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ASUP To Join ASUU Strike Friday

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, saysit  will  embark on an indefinite strike from Friday, 4 October, 2013 to…

Students’ Massacre: Our School Not Guarded —Provost

The Provost of Yobe State College of Agriculture where Boko Haram massacred at least 42 students of the college in…

Okonjo-Iweala’s Dad Fight Over Throne

The  battle between Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, father of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, and a royal family over the…

Fashola Opens West Africa’s Tallest Hotel

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has unveiled the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos, built at a cost…

APC Appeals To Boko Haram To Ceasefire

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the…

2 Principals In Soup Over Illegal Levies

Two Principals of junior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria, are in soup for allegedly imposing and collecting…

PDP denies APC allegation on poll rigging

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has no plans to rig the 2015 presidential and general elections as alleged by the…

Kogi deputy governor unhurt in road accident

Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of the central Nigerian state of Kogi on Sunday escaped unhurt in an accident…

Governor cries after another Boko Haram massacre

It was an emotional scene as the Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe visited the capital’s specialist hospital…

Police, in new crackdown, stop pro-Amaechi group launch

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hracourt The Nigerian police in Rivers State has moved to stop the inauguration of a Pro-Governor Chibuike Rotimi…

Jonathan on hot seat Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will face a panel of interviewers on Sunday, beginning from 7p.m. The Presidential Media Chat will be…

42 die,100 missing in boat mishap on River Niger

No fewer than 42 people were drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli village in Borgu…

Lagos Assembly honours Oshinowo, late first speaker

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE It was a solemn moment at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Friday as the…

Kwara CAN boycotts Nigeria’s independence anniversary

THE Kwara state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the state government’s request to be part…

600 acres of hemp farm found in Ekiti

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local…

Traditional Ruler In Court Over N3.3m Land Fraud

A traditional ruler, Chief Wasiu Maiyegun, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…

Police Arraign 23 Traffic Offenders In Ogun

Twenty-three persons who violated various traffic laws on Friday pleaded guilty before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun. The…

Appeal: Bode George Knows Fate Dec

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday fixed 13 December to deliver judgment in an appeal filed by a stalwart of the…

ASUU strike: Students protest in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged…

Fashola apologises over Igbo destitute deportation

Governor Babatunde Fashola of the western Nigerian state of Lagos Thursday apologised to the people of the South-East over the…

Group Moves Against Building Collapse In Lagos

The President of Building Collapse Preventive Guild (BCPG), Mr Kunle Awobodu, on Thursday said the guild had concluded plans to…

Opeifa Seeks Agency To Manage Logistics

Mr. Kayode Opeifa, Lagos State Commissioner for Transport on Thursday, called for the establishment of a national agency to supervise…

Strike: NUT Gives FG, ASUU 2 Weeks Ultimatum

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff…

FG Declares Free Treatment For Dog Bite Victims

The Federal Government has declared free treatment in all tertiary hospitals in the country for dog bite victims, the Minister…

2 Buildings Collapse In Lagos

Two persons have died and 10 others injured as two buildings collapsed on Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, on Wednesday night.…

How Ozekhome’s Kidnapper Was Arrested In P/H

Contrary to reports that kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oburuvbe who allegedly masterminded the abduction of human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome,…

Train Crushes Pedestrian

A middle aged man was this morning crushed to death by a moving train at Bolade, Oshodi, beside The Arena…

Baby Wasn’t Buried Alive —Christ Gospel Apostolic Church

The management of Christ Gospel Apostolic Church located at Egbeda where a 2-year old baby girl was allegedly buried alive…

Lagos Clamps Down On Hotels, Restaurants

The Lagos State Government has begun to clampdown on unregistered hotels, restaurants and tourism establishments in the state following their…

Suspected Receiver Of 30 Stolen Vehicles Charged

Police in Lagos State, southern Nigeria, have charged the suspected Lagos-based big time receiver of stolen vehicles from armed robbers,…