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Nominees for Lagos water board to wait for House nod

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Monday suspended the confirmation of four nominees…

Jonathan, EFCC not fighting corruption, says Tambuwal

Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, said President Goodluck Jonathan led executive branch of government…

Task Force Demolishes Shops In Abattoir

Tears flowed freely from traders this morning at the popular Abattoir Market in the Agege area of Lagos State, western…

‘I Come To Lagos To Buy Babies’

Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria have intensified efforts to recover all the stolen…

FG Summons VCs, ASUU To Abuja

Following the refusal of university lecturers to resume classes at the expiration of the 9 December ultimatum, the Federal Government…

Honour For Iyayi

University lecturers, activists and students stage a solidarity march in honour of the late Professor Iyayi  Death may be inevitable,…

Government Doesn’t Deserve Our Trust

Dr. Nasir Fagge Isa, National President, Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, tells AYORINDE OLUOKUN why members of the union…

Mandela On Marble

• When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but…

Mandela The President

As president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was more of a nation builder than a governor My installation as the…

Mandela: His Wars Against Apartheid

Mandela’s battles against apartheid-centred regimes in South Africa assure his prominence in global history His generation was born into racial…

On The Passing Of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

On 5 December 2013, at ten minutes to nine o’clock South African time, Nelson R. Mandela, popularly known as Madiba,…

Mandela: The Ladies’ Man

Women were attracted to him; he to them, but the relationships were not all blissful The most popular image of…

Mandela: His Life And Legacy

Immortal Former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa dies after a long battle with illness It was at the Odeon…

Crusade To Close Down Beer Parlours Kicks Off in Lagos

Simon Ateba/Lagos A crusade to shut down beer parlours, reduce crime and depopulate the kingdom of darkness in Ogba area…

Catholicism and Hell: Chris Okotie tackled

Bankole Opeyemi John Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God,…

Crisis looms in Adamawa APC

A major crisis looms in the Adamawa state branch of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress over who should control the party…

Niger state bans motorcycles in Minna

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state, central Nigeria on Sunday ordered the enforcement of the traffic law banning the operations…

South Africans pray for Mandela

South Africans crowded into churches, mosques, temples and synagogues on Sunday to remember Nelson Mandela, encouraged by their president to…

Jonathan to attend memorial for Mandela in Jo’burg

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, just back from a visit to Germany and France will leave Abuja Monday evening to join…

Why Aliyu, Oyinlola Didn’t Join APC

Folarin Ademosu Interim National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed, has said the reason Niger State Governor Aliyu…

Jonathan: PDP remains the party to beat in 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) notwithstanding, it remains the party…

Sudan’s Bashir names two new vice presidents

KHARTOUM (AFP) – Sudan’s ruling party on Sunday named as senior vice president a man once dubbed a “sinister” defender…

2 Nigerians jailed over £19million internet scam

Two young Nigerians based in Manchester, United Kingdom have been punished by a Crown Court for their part in a…

Road block dismantling slashes police corruption, says IG

The Inspector General of Nigerian Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said the dismantling of roadblocks has reduced corruption in the police…

ASUU strike: Senator Bagudu condemns ultimatum to lecturers

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin As the ultimatum given to university lecturers in the country by the federal government to resume work or…

Oshiomhole renames school in honour of Festus Iyayi

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), civil society groups and sympathizers on Saturday attended the funeral…

South Africa planning a historic funeral for Mandela

A grieving South Africa started preparing Saturday for what has been dubbed ‘a historic, unprecedented’, funeral for Nelson Mandela. Presidents,…

Nigeria not ripe for state police, says Abubakar

Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria is not ripe for state police, the country’s top cop said on Saturday, adding that political interference…

Okupe’s comparison of Jonathan and Mandela ignites reactions

Seun Bisuga Nigerians have reacted to Dr. Doyin Okupe’s comparison of President Goodluck Jonathan to the late iconic South African…

How Nigeria’s nouveau riche live it big in London

UK magazine, TATLER in its December 2013 edition focusses on the lifestyle both in Nigeria and the UK of Nigeria’s…