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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…

PDP suspends Rivers Speaker, 26 assembly members

The political conflict within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers state took a new turn today…

Mob attacks PHCN Office Over Crazy Bill

An angry mob in Abaranje, Ikotun area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, went on the rampage and attacked the staff of…

Lagos LGs: No Going Back On Tenure Extension

The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on plan to amend the Local Government Administration Law to…

Bill Against Terrorism, Kidnapping In Lagos Coming

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, are currently considering a bill to criminalise acts of terrorism,…

4 Friends Gang-Rape Woman

A 24-year old woman (name withheld) has allegedly been raped by four friends in Olodi Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…

Lagos Shuts 30 Illegal Medicine Outlets

The Lagos State Government has shut down 30 illegal patent medicine outlets in Lekki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Officials…

Lagos wants court dismiss anti-bridge toll suit

Government of the Nigerian state of Lagos on Monday asked a Federal High Court to dismiss a suit challenging its…

Ghastly accident claims family of 7

A ghastly motor accident has killed a family of seven on the Katsina-Kano road, northwest Nigeria. The dead were all…

‘I Planned Fuel Station Robbery’

A petrol station manager, Adewale Ilesanmi, 33, has allegedly confessed to the police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, how he arranged…
Mike Adenuga of Globacom

Jonathan, Tinubu praise Adenuga as he clocks 60

Monday is the 60th birthday of Nigeria’s business mogul and chairman of Globacom, Mike Adenuga. On the eve, of the…