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NANS Urges FG To Ban Sale Of Handouts

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Kwara Chapter, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to ban the sale…

Igbo And The Elusive Seat

Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi The Igbo are ubiquitous; they are everywhere. In the remotest villages, the farthest part of the earth,…

Tribunal dismisses Petition Against Oshiomhole

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal this morning struck out the petition filed by General Charles Airhiavbere,…

Tennis: US teenager ends Serena’s Australian dream

American teenager Sloane Stephens ended Serena Williams’ bid for a historic calendar-year Grand Slam when she sent the injury-hampered favourite…

Jonathan: Nigerian soldiers stay in Mali until crisis over

Nigeria will keep troops in Mali for as long as it takes to resolve the crisis and restore peace and…

18 massacred inside Nigerian market

Gunmen believed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have opened fire at a market in Damboa, Borno state…

2 robbery suspects freed after 7 years, waiting for justice

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Two suspected armed robbers, Micheal Igbinosun and Esther Iyekekpolor, held in prison custody for seven years while awaiting…

Court reinstates Odah as NLC secretary

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Reprieve came the way of embattled former Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade John…

Peter Of P-Square Welcomes Baby Girl

Bayo Adetu Lola Omotayo, the heartthrob of Nigeria’s singer, Peter Okoye of P-Square fame, has been delivered of a baby…

Kano state bans commercial motor-cyclists

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano By Thursday 24 January commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Achaba in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, and Okada…

Breaking news: 5 killed in fresh attack in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano No fewer than five persons were killed by gunmen on motor bike Tuesday evening in Kano, capital of…

Like the father, mother absolves son of murder.

Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Just like the father of murder suspect Akolade Arowolo had testified about his son’s innocence, the mother,…

2 year old boy Kidnapped

By Kazeem Ugbodaga & Cyriacus Izuekwe Emmanuel Oluwatumise, the two-year old son of a Nigerian  school proprietor, Olusegun Alonge, was…

Okada Robbers On The Rampage

By Cyriacus Izuekwe & Ayodeji Dedeigbo Despite the restriction placed on commercial motorcycle operators also known as okada riders in…

Man narrates loss of child in Lagos Fire

By Jeminat Adamson Twenty-seven days after the 2012 Boxing Day fire incident that occurred at  Jankara Market on Lagos Island, …

Police Blame Gang For Attack On Soldiers

The Commissioner of Police in the central Nigerian state of  Kogi , Mr. Mohammed Katsina, says a three-man gang was…

Okah: NBA Seeks Overhauling Of Justice System

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday called for the overhauling of Nigeria’s justice system in order to speedy the…

Divorce: Wife Tackles Hubby In Court

By Bello Oluwakemi  A Nigerian housewife, Mrs. Helen  Monago, 33 has told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos that her husband’s…

3 Charged With Armed Robbery

BY OLABISI BALOGUN The Nigerian police in Lagos have charged three men before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing…

Lagos Traders Protest Continued Closure Of Shops

Traders on Breadfruit and Davis streets in Balogun Market, Lagos Island, where some warehouses were gutted by fire in October…

Bayelsa Speaker’s Mother Regains Freedom

 By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The78- year-old mother of Mr. Kombowei Benson, the Speaker of the Nigeria’s oil rich state, Bayelsa…

The Obamas in the limelight at inaugural ball

WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 2013 (AFP) – Barack and Michelle Obama slow-danced their way into their next four years in the…

UNN honours Anyim, Jega, Adeola

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on Monday announced the award of doctorate degrees to some top government functionaries and businessmen.…

Jonathan vows to book attackers of Emir Bayero

Nigeria’s Presidency on Monday vowed to bring those behind the attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, to…

Senator Ugbane, Elumelu for retrial

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former Chairman, of Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas Yahaya Ugbane and his counterparts at…

Obama rallies Americans for unity, equality

President Barack Obama issued a impassioned call for national unity and equality on Monday, warning political “absolutism” must not thwart…

Full Text of Barack Obama’s inaugural address

The following is the full text of the inaugural address of US President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery: “Vice…

Bomb found, pretenders to Kano throne quizzed

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Several traditional chiefs who are believed to be interested in the throne of the Emir of Nigerian northern…

ACN flays Jonathan over comments on police college

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that while President Goodluck Jonathan’s surprise visit  to the Police College in…

Fashola gags Commissioners

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State  has banned commissioners, other political office holders and all civil…