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The Lagos Killer Trucks

In spite of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law, articulated truck drivers and container carriers have continued to terrorise road…

Lekki estate residents appeal to Governor Fashola

Residents of Lekki Phase 2 Estate , in the Eti Osa Local Government area of Lagos state, in Nigeria’s South…

Ailing Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday

Global celebrations and charity events will mark Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday Thursday, but the critically ill anti-apartheid hero himself may…

Appeal Court returns Umeh as APGA chairman

The Nigerian Court of Appeal sitting in eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on Monday nullified an Enugu High Court judgement…

Court affirms dethronement of monarch

The Nigerian Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the Eleruwa of…

Jonathan launches New HIV/AIDS Response Plan

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday launched a new initiative designed to achieve universal access to the prevention, treatment, care…

Ribadu: Truths, lies and my EFCC days

By Nuhu Ribadu I read Mahmud Jega’s Daily Trust column a fortnight ago, with the title “Gra-gra versus softly-softly”. It…

Traffic wardens boycott work after assault by cop

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency Monday abandoned their duty posts Monday to protest an attack…

Ogun ACN backs Amosun for second term

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Committee of Chairmen of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the 20 local government councils of…

Nigerian Army: Major al-Mustapha still in service

The Nigerian Army on Monday indicated that it would likely reinstate Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha into the service following the dismissal…

Presidency: Why Nigeria can’t stop Sudan’s al-Bashir

Nigeria’s presidency on Monday defended welcoming Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to the country for an African Union health summit despite…

100 Tenants Battle Over 13 Flats

Over a hundred tenants who were expecting to be given keys to their new apartments on Monday stormed Ketu area…

Outrage Over Reprieve For Al-Mustapha Persists

Nigerians have continued to express outrage over the recent Appeal Court judgement which discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…

Alfa, 3 Others Face Trial For Murder

An Islamic cleric, Alfa Lukeman Olamide, 30, and three other suspects, Kola Oladipo, 32, Ekene Ezenwa, 36, and Jude Ezeobi,…

Okogie Decries Crisis At Rivers Assembly

Anthony Cardinal Okogie, Archbishop Emeritus of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, on Sunday expressed displeasure over the recent brawl at the…

Lagos To Demolish 30 Houses In Ebute Meta

The Lagos State Government has marked 30 defective buildings for demolition at Ebute-Metta area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The action …

Impeach Jonathan Now, Accord Party Urges NASS

The national leadership of Accord Party,  AP, has thrown its weight behind the National Assembly over its decision to take…

Soyinka to Nigerian students: ‘don’t be discouraged’

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has urged Nigerian students, especially those residing in violence-prone areas of the…

Fashola: Lagos plants 4.6million trees

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State said the government planted 4.6 million trees in the last six…

NDLEA: Baba Suwe Heads To Supreme Court

Kazeem Ugbodaga Ace Nigerian actor, Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against…

Heroic welcome for Al-Mustapha in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Nigerian tyrant, General Sani Abacha wept in…

Ogun ACN suspends rep member, 12 others

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Action Congress of Nigeria in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State has suspended a…

Anyaoku recommends way out of Nigeria’s crisis

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a former Commonwealth Secretary-General, said that the only way to put an end to the problems and…

Cardinal Okogie condemns brawl in Rivers Assembly

Nigeria’s Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop Emeritus of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, on Sunday expressed displeasure over the recent brawl…

Boko Haram: Women, children rescued, mass grave found

Nigeria’s military on Sunday claimed the rescue of women and children hostages from a Boko Haram Islamist stronghold, saying troops…

US Sprinter Tyson Gay fails dope test

US sprinter Tyson Gay, who posted 9.75 secs in 100metres, as season’s best, has failed a dope test, according to…

Rivers crisis: ACN urges Police agency look beyond symptoms

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) to address the causes rather than…

ICC indicted Sudan’s Bashir heads to Nigeria for AIDS talks

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir travelled on Sunday to a health summit in Nigeria, official media said, after Human Rights Watch…

Ex-NFA Scribe, Achebe Buried

The remains of the deceased three-time Secretary General of the then Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Chief Philip Onuora Chikaodili Achebe,…

Man kills wife over breastfeeding of twins

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A middle aged Nigerian, Endurance Enadeba, has killed his wife in Benin, over an argument on breastfeeding of…