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CJN, Adoke, NBA Extol Justice Alagoa At 70

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, on Friday described retired Justice Stanley Alagoa, as a “distinguished judicial…

UN Chief Bemaons Death Of 82 Africans In Boat Mishap

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres, has expressed shock at the capsizing of a boat off the…

Extortion: Court Remands Ex-Cop

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a former policeman to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly extorting money…

Lagos doctors stabilise Feyi Agagu, moved to new ward

Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are battling to save the life of Feyi Agagu, the son…

Ex-Rivers Speaker, Tonye Harry, Dies

Rt. Hon Tonye Harry, the immediate past Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, has passed on. P.M.NEWS learnt that…

First Class Graduate Shot Dead By Cop

A 30-year old first class graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu, has been shot dead…

Boko Haram Kills 70 Teachers, Destroys 50 Schools —Amnesty International

Between January and now, the Boko Haram insurgency has claimed the lives of at least 70 teachers and scores of…

Lagos Begins Biometric Verification Of Pensioners

The Lagos State Government has begun the biometric verification of 9,234 pensioners who retired from the civil service and judicial…

Robbery Suspect Dies In Custody

An armed robbery suspect, Emmanuel Oyibo, has died in prison custody. He was facing trial at the FCT High Court…

Thousands abandon schools in Boko Haram states, says AI

In its latest report on the insurgency in north east Nigeria, Amnesty International the frequent deadly attacks on schools by…

Kwankwaso: National conference will divide Nigerians

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, has condemned the call for a national conference, saying…

3 names missing in manifest of crashed plane

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Brazil-made Embraer 120 plane which crashed on Thursday in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, killing at least 13…

Agagu for burial tomorrow

FOLARIN ADEMOSU Barring any last minute hitch, the remains of Chief Olusegun Agagu, former Governor of the western Nigerian state…

Nigerian military bombs Boko Haram camp

Nigeria’s military said it has launched air strikes on a Boko Haram camp, killing several Islamists, near a northeastern college…

Sons of Agagu, Falae on ill-fated flight, Obasanjo’s son not there

It has been confirmed that Feyi, the son of late former Governor Olusegun Agagu, and Deji Falae son of former…

Lagos Mourns Plane Crash Victims

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has mourned victims of the Associated Airline plane crash in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this…

Lagos Plane Crash Update:14 Dead, Six Survivors

Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent Fourteen people died and six others survived from Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, the country’s…

N77m Fraud: Ex-Oyo Commissioner, Others, Remanded In Prison

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of Kazeem Adedeji, a former Oyo State Commissioner for…

Agagu’s Community Got Premonition Of Tragedy —Family Member

A member of the late Dr  Olusegun Agagu’s family, Chief Sehindemi Oguntoye, on Thursday said the community had received premonition…

Lagos Mourns Plane Crash Victims

The Lagos State Government has mourned victims of the Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria this morning.…

Late Agagu’s Ibadan Residence In Gloom

The residence of late former Governor Olusegun Agagu wore a sombre look on Thursday as news of the plane crash…

Outrage Over Ban On Tokunbo Cars

Nigerians have decried the Federal Government’s ban on the importation of fairly used cars, popularly known as tokunbo cars, into…

Disagreement Stalls Trade Fair Facelift

Redevelopment of the Lagos International Trade Fair site has stopped due to some disagreement between the concessionaire and traders at…

I Have Burgled 15 Houses —Suspect

A suspected serial house burglar, Sunday Johnson, has confessed that he has burgled at least 15 houses after he was…

Plane Carrying Agagu’s Corpse Crashes In Lagos

An Associated Airlines plane conveying the corpse of the late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday…

Saudi Arabia: 4 Men Get 10-Year Jail, 2000 Lashes For Public Dancing

A Saudi court has sentenced four men to up to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for dancing “naked”…

Plane Crash: Agagu’s casket intact, but 2 children die

The casket carrying the corpse of Chief Olusegun Agagu, the former governor of Ondo state was found intact in the…

Plane crash latest: FAAN confirms 15 dead, 5 survivors

Simon Ateba/Lagos An Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people, just minutes after taking off…

8 bodies recovered in Lagos plane crash

Five persons were said to have survived the Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria this morning. The plane…

Plane crashes in Lagos, 20 feared dead

An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos. The plane…