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Rivers: INEC presents Certificate of Return to APC assembly member

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday issued a Certificate of Return to Hon Victoria Wobo Nyeche…

Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue 3 victims

Police in Kogi on Friday shot and killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnap victims at a border area…

Police kill two suspects on bank robbery operation

Men of the Osun Police Command on Friday killed two suspected armed robbers in Ikirun area of the state, while…

Sanction governors who fail to conduct LG polls – Ndoma-Egba tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sanction state governors who failed to conduct local government elections at the appropriate…

Mother of 3 excretes 80 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport

Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly excreted 80 wraps of white powdery substances that tested…

King’s son loses N6.5m to contractor

Paul Iyoghojie An aluminium installation specialist, Bolakale Yekini, 47, has been arrested by the police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos…

Buhari eulogises Olubadan, as body is interred

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday called on Nigerians to emulate the exemplary lifestyle of Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I…

OEAS calls for creation of Biafra self defence units

The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) has called for the creation of self defense units for protesting Biafra agitators…
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Money Laundering: Lamido’s trial gains momentum as EFCC tenders more documents

The trial of a former Jigawa governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others…

6 arrested over kidnap, murder of Ubulu-Uku king

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta State has arrested six persons in connection with the kidnap and gruesome murder of…

Gov Wike hammers Finance Commissioner, Accountant-General

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has suspended the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Fred Kpakol and…

Amosun swears in 6 new aides

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Barely 24 hours after swearing four Special Advisers, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has approved the appointment of another six…

Dickson to amend Bayelsa criminal code, warns against ransom to kidnappers

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a riot act to criminals with a stern warning…

Pastor in adultery mess, flees housewife’s home naked

Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Wahab Close in EJigbo in Lagos State, western Nigeria, were stunned by the drama that played…

Ricky Tarfa’s trial must go on – Court

A Federal High Court, Lagos has thrown out an application by a prominent lawyer, Ricky Tarfa, SAN, seeking to stop…

Don’t succumb to paying ransom to kidnappers – Dickson

The Bayelsa state governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a Riot Act to criminals with a stern…

2 weeks after employment: Househelp steals employer’s $70k property

Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Bar Beach division, Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 28-year old househelp,…

Cameroon soldiers kill 27 Boko Haram fighters

Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram fighters after launching a cross-border operation in the Nigerian locality of Goshi…

Army hands over 6 serving Generals to EFCC for investigation

The ongoing probe into arms purchase scandal gathered momentum on Thursday as the Nigerian Army said it has handed over…

Jigawa canoe mishap: Death toll rises 8, 15 still missing -SEMA

Alhaji Yusuf Sani, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that the death toll from Wednesday…

IHVN to raise N5b to build headquarters

The Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria (IHVN) said it was set to raise N5 billion to build its headquarters…

Buhari hails Rev. Iloh at 86

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Reverend (Dr) Moses Iloh, General Overseer of Soul Winning Chapel, on the occasion of…

Man attacked after catching lover with his mom

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 27-year old man, Fredrick Nicole has been confined to a hospital bed after he was attacked and…

Jonathan’s ADC stopped at Airport, to face EFCC enquiry

*Army says 6 serving generals, one retired general,one Lt.Col also to be quizzed by EFCC     Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The…

Oba Akiolu, alleging injustice, furious over Eko Atlantic City project

Kazeem Ugbodaga Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu 1, has vowed to sue the Lagos State Government if the injustice meted…

Nigerians in Pakistan elect leaders, visit High Commission

By Our Reporter Nigerians living in Pakistan have elected new officers to conduct their affairs, under the aegis of Nigerian…

Kaduna sacks headmaster, suspends 2 for diverting pupils food

Femi Adi/ Kaduna The Kaduna State Government on Thursday sacked a school headmaster and suspended two support staff for diverting…

Police, NSCDC to hold grounds in liberated areas – Minister of Defence

The Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Security and civil Defence Corps will henceforth hold ground in the areas that have…

Germany signals interest in Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas

Nigeria’s quest to expand its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market into Europe received a major boost on Thursday as a…

Amosun calls for better land border security

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has urged the nation’s Interior Ministry to ensure that it budgets more…