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Boko Haram kill scores in attack on Damboa

Boko Haram gunmen killed many people in an attack in the restive northeast, throwing explosives into residential homes and shooting…

FG explains purpose of 1b dollar loan

The Federal Government has clarified that the one billion dollar loan it is seeking is not only to prosecute the…

Police arrest 22 over impeachment protest in Nasarawa

Police Command in Nasarawa State on Friday said it arrested 22 people in Lafia following violent protest by some groups…

Police shut filling stations, arrest managers

The Nigeria Police has shut down two petrol stations in the Ikorodu area of Lagos and arrested their managers for…

Child obesity in Africa increases from 4 to 10million – UN

The number of obese and overweight children in the world could balloon from 44 million in 2012 to 75 million…

Police Cells Overcrowded

Cyriacus Izuekwe The ongoing industrial action by the Judiciary Staff of Nigeria JUSUN, has resulted in overcrowding in police cells…

FIFA lifts suspension on Nigeria

World football governing body, FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension clamped on Nigeria on 9 July as a result of…

Nigeria Must Not Split – US Consul General

By Simon Ateba In spite of all the religious and cultural differences in the country and the killings by Boko…

Lawyers justify JUSUN strike, tell govt. to obey court order

Lawyers in the FCT said on Thursday that the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) was…

176 teachers killed in north-east Nigeria

One hundred and seventy-six teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Nigeria’s Borno state since Boko Haram militants…

Terrorism: Jonathan approves purchase of military hardware

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of additional funds for the purchase of military hardware, the Minister of State…

Police nab 9 over robbery, kidnapping in Rivers

Tunde Ogunsakin, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, said on Thursday that they had arrested 11 persons in connection with…

8,000 Ekiti APC members now in PDP

A chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bode Ola, says no fewer than 8,000 members of…

Dead brother of Oba Adetona to be buried today

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Prince Abdul Rasheed Adesupo Adetona, the immediate younger brother of Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba…

Nigerian army seeks technology to sustain operations

The Nigerian Army says it is desirous of developing indigenous technology that will sustain operational needs of its personnel to…

Aregbesola Splashes N375m On Women

The crowd at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, capital of Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Thursday, comprising mainly of…

My defeat in Ekiti not due to stomach infrastructure – Fayemi

Nkrumah Bankong-Obi Ekiti state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has debunked insinuations that he lost the 21 June governorship election because…

Ogun Teachers Protest Career Stagnation

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hundreds of Secondary School teachers in Ogun state today stormed the office of the Chairman of the State…

Lagos Teachers Angry With Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomole Primary and secondary school teachers in public schools in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have expressed…

298 people on board crashed Malaysian flight, 154 Dutch – Airline

There were 298 people, including 154 Dutch nationals, on board the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in strife-torn eastern Ukraine…

6 Months Maternity Leave For Female Civil Servants

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved six months maternity leave for female public servants who just…

Our Democracy Under Threat —Igbokwe

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Publicity Secreatary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe says the nation’s democracy is…

Thabo Mbeki grilled over arms deal

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki was grilled Thursday over a multi-billion-dollar arms deal tainted by charges of corruption and…

Lagos Clears Air On Teachers’ Allowances

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has cleared the air on teachers’ allowances which the teachers claimed were not being…

11 Months After Death: Prophet Ajanaku Buried In Lagos

Jide Osokoya Eleven months after the death of controversial pastor, Prophet Elijah Iretiola Ajanaku, burial rites for his final homeward…

NNPC to begin oil bunkering in October

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it had concluded plans to go into oil bunkering business to boost its…

LASU Best Graduating Student Gets Scholarship

The Oba Adeniji-Adele Foundation is to award scholarship worth N1.65 million annually to the best graduating student of the Lagos…

Civil servant arraigned over cruelty to 2-year old baby

The police on Wednesday arraigned a civil servant, Alexander Omale, 34, before a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged…

Chibok Parents Snub: Jonathan embarrassed Nigerians – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a compound embarrassment the fact that it took 17-year old girl-child education…

Showcasing Lagos’ Outdoor Advertising Potential

Kazeem Ugbodaga  With a population of over 20 million, Lagos, no doubt is Nigeria’s foremost commercial nerve centre. The state…