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PHCN Staff Electrocuted

A staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN) has been electrocuted while trying to rectify an electrical fault on…

3 Cultists Nabbed With Double Barrel Gun

The Nigeria police in Lagos state has arrested three suspected cultists who had in their possession a locally made double-barrel…

Lagos Markets Bubble Again

Activities have resumed fully in major markets in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, after the two-day public holidays declared by the…

Police Checkpoint Causes Traffic Snarls At Airport

A police checkpoint along the road, leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, in Lagos has been causing traffic snarls since…

Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs

Nigeria’s  Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…

Nigerian Prison, Police Station Attacked By Gunmen

Unidentified  gunmen on Friday attacked  the Maiha Prison and Divisional Police Station in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa. A…

Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs

Nigeria’s  Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…

Nigeria Police On Red Alert Over Terror Rumours

Nigeria’s police authorities have placed their men  on red alert in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, following speculations about another terrorist…

Commission Probes Illegal Employment By FG Agencies

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) says it will ensure that Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) comply with set principles for…

Nigerian Lawyer Docked Over N25m Fraud

A convicted Nigerian lawyer, Kole Bello and an alleged accomplice, Muhydyn Ango were have been arraigned for obtaining a N25…

Cross River Spends N1.5b On Carnival

Nigeria’s  Cross River State Government spent over N1.5 billion on this month’s  carnival in Calabar, the Chairman of the Cross…

Brazil Plans Dance School For Nigeria

The Leader of the Brazilian Carnival Band, Mr Thobias Da Vai-Vai, said on Thursday in Calabar that the Brazilian Government…

Lagos PDP Plots To Oust ACN

With Nigeria’s 2015 governorship polls still  more than two years away, the Lagos State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party,…

South African roads Africa’s most dangerous

South Africa’s Transport Minister, Ben Martins, said 42 people, on the average, were killed per day on the country’s roads…

Kidnapping In Nigeria: The Police Connection

As the spate of kidnapping continues to rise in the country, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE takes a look at the involvement of…

Gov Suswam faces political foe in novelty match

Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Nigeria’s central state of Benue is expected to face Professor Steve Ugbah, his main challenger in…

Nigerian surgeon shot dead by gunmen on auto bike

Nigerian professor of urology, Hyacinth Nong Mbibu has been shot dead by gunmen on motor-cycle, in Zaria, Kaduna state. Mbibu,…

US abandons embattled CAR leader Bozize

The United States evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic on Thursday and temporarily halted its operations, amid security…

9 persons killed in road crash

No fewer than nine persons died while 11 others were injured on Thursday in a motor accident on the Gbongan-Ile…

Nigerian troops kill 5 Boko Haram suspects

The Nigerian Army said it had killed five suspected Boko Haram members and destroyed a bomb making factory in Rigasa…

CPC pledges support for Governor Yero

Nigeria’s opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kaduna State, has pledged to support Governor Mukhtar Yero in the restoration…

12 killed in Nigeria’s most dangerous state

Twelve persons were killed by gunmen across the Nigerian north east state of Borno—all in a day, further cementing its…

Edo state slams US travel advisory

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Edo state government has condemned the recent travel advisory issued by the United States, urging its citizens…

Questions over jobs at Nigeria’s rights agency

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Questions are now being raised over a secret recruitment of workers by Nigeria’s National Human Rights…

Obasanjo’s mansion gutted by fire

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A section of the multi-million naira mansion of the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was up in…

Lagos lawmakers disown revenue report

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE There was drama at the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly Thursday evening when members of…

Thousands rally for embattled CAR leader

Central African Republic’s embattled President Francois Bozize appealed Thursday for French and US help to halt a rebel advance as…

Hollande dismisses Ansaru, others as not ‘credible’

President Francois Hollande said Thursday Islamist groups holding French hostages in Africa were not trustworthy and should not be taken…

Nigeria arrests Colombian drug chemist

Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s anti-drug agency has arrested a Columbian drug kingpin and uncovered three production factories for a prohibited drug…

Senator Pwajok appeals election nullification

Nigeria’s Senator Gyang Pwajok (PDP- Plateau North), has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the 20…