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Don’t Incite Igbos Against Lagos, Fashola Warns Obi

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has warned his counterpart in Anambra State, Peter Obi not to incite the…

UNIBEN sacks professor, others for misconduct

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Authorities of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, have sacked 16 senior academic and non academic staff members, including…

Man flees after wife delivers triplets

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A farmer in the western Nigerian state of Ogun has abandoned his wife after she delivered triplets.…

ICPC docks alleged operator of fake university

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, on Thursday arraigned Mr. David Iornem…

Russia offers US secret leaker asylum

Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after Russia granted him refugee status,…

Opposition threatens showdown over Mugabe’s ‘victory’

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s allies declared Thursday that the veteran leader had romped to an election victory, a claim rejected…

Presidential candidate arrested over N66m scam

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, at the 2011 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief…

Alaba Bizman Hacked To Death

A businessman and an importer of musical equipment at Alaba International Market, Ojo area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…

Excitement Over APC Registration

There has been excitement over the registration of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…

Baba Oloja Crisis: Soldiers, Policemen Storm Ladipo Market

Armed soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the popular Ladipo Market, Mushin Lagos, southwest Nigeria following the tension generated…

Mandela Spends 56th Day In Hospital

Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday evening.…

Stop Playing Politics With Relocation Of Destitute —Igbokwe

An Igbo leader in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe has warned critics not to play politics with the recent relocation of…

Duped Ketu House Seekers Set Up Blackberry Group

Duped Ketu house seekers have set up a blackberry group to stay in touch with one another while they try…

One North: A Professor’s Faulty Logic

Ango Abdullahi’s assertion that Northerners have enough votes to elect one of their own as Nigeria’s president is false  As…

Bombastic English Made In Edo State!

Edo State, in the middle of Southern Nigeria has refurbished the Queens English. It now has its own version solely…

Nigerian village cleared of deadly lead poisoning

Medical charity MSF said Wednesday a Nigerian village in Zamfara State that suffered an unprecedented and deadly lead poisoning outbreak…

Manko debunks alleged ‘deportation’ of Igbos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Security Council has debunked deportation of 67 Igbos to Anambra State, saying the affected people indicated…

Fashola nominates Gbeleyi as new finance commissioner

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has nominated the Director-General of the State’s Office of Public – Private Partnerships…

Nigeria closes case in Hezbollah-linked Lebanese trial

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja At the resumed trial of suspected Lebanese terrorists before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja…

ASUU faults appointment of OOU vice chancellor

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Olabisi Onabanjo University, has accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of…

Nigeria: Rivers majority leader charged

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chidi Llyod, the Leader of Rivers House of Assembly was today brought before Justice L. L Nyordee…

Report: Uncle Sam monitors all internet users

WASHINGTON, (AFP) – A secret surveillance system known as XKeyscore allows US intelligence to monitor “nearly everything a typical user…

APC: Tinubu, others applaud INEC

Torrents of reactions have greeted the birth of Nigeria’s newest party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, an amalgamation of the…

Obasanjo led AU observers laud Zimbabwe polls

African Union poll observers, led by Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo, said Zimbabwe’s crunch presidential election Wednesday had so far…

Nigerian Leaders Are Anti-Intellectual

Professor Ropo Sekoni, a retired university don, is the chair, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting. In addition to his…

Man Scales Fence For Sex With Mad Woman

Officials of the Lagos State Government have arrested a 21-year old man, Lateef Sulaiman, for allegedly scaling a 14-feet fence…

Duped Ketu House Seekers Storm Alausa

About 100 duped Ketu house seekers stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday with placards to seek help,…

Ladipo Market Factional Leader, Okoli Still In Prison

There is no reprieve yet for factional President of the Aguiyi Ironsi Traders Association, Ladipo, southwest Nigeria, Jonathan Okoli who…

Fake Herbalist Dupes 10, Arrested

A suspected fraudster who posed as a herbalist, an estate agent and phone repairer to dupe at least ten people…