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104 LG staff struggle to break career stagnation

Kazeem Ugbodaga No fewer than 104 Local Government staff in Lagos State are jostling to break the long period of…
Raymond Dokpesi: Family announces burial arrangements

Lawyer’s absence stalls Raymond Dokpesi’s trial again

The trial of erstwhile Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc., Mr Raymond Dokpesi, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday…

30 dead as bus falls into ravine in India

A bus skidded off a hill road into a ravine in north-eastern India killing 30 passengers, police said Wednesday. The…

Pistorius walks without his prosthetic leg in court to avoid jail

Oscar Pistorius shuffled without his prosthetic legs through a Pretoria court on Wednesday to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without…

69 air passengers escape death as plane catches fire

Jet Airways airlines, on Wednesday, said its passenger plane, Flight 9W 2839, with 69 people on board, made an emergency…

Lagos warns boat operators against blackmail

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, has warned boat operators in the state against blackmailing the government as…

Ogboni cult splits 16-year old marriage

A 35-year-old housewife, Tomilola Ogundele, on Wednesday asked an Ikole Customary Court to dissolve her 16-year-old marriage to Olanrewaju Aluko…

Nigerians shun Yankari Games Reserve, visit South Africa for tourism

Despite the abundance of tourist sites in the country, many Nigerians still prefer to travel to South Africa for tourism.…

Police recruitment: 5 applicants nabbed in Nasarawa for forgery, theft

The police in Nasarawa have confirmed the arrest of five applicants during the ongoing police recruitment exercise in Lafia over…

Alligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney resort in Florida

An alligator dragged a two-year-old boy into a lagoon at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida late on Tuesday, defeating…

Ambode urges corps members to pay attention to entrepreneurial training

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday urged corps members to pay serious attention to the entrepreneurial training initiated…

Lecturer calls for transparency in the recruitment of teachers

Mr Greg Esheye, a lecturer at the Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo, has called for transparency in the recruitment…

FG releases 1,470 tonnes of grains to Adamawa

The Federal Government on Wednesday presented 1,470 tonnes of grains to farmers across the 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa…
Musiliu Obanikoro will not step down for anyone: OCO issues statement

Obanikoro spits fire from US, says I won’t submit to EFCC

Former Minister of State for Defence and one time Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has condemned yesterday’s raid…

NSCDC to train 1,000 private security guards

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it would train 1,000 private guards on protective and effective life…

Osun Hijab crisis: Cleric calls for caution

A cleric, Pastor Dotun Ajileye, on Wednesday, advised religious leaders in Osun to exercise restraint with their utterances over the…

Samuel Eto’o weds longtime girlfriend in Italy

Ex-Cameroon international and former Barcelona and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto’o on Tuesday got married to his long-term girlfriend, Georgette Tra…

Death toll in Ghana’s flood rises to 10

The death toll in the flood in the southern Ghana city of Cape Coast has increased from five to 10,…

Pictures: Bayo Onanuga, NAN MD, visits EFCC

The new Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Bayo Onanuga on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit…

EFCC docks two impostors

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mohammed Sufyanu and Abbas Attahiru, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the…

Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin

A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…

Rev Ayokunle emerges new CAN President

The President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Rev. Supo Ayokunle, has emerged the new President of the Christian Association…

NAN pledges support for EFCC

The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed the readiness of the agency to further support…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

Dariye’s Trial: Defence makes u-turn, shelves no-case submission

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on Tuesday before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a…

APC blasts PDP, you are suffering from past sins

The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abuja has described as baseless and laughable allegations of a faction…

Court jails two oil thieves six years

Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Paul Etim and…

Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness

The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.) by the…

Ambode, Ovia, Alakija, others team up to battle cancer

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede; Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia and…

Blood Donor Day: Lagos hospitals need 70,000 unit of blood annually

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the World Blood Donor Day, the Lagos State Government has revealed that both public…