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Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs’ Meeting

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’…

Police Raid Lagos Island, Arrest 164

At least 164 suspects have been arrested at various black spots on Lagos Island during a massive raid carried out…

Driver Bolts With Employer’s Car

A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, south-south Nigeria, has disappeared with his employer’s Toyota…

Corruption: 157 LASTMA Officers Dismissed

The Lagos State Government has sacked 157 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA over cases of gross…

Mimiko: Omisore a misunderstood politician

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the western Nigerian state of Ondo has described a former deputy governor of the state of…

Nasarawa killings: Police open hotline for information

The Nigerian police has announced a telephone hotline as part of efforts to aid the investigation into the recent killing…

In Pictures: Habibat Tinubu graduates from Berklee

On Saturday 11 May 2013,Habibat Tinubu, youngest daughter of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, graduated from the Berklee College of Music…

No contact yet with Justice Rhodes-Vivour on kidnapped wife

The Nigerian Police in Edo State said its men have launched a manhunt for the abductors of the wife, daughter…

Governor Aliyu denies running for Nigeria’s presidency

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state on Saturday dissociated himself from posters depicting him to be seeking the PDP presidential…

Nasarawa: 28 cops found alive, death toll hits 43

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa, on Friday confirmed that the death toll from the 7…

9 MASSOB members charged with felony

Nine members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were on Friday arraigned before…

Governor Elechi’s ADC escapes robbery attack

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Gov. Martin Elechi’s Aide De Camp (ADC), DSP Ibrahim Tinja,…

Police free 17 girls in ‘baby-factory’ raid

Nigerian police have found 17 pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house, and were searching Friday for a…

Ogun Shuts 160 Illegal Schools

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than 160 illegal schools have been shut by the present administration in the western Nigerian state…

Lawan, Emenalo fail to stop bribery trial

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja It was indeed a sad Friday for embattled former chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representative’s adhoc…

Pastor, Wife Held Over Fake Deliverance Fee

A pastor, Chidiebere Okafor and his wife Amaka have been charged before Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over …

Security: Lagos Receives 1.6 Million Fake Calls

The Lagos State Government has lamented that it received approximately 1.6 million fake calls in one month about issues bordering…

Ex-Convict Sent Back To Kirikiri Prison

A young man who has just returned from prison has been sent back to Kirikiri prison  in Lagos State, southwest…

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…