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APC governors condemn police for recklessness on Rivers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressive Congress, APC, Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF, rose after an emergency…

NGF asks National Assembly to audit Nigeria’s account

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), on Thursday asked the National Assembly to hire an independent firm to audit…

Jonathan announces Tukur’s resignation

President Goodluck Jonathan has dramatically announced the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Executive…

Witness: Kenya mall gunman shouted ‘We are Shebab’

A witness in the trial of four men accused of helping the gunmen behind Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre described Thursday…

Okonjo-Iweala lectures Reps panel on Nigeria’s economy

They asked for comprehensive answers to fifty ‘knotty’ questions on the Nigerian economy. But the members of Nigeria’s House of…

Rise And Defend Democracy, APC Speakers Charge Nigerians

Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Progressive Speakers’ Conference, PSC, have asked Nigerians…

Lagos To Fight Ocean Surge With N12.5 Billion

The Lagos State Government is to fight ocean surge with N12.5 billion this year. This is contained in the 2014…

Encomiums For Akande At 75

It was encomiums galore for the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, as he clocked…

Ibori’s Judge Quits

Justice Marcellus Idowu Awokulehin, the judge who gave former Delta State Governor, Onanefe James Ibori clean bill of health in…

Man Rapes Pupil, Gives Her N100

Ajobless man, Joseph John, 25, has been arrested by the police at Ilasan Division, Lekki, Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…

Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate

Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…

Stop sending your children to Cyprus, Reps tell Nigerian parents

The House of Representatives has warned Nigerian parents against sending their children and wards to Universities and other higher institutions…

Fraudster jailed for varsity admission scam

A Nigerian high court in Kano, presided over by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki has sentenced one Bashir Ahmed Haruna to…

Nigerian anti-gay law one of world’s harshest

By Peter Tatchell It was reported that last week, in a secret decision made without any public announcement, President Goodluck…

Jonathan sacks Nigeria’s military chiefs

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked almost all his military chiefs and appointed new officers to replace them.…
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Anti-gay law welcome by Sharia enforcers

Islamic law enforcers in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest city have vowed a crackdown on homosexual activity, in the wake of…

Ban Ki-Moon urges Nigeria review anti-gay law

UN chief Ban Ki-moon asked Nigeria to review a new law against homosexuality, fearing it “may fuel prejudice and violence,”…

WHO certifies Nigeria guinea-worm free

Nigeria has been declared a guinea worm free country by World Health Organisation (WHO), the federal government revealed on Wednesday.…

Edo doctors end strike

The Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its indefinite strike. The…

Tukur: I am still the PDP Chairman

Embattled National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he had not resigned his position as reported in…

Police boss probes shooting of Senator Abe

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident, last Sunday, in Rivers State, where…

Salami calls for restructuring of Nigeria’s judicial system

HENRY OJELU & JAMIU YISA The former President of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, has called for…

Nigeria Customs Service Gets 6 new DCGs, 11 ACGs

The Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday announced the appointment of six Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCG) and 11 Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACG) as…

Aregbesola unveils world’s tallest drum

The Centre for Black Culture and International Understandings based in osogbo, capital of the western Nigerian state of Osun has…

5 docked over gay clubs and receiving US fund

Five men have appeared in court in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi for allegedly forming a gay club, a…

Drama in Rivers: Another crowd backs CP Mbu, Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the Ogoni Leaders of Thought, under the canopy of Kagote, condemned the…

Nigeria counselled on how to tame Boko Haram

A deadly car bomb attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria has raised questions about Boko Haram’s capacity to…

Court Sacks Victor Umeh APGA Executive

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dissolved the executive committee of the Chief Victor Umeh-led faction…

Man Lands In Soup For Stealing Tomatoes

A man has found himself in a pot of soup after stealing a basket of tomatoes. The 29 year old…

Onyeka Onwenu @ 62: A Tribute

By  Ade Osijo Prior to the time I met Ms Onyeka Onwenu in person, I had always been swayed by…