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African countries send 5 battalions to fight Boko Haram

Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad will contribute one battalion of troops each to the international force set…

Wazobia FM journalist docked for urinating in public

A 54-year-old radio journalist, Pius-Junior Opute ,(a.k. a .OPJ), who was allegedly caught peeing in a drainage and resisting arrest,…

Tambuwal condemns Jos bomb blasts

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in Jos on Tuesday.…

Falode’s son: Tambuwal tasks UAE to find killers

Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to find…

‘My story’, by victim of N9.8bn Nigerian fraud

A man, Matthew Chukwu, on Tuesday told a Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos that a “Wonder Bank” Operator, Fortune…

1 dead, 4 houses burnt in gunmen attack in Lagos

At least one person was killed and four buildings burnt on Monday night at Dawodu Lane in Ilogbo Community at…

Wammako, Ngige lead APC convention committee

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised a 15-member committee ahead of its National Convention rescheduled for June 13 and…

Court prevents FRSC from imposing driver’s licence

An Abuja Federal High Court has restrained the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from imposing the new driver’s licence and…

Jos Blasts: We won’t give hasty casualty figures – Govt

The Plateau State Government says it is “not in a hurry” to release the casualty figures from Tuesday afternoon’s two…

Lagos AG, Lawmakers raise fears Over ‘FERMA Task Force’

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State Attorney-General, Ade Ipaye, and members of the State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Tuesday…

ASUU-LASU Begins Strike

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University Chapter, ASUU-LASU, has begun an indefinite strike action. The…

Unknown Traffic Controllers Invade Lagos

Police in Lagos have intercepted a strange group of usurpers posing as traffic officials on Lagos roads. Dressed in grey…

APC convention holds in June

The National Convention of the All Progressives Congress will now hold in Abuja on the 13th and 14th of June…

Federal officials sack LASTMA men from Federal roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Federal Taskforce operating in Lagos on Tuesday sacked officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management…

National Assembly approves state of emergency extension

The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a six-month extension to the state of emergency in three northeast states hit by…

Sanusi vs Jonathan : Court declines jurisdiction

Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, has declined jurisdiction to determine whether President Goodluck…

Nigeria police order security audit of boarding schools

Nigeria’s chief of police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered his state Commissioners to immediately carry out a nationwide security audit…

Island Relaxation Spots Shut Over Tax Evasion

Seun Bisuga Officials of Iru-Victoria Island Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have sealed the business outlets of tax defaulters following…

Anti-Boko Haram Protest In Ekiti

Simon Ateba, Nkrumah Bankong-Obi & Gbenro Adesina/Ado-Ekiti BringBackOurGirls protests spread to Nigeria’s southwestern State of Ekiti on Tuesday with hundreds…

Gunmen Kidnap Lawmaker’s Father

Jethro Ibileke/Benin  Unidentified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Pa Ogbewe, father of the Minority Whip of House of Representatives, Samson Osagie,…

Lagos Assembly Okays Demolition Of Ogba Retail Market

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, has approved the demolition of Ogba Retail Market where there…

Stop internal recruitment, FCC warns chief executives

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) has warned that it would not permit internal recruitment of staff into Federal Government parastatal…

Man in court for blocking bank entrance with mattress

A 37-year old man, Philemon Kwaghkondo, was arraigned before an Upper Area Court 2, Makurdi, for allegedly blocking the entrance…

Chibok Girls: Israel sends anti-terror experts to Nigeria

Israel has sent two anti-terror experts to Nigeria to join the search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist…

Osun spends N3b yearly on feeding school children – Aregbesola

Osun government spends more than N3 billion annually on its home-grown elementary school feeding programme launched by the Federal Government…

Joke Silva, others urge Nigerians to fight against Boko Haram

Popular Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, on Monday called on Nigerians to join in the fight against terrorism in the country.…

Imo govt. to name complex after Oputa

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state said the new state judiciary complex under construction and scheduled for completion in September…

20 injured as church building collapses in Bayelsa

No fewer than 20 persons were injured on Monday when an uncompleted church building collapsed during downpour in Agudama-Epie, near…

Religion not yardstick for next governor – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday described as baseless calls that the next governor of the state should…

Boko Haram: Northern Governors want surveillance scale up

The Northern States Governors Forum on Monday called on security agencies working to contain the activities of the dreaded Boko…