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Govt Must Protect Youths Rights

Tunde Esho, national secretary of Nigerian Sovereign Youth Congress, is an author, accountant, motivational speaker. In this interview, he speaks…

Man Arraigned Over N7m Dud Cheque

A 40-year-old man, Chidi Iwuanyanwu, who allegedly issued dud cheques for N7 million, on Tuesday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’…

Nigerian Landlord docked for removing tenant’s roof

A 39-year-old Lagos landlord, Friday Obaje, was on Wednesday docked before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly removing the roof…

Death toll rises in Mubi Massacre

The death toll in the shocking massacre of Polytechnic students in Mubi, Adamawa state, north east Nigeria, has increased to…

Kayode Ajala’s Car Stolen From Auto Dealer

Two men who snatched a Toyota Sienna car belonging to Mrs Linda Ajala, wife of a prominent journalist, Kayode Ajala,…

Gov. Ajimobi recalls sacked workers

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Oyo state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has approved the recall of 1,499 workers out of the 3,000 civil servants…

Killed Mubi Poly students were called out by name

Attackers who massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area in northern Nigeria on Tuesday called victims out…

Ogun Assembly Passes Bond Bill

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The Ogun State House of Assembly today passed the executive bill sent by the state governor, Senator…

NJC: We Don’t Need The President To Reinstate Salami

The controversy created by the consistent refusal by President Goodluck Jonathan to recall the suspended President of the Court of…

INCB Assesses Nigeria’s Anti-Drug War

A delegation from the International Narcotic Control Board, INCB, Vienna, Austria, is in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to assess drug control…

Floods Kill 148

Flooding across Nigeria has killed at least 148 people and displaced more than 64,000, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning…

Nigeria: 32 Students Massacred

At least 32 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, have been killed. Though our correspondent said…

Whereabouts Of Kidnapped Commissioner Unknown

About 48 hours after Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha was abducted by unidentified gunmen, his whereabouts…

Bank Robber Shot Dead

A Lagos-based businessman (name withheld) narrowly escaped being killed as one of the robbers who trailed him on a motorcycle…

Tinubu, Fashola, Others Storm Ondo For Akeredolu

With the commencement of the mega rallies for the 20 October governorship race in Ondo State by the Action Congress…

2 Suspected Killers Of Brother Arraigned

Two brothers, Omotola Ajayi, 48 and Oluwatoyin Ajayi, 41 who allegedly killed their younger brother, Akinbuyi, 39, and sold some…

Court Orders CBN To Declare Cash, Assets Seized From Cecilia Ibru

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, this morning ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to declare…

Crisis Looms As Tokyo Tackles Ajimobi

The face-off between the estranged Chairman of the National Road Transport Worker, (NURTW), Oyo State Chapter, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola alias…

Corruption Rating: TI, Activists Slam Jonathan

Nigerian activists have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to apologise to the citizens of the country for deliberately distorting information on…

Sanitation: Hoodlums Attack Local Govt Boss

The chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Babatunde Oke, was reportedly attacked by hoodlums wielding dangerous…

Nigerian army explains Zaria explosions

The Nigerian army has explained the reason for the bomb explosions and the gun fire that rocked the Nigerian northern…

Governor Dickson denies ill-health rumour

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state on Sunday arrived at the Government House after about three weeks abroad, dispelling rumours…

Delta commissioner kidnapped

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha has been seized by unidentified gunmen. He was kidnapped…

Nigeria resumes hajj flights after Saudi row

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday resumed flight operations to Saudi Arabia in five centres for this year’s…

2 die as bomb explosion, gun fire rock Zaria

An explosion and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic school in Zaria, Kaduna state Sunday, leaving two suspected attackers…

Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…

2 drug suspects arrested

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent  Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have blamed their friend…

Fashola, clerics laud Adegbite

 Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has opened the floodgates of tributes to the departed Islamic scholar and lawyer,…

Senator Bagudu aids indigent students

More than 600 indigent students have benefited from the scholarship programme initiated by Senator Atiku Bagudu, Malam Zaki Sarki, Chairman,…

Kwara House Of Assembly Passes Health Bill Into Law

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A bill to give legal backing to the Community Health Insurance Scheme of the Kwara State Government…