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Police arrest three kingpins over Mushin clashes

The police in Nigeria have arrested three suspected kingpins whose gang had been terrorising residents in Mushin area of Lagos.…

APC in Kano State shifts congress to 28 April

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has shifted its state congress in Kano State to Monday, 28 April. Dr Mustapha Inuwa,…

Turkey signs law expanding spy powers

Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a controversial law expanding the powers of the spy agency, a move critics say will…

Electricity Commission woos foreign investors

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has assured foreign investors of a conducive environment for those intending to invest in…

Herbal medicine to be introduced in Nigerian universities – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday said that Herbal Medicine would be introduced as a course of…

Africa accounts for 90% of world’s malaria deaths – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday, said 90 per cent of estimated 627,000 deaths caused by malaria in the…

Over 40 insurgents killed in clashes between military and Islamists

More than 40 insurgents and four soldiers died in clashes between Nigerian troops and Islamists near the scene where scores…

Toll on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Court grants Lagos govt reprieve

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today granted the stay of execution application filed by the…

INEC registers UPN

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday approved the registration of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). In a statement…

Jonathan should contest in 2015 – Oba of Benin

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, on Friday in Abuja enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan to contest…

Why ‘Half of A Yellow Sun’ release date was postponed

Funsho Arogundade Contrary to reports of the ban of Nigeria’s international movie, “Half of A Yellow Sun” by the National…

Former Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova dead at 45

Former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova died on Friday at the age of 45 after a prolonged battle against cancer, the…

Apapa Expressway Shut As NUPENG Protest Killing of Member

Cyriacus Izuekwe Protest broke out this morning at Apapa Warf area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria  after a member of the…

LG Shuts Biz Premises Over Tax Evasion

Seun Bisuga & Damilare Okunola Officials of Iru-Victoria Island Local Council Development Area (LCDA) sealed the outlets of tax defaulters…

10 Escape Death As 2-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Ten people escaped death on Thursday morning when a two-storey building under construction collapsed at 11, Sand Beach…

Lagos Captures Database Of 62,789 Criminals

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it has captured the database of 62,789 suspected criminals that have passed through…

Fighting P-Square Brothers Reconcile

Funsho Arogundade After weeks of bickering that would have torn apart one of Africa’s music powerhouses, P-Square -twin brothers, Peter…

Rapist To Die By Stoning

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man, 63, to death by stoning for raping a girl of…

Nigeria halts screening of Chimamanda’s ‘Half a Yellow Sun’ film

Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ will hit the cinemas worldwide today. But it will not be shown…

Northern Govs urge Falani herdsmen to expose deviants

The Northern States Governors` Forum (NSGF) has called on Fulani associations to expose deviants in their midst who perpetrate evil…

Lagos APC will hold a hitch-free state congress – Ajomale

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter, said on Thursday 24 April that it was prepared to conduct a…

‘Tortured’ Indonesian maid listed on Time’s top 100

Time magazine has named an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her Hong Kong employer as one of the world’s 100…

INEC prints, distributes 1, 108,495 permanent voter cards in Ekiti ,Osun

INEC has distributed 1, 108,495 permanent voter cards (PVCs) to people who registered in 2011 in Ekiti and Osun. A…

NNPC committed to economic growth through gas value chain – GMD

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, on Thursday 24 April, said the corporation was committed to the…

Jonathan tells military to rescue abducted schoolgirls

The expanded National Security Council meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, tasked the military to ensure the…

Osun Speaker denies N400bn debt profile

Najeem Salaam, Speaker Osun House of Assembly, says it is false that the debt stock of the state is N400…

Missing Schoolgirls: APC Urges Jonathan To Cancel Rallies

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to cancel the political rally being planned for him by…

NURTW to install CCTV in Lagos motor parks

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State chapter, said on Thursday that it would install Circuit Camera…

Gov Akpabio Sacks 2 Aides

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has relieved two commissioners of their appointment. This is contained in a statement by…

Land Use Charge Fraudsters Sent To Kirikiri Prison

Kazeem Ugbodaga Two suspected fraudsters have been sent to Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly forging Land…