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Lagos to demolish 20 houses at Jakande Estate

The Lagos State Government has marked more than 20 houses for demolition at Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, near Isolo, Lagos following…

Kano restricts motorcycles

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Disturbed by the incessant attacks by gunmen on motorbikes which have claimed lives in recent times, the Kano…

How Fire Gutted TheNEWS/PMNEWS office

It all began like a joke. A reporter came into the newsroom around 7 p.m saying he could smell a…

Shekarau: I’m still Sardauna Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Former Governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau on Wednesday in Kano, northwest Nigeria, cleared the air over…

Babalakin slammed with N2b money laundering charge

Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today filed a 20 count-charge against Dr. Wale Babalakin, a…

Nigerian’s hand amputated in Saudi over theft

Saudi authorities on Wednesday chopped off the hand of a Nigerian muslim convicted of theft, in compliance with the Islamic…

APGA leader, Sadiq Masalla jumps bail

The Nigerian police on Wednesday told an Abuja High Court that a suspect in a forgery case, Alhaji Sadiq Masalla,…

Traffic Law: 12,000 Motorcycles Impounded, 50 Riders Convicted

The Lagos State Police Command has impounded over 12,000 motorcycles in less than two months since it began the enforcement…

2 Girls Die In Collapsed House

Tragedy struck this morning at Jakande Estate, Ejigbo, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria when a two-storey building collapsed and a woman,…

Police Release Father Of Missing 30-Minute-old Baby

The Police in Umuahia, the Abia capital, said they have begun investigating the possible involvement of the father of a…

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Contract: We Are Not Aware —Bi-Courtney

Bi-Courtney Highway Services Ltd, concessionaire of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has disclosed that it has not been formally informed of government’s…

Ikuforiji Bags NUJ Political Leadership Award

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has been commended for his leadership role in the state.…

Time Bomb In Ogijo

A first visit to Magbo Community in Ogijo, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, reminds one of the many neglected areas in…

Senate Wants Airport Named After Saraki

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to rename the Ilorin International Airport after the Second Republic Senate Leader,…

CACOL Against Death Penalty For Corrupt Persons

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has said that it is opposed to capital punishment for corruption offenders as proposed…

Ben Enwonwu Remembered

About 18 years after his death, pioneer indigenous visual artist, Professor Benedict Enwonwu has been honoured in Lagos. The occasion…

1,000 LASTMA, KAI Train For Traffic Management

At least, I,000 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, have so…

Woman, 40, Docked Over Theft Of Baby

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year old business woman, Ada Obasi of Kado Village, before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’…

Fake Cop Held For Extortion

A man, Abba Gana, 43, alleged to be parading himself  as police officer and extorting money from motorcyclists and commuter…

Police Nab 3 For Robbing Priest

Three armed robbery suspects have been arrested for breaking into and robbing the house of Rev. Father Wilson Nwanu of…

Family Laments Police Attitude To Slain Inspector

Family members of the slain Innocent Ngam, a police Inspector attached to Ejigbo Divisional Headquarters, Lagos State southwest Nigeria, have…

Obalende CDA Partners Police On Security

In a bid to end to the influx  of criminals into Obalende, members of the three community development associations, comprising…

Liberian Driver Charged With Manslaughter

The police at Ogombo Division, Lekki, Eti Osa Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested George Redondo, 35, a Liberian school bus…

UNIABUJA shut after protests by students

The University of Abuja has been closed indefinitely following two days of student protest over the non-accreditation of some faculties…

Oyinlola, ex-governor now a baby lawyer

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former governor of state of Osun and the secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Prince…

Judgement day set for estranged couple

.Wife tells court of battery from husband; hubby says wife grabs his manhood when they quarrel A 23- year-old trader,…

President Jonathan’s younger brother dies

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief On the day that President Goodluck Jonathan clocked 55 years, amidst a blaze of newspaper adverts,…

Prosecutor’s Absence Stalls Lagos Speaker’s Trial Again

The trial of Mr. Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, and his personal aide, Alade Atoyebi,…

Amosun Budgets N211bn For 2013

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun today presented his 2013 budget of N211.8 billion to the state House of Assembly.…

Hamzat’s Assassination: Ogun Compol Takes Over Investigation

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, has ordered his men to speed up investigation into the murder…