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Pictures: Governor Wike leads war against cultism in Rivers

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday led security agents to demolish hideouts of suspected cultists at Eagle Island,…

Bayelsa releases funds for payment of teachers’ salaries

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Government has expressed appreciation to teachers in the state for their co-operation during the on-going…

No absolute immunity for president, governors in Nigeria’s constitution – Falana

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has argued that Nigeria’s Constitution does not guarantee absolute freedom for…

Life Beer rewards 30 winners with N7.5 million

Following the kick-off of the 2nd edition of its Progress Booster show, Life Continental Beer has rewarded 30 winners with…

Pictures: Osinbajo at Command and Staff College, Jaji

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji on Friday 1 July, 2016 for…

IGP visits Delta, evaluates security

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, has conducted on-the-spot assessment and evaluation of security situation in some flash…

Assassination of Oyo lawmaker, APC seeks probe

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called for a thorough investigation into the murder of a member…

Oyo lawmaker shot dead at home

Mr Gideon Aremu, Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, has been shot to death by…

Bodies of dead oil workers recovered in Bayelsa

The search and rescue team raised following attack by gunmen suspected to be militants at oilfield in Bayelsa has recovered…

20 people killed inside café by Islamic militants

Twenty people, most said to be foreigners, were killed during an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a cafe in…

Gov Wike visits Late Captain Elechi Amadi family

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday led members of the State Executive Council on a…

Rivers State: Kidnapped lecturer rescued, medical doctor abducted

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The abducted lecturer in the Department of Science and Laboratory Technology of Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Abiye…

21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) retired

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIG) senior to the Acting…

Sallah: Watch out for new moon 5 July

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has predicted that the appearance of the first moon crescent for July…

Sallah: NSCDC deploys 40,000 personnel for security

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Muhammadu, has directed the deployment of 40,000 personnel across…

PDP, APC bicker over use of stadium for campaign in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ ‎Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government…
The arraignment of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for an alleged N4.8 billion fraud was, again, stalled on Tuesday due to his absence in court.

N220m Fraud: Court grants man N10m bail, denies 2 others

Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, July 1, 2016 granted bail…
President Muhammadu Buhari jets out to Saudi Arabia

Pictures: Buhari off to Katsina for weekend

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Katsina, his state, for the weekend. Photo:Sunday Aghaeze

Lagos urge hajj pilgrims to submit e-passports

Executive Secretary, Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr. Muftau Okoya, has requested pilgrims who intend to embark on Y2016…

Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman to remain in prison till July 4

Two former ministers and directors of Media and Finance respectively of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Organisation in the…

Governor wants more policemen for Delta

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called for the deployment of more policemen to the state…

Man arrested 4 years after killing cousin

The Police in Sokoto State says the command has arrested one Atiku Galadima of Gidadawa area, Sokoto, for allegedly murdering…
Placentyne Hair Lotion has been banned: NAFDAC issues warning

NAFDAC seals 4 bakeries in Benin

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday sealed off four bakeries during an inspection…

Maryland Mayhem: We Need N139m to refurbish 49 damaged buses – Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said it will cost the State N139 million to refurbish the…

Nigeria withdraws from basketball championships

The FIBA Africa Zone 3 U-18 Championship for Boys and Girls scheduled to commence from July 2 to July 9…

IGP deploys special force to flush out vandals in Ogun

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has deployed a special force, comprising the mobile police force, the…
Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa State Governor: communities in his state says Council Chairma,, Mr Joda Amisa is selling off their farmlands

Ex-Adamawa governor, Fintiri gets N500m bail

Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday July 1, 2016 granted bail to a former…

S/Court affirms appointment of Gbadamosi as Olofa of Offa

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the appointment of Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, Okikiola Esuwoye II, as the Olofa of Offa…

Anyaoku mourns Ojo Maduekwe

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Thursday night, described former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe’s death as a…

6 killed as gunmen spray buses with bullets

A report from Nairobi said that six people were killed on Friday when gunmen sprayed two passenger buses with bullets…