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Female banker, accomplice face trial for withdrawing N5.8m from Customer’s account

Paul Iyoghojie A female Business Manager with an old generation bank in Ikotun Egbe branch, Lagos, Oyetade Bukky, 38, has…

For the love of Nigerians, Saraki dumps senate work for PR

Seun Bisuga Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has added a new job function to his long Résumé. The number one…

UI staff shut school over non-payment of allowance

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In what appears to be the first baptism of fire for the administration of the 12th Vice Chancellor…

Military to shut markets aiding Boko Haram operations in Borno, Yobe

The Nigerian Army has announced plans to close designated markets in Yobe and Borno where traders have been found to…

Beko Ransome-Kuti: Requiem for a Humanist by Ebenezer Obadare

By Ebenezer Obadare Today marks the tenth anniversary of Dr. Bekololari Ransome-Kuti’s unexpected passing on February 10, 2006. Born in…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

AIG tasks commissioners over kidnapping, robbery attacks, raping

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5,‎ Musa Daura, has given the marching orders to Commissioners of Police…

Study unveils secret of good sex. It’s so simple!

Saying ‘I love you’ during sex is the thing that is most likely to make you and your partner feel…

British pilot jailed 19 years for smuggling cocaine

A British court on Tuesday jailed the pilot of a light-aircraft for 19 years after he was convicted of smuggling…

Another Nigerian couple enslave nanny for 2 years

A Nigerian couple based in Houston-area, Texas accused of enslaving a Nigerian woman to care for their five children and…

FG admits errors in 2016 budget, perpetrators face punishment

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Tuesday said the errors in the 2016 Budget were due…

Buhari never said Nigerians are criminals – Presidency

The Presidency has reacted to the brouhaha that followed the interpretation of an interview that its number one citizen, President…

The 250 protesting soldiers were recalcitrant – Army

The Nigerian Army has described the 250 protesting dismissed soldiers as recalcitrant, noting that, “they are simply not interested in…

Why National Assembly refused to pass 2016 budget

Nigerian lawmakers announced on Tuesday that with the gross distortions and bogus allocations being discovered in many areas of the…

Nigerian Army arrest two soldiers working with Boko Haram

Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of two soldiers who are Explosive Ordinance Device personnel attached to 143 Battalion believed…

Nigerian army warns Boko Haram collaborators

The Nigerian Army has warned all collaborators and sympathizers of Boko Haram in the country, noting that, that would be…

Nnamdi Kanu: FG seeks court protection for witnesses

The Federal Government on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to allow the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,…

PICTURES: Ben Bruce switches to ‘Made In Aba’ products

Action speaks louder than words and that’s what Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East constituency is portraying by patronizing…
PDP begins move to overturn Sen Utazi's resignation

Senate pledges support for EFCC

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, has expressed the readiness of the…

Cart pusher steals 83 pairs of ladies’ shoes

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old cart pusher, Obinna Eze, who allegedly burgled a shop and stole 83 pairs…

Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling

Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…

Olunloyo, Awe, Oyebola want review of Ibadan traditional chieftaincy system

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Eminent Nigerians and scholars Tuesday called for an urgent review of the Ibadan chieftaincy tradition to encourage younger,…

Metuh, wife bought N500m property in Banana Island – Witness

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh…

Fayose advises Buhari on 2016 Budget

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in the western part of Nigeria, on Tuesday asked President Mohammadu Buhari…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

DSS in harvests of arrests, nabs ISIS recruiter, other suspects

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service said on Tuesday that it has arrested Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a…

N371m Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Saraki’s cousin, Moronfoye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 re-arraigned the duo of immediate past Kwara State…

Police arrest 4 suspects, recover 5 AK-47 rifles

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Rivers State Police Command Tuesday at about 5 am stormed the criminal hideout in…

250 dismissed soldiers beg Buhari for reinstatement

Femi Adi/Kaduna The 250 soldiers who were dismissed from Nigerian Army School of Infantry for lateness to training parade, have…

42 erring cops undergo reformation

Cyriacus Izuekwe & Yusuf Muhammed Forthy-two officers of the Nigeria Police Force who had committed various infractions in the course…

Lagos Deputy Gov condoles with Mobolaji Johnson over wife’s death

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, has paid a condolence visit to the former Military Governor of Lagos…