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Riots break out in Kaduna

Riots have broken out in the Nigerian city of Kaduna, hours after several churches were bombed by Boko Haram elements.…

Nigerian soldiers cordon off bombed churches

Femi Adi/Kaduna Soldiers and policemen have cordoned off all the scenes of bomb blasts in Kaduna state this morning, denying…

3 churches bombed in Kaduna state

Bombs have exploded in three churches in the volatile Nigeria’s North western Kaduna state, two of them in Zaria and…

Lagos residents scramble for ‘free’ kerosene

Residents of Ikeja area of Lagos on Saturday trooped out in their hundreds to scoop kerosene from a gutter along…

Kwankwaso sacks 6 council chiefs

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State has sacked the Interim Management Officers (IMOs) of six local government councils for non…

Farouk Lawan gets police bail

The police has granted bail to shamed Representative Farouk Lawan arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in a $620,000 bribery…

Cook docked for stealing kitchen utensils

A 39-year-old cook, Michael Bassey, has appeared before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court on a one-count charge of stealing kitchen…

EFCC: No cocaine in home of ex-Governor Sylva’s brother

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied allegations that it discovered a bag full of cocaine during a…

Student Docked Over Sale of Father’s House

Ayorinde Oluokun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned an undergraduate of the Federal University of Technology, Yola,…

Hoodlums attack police station, set detainees free

GBENRO ADESINA/Ibadan Hoodlums today attacked policemen in the popular Bodija Market in Ibadan, western Nigeria, leaving two persons dead and…

N2b Suit Over Slap: Oyedepo Knows Fate July 12

An Ogun State High Court has fixed 12 July for judgment in the N2 billion suit instituted against Bishop David…

Why Nigerian Leaders’ll Never Stop Stealing ––Ex-ICAN President

Former President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Otunba Lateef Owoyemi, says Nigerian leaders will continue to steal as…

Robbers Kill Police Inspector

Armed robbers have gunned down a police inspector at the Morogbo Police Station at the Lagos-Badagry expressway, Lagos State, Southwest…

Fashola Suspends Honorary Degrees At LASU

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday attended the 17th Convocation ceremony of the Lagos State University, Ojo,…

Man Uses Fake Royal Number Plate To Smuggle SUV

Customs officials at Seme-Krake border in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have intercepted a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, with a fake royal…

Lagos Island Club Crisis Deepens

The crisis rocking Island Club, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, this morning took a different dimension as Chief Ajibola Aribisala, SAN,…

JTF Kills 5 Boko Haram Members

Five Boko Haram members including a woman were killed at their hideout in dawn operation by the Joint Task Force…

MKO Abiola: The Politics Of Immortalisation

The late business mogul, Chief MKO Abiola, played a crucial role in Nigeria’s return to democratic rule and there has…

‘ACN Will Rule Nigeria’

Come 2015, by the special grace of God, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, will take over the mantle of leadership…

Jonathan Warned About Safety Ahead 2015 Election

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been advised to be conscious of his safety ahead of the 2015 election. Some state…

5 NYSC Members Die In Delta

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Delta said that five of its corps members, who served in the 2011…

Court Remands Man In Prison For Beating Mother

A Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Joseph Briggs to be remanded in prison custody…

Three Wheelers Still In Court To Enforce Rights —Counsel

The Three Wheelers Beneficiaries and Operators Association of Nigeria, TWBOAN, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has debunked reports that its case…

110,000 cases pending in Nigerian courts

The extent of the congestion in Nigerian courts and the slow machinery of justice was revealed today by Justice Umaru…

No salary for striking Plateau workers, says official

The Plateau state government has threatened to invoke the “no work, no pay” principle, against striking local council workers, saying…

Reps Move To Save Tambuwal, Lawan Faces Suspension

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is convening for an emergency plenary session tomorrow to consider how to prevent the brewing controversies…

Be Security Conscious, SSS Boss Tells Nigerians

The Lagos State Director of the State Security Service, Mr. Achu Ben Olayi, has warned Nigerians to be sensitive to…

Lagbaja Loses Dad

Deacon D.A.Olugunde, the father of the masked singer, Bisade Ologunde a.k.a. Lagbaja Omobabamukomuko, is dead. Aged 83, the late Ologunde,…

Truck Crushes Motorist; Pregnant Woman Escapes Death

Barely two weeks after a ghastly accident claimed the lives of several Nigerians on the Lagos Ibadan Road, tragedy again…

13 Illegal Sand Dredgers Arrested

The Lagos State Government has begun the clampdown on illegal sand dredgers in the state with the arrest of 13…