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300 Health Volunteers Deployed To PHCS

The Lagos State Government has graduated the first batch of 300 health volunteers trained to provide assistance to patients at…

Gridlock as major link bridge collapses in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Motorists in the Nigerian oil-rich city of Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital, were this morning trapped in…

69 Suspects Arrested

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun fresh onslaught against suspected hoodlums across the…

Adenuga, others honored by Nigeria

President Good luck Jonathan on Monday morning in Abuja conferred the nation’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the…

Nigerian varsity don slumps, dies in market

  GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN   The Dean of Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Professor Kolawole Olu-Owolabi aged 51 today slumped…

Boko Haram: Nigerian-Lebanese deny fleeing Kano

Mr Tahir Faddalah, the Chairman, Lebanese Community in Kano, has denied media reports that  members of the community were fleeing Kano State…

Edo deputy governor’s press aide abducted

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers Saturday night in Benin City, abducted Kelly Odaro, Chief Press Secretary…

Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano

Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…

PDP wins Zaria bye election

Alhaji Shehu Malami Nuhu-Babajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won Saturday’s by-election into Kaduna State House of Assembly for…

Kings College PTA plans N180m hostel

The Parent-Teachers’ Association of King’s College, Lagos, plans to tackle some infrastructure challenges in the institution by constructing of a…

HAJJ: Lagos begins airlifting of pilgrims October

The Lagos State Government is set to commence the airlifting of the State Muslim pilgrims to this year’s Holy Pilgrimage…

Oba Akiolu urges job creation for Nigerian youths

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday in Kano called on governments at all levels to focus on youth…

FRSC: No disease kills Nigerians like road accidents

Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said on Saturday that road accidents are…

Bye election ends in Zaria

The by-election in Zaria constituency of Kaduna State House of Assembly held peacefully without complaints from voters. According to the…

Tukur, 77, launches biography, The Global Villager

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the 77-year old chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party launched his biography, The Global Villager in Abuja today.…

Benue PDP shifts council primaries

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday across Benue State has been shifted till…

Special church service for Nigeria

An Interdenominational Church Service to celebrate Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary is scheduled to take place on Sunday 30 September. In…

PDP Candidacy: Akpabio Floors Opponent

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Akwa Ibom state, Engr. Frank Okon, who had been seeking to…

Robbery kingpin shot dead

Nigerian Soldiers on patrol on Friday shot dead a suspected armed robber on Ukwuakwu Street, off Asumpta  Avenue, Owerri, capital…

EFCC Dissociates Self From Report

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has dissociated itself from a report entitled, Corruption; Why the EFCC Lost Steam, which…

Resolve Crises, OBJ Tasks Lagos PDP Youths

Nigeria’s former  President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on youths in the Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

Immigration Service Repatriates 50 Illegal Immigrants

The Nigeria Immigration Service has repatriated 50 illegal immigrants from Ondo State this year, the Comptroller of Immigration in the…

Police Release N69.7m To Relatives Of Deceased Officers

The Police Insurance Scheme on Thursday in Abuja released N69.7 million, benefit of deceased officers, to their next of kins.…

Servants ‘Clean Out’ Master’s House, Steal SUV, TV Sets

Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have arrested two domestic servants, Obinna Sunday and Sunday Eze who allegedly burgled…

Actress Ngozi Nwosu Critically Sick

Popular Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu is critically ill and urgently needs to be flown abroad for treatment to be on…

Lagos Threatens Ikeja Monarch

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has threatened to arrest the Olu of Ikeja, Oba…

Ondo 2012: LP, Opposition Parties In Blame Game Over Violence

In the run-up to the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, the main opposition political parties have…

COSEG Urges Cooperation Over Enforcement Of Traffic Law

A pro-democracy pressure organisation, Coalition of  Oodua Self Determination Group, COSEG, has urged motorists and cyclists to cooperate with Lagos…

Lagos Traffic Law And Its Many Headaches

The newly signed Road Traffic Law of Lagos State is already giving commercial motorcyclists and many commuters cause for concern…

Dana Air Crash Victims’ Families Commend Lagos State Govt

Families of the June 3, 2012 Dana Air crash victims were Thursday full of commendations for the Lagos State Government…