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NIMASA staff send fresh petition to FG, demand closure of ‘illegal’ London office

A group referred to as the Concerned Staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA), has sent a petition…

Dead man dumped on Ogun road

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ago Oko area in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State woke up Wednesday morning…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs boss goes tough, sends DSS after corrupt officers

Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali has requested for the files of serving Customs officers found to have been involved in…

PICTURES: 50 World Editors launched in grand style

Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Here are photos from the public presentation of the book titled ’50 World Editors’, written by…

ISIS-inspired attack on Pope foiled

A 15 year-old boy was arrested in Philadelphia for planning an attack on Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to…

INEC admits only 293,072 voters accredited for Rivers guber polls – Official

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that only 293,072 voters were accredited for the April 11 governorship…

12 killed from two families in Utah flash floods

Los Angeles (AFP) – The death toll from flash floods that have struck the western state of Utah rose to…

Man, 37, jailed for life for raping his two daughters

A 37-year old South African man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his two young daughters‚ Gauteng…

Bukola Saraki in new 13-count corruption scandal

Nigeria’s Senate President and former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, will begin a fresh bid to get himself out…

Hold the EU, NATO responsible for migrant crisis, says Zuma

The South African President Jacob Zuma says the EU and NATO should be held responsible for the migrant crisis because…

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, 91, delivers wrong speech in parliament

AFP – Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament…

Card Reader malfunctioned in most PUs, INEC tells Akwa Ibom election tribunal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) opened its defence at the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Pension Scam: EFCC arraigns 4 for defrauding FG of N1.2bn

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 arraigned four persons before Justice Abubakar Talba of…

FG plans zero-based budgeting for 2016, says Osinbajo

The Federal Government is planning to use a zero-based budgeting format for its 2016 budget planning, the Vice President of…

Akwa Ibom Senate: Akpabio witnesses goof before tribunal

Hearing in the Akwa Ibom senatorial election matter continued on Tuesday with the witnesses for the respondent, Godswill Akpabio by…

FG negotiating with Boko Haram over Chibok girls, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari told members of the Nigerian community in France under the aegis Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation that his…

Diamond Bank dragged to court for trespassing on landed property

Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos high court in Southwest, Nigeria has adjourned for judgement, a suit instituted by the family of…

Ogun Judge orders detention of 7 journalists, snake frees them

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice N.I. Agbelu of the High Court 1, Ota ordered the arrest and detention of seven journalists at…

Kim Kardashian, sisters launch individualized apps

New York (AFP) – Four members of the Kardashian clan, including Kim herself, have launched personalized apps designed to provide…

FG moves to pay arrears of salaries, allowances to workers

Federal Government on Tuesday ordered its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to compile the names of all public service employees who…

ICPC returns recovered N1billion looted by civil servants

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has handed over the sum of N924 million looted by…

Accountant lands in prison over alleged N20m fraud

Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, Milvertaon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned a former…

Building Collapse: Surveyors demand stiffer safety adherence culture

Kazeem Ugbodaga Worried by the frequent incidence of collapsed buildings and other avoidable accidents in the country, the Association of…

Magistrate declines to free man who blinded wife

Cyriacus Izuekwe There was a mild drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ court on Tuesday after the presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E. Adeyemi…

Ekiti students, pupils to pay education levy

As part of the decisions arrived at during the recently held Education Summit in Ekiti State, students of public secondary…

Lagos lawmakers to re-order 2015 budget

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday began a study of the proposal for the re-ordering of…

Bamanga Tukur quits PDP, partisan politics

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Bamanga Tukur, has retired from the party and from partisan…

Ojuelegba tragedy: Truck owner arraigned

AKIN KUPONIYI The owner of the truck whose container fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba overhead bridge, in Lagos,…

92-yr-old ardent Buhari supporter not abandoned — APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports in a section of the media that Haj Maitalle Tara Koko, the…

Lagos Assembly plans single term for VCs, Rectors, others

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly is to begin an amendment to the state laws establishing tertiary institutions…