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Yoruba group supports Akure monarch on Eze Ndigbo title

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has expressed support for the stand of the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo…

Man jumps over Obalende Bridge, dies on sighting taskforce officials

Paul Iyoghojie An unidentified Hausa Youth jumped over the Obalende Bridge, Lagos, western Nigeria on Thursday at about 6:30pm and…

Amaechi’s Screening: A sparkling performance, shame to Gov Wike —APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The eventual appearance of former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State for the Senate ministerial screening…

91-year old woman on wheelchair leads protest to Lagos Assembly

Eromosele Ebhomele With a wheel-chair, a 91-year old woman, Mrs. Roseline Ololo, on Thursday led some of her family members…

Obey Lagos traffic laws or be arrested, taskforce boss warns security officers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Chairman, Lagos Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Olubukola Abe has warned security officials engaging…

NYSC to support 9-year-old pupil on fight against terrorism

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday pledged to support a nine-year-old pupil, Miss Splendour Joe-King, in her fight…

EFCC arraigns bizmen for failing to declare $5.4m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday October 22, 2015 arraigned two businessmen before Justice Ibrahim Buba of…

Boko Haram using iPads, laptops, phones for bombs – Arase

AP — Nigeria’s police chief is warning that Boko Haram extremists are building bombs in iPads and cellphones and leaving…

Tell Buhari to reverse gay law, Nigerian activist begs UK MPs

The first Nigerian to come out on national TV is appealing to British MPs in London to speak to Nigerian…

Fayose approves appointment of Bandele as new Ekiti Varsity V-C

Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has approved the appointment of Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele as the new Vice-Chancellor of…

Ambode inaugurates Tribunal of Enquiry into killing of Disu

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday inaugurated a five-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the civil…

Amaechi, Lokpobiri, 3 others screened by Senate

echi Former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi was Thursday screened by the Nigerian Senate as a ministerial nominee. He…

Woman cuts off neigbour’s ear with table knife

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 60-year-old single mother, Miss Kehinde Adeniyi has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly…

N139m debt: Receiver manager takes over Italian company

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has granted leave to a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Temilolu…

APC kicks against Akwa Ibom tribunal judgment, set to appeal

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday said it would appeal against the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal…
Sule Lamido

EFCC calls four witnesses against Sule Lamido, presents bank statements

The trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Jigawa governor, who is being prosecuted on a 27-count charge alongside his two…

Amaechi vs Senate: Stormy session predicted today

There are indications that some senators from the Peoples Democratic Party would try to stonewall the confirmation hearing as a…

Celebration in Abuja, Uyo, Lagos as tribunal calls for Akwa Ibom guber re-run

There was celebration in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, and Lagos on Wednesday following…

20 shot dead by Boko Haram in Borno

AFP – Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in…

FG withdraws forgery charges against LEADERSHIP newspapers journalists

The Federal Government has withdrawn the the alleged forgery of Presidential Bromide case filed against two journalists working with LEADERSHIP…

No distrust between Gov. Ganduje, Kwankwaso – SSG

Alhaji Rabi’u Bichi, the Secretary to the Kano State Government, has dismissed rumours of a mutual distrust between Governor Abdullahi…

GE donates N220m to UNICEF in support of IDPs in Borno

Leading technology and Infrastructure Company, General Electric (GE) has made a donation of $1m (220 million naira) to UNICEF (United…

I never said rich people are joining Boko Haram – Osinbajo

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has stated that he never said rich citizens of the most populous black…

Boko Haram suicide attack kills two Niger soldiers

Two Niger soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack by a group of suspected Boko Haram militants in…

Army kills Boko Haram fighters, rescue 100 cows

The Commanding Officer in charge of 28 Taskforce Battalion, Mubi, Adamawa, Brig.-Gen V. O. Ezugwu, has confirmed the killing of…

Akwa Ibom: Tribunal calls for fresh guber election in 18 LGAs

The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has called for fresh governorship election in the state following…

Octogenarian, 4 others rescued as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga An octogenarian and four others have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday on Lagos Island,…

Lagos inaugurates 40-Gang Taskforce to fix bad roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson has declared zero tolerance for potholes across…

Falana writes Army Chief over jailed Brig-Gen Ransome-Kuti

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, seeking for…

I’ve provided jobs for 80 Lagos residents – Lawmaker

Eromosele Ebhomele A senior member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Moshood Olarenwaju Oshun, has disclosed that since becoming…