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Lawmaker Warns Constituents Against Fire Outbreaks

Representative of Lagos Mainland Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bashir Oloto, has warned residents of his…

Nigeria: ACN pushes for electronic voting in 2015

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it is time for the country to embrace electronic voting in order…

Late Governor Yakowa’s Brother Dies At 60

Adi Femi/Kaduna Adamu Yakowa, the younger brother to the late governor of Nigeria’s north western state of Kaduna, Patrick Yakowa,…

High incidents of stroke alarm doctor

A Nigerian consultant neurologist, Dr Francis Ojini, has expressed concern over the increasing cases of stroke among middle age and…

Nollywood big gun, Elebuwa, ‘Andrew’ in final exit

The late Nollywood actor Enebeli Enebuwa was on Friday interred at Victoria Court Cemetery, Ajah, Lagos by 2.30 p.m. The…

Fresh petrol tanker disaster in Nigeria

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Another petrol tanker fire disaster has been recorded in the border town between Nigeria’s Rivers and Bayelsa…

Oshiomhole wins appeal against foe

Edo state Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has secured a reprieve in Nigeria’s Supreme Court in his legal battle against his…

Court Remands 16 Russians Over Arms Import

A Nigerian court in Lagos Friday remanded in prison 16 Russians sailors arrested in Nigerian territorial waters in possession of…

Senator Solomon: I’ll Be Next Lagos Governor

The Minority Whip of Nigeria’s Senate,  Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, has declared that he would be the next governor of…

Okobaba Fire Victims Relocated

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State has ordered the relocation of over 1500 displaced victims of the Oko Baba…

Okada Ban: I Was Misquoted, Says Lagos Lawmaker

The representative of Ifako-Ijaiye 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ipoola Omisore, has refuted making any categorical statement…

Nigeria’s Iron And Steel Market On Fire

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed Friday morning when fire razed down a section of Owode-Onirin Iron/Metal Dealers Market…

Taskforce Arrests 84 Suspected Hoodlums

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit raided Oshodi area of Lagos this morning…

Kidnappers Of Nigerian School Boy Charged

Nigerian Kidnappers who abducted for two days  a seven-year old boy, Emmanuel Edi, in his school at Satellite town, Lagos…

Houseboy rapes master’s daughter

A Nigerian houseboy, Aminu Musa, 20, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court charged with raping the 12-year-old…

Contrite Nigerian Don Recants Claims on HIV/AIDS

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The controversy trailing the alleged discovery of a herbal medicine capable of curing the dreaded HIV/AIDS by Nigerian…

Court remand’s Ikuforiji’s PA in EFCC custody

A Nigerian court in Lagos has revoked the bail earlier granted Oyebode Atoyebi, Personal Assistant to Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of…

Fayemi explains cabinet dissolution

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State in Western Nigeria on Thursday explained that he sacked his cabinet because some members…

Nigerian Pastor Nabbed For ‘Fingering’ Woman

A 32-year old Nigerian pastor, Kehinde Boluwaji, has landed himself in trouble for allegedly dipping his fingers and pouring salt…

Lagos House To Reduce Banned Routes For Motorcyclists

The Lagos State House of Assembly is considering the reduction in the list of restricted 475 routes to be plied…

Oshiomhole Appoints Major Loye perm sec

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Governor Adams Oshiomhole has appointed the Task Force Chairman on demolition of illegal buildings and structures, Major…

Edo Council Elections Set For April

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Edo State has announced a date for the council elections, last held about six years ago. The…
A- yet- to be identified operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has committed suicide at his residence in Abuja.

EFCC Declares Ex-Nigerian Rep Wanted

A former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Chief Gbineje Obukowho Napoleon has been declared wanted by the Economic and…

Fire guts Oyo monarch’s palace

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Palace of Nigeria’s Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III was today gutted by fire, which…

Martyr of Subsidy Protest Won’t Die In Vain, Vows LG Boss

The Nigerian youngster, Ademola Abe, killed in Lagos during the mass revolt of Nigerians against the steep rise of petrol…

Alleged HIV/AIDS Breakthrough: UNIBEN Disowns Don

Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), have disowned the Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University,…

One Way Drive: Truck Driver Jailed

A court in Nigeria’s foremost commercial hub, Lagos has sentenced a truck driver to three months imprisonment for driving against …

Funding Hampers Lagos-Badagry Expressway —Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says completing the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is tied to funding, which the state government is…

Nigerian Traders Urge Fashola On Sanitation Laws

Some small scale traders in Lagos have appealed to the state government to give them concessions in the implementation of…

Fashola promises to deliver Lagos light rail June

Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola said today that The first phase of the Lagos light rail project,…