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21,193 students in Lagos pass WASCE, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday said 21,193 out of the 51,604 students in the state…

Thunder strikes 4 persons dead

Four persons were killed on Friday when thunder struck at Mechanic Village in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State,…

Police end blockade to Rivers Government House

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After widespread public condemnation of the Police blockade of the access road to one of the entrances…

Uduaghan showers Okagbare with gifts, training fund

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Nigeria’s silver medalist at the recently concluded International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Moscow Championships, Blessing Okagbare has been…

SURE-P’s graduate internship fails

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Reports have shown that the Graduate Internship of Nigeria’s Federal Government’s Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme appears to…

Boko Haram Bombs Police Station: 2 Cops Killed

Gunmen with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing two officers and injuring another…

6 Fake LASTMA Officials Arrested

Six fake officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have been arrested by the Lagos State Taskforce on…

Ozekhome: My Ordeal in the hands of kidnappers

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer and senior advocate, Mike Ozekhome, who was released Wednesday by kidnappers in Benin, has recounted his…

FG delays funds to states, says Governor Amosun

An indication that Nigeria’s Federal Government may be having financial stress, despite denials, has been given by Governor Ibikunle Amosun…

Kano shuts 2 medical centres, arrests operators

The Kano State Government, in northern Nigeria on Thursday ordered the closure of two health centres for alleged unethical practise,…

Police block Gov. Amaechi from residence

Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State was denied access by the Nigerian police to his private residence in the…

Fayemi threatens to jail parents denying kids of education

Governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has threatened to jail parents who refuse to send their children or…

Osun students get extended vacation

Government of Nigeria’s state of Osun has postponed the resumption of public schools by two weeks. Mr. Lawrence Oyeniran, the…

Ashiru exits foreign ministry hopeful about successors

Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Olugbenga Ashiru, says he is leaving the ministry in “very good hands’’, successors…

Police seal New PDP office in Rivers, pull down party flag

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt. Barely two hours after Governor Chibuike Amaechi went to the Port Harcourt International airport to receive President…

Court orders PDP to recognise Andy Uba as candidate

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Nigerian Federal High Court in Port Harcourt today ordered the Peoples…

Edo Monarch Kidnapped

The traditional ruler of Udo Community and an in-law to the Benin Monarch, HRH Patrick Igbinidu, has been reportedly abducted…

Breaking news: Benin High Chief abducted

Hours after armed abductors freed prominent Nigerian lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, another prominent Benin high chief has been kidnapped. He is…

Tenant Blinds Caretaker

An angry tenant, Jessy John, has allegedly rendered a 60-year old caretaker, Levi Ogbuo, partially blind over the demand for…

8 Men Gang-Rape Woman

A jilted man has been arrested by the police for allegedly conspiring with seven other men to gang-rape his estranged…

Court delivers ruling on Uba’s motion today

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt will today deliver ruling on Senator Andy Uba’s motion for interlocutory…

Edo state sends stowaway boy to boarding school

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Government, in mid-western Nigeria, has secured admission in one of the state’s top secondary schools for…

Lagos starts limb corrective surgeries

Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has begun another round of free corrective surgery to assist children and adults with limb deformities.…

Ruqayyatu, ex-education minister goes back to teach

Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, who was among the nine ministers relieved of their positions by President Goodluck Jonathan in a cabinet…

Profligate Nigeria orders 53 gold plated iphones

Profligate Nigeria never ceases to amaze about its debauchery. When the leadership is not procuring jets or armoured cars, or…

Jonathan honors silver medalist Blessing Okagbare

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday honoured Olympic and world Athletics Championship medalist, Blessing Okagbare for her performance at the recently…

Wife pleads for Anglican Archbishop’s release

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mrs Beatrice Kattey, the wife of the kidnapped Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger Delta,…

APC Slams FG Over Continuing ASUU Strike

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the Federal Government’s insincere and amateurish handling of the strike that has paralyzed…

Lawyer Sues FRSC Over New Driver’s Licence

A lawyer with a Lagos-based legal firm, Tope Alabi and Co, located on 77B, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos,…

Tinubu Hale And Hearty —Ajomale

Contrary to speculations circulating on the social media that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola…