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Lagos Assembly Honours Jakande

Before it was closed down for parliamentary sittings and plenary on Monday, the hallowed chamber of the Lagos State House…

Lagos NBA to honour Tinubu

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (right) with a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)…

Boko Haram militant arrested

Nigerian troops have arrested a “high-profile” member of the Islamist group Boko Haram during a raid in the northern city…

Renamed UNILAG stirs deep controversy

Nigerians have been commenting on President Goodluck Jonathan’s renaming of University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University. While some Nigerians…

Abiola’s son shocked by protest over UNILAG honor

The family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, on Tuesday said that they were ecstatic over the renaming of the…

Boko Haram: Yakowa Assures Of Security

Few hours after the police detonated a bomb in the state today, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated…

EX-Rector Sentenced To 3 Months Imprisonment

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, has sentenced the former Rector of College of Advanced…

UNILAG renamed Moshood Abiola University

The University of Lagos, with the acronym UNILAG, will now be known as Moshood Abiola Univerity. President Goodluck Jonathan renamed…

Kaduna police detonates bomb

Femi Adi/ kaduna Democracy Day in the Nigerian city of Kaduna would have been a bloody affair but for the…

Nigerian governor frees 235 prisoners

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has ordered  the release of 235 prisoners as part of activities marking his one…

Governor slams rights groups over Bida polygamist

The Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, has criticised human rights groups for defending the Bida-based record polygamist, Alhaji Abubakar Masaba,…

Rivers ACN scores Governor Amaechi low

The Rivers State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s administration has not done…

Shot Nigerian Council boss flown to India

Mr. Okpo Ekere, the Transition Committee Chairman of Mbo Local Government of Akwa Ibom who was mobbed by irate youths…

Varsity to honour Obasanjo, 2 others

The Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola, has selected three distinguished Nigerians to be conferred with honourary degrees for…

4 traders killed in Yola

Less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked muslim worshippers in Potiskum, another set of gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead…

Nigerian Reps on trial challenge court’s power

Nnamdi felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed…

Court Extradites Nigerian To US Over $30m Fraud

Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday granted the request of the Attorney General of…

ESTACODE SCAM: Hembe, Ifeanyi Move To Abort Trial

An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed by the…

Court Extradites Nigerian to US Over $30m Fraud

Ayorinde Oluokun Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, May 28, 2012 granted the request…

Nigerian Appointed London Police First Black Commander

Mr. Victor Olisa, a UK-based Nigerian and a Chief Superintendent with the London Metropolitan Police has been appointed as the…

Boko Haram Shoots Imam, Muslims At Prayers

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in…

Sacked Doctors: Rights Groups Warn NUPENG Against Strike

A coalition of human rights group has warned the National Union of Petroleum Energy and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG against…

Children’s Day Parade: 5 Students Arrested With Charms, Alcohol

Five secondary school students were on Sunday arrested at the venue of the Children’s Day Celebration in Abeokuta, Ogun State,…

Criminal Cases For Speedy Trial, CJN Promises As He Swears In 12 Judges

Proceedings in criminal cases file by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC,…

FERMA’s 80-tonne Lagos Asphalt Plant Ready Soon

A multi-million naira, 80-tonne-per-hour asphalt plant, being built by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Lagos would be ready…

Sex Scandal: Oshiomhole Drags Magazine To Court

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Monday dragged a soft sell news magazine, News of the People to a…

2015: Anyaoku Tasks Politicians, Media

Former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku has appealed to the media and politicians to spare the country of what…

Atiku Wants Zoning Removed From PDP Constitution

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has implored the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to, in the spirit of…

Lagos Assembly Holds Last Session In Old Chambers

The Lagos State House of Assembly this morning held its last session at the old Assembly chamber as the lawmakers…

Fashola’s 2nd Tenure: What The People Say

As Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration clocks one year in his second term in office, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE takes a look at…