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Jossy Lad, ex-Super Falcons coach dies

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Former Coach of Super Falcons, Mr. Joseph Ladipo fondly called Jossy Lad died Thursday in his residence at…

Civil Servant Stabs Wife

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 29-year old civil servant, Ejiga Jacob, at the Karu Upper Area Court for allegedly…

99 Suspects Arrested At Oshodi

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 99 more hoodlums in Oshodi…

3 Friends Face Trial For Beating Another To Death

Three friends, who reside in Isolo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, are facing trial before Ebute Metta Magistrates’Court, Lagos for allegedly…

ACN Condemns Bama Killings

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the attack on Bama town in Borno state by suspected Boko…

Fresh massacres reported in 2 Nigerian states

It is still a story of bloodletting in Nigeria as fresh massacres have been reported in two states. Governor Gabriel…

Another person dies in fresh collapsed buildings

Kazeem Ugbodaga Another person has been reported dead as two more buildings collapsed in Bariga and Ikorodu areas of Lagos…

Nigeria’s Election Monitors demanded money in Edo State

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An official of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has described the assessment of some observers of…

Man posing as spirit docked for fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 8, 2013 arraigned Mohammed Yusuf Dabo before Justice Zainab Abubakar of…

Ex-Bayelsa governor arrested after hide and seek game

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arrested Timipre Slyva, the former governor of Bayelsa State, after the…

Amaechi threatens to expose those fighting him

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After keeping mum since the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, were swept…

Court Jails 8 Beggars

The Special Offences Court in Alausa area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced eight beggars to one month imprisonment for…

Jets worth $3.75b Owned By Nigerians

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Wealthy Nigerians own over 150 jets worth about $3.75 billion, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank,…

55 killed in Boko Haram attacks, prisoners freed

Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town…

2-Storey Church building collapses, one person dies

Kazeem Ugbodaga One person has been killed as a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ojodu area of Lagos, Southwest…

Date fixed for forgery case against Senator Akume

A Nigerian Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja fixed June 17 to commence hearing of a suit brought against…

Governor Okorocha formally joins APC at rally

Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo has formally expressed support for the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Gunmen kill relation of Bayelsa special adviser

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Tuesday shot dead two persons in the riverside community of Kuroamagbene in the…

NUJ to picket salary-owing media houses

Oblivious to the global recession newspapers are facing, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) said on Tuesday it would start…

Fashola: Nigerians Are Too Difficult To Please

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described Nigerians as very difficult people to please just as he says insecurity…

Nigerian Gays Angry With Govt

Homosexuals in Nigeria are not happy with the government, they said in a statement on Tuesday, following a meeting they…

Lagos Assembly: Stop Witch-hunting Fashola

The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against making inciting statements that could best…

Corrupt Judges Must Face Criminal Trial –Aturu

Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to ensure that corrupt judges are not only…

Woman Squanders Employer’s N1.9m On Lotto

A 44-year old woman, Mrs. Adenike Owolope, has been arrested and charged before the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest…

Shitta Killings: Taskforce Destroys Criminals’ Hideouts, Recovers Cocaine

Following the killing of three people by gunmen, officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Specials Offences (Enforcement)…

Herbalist charged with fraud

A Nigerian herbalist has been charged with fraud at a Lagos magistrate’s court in Oshodi. According to the prosecution, the…

Engineer Nabbed For Phantom Assassination Plot

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja It is a typical case of a deal gone bad. The long arms of the law…

Policeman shoots tanker driver over ‘too little bribe’

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/ Kano Two policemen may be dismissed from the Force for allegedly shooting a tanker driver for refusing to…

Strange: Suspected rapist drags victim to court

In Katsina, northwestern Nigeria, a rape accused has turned an accuser. The suspected rapist, Alhaji Mu’awiyah Sabe, sued his alleged…

Ekiti ACN chairman, 4 others charged with murder

The Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mr Jide Awe, was on…