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Curfew slammed in Kaduna villages after scores died

By Femi Adi/Kaduna A 24 hour curfew has been slammed on Sanga local government area, in the northern state of…

Bomb fails to hit police target

The Police Commissioner in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, Mr John Abakasanga, on Wednesday confirmed that a blast occurred in Mubi…

Breaking news: Scores feared dead in fresh Abuja bombing

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Scores of people were feared dead in a deadly explosion that occurred at a popular shopping mall, Emab…

Professional Pick Pocket Sentenced

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 22-year old man, Riliwan Jimoh, arrested and convicted for stealing has confessed before Magistrate M. B. Folami…

Edo Lawmakers Hold Session Under Umbrella

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly degenerated to a ridiculous dimension this morning as the members…

Nigerian Fraudster Arrested In Dubai

A suspected Nigerian fraudster, Mr. Lateef Adedoja, has been arrested in Dubai for allegedly committing several offences ranging from issuance…

Kokori Launches June 12 Memoir

The former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Frank Kokori today presented his…

Osun Gov Election: Aregbesola, Omisore At War

As the 9 August governorship election in Osun State draws near, the leading governorship candidates, incumbent Governor, Rauf Aregbesola of…

PDP Can Never Win Rivers —APC 

Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has dismissed as a fluke, last Saturday’s dislodgement of…

Ritualists’ Den Discovered In Lagos

Damilare Okunola & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A ritualists’ den has been discovered in Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…

Robbers Kill 4 Policemen, Others

Jethro Ibileke/Benin  Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a bullion van conveying money from Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area…

Confab’s death penalty for rapists won’t work

A human rights activist, Adenike Ibitara, on Wednesday said National Conference’s recommendation of death penalty for persons guilty of rape…

Traffic Jam Paralyses Lagos Roads

Adebobola Alawode Motorists and commuters were trapped in traffic for several hours today on Ikorodu Road, Apapa-Oshodi expressway, 3rd Mainland…

Ogbulafor: Court postpones N107mn contract scam judgement

Justice Ishaq Bello of FCT High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment till July 24 in a case filed by ICPC…

Confab: Over 2,000 Nigerians in prisons abroad

The National Conference Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters said on Tuesday that no fewer than 2,048 Nigerians are…

Confab adopts Diaspora voting, establishment of Commission

The National Conference on Tuesday adopted the report of its Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters for Diaspora voting…

Ogun PDP Loses 1,000 Members To Labour Party

Over 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State on Thursday, 21 June, 2014, decamped to the…

‘Responsible Leadership Will Eradicate Corruption’

Yisa Jamiu Former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministe Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that no sector in Nigeria is free…

Police arrest more than 1,000 in World Cup betting crackdown

Thai police said Wednesday they have arrested more than 1,000 people, including four foreigners, in a crackdown on illegal betting…

‘Ekiti Poll Raises Bar For 2015 Elections’

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), an NGO, on Monday said that the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State had raise…

Ramadan: Prices Of Food Items Stable

Prices of food items have remained stable in some markets in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara, less than one…

We did not steal World Bank N13.5bn loan – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday explained that his government did not steal Education loan it got from…

Kerry arrives Brussels for NATO talks on Ukraine, Iraq

US Secretary of State John Kerry huddled with European allies ahead of key NATO talks Wednesday, after a whirlwind visit…

63 Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike

Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of…

Police begin anti-terrorism campaign in Abia

The Abia Police Command has commenced an anti-terrorism campaign as part of measures to sensitise and raise the security consciousness…

ASUP, Senators meeting postponed

Damilare Okunola The proposed meeting between members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and the Senate Committee on…

Fake GLO Ambassador bags 2 years jail term

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe today sentenced one Khalil Ahmed Bappa, 29, who…

Reinstate graft charges against Abacha, says Transparency International

Global anti-corruption agency, Transparency International on Tuesday condemned the recent decision of the Federal government to withdraw N446.3 billion corruption…

Ebola crisis: EU increases emergency funding

The European Commission said it is allocating an additional 500, 000 euros to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening…

Boko Haram kidnaps 60 women, girls in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest…