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Encomiums As Oba Akiolu Clocks 70

As  Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, clocked 70 today, there has been an outpouring of congratulatory messages and commendations from…

How Kelvin, Ozekhome’s Kidnapper Operated, By Aide

Kelvin Onyiara, the dreaded kidnap kingpin who abducted human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, had recruited and trained over 300…

Nigerian Government Deaf And Dumb —ASUU

Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has condemned the attitude of the Federal Government towards the strike action embarked…

Fashola: Why I oppose Sovereign Wealth Fund

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday reiterated that Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth initiative was unconstitutional noting that he would…

11 die as storm lashes Europe

At least 11 people were killed on Monday as a fierce storm tore across northern Europe, causing mass disruption to…

Egypt: Deposed Morsi rejects court due to try him

Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi has rejected the authority of the court that is due to try him next week…

Police arrest dare-devil robbery gang members

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A confessed armed robber who had terrorised Nigeria’s western states in the last few years was today…

Suntai’s case goes to appeal court

A Nigerian High Court in the northern state of Taraba on Monday referred the case filed by Governor Danbaba Suntai…

Amosun sets up consultative advisory councils

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has declared that his administration can no longer wait…

Lagos speaker loses chief of staff to prostate cancer

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Monday mourned the death of Mr. Olusegun…

Nigeria, Israel sign BASA but Oduah absent

Nigeria and Israel have signed the Bilateral Air Services Agreement(BASA), in Jerusalem, but curiously without the loud presence of aviation…

Oshiomhole heckled after slamming dialogue panel as wasteful venture

. Edo State governor’s submission draws heckles from a mob of hired thugs Thugs believed to have been hired by…

Kaduna Speaker’s Removal: Court Fixes 6 Dec. For Judgement

A Kaduna High Court has fixed 6 December for ruling on the case brought by Alhaji Muazu Gangara challenging his…

Housewife Jailed 10 Years For Housekeeper’s Death

An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old woman, Chiamaka Nnajiofor, to 10 years imprisonment for her culpability in…

13 Ships Arrive With Petroleum Products

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said that 13 ships laden with petroleum products had arrived at the Lagos…

NGO To Create 63,000 Agric Jobs

A Birnin-Kebbi-based organisation, Youths In Agriculture, said it had registered 63,000 unemployed youths for its agricultural empowerment scheme aimed at…

Court Adjourns Ex-Gov’s Son’s Case

An FCT High Court has adjourned hearing in case filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Mustapha Audu,…

Osun Assembly To Scrap Agencies

The Osun House of Assembly On Monday in Osogbo threatened to recommend government agencies that were not performing to expectations…

NDLEA Arrests 158 Suspects

The Kebbi Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said on Monday that no fewer than158 suspected drug…

Navy Takes War To Oil Thieves In Creeks

The Nigerian Navy says it has shifted patrol from traditional deep sea to the creeks to tackle increasing crude oil…

Civilian JTF Warned Against Abuse Of Power

The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Monday warns members of the local vigilante group popularly called ‘Civilian…

Fashola, Others Pay Tribute At 10th Fidau For K.O. Tinubu

Tributes poured forth on Sunday for the late Patriarch of the Tinubu Family, Alhaji Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu, as relatives, friends…

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola And The Segregationist Prayer Warriors In Osun State

By Osuolale Alalade My first name is Aseez. You are likely to encounter the name in its many mangled variations…

Man Steals Dead Friend’s N200k

Two lovebirds simply identified as Nnaemeka and Nkechi, have been arrested and detained by the Delta State Police Command for…

Lagos Shuts Hospitals Over Untrained Personnel

A Lagos lawyer, Barrister Olufemi Ogundele, has been found dead in his apartment at Ejigbo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. The…

Akhigbe, Ex-Chief Of General Staff Critically Sick

Former  Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Okhai Akihgbe is lying critically ill in an American hospital. The former second…

Reports: Boko Haram may have killed 35 Nigerian soldiers

Thirty-five bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Damaturu, Yobe state, in Nigeria’s restive northeast after…

UK Can’t Deport Convicts To Nigeria —Falana

Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has vowed to sue the Nigerian government if the bill passed by the…

Jonathan’s South-South Stealing Nigeria Blind

Alhaji Isa Lawal Kaita, a Second Republic governor of Kaduna State and founding member of the People’s Democratic Forum, gives…

Worst storm in a decade to hit Britain overnight

LONDON(AFP) – Britain was braced on Sunday for its worst storm in a decade, with heavy rain and winds of…