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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…

Improve Yourselves, Lagos Lawmaker Urges Youths

The Deputy Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lola Akande, has challenged Nigerian youths to re-dedicate themselves…

Achebe’s Book: Ohanaeze Chief Chides Yoruba Leaders

A former General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Pascal Chimezie has condemned Yoruba leaders who…

38-Year Old Man Docked For Stealing

A 38-year old man, Chukwuma Eugene, has been arraigned before an Ikeja magistrates court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for fraud. He…

Teenager In Court Over Robbery

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a teenager, who allegedly robbed passengers of two BlackBerry handsets at gunpoint Magistrate…

2 Epe Elders Charged With N6m Theft, Burglary

The police at Area ‘J’ Command, Elemoro, Lekki, Ajah, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Epe prominent elders, Chief…

Unrepentant Time Wasters

It is now common in the Lagos State House of Assembly to hear staff and visitors describe the state lawmakers…

Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria

Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…

Imoke Presents N151bn Budget Of Commitment

Governor of Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Tuesday presented a budget of N151.3 billion as the…

Man Held For Sleeping With Step Daughter

A 62-year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem, who was alleged to have defiled her 10-year old step daughter in Abeokuta,…