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Ade Bendel Wanted By EFCC

Notorious advance fee fraudster, Adedeji Alumile, a.k.a. Ade Bendel, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…

Maid Steals Employer’s N40m Jewellery For Fraudsters

A 23-year old housemaid, Rita Emmanuel, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly stealing her employer’s jewellery valued…

Guess who is sleeping in Aso Rock?

Third Republic Senator Ameh Ebute, is one of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cheer leaders in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. On 17 June,…

Kidnappers of The Rhodes-Vivours arrested

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Three members of a gang that allegedly kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a Judge of the…

Policemen, Families Thrown Out Of Barracks

Hundreds of policemen and women living in Police Barracks, Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, including their wives and children have…

Live Wire Tragedy: PHCN Abandons Boy, 9

Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has allegedly abandoned a 9-year old boy, Ifakolade Afeez, who reportedly lost his arm…

Lagos Assembly To Summon RRS Boss Over Crime Upsurge

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has announced that the Commander of the Rapid…

SS1 Student Can’t Spell Teacher’s Name

A senior secondary student, Kelvin Agbedo, on Monday shocked both the court officials and litigants present when he was asked…

2 Convicts escape from Nigerian court

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba There was commotion at a Delta State High Court, Asaba, Monday, following the escape of two condemned criminals,…

Commercial motor-cyclists sue Gov. Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian Operators of Commercial motorcycles,popularly known as ‘Okada riders’, have dragged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to…

I Only Steal In Churches —Soldier’s Son Confesses

Sanni Umaru, the 32-year old son of a late soldier, has made a confession in court that he is a…

Cele Prophet Sent To Jail Over Visa Fraud

Prophet Owolere Odunuga of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Ibeshe District, Ikorodu, who was arrested for alleged visa fraud,…

Fashola Lights Up Carter Bridge

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Sunday switched on the lights of the 6km Carter Bridge, the oldest bridge in Lagos, southwest…

Residents Of Flood-Prone Areas Asked To Relocate

The Lagos State Government has warned residents living in flood-prone areas to vacate as heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected…

Atiku: My dad jailed for not allowing my education

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar stunned his audience in far away Geneva, Switzerland when he recalled how his late…

Ribadu: Why corruption persists in Nigeria

The former chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has attributed the persistence of corruption…

Nigerian senator dies at 50

Nigeria lawmakers are mourning the passage of Senator Pius Ewherido, a member representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Senate,…

Photospeak: Jonathan, Amaechi in Port Harcourt

Governor Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers State and chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, was at the Port Harcourt International…

3 corps members kidnapped in Rivers State

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three Nigerian corps members serving at Government Comprehensive Secondary School in the oil producing state of Rivers…

AIDS Scientists express hope for cure

People living with HIV/AIDS.[/caption With Nigerian children rated as the most AIDS infected in the world, this news from Malaysia…

The Furniture maker saved from hanging

On Tuesday, Thankgod Ebhos was dragged to the gallows in Nigeria’s Benin Prison. He was forced to watch as four…

ASUP strike: Amosun offers mediatory role

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has assured students of polytechnics in the…

In pictures: Amaechi pays condolence visit to Tinubu

The Tinubus’ home on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, in the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos is still receiving important dignitaries who…

Female Student Whipped Into Coma

A Chemistry teacher at Iponri Estate Senior High School, Surulere, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, identified as Mr. Sebastine, has reportedly beaten…

Capital Oil Boss, Uba Joins Labour Party

Capital Oil boss, Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, who declared for the 2014 Anambra governorship race in February this year joined the…

KWASU Expels 28 Students

Twenty-eight students of the Kwara State University, Malete in Moro local government area of the central Nigerian state of Kwara…

NBA Declares Support For Lagos Speaker

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who is currently facing a 54-count charge of financial impropriety…

Robbers Strike 5 Days After Informing Residents

Armed robbers who wrote residents of New Oko Oba last Friday telling them to prepare for their visit carried out…

Stop Executing Prisoners, Group Tells Jonathan

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigerian government to withdraw the directive  to the 36 states of…

Two Men In Police Net For Buying Blood From Students

Two patent medicine sellers accused of buying blood from students in Agege area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been…