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‘New Law To Strenghten Lagos Councils’

As the bill for the regulation of activities of local council bosses scales the second reading at the Lagos State…

Early Warning Signals To The Opposition

By Peter Claver Oparah The present altercation over the registration of the All Progressives Congress should alert the opposition in…

Robbers Storm Nigeria’s Biggest Airport, Kill 2 cops

Simon Ateba/Lagos In a daring operation, armed robbers stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, snatched…

Argentina’s Bergoglio is New Pope

Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new Pope. He will be known as Pope Francis I. French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran…

Holy White Smoke…New Pope Emerges!

A new Pope to replace Benedict XV1 has been elected for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics as the much expected…

Governor Amosun’s House Gutted By Fire

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A room in the personal home of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Nigeria’s Ogun state was this afternoon…

Okupe urges acceptance of pardon for Alamieyeseigha, others

President Goodluck Jonathan’s public affairs spokesman Doyin Okupe has called on Nigerians to respect the pardon granted former governor of…

Still no new Pope, 3 ballots after

Catholic pilgrims are still waiting for the white smoke, signalling the election of a new Pope, as eyes were were…

Abortion: Father, Mom Charged Over Daughter’s Death

A 15-year old  girl Deborah Adegboyega has died as a result of complications from unsafe abortion allegedly procured by her…

Braithwaite Battles Bank Over 14-Storey Building

A 14-storey  building being constructed by the Standard Chartered Bank on Victoria Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, may be demolished…

Disband INEC Now —Lagos ACN

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that the present INEC leadership is corrupt, partisan…

Robbers Kill Man For Not Having Money

Robbers have shot and killed a father of two, Nnamdi Kingsley, after he told them he had no money to…

Pardon For Alams: Afenifere, Aturu, Keyamo Slam Jonathan

The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, activist, Bamidele Aturu, Festus Keyamo, former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa and others…

Protesting Workers Picket Industrial Court

Some officials of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday picketed the premises of the National Industrial Court…

Over 3m Nigerians Blind

The Head of Department of Ophthalmology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Dr. Affiong Ibanga, said on Tuesday that more…

Too Much Salt Causes Heart Disease —Expert

Activities marking the annual Salt Week has begun around the world. The event is holding for the first time in…

NASSI Asks Fashola To Create Industrial Clusters

The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) has called on Lagos State Government to create industrial clusters for manufacturers.…

Disruption Caused Ojota Water Problem

Group Managing Director of the Lagos State Water Corporation, LSWC, Engineer Shayo Holloway, has attributed the muddy water flowing out…

NOA Decries Misuse Of Mobile Phones

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Tuesday decried the misuse of mobile phones as a tool for examination malpractice. The…

APC Registration: Why INEC Must Tread Carefully

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, stirred the hornet’s nest when it claimed that it has received a notice of…

Oshiomole, Adoke in heated exchange at Aso Rock

There was mild drama at the usually revered Council Chambers of Aso Rock Presidential Villa today as Governor Adams Oshiomhole…
When the conclave for election of a new Pope begins, the focus will be on the cardinals, including some who are less well-known and a woman

No new pope elected yet

VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Cardinals held a first inconclusive vote in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday as they began the…

Scientists record cloning breakthrough

Japanese bi­ol­o­gists say they’ve cre­at­ed nor­mal, healthy mouse clones with a new tech­nique that can pro­duce cop­ies of cop­ies, and…

Jonathan vows to improve security in Nigeria

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan remains optimistic that his government would find a panacea to the increasing wave of terrorism and…

Four school teachers injured by gunmen

Gunmen opened fire at Dan Maliki Primary School in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Tuesday, injuring four teachers…

2015: Clark Seeks Automatic Ticket For Jonathan

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of 2015 Presidential election, former Information Minister and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday…

Judge Condemns Lock Of Public Places During Strike

The President of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Justice Babatunde Adejumo, on Monday reminded workers that locking up of public…

Nigerian Police Parade Bank Robbery Suspects

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, on Monday paraded six suspected armed robbers, allegedly terrorising members of the…

Landlord Threatens To Kill Tenant

A landlord, Titus Omosuyi, who allegedly threatened to kill his tenant, was on Monday docked before an Apapa Senior Magistrates’…

Cardinals Okogie, Onaiyekan, Others Set To Elect New Pope

Nigeria’s cardinals Anthony Olubunmi Okogie and John Onaiyekan joined other Roman Catholic cardinals today under the gaze of Michelangelo’s “Last…