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We’ll crush pro-Biafra protesters in Rivers —Governor Wike warns

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has descended hard on protesters who disrupted social and economic activities in…

Lagos begins intensive enforcement against traffic offenders, robbers

…Arrests Commercial Vehicles Plying BRT Lanes Sequel to the rising traffic misconduct by some motorists and motorcycle operators, popularly known…

Cattle rustling gang leader arraigned

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Adamu Haruna, before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina for allegedly leading…

Hypnotised woman loses N700k to trader

A trader, Elijah Kingsley, 37, on Wednesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, charged with hypnotising a…

Police debunk reports alleging they killed Disu

The Police in Lagos have discredited reports attributed to the leaders of Okunraye Community in Ibeju-Lekki, alleging that the police…

LASG commends Senate, Tinubu on Apapa gridlock

The Lagos State Government has commended the Senate for its approval to table the motion moved by the Senator representing…

CCT adjourns sitting in corruption case against Saraki

ki Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has postponed the sitting for the trial of Senate President, Bukola…
Chief Dan Orbih

Edo PDP chairman survives auto crash

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, Mr. Dan Orbih narrowly escaped death on Tuesday,…

Driver faces trial for biting police woman

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 28-year-old commuter bus driver has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting a…

Mom, daughter remanded over alleged theft

Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a ten-year-old girl (name withheld) for…

NANS gives police 48hrs to arrest officers who beat up student

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Joint Campus Committee, NANS/JCC has given the…

Get involved in politics, Amosun charges professionals

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has charged Nigerian professionals to get involved in partisan politics in order to…

Again and again, Senate defers Amaechi’s screening, cancels plenary

The Nigerian Senate will no longer be having its plenary on Wednesday as initially planned and has automatically deferred the…

U-17: Nigeria thrash Chile 5-1, through to round 16

Holders Nigeria continued their impressive start to their FIFA U-17 World Cup title defence by completing a comprehensive 5-1 victory…

Buhari launches 260km Super Highway, pledges speedy completion

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lauched the 260-kilometre Calabar-Kastina-Ala Super Highway road project at Obung, Cross River. The President expressed…

EFCC didn’t arrest me over treasury looting, says Akpabio

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him and…

Independence Day bombings: Chain Okah, FG tells court

The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to put the alleged…

Army probes military’s role in 2014 Ekiti, Osun states’ elections

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday set up a high powered Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate alleged malpractices and involvement…

Criticism, opposition won’t stop collection of land use charge – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has insisted that no amount of criticism would stop the collection of…
Ikedi Ohakim

How Ex-Gov Ohakim paid N270m cash for Abuja property

Proceedings in the trial of former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court…

Flood wreaks havoc in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 200,000 residents of Akinima town, headquarters of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, have…

Lagos lawmakers summon LASTMA boss over gridlocks

Eromosele Ebhomele The recent traffic challenges facing Lagos State has forced the lawmakers in the state to summon the General…

Supreme Court ruling: Lagos Speaker hails Ambode’s victory

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has described the Supreme Court verdict on…

Ambode lauds Supreme Court ruling on his election

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday described the Supreme Court ruling upholding his victory at the April 11, 2015…

Man, 40, says father-in-law sent him out of matrimonial home

A 40-year old Information Technologist, Mr Samuel Bankole on Tuesday told an Igando Customary court in Lagos that his father-in-law…

Man jailed for life for dealing in marijuana

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, Tuesday, sentenced a 39-year-old man, Sule Ibrahim, to life…

Kogi: Police foil attempt to bomb Audu’s house

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the race to the Lugard House, Kogi State Government House, heats up, the political environment in the…

Edo Sector Command of FRSC recruits Special Marshals

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), on Tuesday commenced a three-day recruitment exercise…

Kidnappers free Lagos bizman after weeks in captivity

Cyriacus Izuekwe Kidnappers of a Lagos businessman, Sir James Uzochukwu Uduji, have released him after several weeks in captivity in…

Biafrans protest in Port Harcourt

Biafran-flag waving protesters stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, over the continuous detention of Mazi Nnamdi…