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200cc Motorcycle Palaver: Fashola Disowns Opeifa

Governor Babatunde Fashola has disowned the Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa for arrogating to himself the power to grant approval…

Kwara govt sacks Oyun, ACN controlled Offa councils

As part of efforts towards finding lasting solutions to the communal clash between the two neighbouring communities of Offa and…

Artisans Threaten Showdown With Ogun Govt

By Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Members of the Association of Terrazo, Marbles and Tiles in Ogun State have threatened a showdown…

500,000 Blood Donors Needed In Lagos

If 500,000 Lagosians can donate blood voluntarily, there will be enough blood in all blood banks in the state, says…

Market leader in Lagos charged with murder

Henry Ojelu &Mercy Momoh The western Nigerian state of Lagos has arraigned the President of Aguiyi i Ironsi Market popularly…

In picture: Obasanjo In Aso Rock to pray with Jonathan

May be the criticisms will end now: the big man of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo was in Abuja today to worship…

PDP wins Kano bye-elections

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday in Kano northwest Nigeria, won the bye-elections for Gaya and Garko state…

Nigerians Celebrate Eagles’ Victory Over Ivory Coast

It was celebration galore among soccer loving Nigerians as the national team, Super Eagles defeated their arch rivals, the Elephants…

Nigeria’s Eagles send Ivory Coast home

Nigeria, rated the underdog, shocked title favourites Ivory Coast 2-1 Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at Royal…

French warplanes blast Islamist camps in Mali

Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali, just hours after…

Jonathan begs Malaysia not to execute Nigerians

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja appealed to President Susilo Yudhoyona of Indonesia to grant stay of execution for…

Oil exploration to start in Borno, says VP Sambo

Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo said Saturday that prospects for the improvement of the welfare of Nigerians living in Borno…

Indonesian President in Nigeria with 99 businessmen

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang-Yudhoyono and his wife,…

Veteran journalist Ayo Ositelu buried

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The body of the former Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area and a veteran sports journalist, Deacon…

Mali: France’s Hollande arrives Timbuktu

President Francois Hollande arrived Saturday in the fabled desert city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, where a French-led military campaign…

Why Nigeria’s educated will remain in exile

By MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class.…

VC laments poor academic performance

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Isaac Adewole today lamented the high rate…

French police bust Nigerian prostitution ring

French police have arrested seven people suspected of procuring Nigerian prostitutes who worked across France, judicial sources said Friday. The…

Fire Guts Lotto Office in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fire said to have been sparked by a faulty air conditioner gutted a lotto office in the western…

Man buries five kids after tragic fire incident

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A Nigerian father of five children has done the unpleasant task of burying them all, after a…

Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram militants

Nigeria’s special military task force, fighting Boko Haram terrorism has reported yet another success in its campaign, with the destruction…

My Critics Are Ignorant, says Gov. Fashola

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State says those criticizing his administration over its debt profile are…

Appeal Court: Rev King Must Die

By Akin Kuponiyi A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Friday affirmed the judgement of a Lagos High…

Okah Knows Fate 4 March

A South African court Friday postponed by a month sentencing of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of…

Gbenga Daniel: I’m Being Persecuted

By Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Former governor of Nigeria’s western state of  Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has, in a…

5 Kids Burnt To Death

By Adi Femi/ Kaduna Five children of the same parents were yesterday night burnt to death in a fire incident…

We ‘Settle’ Police With Sex –Prostitutes

By Eromosele Ebhomele The popular claim by the police in Nigeria that they are friends of the people has been…

ACN Deplores PDP’s Desperation

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples…

Taskforce Arrests Fake Soldier

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested a 29-year…

Fake Doctor Charged To Court

By Adebimpe Adeleke A man, Daramola Iyiola, 35, has been charged before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for impersonation. The…