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Witness cashed 303 cheques for pension director

A High Court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Thursday heard that an accused, Veronica Onyegbula, cashed 303 cheques…

Sack Stella Oduah Now, TMG Tells Jonathan

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has lamented the continued presence of Nigeria’s embattled Minister of Aviation in the…

Amosun appoints new chief of staff

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Government of the western Nigerian state of Ogun today announced the appointment of Professor Ganiyu Olatunji…

Ojikutu Seeks To Quash Criminal Charge

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, Thursday morning adjourned till 31 October, 2013 for the hearing of…

Naira Devaluation: Reps To Summon Sanusi, Okonjo-Iweala

The House of Representatives has mandated its committees to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam…

Police Urge Lagosians To Be More Security Conscious

As they get deeper into the ‘Ember months’, the police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, Wednesday urged residents to be…

Dismissed MOPOL Jailed

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a dismissed Mobile policeman (MOPOL), Omopariola Muritala, 42, to 30 months in…

Cholera Hits 7 States, 80 Dead

An outbreak of cholera, a disease that causes unrestrained stooling and vomitting, has hit Lagos and six other states in…

Food Poisoning Kills Man, Wife, Kids Battle For Life

A man called Salim Adebayo has died of food poisoning while doctors are battling to save the lives of his…

SSS Prevents Press Coverage Of Boko Haram Suspect

There was pandemonium at the Federal High Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, Thursday morning when armed operatives of the State Security…

Outrage As Oduah Follows Jonathan To Israel

Nigerians have expressed shock and indignation over the trip to Israel by Stella Oduah, the embattled minister of aviation, who…

Nigerian pirates kidnap 2 US sailors

Armed pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both…

ASUU strike: ex-president urges parties face real issues

Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, the immediate past President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for patriotic approach in…

Reports: US baby cured of AIDS

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection…

3 die in cholera outbreak in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Three persons have been confirmed dead as cholera outbreak hit Lagos. The Lagos State Government in a prompt…

Nigeria: Rape victim commits suicide

The Nigerian police in the southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl committed suicide after a gang…
Appeal Court affirms victory Ede Dafinone of APC in the Delta Central senatorial district election conducted on 25 February

No election in Delta Central, alleges Dafinone

Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Chief Ede Dafinone says Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ coming to Nigeria soon

Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ is on his way to Nigeria as your text, voice and internet conversations will now be monitored…

2,700 Niger Delta ex-militants for ICT, agriculture training

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, approved N807 million for the training of 2,700 non-militant Niger Delta…

Fayose wants court to strike out EFCC charge

Former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday urged the Federal High Court in Ado…

Kwara governor sacks cabinet

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Six returnee pilgrims with Boko Haram ties arrested

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of six pilgrims, who returned from…

Court puts Nwoye on ballot, strikes out Ukachukwu

A Nigerian Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Port Harcourt nullified the recognition of Nicholas Ukachukwu as the PDP candidate…

PDP rejects council poll result

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the southern Nigerian state of Edo on Wednesday in Benin, the capital, rejected the…

Amosun assures owners of demolished homes on compensation

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has declared that all the owners of…

Kano sets date for council polls

The Independent Electoral Commission in the northwestern state of Kano says the local government elections will hold on 17 May…

Jonathan probes Oduah’s scandal, queries her

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan, departing to Jerusalem for pilgrimage later tonight, has set up a three man panel to…

BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…

Tinubu Decries Precarious State Of The Nation

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has decried the precarious state of the…

Unending woes for Berlusconi, charged with bribery

An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party’s…