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FRSC To Install Speed Limit Devices In Buses

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, is to make sure that “speed limit devices” are installed in all commercial buses,…

Man charged with sodomy

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian police in southern Nigerian state of Rivers has arraigned a 30 year old suspect, Godface…

Nigeria: Car parts thieves invade dep. governor’s home

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Stern-faced security operatives at the official residence of Delta state deputy governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, in Asaba the…

Nigeria’s stowaway boy reveals family crisis

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Contrary to the account by Osaigbovo Oikhena, father of 13-year-old stowaway boy, Ricky Daniel, that he did not…

I didn’t win the Offa election, says PDP councillor

Stephen Oni/Ilorin In a rare move, a councillorship candidate of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, in the 31 August council poll…

Prison warder kills driver, injures pastor

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A taxi driver was shot dead by a trigger-happy prison warder in the suburb of Port Harcourt…

Indian doctors separate Nigeria’s conjoined twins

Indian doctors declared Wednesday that a pair of formerly conjoined twins, born in Nigeria, were healthy and happy after they…

Ajudua Seeks Bail Again

Fraud kingpin, Mr.Fred Ajudua has asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for a fresh bail. Ajudua’s counsel, Mr. Olalekan…

Kidnappers Of Lawmaker’s Wife Killed

Two suspected members of a kidnap gang, Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, have been killed by operatives of the Delta…

Housewife Remanded For Murder

An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 21-year-old housewife, Rebecca Bassey, in prison custody over alleged…

Floods Displace 7m Nigerians —NEMA

At least seven million Nigerians were displaced in various floods recorded nationwide by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in…

6 Jailed For Public Disturbance

An Abuja Grade 2 Area Court in Kado on Tuesday in the FCT sentenced six men to four months imprisonment…

Hunger Drove Me Into Stealing —Suspect

A 27-year old theft suspect, Marvellous Moris, has allegedly confessed in court that hunger drove him into stealing a handset…

Woman Knocks Off Neighbour’s Teeth

A 35-year old woman has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly assaulting her neighbour by knocking…

Niger Delta group threatens Amaechi, new violence

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new Niger Delta group, styled as Coalition of Militant Action for the Niger Delta, COMA, has…

Atiku denies campaign billboards

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has dissociated himself from the dramatic appearance of campaign billboards and posters being mounted…

Nigerian Stowaway boy handed over to Edo state officials

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Stowaway 13-year-old Master Daniel Ricky Oikhena was Tuesday handed over to the Edo state Ministry of Women Affairs…

Oil Pollution: Fashola Orders OPD To Sue Civil Defence

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, to take legal action against…

Conduct Of Census In 14 LGs: Lagos Plans Legal Action

The Lagos State Government says it is considering seeking redress in court to compel the National Population Commission, NPC, to…

Housewife Commits Suicide

A 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after allegedly taking a meal of pap, mixed with…

Ngige picks APC’s ticket for Anambra race

Senator Chris Ngige, representing Central Senatorial District of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, has emerged the flag bearer of…

Police declare Amaechi’s ADC a deserter

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 72 hours after Governor Chibuike Amaechi and other Governors joined a breakaway faction of the Peoples…

Another stowaway arrested in Benin

Simon Ateba A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for attempting to gain access into the…

Police charge man for taking ‘offensive photograph’

The Nigerian Police in Lagos on Monday charged Abraham Oshoko, 33, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly taking “offensive“…

Taraba Assembly empowers acting governor

The House Assembly in the northern Nigerian state of Taraba on Monday passed a resolution adopting the decision of its…

How My Dad Died —Peter Obe’s Son

Eldest son of ace photojournalist, Peter Oyeyemi Obe, who died Sunday, 1 September, Femi Obe, has recounted his father’s last…

Butcher Arraigned For Armed Robbery

A 27-year old butcher, Ahmed Musa, has been remanded in prison custody on the order of a magistrate’s court sitting…

2 Men Fight Over Woman, 5 Children

Two men, Anyaso Udeh from Abia State, southeast Nigeria, and another man identified simple as Gabriel  from Delta State, southsouth…

PDP Will Overcome Its Present Predicament —Lagos PDP

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed optimism that the party will surmount its present…

PDP: Obasanjo sues for peace, meets Jonathan

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees,BoT of Peoples Democratic…