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Ruing Corruption

Nigeria which should have been the pride of the black race has now become a pariah nation due to endemic…

Cleaning Up Judicial Rot

Worried by mind-boggling corruption by Nigerian judges, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar embarks on a clean up exercise Since he left…

55 killed in Boko Haram attacks, prisoners freed

Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town…

2-Storey Church building collapses, one person dies

Kazeem Ugbodaga One person has been killed as a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ojodu area of Lagos, Southwest…

Date fixed for forgery case against Senator Akume

A Nigerian Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja fixed June 17 to commence hearing of a suit brought against…

Three brothers arrested in stunning US kidnap

CLEVELAND, Ohio, (AFP) – US police searched an ordinary home in a working class neighborhood of Cleveland on Tuesday after…

Governor Okorocha formally joins APC at rally

Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo has formally expressed support for the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Gunmen kill relation of Bayelsa special adviser

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Tuesday shot dead two persons in the riverside community of Kuroamagbene in the…

11 police commissioners get new postings

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday ordered the redeployment of 11 Commissioners of Police to different…

Nigeria, South Africa vow to make Africa greater

CAPE TOWN (AFP) – Leaders from continental powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria pledged to create an alliance “to make Africa…

NUJ to picket salary-owing media houses

Oblivious to the global recession newspapers are facing, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) said on Tuesday it would start…

Ex-British finance minister calls for EU exit

Britain should leave the European Union, former finance minister Nigel Lawson argued Tuesday, fuelling the debate about a referendum on…

How Independent Are State Independent Electoral Commissions?

By Odunayo Joseph Going by the newspaper reports on the local council election held in Kogi State on Saturday, 4…

Creating Database For Economic Planning

The plan by the Lagos State government to register all residents of the state is to create a database for…

Fashola: Nigerians Are Too Difficult To Please

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described Nigerians as very difficult people to please just as he says insecurity…

Nigerian Gays Angry With Govt

Homosexuals in Nigeria are not happy with the government, they said in a statement on Tuesday, following a meeting they…

Lagos Assembly: Stop Witch-hunting Fashola

The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against making inciting statements that could best…

Nigerian Child Among Every 5 Kids Out-Of-School Globally

Nigeria could enrol 2.4 million of its children into school, findings from UNESCO show, as the country continues to lag…

Corrupt Judges Must Face Criminal Trial –Aturu

Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to ensure that corrupt judges are not only…

Woman Squanders Employer’s N1.9m On Lotto

A 44-year old woman, Mrs. Adenike Owolope, has been arrested and charged before the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest…

Shitta Killings: Taskforce Destroys Criminals’ Hideouts, Recovers Cocaine

Following the killing of three people by gunmen, officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Specials Offences (Enforcement)…

‘You’re A Disgrace To Your Country’

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock over the large number of Nigerian citizens in various prisons in South Africa, reports…

Nigeria: a lesson on corruption from Indonesia

.An Indonesian governor surrenders a guitar given to him as a gift by US rock band Metallica Indonesia and Nigeria…

Herbalist charged with fraud

A Nigerian herbalist has been charged with fraud at a Lagos magistrate’s court in Oshodi. According to the prosecution, the…

Terrorism Suspect Fails To Stop Trial

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Suspected mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in Madala, Niger…

Engineer Nabbed For Phantom Assassination Plot

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja It is a typical case of a deal gone bad. The long arms of the law…

Policeman shoots tanker driver over ‘too little bribe’

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/ Kano Two policemen may be dismissed from the Force for allegedly shooting a tanker driver for refusing to…

Strange: Suspected rapist drags victim to court

In Katsina, northwestern Nigeria, a rape accused has turned an accuser. The suspected rapist, Alhaji Mu’awiyah Sabe, sued his alleged…

2 Nigerian Air Force pilots die in fighter jet crash

A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the…

Protests in Africa’s last colony

Hundreds of pro-independence Sahrawi activists marched in Laayoune at the weekend, the Western Sahara’s largest city, in the biggest protest…