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Drama as Confab hold closed-sessions, shuts out journalists

Twice on Wednesday, and for the first time since the National Conference was inaugurated on March 17, delegates to the…

Abuja mall bomb: Police kill suspect, arrest another

The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, said on Wednesday that soldiers killed one of the suspected bombers of Emab…

In Pictures: Abuja mall bombing

Here are the photographic images of the bomb blast at Emab Plaza, Abuja on 25 June. Photographs taken by Femi…

Election tricks: Omisore copies Fayose

According to poll pundits, Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party won the 21 June Ekiti election because he was…

Fayose’s victory frightening to democracy, says Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described Ayodele Fayose’s victory at the last weekend governorship election in…

Nigerian Police: 21 die in Abuja blast

At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the…

4 ‘Yahoo boys’ remanded for murder

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta today ordered four suspected Internet fraudsters…

Breaking news: Scores feared dead in fresh Abuja bombing

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Scores of people were feared dead in a deadly explosion that occurred at a popular shopping mall, Emab…

Professional Pick Pocket Sentenced

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 22-year old man, Riliwan Jimoh, arrested and convicted for stealing has confessed before Magistrate M. B. Folami…

Edo Lawmakers Hold Session Under Umbrella

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly degenerated to a ridiculous dimension this morning as the members…

Kokori Launches June 12 Memoir

The former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Frank Kokori today presented his…

Osun Gov Election: Aregbesola, Omisore At War

As the 9 August governorship election in Osun State draws near, the leading governorship candidates, incumbent Governor, Rauf Aregbesola of…

Ritualists’ Den Discovered In Lagos

Damilare Okunola & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A ritualists’ den has been discovered in Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…

Robbers Kill 4 Policemen, Others

Jethro Ibileke/Benin  Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a bullion van conveying money from Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area…

Confab’s death penalty for rapists won’t work

A human rights activist, Adenike Ibitara, on Wednesday said National Conference’s recommendation of death penalty for persons guilty of rape…

Traffic Jam Paralyses Lagos Roads

Adebobola Alawode Motorists and commuters were trapped in traffic for several hours today on Ikorodu Road, Apapa-Oshodi expressway, 3rd Mainland…

Ogun PDP Loses 1,000 Members To Labour Party

Over 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State on Thursday, 21 June, 2014, decamped to the…

‘Ekiti Poll Raises Bar For 2015 Elections’

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), an NGO, on Monday said that the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State had raise…

Ramadan: Prices Of Food Items Stable

Prices of food items have remained stable in some markets in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara, less than one…

We did not steal World Bank N13.5bn loan – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday explained that his government did not steal Education loan it got from…

ASUP, Senators meeting postponed

Damilare Okunola The proposed meeting between members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and the Senate Committee on…

Fake GLO Ambassador bags 2 years jail term

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe today sentenced one Khalil Ahmed Bappa, 29, who…

Reinstate graft charges against Abacha, says Transparency International

Global anti-corruption agency, Transparency International on Tuesday condemned the recent decision of the Federal government to withdraw N446.3 billion corruption…

LASU: Senior Staff vows to continue strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, on Tuesday vowed to continue its…

IG decorates Frank Mba, Okudo, seven others

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday in Abuja decorated nine newly promoted senior officers. The decorated officers…

Ejected Police Widows Decry Ordeal

Joe Odum-John Over two weeks after some widows living at the barracks of the Mobile Police Unit 20, commanded by…

Akunyili: Nigeria Has Lost A Patriot —NIPR Boss

The President and Chairman, Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Rotimi Oladele, has joined other Nigerians,…

Nigeria Police the best in world – Gambari

Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, has described officers of the Nigeria Police Force as the…

Terrorist groups using Internet to recruit, plan attacks

Terrorist groups are using the Internet to recruit people, raise funds and plan attacks in China, the State Internet Information…

ASUP, Senators Meet Over 8-Month Strike

Damilare Okunola There are strong indications that the eight-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP,…