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4 Korean workers, 2 Nigerians kidnapped

Four South Korean and two Nigerian workers at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Construction Yard in Brass, Bayelsa state, have been…

Ekiti to honour Professor Aluko, Omoboriowo

The Ekiti State Government, in Western Nigeria is to honour no fewer than 20 indigenes, dead and living, with outstanding…

Yakowa: Patience Jonathan weeps

Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan wept in Kaduna on Monday when she paid a condolence visit to…

Crashed copter: Nigerian governors to engage consultant

As controversies continue over the possible cause of the crash of naval helicopter that killed Patrick Yakowa, the former Governor…

Okonjo-Iweala: My mom’s abductors wanted me to resign

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Monday that the kidnappers who held her mother hostage for five days…

Yakowa: Bayelsa holds special session

The government of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state will hold a special valedictory session in honour of late Governor Patrick…

Accused arrested in Nigeria’s Pension theft

Esai Dangabar, one of the six accused persons being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a…

Nigeria’s crashed copter well maintained, says Navy

The Nigerian Navy has explained that its fleet of helicopters, including the crashed Agusta helicopter marked NN07 is properly maintained…

Court Extends Order On Striking Plateau Workers

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian industrial court has told striking workers in the central state of Plateau, that it…

Lagos Speaker’s Trial Continues 18 Feb

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has adjourned till 18 February, 2013 the money laundering charges filed…

Cleric Laments Rising Wave Of Corruption

The president of Christ Apostolic Mission Church, CAMC, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi has lamented the frightening and worsening cases of corruption…

Lagos Sacks 174 LASTMA Officials

The Lagos State Government has sacked 174 officers of the State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for their alleged involvement in…

Police Rescue 3 From Oro Shrine

The police in Ogun State have arrested  seven people in connection with the attempted murder of three brothers, who were…

Yakowa: Kaduna Searches For Deputy Governor

Southern Kaduna people in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria  have commenced the search  for a new deputy governor of the state…

How The Weeping Actress Was Abducted

Nkiru Sylvanus, Nigerian actress and Special Assistant on Public Relations to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was kidnapped from…

Okada Riders Fix Protest For Wednesday

Commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have vowed not to yield to the Lagos State Government’s…

NDLEA Arrests 116 Drug Suspects In Oyo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, on Sunday said 116 suspects were arrested with 5, 697.9…

Christmas: Second-hand Clothes Enjoy High Patronage

Few days to Christmas celebration, second-hand clothes, popularly referred to as “Okirika’’ or “bend-down boutique”, are enjoying more patronage in…

What could be on Governor Yakowa’s mind here?

What could be on late Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa’s mind as shown here, as he attended his last public outing…

Give False Information, Spend 1 Year In Jail—AG

It is a criminal offence for a person to give information which he knows or believes to be false for…

Christian Civil Servants End Year With God

Hundreds of Christians in the Lagos State Civil Service thronged the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria…

FG Committed To Polio Eradication

Minister of State for health, Ali Pate, said in Sokoto on Sunday that the Federal Government was fully committed to…

I’m A Woman Now

Nigerian actress, Ashionye Ugbo-Racca, speaks on why she married a foreigner What would you say marriage has done for you?…

No Member Of PDP Will Challenge Jonathan If…

Olisah Metuh, a lawyer, is the National Publicity Secretary of PDP. In this interview with OLUOKUN AYORINDE and DESMOND UTOMWEN,…

No-Nonsense INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to deregister 28 political parties sparks a flurry of reactions The Independent National Electoral…

Sani: Nigeria’s North Will Rise Against Jonathan

Kaduna-based human rights activist, Comrade Shehu Sani gives reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan should not contest in 2015 The North…

Reports: Nkiru, Nollywood star kidnapped

Nigerian Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus, has been kidnapped. The fair-skinned actress, also working as Governor Rochas Okorocha’s special assistant was…

Obasanjo debunks death rumours, rift with Jonathan

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend dispelled rumours about his death, saying, “am still alive anyway”. He made…

Dead Nigerian Governor Yakowa for burial Thursday

The newly sworn-in Governor of Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero on Sunday said the remains of late…

Nigerian soldiers patrol bereaved Kaduna city

Nigerian troops were out on the streets of the volatile northern city of Kaduna on Sunday to prevent any outbreak…