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UPDATE: Lassa fever kills 101 in Nigeria

A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up…

Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum wins Lagos City Marathon

Kazeem Ugbodaga/Taiwo Adelu Abraham Kiptum of Kenya beat other top marathoners across the world to win the first Access Bank…

More terrorist groups to pledge allegiance to IS in 2016, says UN

Islamist sect, Boko Haram and 33 other militant groups from around the world have reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic…

Two collapse as Lagos Marathon gets underway

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos City Marathon which commenced around 7:30am on Saturday is still underway. The much anticipated marathon event has…
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Biodun Jeyifo: Reflections of a Radical Literary Critic, Theorist, Unionist and Columnist

He is clearly patrician in the way he acquires and disseminates knowledge but his general lifestyles are very simple but…

Bird flu: Kano State Govt. kills 340, 000 birds in 2 months

The Kano State Government said on Friday it had so far killed over 340, 000 birds since bird flu resurfaced…

Perm. Sec. in Police net over alleged attempt to sell baby

A serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, Dr Wisdom Sawyer, has been arrested by the Police over alleged attempt to sell…

Soldiers nab 5 suspected kidnappers of timber merchant

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Five suspected kidnappers a popular timber merchant have been arrested by soldiers of 19 Battalion of the…

Minister seeks collaboration with Goethe Institute

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for collaboration between the ministry and the Goethe Institute,…

Man attacked by epilepsy while driving, kills beggar, Injures 3 others

Femi Adi/ Kaduna A commercial driver on Friday in Kaduna killed a beggar and injured three other persons after he…

We’re probing PDP lawmaker over forgery of certificate of return – Edo Speaker

‎ The ‎Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has explained reasons why a‎ candidate of the Peoples…

Lawyer husband killer arraigned in Ibadan

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN A Nigerian lawyer, Mrs. Yewande Oyediran who stabbed her husband, Mr. Lowo Oyediran Ajanaku to death on Tuesday…

Lagos partners Finland on security, energy

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has struck a bilateral agreement to partner with Finland in key areas of security,…

Lagos commissions mobile courts

Henry Ojelu The Lagos State government Friday inaugurated five mobile court buses for road traffic offenders with a pledge to…

159 suspected hoodlums arrested, 8 cops injured

Kazeem Ugbodaga Suspected hoodlums have injured eight policemen in a raid on a criminal hideout at Iddo Terminus, while 159…

Malian base used by Nigerian police contingent under fire

An operational base used by a contingent of Nigerian policemen on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in strife-torn Mali has…

AGF urges NASS to join TSA for transparency

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has called on the Leadership of the National Assembly to allow for Treasury…

Buhari goes on short vacation

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is beginning a short vacation from today, February 5. He will be away till 10…

I will be vindicated, says a disappointed Saraki

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday expressed his disappointment over the judgment of the Supreme Court which…

Update: Dokpesi, Tinubu settle libel case out of court

Henry Ojelu The Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi Friday tendered an unreserved apology to the National Leader of…

How Europe is trying to kill millions of Africans – Prof Alexia Thomas

Professor Alexia Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth Liberation Party, TCLP United Kingdom (UK), Chairman of Alliance Treaty Commission and President, Independent…

Dokpesi apologises to Tinubu over libellous documentary

Henry Ojelu Chairman emeritus of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has officially apologised to the National Leader of All…

Lagos charges pilgrims to imbibe Godly virtues

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged pilgrims who returned from pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Israel to imbibe the godly…

Pastor dupes Sokoto bizman over spiritual solution

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Sokoto State-based businessman, Ogochukwu Raphael, is now stranded after he came to Lagos, western Nigeria, to visit…

Supreme Court dismisses Saraki’s suit, okays CCT to try him

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal will go on after the…

Breaking: Tinubu, Dokpesi settle libel suit out of court

Henry Ojelu National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has agreed to accept an unreserved apology…

NPAN To Minister: We’ll join fight against corruption

The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Thursday reiterated its commitment to the fight against corruption in the country, insisting…

False Asset Declaration: Supreme Court decides Saraki’s fate today

Nigeria’s Supreme Court will give its verdict today in the appeal filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki, challenging his trial…

Mbaka: Priest, Politician Or Renegade? By Reuben Abati

Catholic priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination, some of them have served in government positions, some were…

Man, 60, faces N700k fraud charge in Lagos

A 60-year-old landlord, Olasina Giwa, on Monday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos charged with fraud…