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Lagos Assembly probes delayed results in LASU

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has begun a probe into the allegation that the state-owned…

Cardinal Onaiyekan backs anti-gay law

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has commended Nigeria’s Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay…

Police set up probe team for Ogun APC fracas

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Assistant Commissioner of Police in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Aminu Alhassan has been assigned to…

Comedians have psychotic traits—researchers

(Reuters) Having an unusual personality structure could be the secret to making other people laugh, scientists said on Thursday after…

I won’t return to PDP, says Governor Nyako

Gov. Murtala Nyako of the northern state of Adamawa said he would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party despite…

Ex-Oyo governor, Alao-Akala mulls 2015 ambition

A former governor of Oyo State in western Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Friday said that he would soon decide…

Varsity Don Calls For New Leadership Group

A university don, Professor Akin Oyebode, has said that there is the need for a new leadership group in Nigeria…

Driver Attacks Neighbour’s Wife With Cutlass

A Lagos-based driver, David Disu, has been arrested and charged before Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attacking his neighbour’s wife…

4 Arrested With Stolen Cables

The police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested four men for allegedly stealing NITEL cables…

Stripped Women: Ejigbo Oba Goes Into Hiding

The traditional ruler of Ejigbo in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Oba Morufu Ojoola, has reportedly gone into hiding following attempts by…

Wicked Nigerian scammer fleeces divorcee of $300,000

A 66-year-old American woman looking for love online ended up with a broken heart and a depleted bank account when…

Supreme Court orders Mohammed Abacha’s trial for theft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme court in a unanimous decision Friday morning ordered Mohammed Abacha, son of late former…

Nigerian Police corporal to die by hanging

A Nigerian High Court in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state has sentenced a police corporal, Anthony Azare, attached to Kaura…

APC governors condemn police for recklessness on Rivers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressive Congress, APC, Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF, rose after an emergency…

Jonathan announces Tukur’s resignation

President Goodluck Jonathan has dramatically announced the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Executive…

Lagos To Fight Ocean Surge With N12.5 Billion

The Lagos State Government is to fight ocean surge with N12.5 billion this year. This is contained in the 2014…

Encomiums For Akande At 75

It was encomiums galore for the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, as he clocked…

Ibori’s Judge Quits

Justice Marcellus Idowu Awokulehin, the judge who gave former Delta State Governor, Onanefe James Ibori clean bill of health in…

Man Rapes Pupil, Gives Her N100

Ajobless man, Joseph John, 25, has been arrested by the police at Ilasan Division, Lekki, Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…

Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate

Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…

Fraudster jailed for varsity admission scam

A Nigerian high court in Kano, presided over by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki has sentenced one Bashir Ahmed Haruna to…

Jonathan sacks Nigeria’s military chiefs

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked almost all his military chiefs and appointed new officers to replace them.…

Edo doctors end strike

The Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its indefinite strike. The…

Tukur: I am still the PDP Chairman

Embattled National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he had not resigned his position as reported in…

Police boss probes shooting of Senator Abe

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident, last Sunday, in Rivers State, where…

Aregbesola unveils world’s tallest drum

The Centre for Black Culture and International Understandings based in osogbo, capital of the western Nigerian state of Osun has…

Drama in Rivers: Another crowd backs CP Mbu, Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the Ogoni Leaders of Thought, under the canopy of Kagote, condemned the…

Man Lands In Soup For Stealing Tomatoes

A man has found himself in a pot of soup after stealing a basket of tomatoes. The 29 year old…

Nollywood Actress, Akilapa Arrested For Burglary

In what looked like a repeat of what happened last year, Nollywood actress, Yetunde Akilapa, has been arrested again for…

My Husband Wants To Kill Me With Sex

A 38-year old woman has sought the dissolution of her 12- year old marriage before Ejigbo Customary Court in Lagos…