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Fashola gags Commissioners

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State  has banned commissioners, other political office holders and all civil…

Declare Emergency Against Poverty, urges Group

BY EROMOSELE EBHOMELE  Nigeria’s  National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) has decried the level of poverty in the country…

Ex-NIMASA Boss Re-Arraigned

By Akin kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, re-arraigned the former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and…

One In 3 Adults Has High Blood Pressure —WHO

 BY EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that one out of every three adults worldwide has high…

Sex worker gets six year jail for manslaughter

 By Henry Ojelu/Judiciary Correspondent A Nigerian commercial sex worker in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State, Nkechi Okafor has…

Nigeria: A Murder so cruel

BY GBENRO ADESINA/Ibadan   A 35-year-old Nigerian graduate, due to marry in less than two months from now, is felled by…

The Injustice In Church-Owned Schools

Cardinal John Olufemi Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, tells OLUOKUN AYORINDE and SOLA FOLORUNSO-ADEOLA about his…

Robbers attack ex- deputy governor

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The former deputy governor of Nigeria’s western state of Ogun, Alhaji Abdul Rafiu Ogunleye was early this…

Governor Akpabio plays the Good Samaritan

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Nigeria’s south eastern Akwa-Ibom state on Saturday joined officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)…

NURTW deputy chairman killed

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Some unidentified gunmen have killed the Oyo state Deputy Chairman of Nigeria’s National Union of Road Transport Workers…

Jonathan, Tukur, Okorocha extol Obasanjo

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta It is still some six weeks away to the 76th birthday of Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo,…

Nigeria: 2 Mali bound soldiers killed, 5 wounded

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and five others injured Saturday in an explosion in Okene city in Nigeria’s central Kogi…

New date for Akingbola’s case against EFCC

A Nigerian Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed Feb. 12 for hearing in a suit filed by former Managing Director…

Trial of Facebook lover adjourned again

For the third time, a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court on Friday adjourned the trial of Arthur Obiora, the Facebook lover, who…

No deal with NIPOST pensioners yet

Aggrieved pensioners of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) on Friday said that post offices nationwide would remain locked as their…

Lagos To Complete Light Rail Project With N158b

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has disclosed that the ongoing construction of the Blue Line of the Light Rail…

4 sentenced For Vandalising Cables

Four youths, Oliver Onyekachi, Tochukwu Chukwu, Sunday Ade and John Eze in Ogoja, northern Cross River State have been sentenced…

Police Report: Murder cases reduce In Lagos

A report just released by Nigeria’s Police Command in Lagos state indicated that 106 cases of murder were reported in…

Nigerian Soldiers Torture P.M.NEWS Cameraman

Yet-to-be identified Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested and tortured a photo journalist with TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS publications, Habeeb Ogunbadejo, under  the Obalende…

Pastor Bakare: I Don’t Belong To Any Party

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare has said that…

We’re Not A Govt Of Showmen –Fashola

Governor of Nigeria’s state of Lagos, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has led members of his cabinet to  Ikorodu and Epe…

Ajimobi Ordered To Obey Court Order

Justice Eni Esan of the Oyo State High Court 7 in Southwest Nigeria, has instructed the Governor Abiola Ajimobi-led administration…

Obasanjo: I Did Not Influence Case

Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied plans to influence an appeal court case involving a chieftain of the Peoples…

Gov Ajimobi eager To Develop Oyo

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has expressed his desire to turn around the economy of the state at the…

Ogun Fire Victims Get Succour

The Ogun State Government has distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of 2 January, 2013 petrol tanker…

Lagos Goes Tough On Building Contractors

The Lagos State Government has given a stop work order on some construction sites over building contractors’ failure to comply…

Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…

INEC Undergoes Reorganisation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is undergoing re-organisation, re-structuring and widening the scope of its electoral institute, INEC Chairman…

Bakare Attacks Lagos Over N72m Land charge

Founder, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has attacked Nigeria’s  Lagos State Government for collecting N72 million from him for…

Builder In Nigeria’s Black Book

The Federal Government on Wednesday blacklisted a construction company, EC Oba Industrial Company Limited, over the collapsed Naval Quarters at…