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Fashola says Synagogue’s deaths unnatural, vows to investigate

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola describes the killing of over 100 people at the Synagogue Church of…

Why we can’t hold local government elections – LASIEC boss

Eromosele Ebhomele Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Fatai Adeyinka (Rtd), has told members of the…

Another Church Building Collapses In Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Less than two week after a church building collapsed in Benin, capital oof Edo State, another church building…

LASG, FG Set For Dialogue On Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Lagos State Government says it is ready to dialogue with the Federal Government on the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Badagry…

PDP Ready To Receive Mimiko

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, western Nigeria, said on Sunday that it had set up a nine-man…

Aregbesola, Fashola Mourn IGI Boss

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his counterpart in Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Fashola have mourned the…

Man Attacks Pastor With Cutlass

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 39-year old man, Adekunle Omoyiwola, has been remanded in police custody for attacking a pastor, Olalekun Sodiq,…

Tight security as dignitaries receive national honour awards

Security is tight around the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, venue of the 2014 National Honours Award Investiture ceremony being…

Jonathan keeps 6 planes hovering for 2 hours

By Simon Ateba At least six planes full of passengers were made to hover around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…

US-led strikes hit Syria’s Raqa, Aleppo provinces

Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo…

Corruption, Terrorism our greatest problems – Oritsejafor

President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, has said that most of the challenges confronting the country were…

Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that terrorism and kidnapping were still major national challenges because Nigerians had not united…

Amaechi raises alarm over dwindling federal allocation

…urges Rivers people to vote credible successor Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely eight months to the expiration of his term in…

Jonathan has deep hatred, wickedness for Rivers

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has described President Goodluck Jonathan has having deep hatred and wickedness towards…

2015: Jonathan’s boast to win Rivers is laughable – APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous, the boast by President Goodluck…

PDP ready to receive Gov. Mimiko – Elegbeleye

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State said on Sunday that it had set up a nine-man committee to…

Oshiomhole tasks royal fathers on crude oil theft

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has appealed to royal fathers in the South-South to help check the…

APC slams Jonathan, says he’s playing dirty politics with Chibok girls’ plight

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of seeking to negotiate the timing of the…

NMA urges Lagos to pay withheld emoluments of doctors

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Chapter, on Sunday appealed to the Lagos State Government to pay the withheld…

2015: Lagos PDP distances self from Agbaje suit against Jonathan

The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday disowned Mr Adejumo Agbaje, who filed a suit…

Jonathan Should Provide Leadership And Protect The Judiciary – Saraki

The current security situation in Ekiti State today is a big threat to our nascent democracy, political stability and judicial…

Boko Haram dims hopes of crude oil exploration in the north

Social and economic development has long been touted as the way to revive the fortunes of Nigeria’s impoverished north and…

2015: Pro-Dankwambo group inaugurates executives

A group rallying support for the re-election of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, ‘Talba House to House’, on Saturday…

I’ve reduced poverty in Nigeria by 50 per cent – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Benin said the country had reduced its poverty rate by 50 per cent. Jonathan…

Awujale, Governor Fashola in secret talks

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos state today paid a visit to the Awujale and Paramount ruler of…

Fayose no different from Uganda’s Idi Amin – Femi Falana

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, to “arrest and prosecute…

Oba of Benin gives Jonathan highest royal attire

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Erediauwa, on Saturday presented Red Egbeigbe, the highest Benin traditional attire to President Goodluck…

Sheriff sponsored Boko Haram members to Hajj – Stephen Davis

The Australian negotiator turned whistleblower, Dr. Stephen Davis, has urged members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram to embrace peace, with the…

More troops will be sent to fight insurgents – Air Force chief

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun, on Saturday, charged military personnel to always be prepared for deployment…

In Picture: Oshiomhole welcomes Jonathan for PDP rally

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo welcomes President Goodluck Jonathan to his state despite their party differences? What’s do you make…