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Stay Away From Sinking House, Estate Firm Warns Tenants

An estate firm, Jide Taiwo & Co, which manages the sinking storey building located at 5, Chief Bereola Street, Surulere,…

Teacher remanded in Ikoyi Prison for drugs

A Nigerian teacher, Uju Uzor, who was allegedly caught with 1.81kg of cocaine at the Lagos airport, was on Tuesday…

56 escape death in multiple crashes

At least 56 passengers escaped death today when the brakes of  a Molue bus they boarded from Iyana-Ipaja to Oshodi…

Spain-based Nigerian Arrested With Cocaine

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A Nigerian living in Spain has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos with 6.49…

Parents of kid hawkers to be punished, says Uduaghan

Nigeria’s Delta State Government has threatened to prosecute any parent or guardian, whose child or ward is found hawking or…

PDP sacks Kano State Exco, receives Abacha’s son

In a move seemingly targeted at taking the party structure away from Governor Musa Kwankwaso, one of the seven governors…

Ibori’s hidden wealth traced to Oando

Jailed former Nigerian Delta state governor, James Onanefe Ibori, hid some of his assets in the oil firm Oando and…

Send Me To Jail, Accused Tells Judge

A 35-year old university graduate, Adesokan Ifeoluwa, who allegedly took N1.4 million from his lover with a promise to marry…

Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud

The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State,  northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded…

‘New PDP’ treasurer crosses back to Tukur-PDP

The National Treasurer of the `New’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, has resigned from the faction’s National…

Kidnapped Archbishop Kattey freed

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Anglican Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey, and the Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria kidnapped eight…

Abubakar, Nigeria’s police boss remarries

Nigeria’s foremost police chief, Mohammed Abubakar, 53, has remarried in Abuja, 19 months after he lost his first wife, Maryam.…

Agagu, ex governor hypertensive, says son

Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday…

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…