Bomb attacks on five churches in Nigeria’s Kaduna State and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least…

Jonathan in Church sad over bombings

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the multiple explosions that rocked churches in Kaduna and Zaria on Sunday. Jonathan…

24 hour curfew slammed on Kaduna

The Kaduna state government has imposed a 24 hour curfew, following the bombings today of no fewer than five churches…