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Gunmen shoot dead medical doctor, district head

Dr. Musa Muhammed, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, was on…

APC cries foul as KWASIEC awards Offa to PDP

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the immediate announcement of the authentic results of Saturday’s rerun in the Offa…

Family pleads for the release of stowaway teenager

The family members of 13-year old Nigerian stowaway boy, who flew from Benin to Lagos inside the wheel compartment of…

The many dramatic scenes at PDP convention

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP convention held on Saturday to elect candidates into 17 vacant positions in the…

Ex-convict Ezeemo to battle Ngige for APC ticket

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the disqualification of Mr. Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket to…

PDP splits into two, Baraje heads faction

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party that touts itself as Africa’s biggest party split down the middle today after eight governors…

Motorcyclist on the rampage in Ikorodu again

Damilare Okunola Motorcyclists, popularly called ‘okada riders’ ensured that motorists and residents of Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos, South western…

Teenager murdered in father’s home

A Nigerian teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, has been murdered by unidentified assailants at his father’s house in Akure. The deceased…

Anger against Nigeria after embassy in Canada shut

Nigerians in Canada who visited the Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa Canada 23 August were disappointed when they got there…

Danfo Driver Batters Commandant

A Commandant of  Nigeria Peace Corps, Mr. Ola Merotiwon, was battered by a commuter bus (danfo) driver while attempting to…

Tribunal Orders Fresh Census In 14 Lagos LGs

The National Census Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has ordered fresh census in 14 Local Government Areas in Lagos…

Nurse Who Set Girl Ablaze Sent To Kirikiri Prison

Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered that Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, the nurse who allegedly set an 11-year…

EFCC declares 3 aides of ex-governor Nnamani wanted

Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s Economic and…

PDP slams suspension on Andy Uba

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The national secretariat of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP on Thursday suspended former presidential aide and a…

Lagos Shuts 13 Buildings Over Pollution

Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, have shut down 13 storey buildings located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Street…

We Are Not Worried About Lawmakers’ Defection —Ogun APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has declared that it is not threatened by the decision of some…

Mob Kills Customs Officer At Seme

An angry mob this morning allegedly killed a yet to be identified Customs Superintendent who was on his way to…

Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…

Lekki Concession: Lagos explains rights buy-back

The Lagos State Government, in western Nigeria, said it has neither terminated nor cancelled the Concession Agreement it entered into…

Why Jonathan sacked youth minister—Abati

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Presidency on Wednesday said Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, the sacked Minister of Youth Development was removed from the…

2 Trucks Crash On Ikorodu Road

There was an accident at Mile 12 axis of Ikorodu Road in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in the early hours of…

Court Orders INEC, PDP To Accept Andy Uba As Gov Candidate

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP and the Independent National Electoral…

Fasheun’s OPC, Police Clash

Seven members of the Frederick Fasheun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, were arrested by the police yesterday after…

Man, 22, Held Over Attempt To Rape 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Inuwa of Herwagana quarters, Gombe for…

‘We Don’t Have N250m Ransom’

Family members of kidnapped human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, have  said they don’t have…

Health workers end 7-day strike

Joint Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (JOHESU) has called off the strike it embarked upon on Wednesday, Aug. 21 to…

Garba remains acting governor in Taraba, says speaker

Members of the cabal who plotted the return of the ailing governor of the northern Nigerian state of Taraba, when…

Satellite Broadcast Pirate arrested in Kano.

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a man in Kano, northern Nigeria, over…

More troubles for Andy Uba

There seems to be no end to the troubles of Senator Andy Uba, a former special adviser on domestic affairs…

Ondo election: Final verdict Thursday

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to Thursday, 29 August to deliver its decision on an…