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Ekiti varsity students protest ‘no fee, no lecture’ policy

Ekiti State University (EKSU) students have protested the “no school fees, no lecture” policy introduced by school management, barricading the…

PDP wants Oshiomhole stripped of national honour

The PDP in Edo State on Thursday urged the Nigerian central Government to withdraw the national honour, Commander of the…

Nigeria withdraws forgery charge against journalists

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government has withdrawn the six count criminal charge of forgery slammed against two journalists…

Adefulire inaugurates 4th Children’s parliament

The Lagos State Government has inaugurated the 4th Lagos Children’s Parliament, an initiative designed to ensure the participation of children…

Kebbi state top civil servant docked for fraud

Henry Ojelu A Director with the Kebbi state, Ministry of Finance, Yahyah Saidu Andarai and one Farouk Abubarka Uduli, were…

Ex-governor Ibori fails to overturn sentence

Former Governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta State, Chief James Ibori has failed in his bid to reduce his prison…

Students rally for Governor Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the political crisis in the oil-rich Rivers state festers,the the National Association of Nigerian Students, the…

Bank Manager Detains Woman Over N17k Loan

A housewife, Mrs Rose Abbey from Edo State, south south Nigeria, was locked up in a micro finance bank called…

Okada Rider To Die By Hanging

A 25-year old commercial motorcyclist, known in local parlance as okada rider,  Etenuwoma Oghenero, has been sentenced to death by…

Taskforce Arrests 183 Suspects

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 183 suspected hoodlums in Oshodi…

Turai Floors Patience in Nigeria’s battle of first ladies

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan…

Kidnapping: Lagos police chief warns on domestic staff

The Lagos State Security Council Wednesday met under the chairmanship of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) with the State Commissioner of…

Amosun offers free shops to owners of demolished ones

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun State government has assured traders whose shops were demolished in the course of the on-going…

Jonathan urges workers join battle against corruption

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja called on organised labour to complement Federal Government’s efforts in fighting corruption…

Obuah denies plans to impeach Governor Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The disputed leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers State, Felix Obuah…

Court summons Rep over ex-governor Turaki’s Absence

Following the failure of former governor of Nigeria’s north western state of Jigawa, Saminu Turaki to attend his trial in…

Lagos CJ Frees 96 Prisoners

Ninety six inmates of the Kirikiri Medium and Female Prisons in Lagos were today released by the Chief Judge of…

Forgery: Journalists Plead Not Guilty, Get Bail

The trial of two journalists with Leadership Newspapers kicked off before a federal high court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday.…

Suspended Rivers Lawmakers Seek Court’s Shield

The 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, including the Speaker Otelemaba Amachree, who were yesterday suspended by the…

Police Arrest Cow Over Murder

The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old…

2 Jailed Over N33m Fraud

Justice M. L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna has sentenced two persons, Ifeanyi Echebiri and Sylvester Okoli to…

ASUU Begins Strike

The University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over…

Fake Army Lieutenant Faces Trial

A fake Army Lieutenant is facing trial for allegedly snatching seven cars. The suspect, Lawrence Oguezi, who was allegedly caught…

Fashola Advocates True Federalism For Nigeria

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the weekend in the United States of America advocated a truer federal…

Jonathan/Amaechi: Soyinka warns on political pettiness

Okafor Ofiebor/ Port-Harcourt Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has expressed alarm at the way that the judiciary is being debased…

Auto dealer killed in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A Kano-based businessman, Abdullahi Abdulkadir was reportedly killed by gunmen Sunday night in Kano, northwest Nigeria, according to…

INEC debunks report on APC rejection

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that there is no truth in reports in some newspapers that…

Jonathan: Nigeria facing ‘trying moments’

President Goodluck Jonathan, expanding on the theme of his speech in Jos at the weekend, said today that Nigeria is…

Funso Williams murder: PHCN spoils exhibits for trial of suspects

Some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers Chief Funso Williams, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples…

Man kills his own killer in the dream world

A Nigerian has been arrested in Abakaliki, capital of the eastern state of Ebonyi over the murder of a 25…