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Man arrested for theft of 12-month-old baby

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year-old man has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a 12-month-old baby in Lagos State,…

Contractor takes N600m from FG, fails to execute project

The Federal Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate abandonment of project by contractors after collecting money for…

Security opeartives from Abuja storm Rivers to arrest PDP boss

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Federal security agents from Abuja have arrived Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to arrest Felix Obuah,…

Ambode returns to school for anniversary

Daniels Ekugo Saint Jude’s Primary School, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is celebrating its 132nd anniversary 20 March, 2016, and will…

Striking Ogun workers resume

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Workers in the public service in Ogun State resumed Thursday at their duty posts after the suspension of…
University of Ibadan

UI matriculates 4008 Thursday

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, (UI), Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka has disclosed that out of the 50,000 applications…

Corruption, obstacle to economic growth – Sagay

Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption says corruption is an obstacle to economic growth, development of the…
Suspected pirates

Nigerian Navy arrests 11 for attempting to stowaway

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Wednesday in Lagos said it had arrested an impersonator and 11 suspects for…

6 questions African policymakers must answer now by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The “Africa rising” story of the past decade, fueled by 5 per cent average annual growth, is in danger of…

El Rufai raises alarm over planned security breach on Gbagyi Villa

The Kaduna State Government has alerted the public that some groups want to cause a security breach in Gbagyi Villa…

INEC sued by 680 politicians

About 680 politicians dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission to court, immediately after the 2015 elections. But a lot of…

Senate fails to pass 2016 Budget

The Senate on Wednesday said that the Thursday deadline fixed for passage of the 2016 Appropriation Bill was no longer…

Wike calls for Amaechi’s arrest

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt ama The Rivers State Government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has called on security operatives to adhere…

Ogun workers suspend strike

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Leadership of the Labour Unions in Ogun state, western Nigeria, has called off the strike action in the…

Governor Wike’s ally declared wanted over illegal arms possession

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Police Force has given reason as to why it declared an ally of Rivers State…

PDP condemns postponement of FCT council polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the postponement of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Area Council election from March…
12 people escape death on Ondo road

Auto crash kills 10 in Ogun

No fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in an accident, involving a Mazda bus and an articulated vehicle at…
Awujale cancels 2021 Ojude Oba festival

Awujale Vs Alake: Amosun sues for peace

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The face off between two paramount rulers in Ogun State, Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona…

Fayose praises teacher who returned N101k, offers job to husband

A school teacher, Mrs. Ayodele Grace,on Wednesday returned to the coffers of Ekiti State Government, the sum of N101,000 wrongly…

The only way for Nigeria now is to go up—Osinbajo

Despite the economic challenges the nation is currently facing, Nigeria’s trajectory is upward with the level of patriotic planning that…

Maiduguri attack an indication Boko Haram is dying – Buratai

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, has said Wednesday’s twin attack on a mosque in Maiduguri,…

Gabriel Suswam impersonator jailed

Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to two years…

Badeh used N3bn of AirForce funds to acquire properties – Witness

The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March…

Igbokwe jailed 37 years for duping American $40m

Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted a 19-year old secondary school…

Kogi governor orders Head of Service to proceed on compulsory leave

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has ordered state Head of Service, Mr Moses Atakpa to proceed on a 30-day compulsory…

NNPC denies embezzling N3.2trillion

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has debunked a report by the auditor-general which alleged that it had failed to…

Lagos tests Lekki Gardens’ buildings

The Lagos State Material Testing Laboratory said it had carried out preliminary test on all buildings constructed by Lekki Gardens…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

PDP will bounce back, says Ali Modu Sheriff

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, has expressed confidence that the party would regain its lost…

Troops kill Boko Haram fighters, recover APC

Nigerian troops have recorded more success as it continues to clear out the remnants of Boko Haram camps in reported…