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Court Bailiff Faces Trial Over Pension Scam

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Magistrate Oyeyipo of an Abuja Magistrates’ Court’s siting at Karu has fixed 25 Friday July, for the trial…

Gulder Ultimate Search 11 To Hold In Aguleri, Anambra

Funsho Arogundade The deep forest of the ancient Aguleri community in Anambra State will be playing host to this year’s…

Varsity Admission: JAMB Pegs Cut Off Mark At 180

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as well as the Federal Government have pegged the cutoff mark for admission…

Fashola Warns Tank Farm Owners To Be Vigilant

Kazeem Ugbodaga Following an explosion at a tank farm in Apapa area of Lagos, western Nigeria, last week, Governor Babatunde…

W. African nations in crisis talks as Ebola spreads

Health ministers from across western Africa gathered on Wednesday to plan “drastic action” against the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic as…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Literary icons to inspire secondary students

Select pupils from secondary schools in Nigeria with keen interest in literary arts will have a golden opportunity to meet…

Court blocks extradition of Nigerian child trafficker to Netherlands

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A federal high court siting in Abuja has struck out an application by the federal government seeking to…

Akarigbo succeeds Awujale as Chairman Ogun Council of Obas

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo as being inaugurated the new Chairman for…

Man Rapes Neighbour’s 9-Year Old Daughter

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ilasamaja division on Monday, arrested a factory worker, Victor Nkoli for allegedly having carnal knowledge…

Chief of Army Staff assures of end to terrorism

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Monday assured that the Federal Government would eradicate all forms terrorism and…

Confab: INEC should adopt electronic voting system

The National Conference Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters has recommended that the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) should…

APC not on ground in Ekiti – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the outcome of 21 June governorship election in Ekiti State showed that All Progressives…

Police uncover human parts market in llorin

The Police in Kwara on Monday said it had discovered human parts market in an uncompleted building in the outskirts…

Amosun agrees to demands of striking OOUTH workers

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has taken steps to end the ongoing strike by the…

No true Muslim will kill innocent people – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said Boko Haram’s attacks on churches in villages near Chibok, Borno, on Sunday were attempts…

Confab monetises lunch to observe Ramadan

Delegates attending the ongoing National Conference are to have their lunch monetised following the Muslim period of Ramadan. The decision,…

Environmental Degradation: 5 Companies, Shops Shut

The Lagos State government at the weekend shut down five companies, an oil bunkering depot and several shops across Lagos…

Ramadan: President’s Wife Prays For Peace

The First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has enjoined Muslim women in Africa to spread the culture of peace and harmony…

$5.9m fraud: Defence absence stalls Ajudua’s trial

The trial of Fred Ajudua was on Monday stalled due to the absence of his counsel, Olalekan Ojo. NAN reports…

Over 50 die in Boko Haram attack on churches

An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on…

APC Raises The Alarm Over Threat To Amaechi’s Life

Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, has strongly condemned the reported threat to the life…

LASU To Refund N69m To Students

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State University, LASU, is on the verge of refunding over N69 million to students of the…

CHIBOK KILLINGS: Police Aware Of  Attacks On Christians

Two weeks before Boko Haram Islamists attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeast Nigeria town where…

Attacks linked to Boko Haram in 2014

A number of churches in northeast Nigeria were attacked by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Sunday, near the town of…

Muslims are not terrorists – Oloyede

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on security agencies in the country…

Jonathan condemns Bauchi, Kaduna attacks

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Friday night’s bombing in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi State. In a statement issued…

APC condemns Abuja, Bauchi attacks

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday condemned in strong terms the recent terrorists’ attacks in the Federal Capital Territory…

APC to establish youth directorate

The National Youth Leader of All Progressives Party (APC), Alhaji Dasuki Jalo, has expressed the party’s determination to establish a…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

PDP to wrest power from APC in Sokoto in 2015

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State said on Sunday that it would wrest power from the ruling All…

NDLEA arrests 104, seizes 1,000kg of cannabis

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it arrested 104 suspects involved in various drug related offenses…