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5 cops bag 25 year prison term for robbery

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today sentenced five policemen to 25 years imprisonment each for robbing…

Obama endorsed by New York mayor

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed President Barack Obama’s campaign for a second term Thursday, saying his efforts to fight…

3 sentenced to die for robbery

The Chief Judge of Benue, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, on Thursday in Makurdi sentenced three men to death for armed robbery.…

Suspects: We were tortured to admit killing Oyerinde

JETHRO IILEKE/Benin There was a twist in the murder case of Olaitan Oyerinde, late Principal/Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole…

Amnesty accuses Nigeria of abuses on terror war

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Amnesty International on Thursday in Abuja release its report on the observed atrocities carried out…

Tribune Sacks 160 Workers

There has been a mass sack of workers at the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) PLC,  publishers of the Tribune…

Journalists Call For Recognition Of Media In Constitution

Participants at a workshop on the review of the 1999 constitution have stressed the need for independence and freedom of…

Electrician To Die By Hanging

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old electrician, Abdulkadri Issa, to death by hanging for…

Clark wants EFCC boss sacked over Ibori’s money

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The war of words raging between Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr.…

Chika Unigwe Wins Nigeria Prize for Literature

NEHRU ODEH Just as TheNEWS magazine predicted, Chika Unigwe, the Nigerian Internationally acclaimed writer has been awarded the Nigeria Prize…

Widow Petitions AIG Over Husband’s Estate

Mrs. Folake Mudasiru, widow of the late Air Commodore Adio Mudashiru, a former military governor of Lagos State, has petition…

Pastor admits stealing ipad

A 45-year-old pastor, Peter Oladiti has appeared before an Ibadan Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing Ipad and other sets of…

LAWMA DefiesCourt Order, Demolishes Disputed Property

The land tussle between the late herbal practitioner, Professor Ojeih and Lagos state Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, took a dramatic…

De Klerk blames ANC for S/Africa’s economic problems

South Africa’s last apartheid president F.W. de Klerk has blamed the ruling ANC party for the country’s spiralling social and…

Post office shut after snake found in a parcel

Clerks at a South African post office fled for safety when they emptied a mail bag and a white python…

Okorocha orders closure of nudity clubs

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Nigeria’s Imo state has ordered the immediate closure of nudity clubs in the state, describing their…

Akwa Ibom deputy governor quits

EMMA UNA/Calabar Mr Nsima Ekere, the Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor resigned from his post on Wednesday afternoon following political…

Civil Servants Abandon Duties In Search Of Fuel

Many civil servants in Jos abandoned their duty posts on Wednesday in search of petrol as acute scarcity of the…

3 Suspected Boko Haram Sponsors Under Watch — IG

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the three people alleged to be…

Jonathan Swaps Two Ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle, swapping Ministers of State for Power and Niger Delta Affairs,…

FinBank Directors Manipulated Shares -Witness

Head of Compliance and Enforcement Department with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anafi Buba Mohammed today told…

Kalabaris Protest Over Plans To Cede 5 Communities To Bayelsa

Elders and Youths of Kalabari Wednesday staged a peaceful protest on the major streets of Port Harcourt , southsouth Nigeria,…

Lagos Assembly Promises Serious Scrutiny Of 2013 Budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it is not prepared to grant easy passage to the 2013 budget…

Adekeye, Apex Court Jurist Bows Out

Supreme Court jurist, Justice Olufnlola Oyelola Adekeye, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 28 October, retired…

Robbers Massacre Village Head, 19 Others

Armed robbers shot dead 20 people on Tuesday in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an area plagued by violent clashes between…

Fashola Presents N497b 2013 Budget

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today presented a budget of N497.277 billion to the State House of Assembly for…

Constitution Amendment: NBA Insists On Referendum

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) says only a referendum will bestow legitimacy on the outcome of Constitution amendment. The President…

3rd MAINLAND Bridge: Knocks, Kudos For Jonathan

Lagos residents have given more knocks and less kudos to the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government over the rehabilitation of…

Parents Seek Ban On Corporal Punishment

Some parents on Tuesday in Lagos called for the abolition of corporal punishment in primary and post-primary schools across the…

Assemblyman Tasks NASS Over Unemployment

The representative of Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has urged the National Assembly…