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Don’t recycle old, overused politicians, Onovo tells APC

Chief Martin Onovo, Presidential Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the March 28 election, on Thursday urged the…

Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…

Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa

Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…

Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…

3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV

The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…

Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…

Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…

Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes

Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…

Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…

Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General

Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…

Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters

Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…

Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…

Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa

Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…

Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month

A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…

APC To Acting IG: Shun Partisanship, Embrace Professionalism

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with…

447 Houses In Danger Of Collapse In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 447 defective buildings may collapse in Lagos as the state government has marked 191 other distressed buildings…

Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…

Court throws out lawsuits challenging Buhari’s eligibility

A Nigerian court Wednesday struck out two suits that disputed the eligibility of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to stand for election,…

Bank’s Intern Steals Customers’ N53.6m

Paul Iyoghojie The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a 31-year old graduate,…

Kenya kicks out top anti-corruption officials

Kenya’s top anti-corruption officials were suspended Thursday following a bitter standoff with parliament and after they alleged widespread graft in…

SERAP drags South Africa to ICC over xenophobic attack

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use…

APC, Dapo Abiodun challenges Kashamu’s victory at tribunal

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The legal battle to ascertain the real winner of the senatorial seat of the Ogun East Senatorial District…

My loss is God’s will – Lagos Deputy Speaker

Taiwo Kolawole, Deputy Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly says his defeat in the April 11 election is God’s will.…

Saraki, Akume, who should be next Senate President? Poll

By Seun Bisuga There has been much talk about who should be the next Senate President since David Mark who…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

I’ve done my best for Nigeria – Alison-Madueke

Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of petroleum resources, says she has done her best for Nigeria and have attained many firsts in…

Girl, 12, wins Lagos Spelling Bee

Boluwatife Tijani, a 12-year-old pupil of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee…

Chadian troops rescue 43 Boko Haram child soldiers

Colonel Azem Agouna, Chadian Army Spokesman, said on Wednesday that they have repatriated 43 children, who had been kidnapped by…

LASUSU Demands Immediate Re-opening Of LASU

Damilare Okunola The Lagos State University Students’ Union, LASUSU, has made a demand for the immediate re-opening of the institution.…

Ogun to conduct referendum for creation of LCDAs

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Preparations have been concluded for the conduct of referendum for the creation of Local Council Development Areas in…

Nigerian troops storm Boko Haram fortress, Sambisa Forest

At last, Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram’s last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday,…