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Ogun Spends N3b To Attain MDGs

The Ogun State Government has spent about N3 billion on projects and programmes towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…

Youth Strangles Friend During Fight

A young man is now facing trial at a Lagos court for allegedly strangling his friend during a  fight at…

Army Arrests Suspected Kidnapper

The Quick Response Group (QRG), under 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has arrested a 37-year old man who…

Housewife Sent To Prison For Faking Rape

A 45-year old woman, Mrs Eucharia Onuorah, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly making a false claim…

Brother of NNPC GMD killed

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Unidentified gunmen today killed the younger brother of Andrew Yakubu, the Group managing director of the Nigerian…

Fire razes INEC ballot boxes in Lagos

Ballot boxes belonging to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission were among the items engulfed by an inferno at the Lagos…

MEND targets mosques, claims attack on Shell

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta,MEND has threatened to launch reprisal attacks against Islamic institutions…

ACN raises the red flag on worsening oil theft

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in…

Rescue officers abandon search for occupants of drowned truck

Kazeem Ugbodaga Rescue officers at the scene of a tragic accident on the outskirts of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos…

51 Accident Victims Buried In Benin

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A mass burial was Saturday conducted in Benin City for the 51 victims of the multiple accident that…

1,2, 3…Nigeria’s triplets make wedding a triple affair

A set of triplets was on Saturday in Lagos joined in holy matrimony, attended by hundreds of relations and well-wishers.…

‘Vow to never text and drive’, cellphone users warned

A US family has published the last, cut-off text message written by their 22-year-old son who crashed his car and…

Biafran Group Flays Amnesty to Boko Haram

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A pro-Igbo socio cultural group, the Biafra Liberation Council, BLC, on Friday in Abuja flayed federal…

Police yet to confirm Nwike’s murder

The Nigerian police in Delta state on Friday confirmed the recovery of three corpses along the Benin-Onitsha Expressway in Agbor,…

275 days of rains expected in Lagos, says Bello

Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub, is expecting between 249 days and 275 days of rains this year, Mr…

Pathologist: Facebook girl, Cynthia choked to death

Henry Ojelu More revelations on how Facebook girl, Cynthia Osokogu was killed has emerged as a Consultant Pathologist, Professor John…

ACN, Ribadu outraged over murder of party’s vice chairman

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the party’s presidential candidate in the 2011 election, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, have expressed…

Justus Esiri Buried

The body of the late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, was buried today in his hometown, Abraka, Delta State. The late…

Sex-Starved 86-Year Old Man Divorces Wife

A sex-starved 86-year old man, Mr. Nweke Robinson Ugo has divorced his wife of 50 years, Mrs. Beatrice Umera Ugo,…

Lagos Bus Conductors To Wear Uniform

Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, Lagos State chapter, has finally unveiled uniforms for commuter bus drivers and conductors in…

2 NITEL Cable Thieves Caught

The police at Dolphin Estate Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested two members of a 5-man gang that allegedly…

Men In Mobile Police Uniform Kill Spare Parts Dealer

An auto spare parts dealer, Santos Korie, was killed on Thursday morning by gunmen who wore the Nigerian Mobile Police,…

Olayinka’s Death: Falana Condoles With Fayemi

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has expressed deep condolences with the Governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi on the…

Couple Disagrees Over Paternity Of Children

An Abia High Court in Uzuakoli on Tuesday rejected the plea of a man, Mr Richard Harrison, for the dissolution…

FG Frustrating Apapa Regeneration Plan —Lagos

The Lagos State Government, southwest Nigeria, has accused the Federal Government of frustrating plans to regenerate Apapa, saying that the…

Prophet Charged With Receiving N30m Stolen Jewellery

The police at the Ikoyi Division, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned a suspected fake prophet, Eze Okorie, 50,…

Expulsion: Student Drags Varsity To Court

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Ota, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned a N10 million suit filed against Redeemers University…

Paul Okoye Of P-Square Gets Baby Boy

BAYO ADETU Anita, the heartthrob of Paul Okoye, the better half of the P-Square twin brothers, have been delivered of…

Shekau, Boko Haram leader slams amnesty offer

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram has rejected the idea of any potential amnesty deal, which the country’s…

Jonathan did not order arrest of journalists, says Abati

Nigeria’s Presidency has refuted media reports that President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the arrest on Monday of four journalists of the…