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War On Terror: Abatemi-Usman Task Security Agents

Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central Senatorial District has called on security agents to intensify their fight against terrorism in…

Shooting Causes Panic In Okene

Economic activities in Kogi state, particularly in Lokoja and Okene, were paralysed Tuesday following reports that there were sporadic shootings…

Ogun ACN Stalwart Is Dead

The Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun Central Senatorial District, Chief Segun Taiwo, died this morning…

Ignore Rumour On Ban —Lagos NURTW Boss

Following series of meetings with the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, the Chairman of the Lagos Council of the National…

Okada Riders Decry Ban On 475 Roads

Okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have decried government’s ban on them from plying 475 major roads in the…

Why We Won’t Spare Jonathan —Adejare

Member of the House of Representatives representing Agege Federal Constituency at the House, Babatunde Adejare, in this interview, speaks on…

Jonathan explores peace options for Plateau crisis

The elders of Berom, an ethnic group in Plateau, have called on the Federal Government to implement all the recommendations…

Death toll rises in Nigerian church massacre

The death toll in the church massacre in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi state has increased to 19, according to…

Veteran Actor, Dento Dies After Battle With Stroke

Veteran actor, Hammed Odutola, popularly known as Dento is dead. He died at about 9pm yesterday after a long battle…

16 Christians massacred in Nigerian church

Sixteen persons have been killed and many others wounded by unidentified gunmen, who stormed the Deeper Life Church at Otite…

Redeemed Church ordains 7000 deacons

The 60th Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) started on Monday with the ordination of 7,000 deacons…

Fashola: Why we made a new traffic law

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday said the State’s new Traffic Law was aimed at achieving compliance…

Nigeria: 2 arms of government cross swords

UBONG GEORGE/MAKURDI The crisis between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government in Nigeria’s Benue State has resulted in…

UNIBEN ranked first among Nigerian universities

Jethro Ibileke, Benin The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has emerged the leading university in Nigeria, courtesy of the July 2012…

Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested seven suspects who allegedly specialise in defrauding banks through the internet. They are…

Varsity Graduate Marries Disabled

Hundreds of guests at a church wedding on Saturday witnessed the triumph of love over material possession and other considerations…

Teacher Dies Plucking Pear For Girlfriend

A teacher with the Federal Housing Estate Secondary School, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria, has plunged to…

Banker, 2 Others Nabbed For Robbery

A banker with a new generation bank in Lagos, Wunmi Oyediran and two other suspects, Adewale Ogunbiyi and Richard Imoh,…

Beggars Protest At Alausa

Hundreds of beggars in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, today stormed the Lagos State Government Secretariat and the House of Assembly…

Drive Against Traffic, Face 3-Year Jail Term

Bullion van drivers and other motorists who drive against traffic will now face three years imprisonment without fine. This is…

Lagos Wages War Against Land Grabbers

The activities of land grabbers, popularly known as Omonile in recent times in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria have given the…

Lagos Takes Technical Education To New Level

With the establishment of Samsung Engineering Academy designed to train and retrain graduates from the state technical colleges and the…

Guards Foil Theft At Catholic Church

Vigilant security personnel at the St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ukhegie, Benin City, Sunday arrested a suspected motorcycle thief in the church premises…

Redeemed Church Retires 3 Elders

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has retired elders of the church. The retirees were honoured at the service…

Jonathan rebuffs Boko Haram leader on Islam

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday dismissed as “blackmail” a call on him by the suspected leader of Islamist group…

Okada operators run riot in Kwara

Scores of commercial motorcyclists have staged a protest in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, against the decision of the government…

Governor Amaechi laments fall in revenue

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state has said that the monthly revenue of the state government has dropped from…

Lagos bans unionism at motor parks

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has banned the activities of members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers,…

Abuja slum dwellers fail to stop demolition

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A desperate attempt by residents of Mpape, a slum satellite settlement within the Abuja metropolis in…

Emir of Fika Escapes Suicide Bomber

The Emir of Fika in the Boko Haram state of Yobe escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber…