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Send Me To Jail, Accused Tells Judge

A 35-year old university graduate, Adesokan Ifeoluwa, who allegedly took N1.4 million from his lover with a promise to marry…

14 Die As Vehicle Plunges Into River

No fewer than 14 people died in an accident when a vehicle plunged into a river on Bahindi-Kende road in…

Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud

The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State,  northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded…

Give Them A Dose Of Pain!

By Adeleke Adeeko No observer of contemporary Nigerian Christianity can be unaffected by the church songs. I refer to the…

Nigeria book Ethiopia for final World Cup Qualifier

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be visiting Ethiopia in October in the first of the two leg final qualification match for…

PDP slams dissenters as media headline seekers

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, on Sunday accused desperate politician of exaggerating challenges…

4 Boko Haram suspects killed by Vigilantes

Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria killed four suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and captured seven others before handing…

Enyimba Lift Federation Cup In Lagos

Sunday Akintoye Former Africa champions, Enyimba Football Club of Aba Sunday evening recorded victory over Warri Wolves Football Club to…

‘New PDP’ treasurer crosses back to Tukur-PDP

The National Treasurer of the `New’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, has resigned from the faction’s National…

Kidnapped Archbishop Kattey freed

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Anglican Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey, and the Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria kidnapped eight…

Abubakar, Nigeria’s police boss remarries

Nigeria’s foremost police chief, Mohammed Abubakar, 53, has remarried in Abuja, 19 months after he lost his first wife, Maryam.…

Agagu, ex governor hypertensive, says son

Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday…

21,193 students in Lagos pass WASCE, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday said 21,193 out of the 51,604 students in the state…

In Afghanistan, soccer provides reason to celebrate

Bad news is almost synonymous with Afghanistan. If it is not Afghan Taliban bombing Americans or killing people, it is…

Senator Mark, others mourn Agagu

Nigeria’s Senate President David Mark on Saturday mourned the death of former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu,…

Reports: Agagu, Ex Ondo governor dies

Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, a former Governor of Ondo State, in western Nigeria has died. He was aged 65. Agagu,…

Thunder strikes 4 persons dead

Four persons were killed on Friday when thunder struck at Mechanic Village in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State,…

Police end blockade to Rivers Government House

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After widespread public condemnation of the Police blockade of the access road to one of the entrances…

Uduaghan showers Okagbare with gifts, training fund

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Nigeria’s silver medalist at the recently concluded International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Moscow Championships, Blessing Okagbare has been…

Bayelsa mulls stopping sponsorship of pilgrims

Governor of the oil-rich Nigerian state of Bayelsa on Friday said that his government would gradually begin to withdraw its…

SURE-P’s graduate internship fails

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Reports have shown that the Graduate Internship of Nigeria’s Federal Government’s Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme appears to…

Tukur fails to stop Baraje-PDP

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja For the second time since the factionalisation of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a Federal…

Boko Haram Bombs Police Station: 2 Cops Killed

Gunmen with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing two officers and injuring another…

Kwara CAN Decries Marginalisation Of Christians

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State chapter, has decried the perceived marginalisation of Christians in the central Nigerian…

6 Fake LASTMA Officials Arrested

Six fake officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have been arrested by the Lagos State Taskforce on…

Ozekhome: My Ordeal in the hands of kidnappers

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer and senior advocate, Mike Ozekhome, who was released Wednesday by kidnappers in Benin, has recounted his…

FG delays funds to states, says Governor Amosun

An indication that Nigeria’s Federal Government may be having financial stress, despite denials, has been given by Governor Ibikunle Amosun…

Kano shuts 2 medical centres, arrests operators

The Kano State Government, in northern Nigeria on Thursday ordered the closure of two health centres for alleged unethical practise,…

APC to register members October

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will begin the registration of its members…

Police block Gov. Amaechi from residence

Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State was denied access by the Nigerian police to his private residence in the…