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Nigerian kills Nigerian in India, injures another critically

A 34-year-old Nigerian was stabbed to death in New Delhi, India by another Nigerian at a birthday party, The Times…

Nasarawa assembly wants AG sacked for scaling fence

The Nasarawa State House Assembly has called on Gov. Umaru Al-Makura to immediately relieve the the state Attorney -General and…

Sacked judge gets court shield from arrest

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled former Federal High Court judge who was recently sacked by the National Judicial Council, NJC,…

Legislator docked over fake tax clearance

The Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Philip Shaibu was Tuesday docked at a Benin City High Court…

In Pictures: What happened to Dora Akunyili?

Professor Dora Akunyili, the former strong woman of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration Agency caused a stir when she…

Ex-Senator charged with varsity admission racket

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC on Tuesday re-arraigned a former Nigerian Senator, David Iornem, before an Abuja Federal High…

Drama as accused changes plea at point of sentencing

There was a mild drama at an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday as a man accused of stealing…

5 cops, 3 civilians killed in troubled Maiduguri

Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday hurled explosives in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five police officers, while…

2 Pastors Remanded For Theft

A Jalingo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded two pastors Abinitus Akila, 41, and Hassan Umar, 46, and 34 others…

I’ve No Regrets Being A Robber, Says Suspect

Cyriacus Izuekwe  A 30-year old robbery suspect, Tajudeen Oloko, has declared that he has no regrets being an armed robber…

Lagos Tackles FG Over Tourism Master Plan

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State and Federal Governments are currently at war over plans by the Federal Government to impose…

Fowler joins governorship race in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, Tunde Fowler has resigned to pursue his governorship ambition of governing Lagos…

Ajimobi washes hands off Ibadan killings

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, western Nigeria, on Monday denied allegations that his government was involved in the killings…

Aregbesola submits nomination form for second term

Sen. Osita Izunaso, Interim National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed the party’s determination to conduct…

UNN honours Emeka Ojukwu, Folorunso Alakija

Former Nigerian warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will on Saturday receive a posthumous honorary doctorate degree in law from the University…

Boko Haram releases video of army barracks attack

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the 14 March attack on Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast.…

Oil theft: Lab tests exposed Police ASP

A Laboratory Chemist, Idris Tahir who is a witness in the on-going trial of a police officer, Dodo Chilla Bulus,…
Amosun

Fire Guts Ogun Gov’s Office

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A section of the office of Governor Ibikunle Amosun at Okemosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, southwest Nigeria,…

N47bn Theft: Akingbola Challenges Court Jurisdiction

Henry Ojelu Former Managing Director of  Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola, today challenged the jurisdiction of a Lagos High…

National Confab: Delegates Queue For Hours To Enter Venue

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja with NAN Delegates to the ongoing National Conference on Monday in Abuja queued for about two hours before…

Ezekwesili, Kumuyi Charge Youths On Character Development

Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, and the General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, have…

Police probe Nigerian house of horror

Nigerian police said they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned…

Nigerians topple Russians as third biggest spenders in UK

Nigerians accounted for four percent of shopping in the United Kingdom in February, spending an average of 628 pounds per…

Experts warn over Nigeria’s ‘viagra drinks’

Nike Ajibade and three of her colleagues sit on a Lagos pavement with small plastic bottles of liquids tucked inside…

Suspect Knocks Down EFCC Operative

An Operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Jonathan Barde,has been knocked down by a Honda Accord…

Tinubu says Amosun’s projects people-oriented

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

Senator Oduoye dies

A former military administrator of Ebonyi state who later became a Nigerian Senator, Simeon Oduoye, is dead. He was aged…

Fayose to slug it out with Fayemi in Ekiti

A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…

Free train riders attack traders, bus drivers

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE There was pandemonium early Saturday at the Agege area of Lagos state, western Nigeria as some free train…

NIS Recruitment Tragedy: 5 more bodies released

The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…