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EFCC Arrests Fraudster Over Admission Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday 24th September, 2012, arrested Mr. Adebisi Adeniyi James, 32, for fraudulently…

Remove Indigene Dichotomy From Constitution —Aliyu

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State on Thursday called for the removal of indigene and non-indigene dichotomy from the constitution…

Why I Support Creation Of State Police

Mr. Obafemi Durosimi, a two-term member of Lagos State House of Assembly and the present chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council…

Rainstorm Destroys Houses At Abule Egba

Residents of Pipeline area of Abule Egba area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have started counting their losses as heavy…

70-Year Old Jailed For Raping Girl, 5

A 70 year-old mobile tailor,Pius Agu, who defiled a five-year old girl (names withheld),was on Wednesday sentenced to two years…

Ondo Gov Poll: ‘Drum Beat Of War’ In The Sunshine

It was like a parade of two titans as supporters of the two main opposition parties in Ondo State in…

LASIEC Tasks Media On Objective Reporting

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, has urged the Nigerian media to be mindful of hypersensitive news reporting, sensationalism,…

Taskforce Arrests 24 Train Hikers

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 33 people for hanging on…

Ohanaeze Honours Obioma Imoke

Igbo cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has bestowed on Mrs Obioma Imoke, wife of Cross River State governor, the traditional title…

House boy steals N25m jewellery of General Bajowa’s wife

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Thieves appear to be targeting the treasure boxes of wives of Nigeria’s retired generals with another case of…

Terror in Jalingo as drinking joint bombed

Just some days after the slaying of 40 people in Adamawa state by yet to be identified gunmen, terrorists have…

Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA Ruling: No Cause For Alarm -ACN

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has reacted to the judgment of the Lagos State Local…

Fact-checking Obama-Romney Debate

Washington DC (AFP) A $5 trillion tax cut, a doubling of the deficit, a $716 billion Medicare raid. Were the…

Obama calls debater Romney impostor

DENVER, COLORADO (AFP) Barack Obama demanded truth from the “real Mitt Romney” on Thursday as aides promised a “hard look”…

Flood sacked woman gives birth to triplets

A flood-displaced Nigerian woman, Mrs Ojiugo Ifeadigo, has had her tears wiped with the birth of a set of triplets…

Gombe evacuates students from Mubi

Nigeria’s Gombe State Government has evacuated 360 of its citizens studying in various institutions in Mubi, Adamawa state, following an…

Taraba deputy governor impeached

The Taraba House of Assembly on Thursday removed the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Abubakar. Twenty out of…

Amosun pledges even development in Ogun State

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has promised to ensure fairness in the distribution of social…

Desmond Tutu wins $1m African Leadership award

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won the “one-off’’ Extraordinary award of Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Mo Ibrahim, the chairman of the…

2 EFCC staff jailed over bribe

Two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku, who were arraigned on October…

Kano government shuts 30-year-old newspaper

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Triumph Publishing Company owned by Kano state Government, northwest Nigeria has been shut down on the orders…

Senator Boroffice architect of his fate, says Mark

The Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday in Abuja distanced himself from the alleged plot to remove Senator Robert Boroffice…

Okah ordered October 1 bombing, says witness

Another prosecution witness on Thursday at a Johannesburg court in South Africa said that Henry Okah gave instructions for the…

Jonathan Appoints New Service Chiefs

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday afternoon appointed Vice Admiral Ola Ibrahim, as the Chief of Defence Staff against all expectations…

FLOOD: Relocate Now, Lagos Tells Residents

The Lagos State Government in Southwest Nigeria, has warned occupants of flood-prone areas in the state to relocate to other…

Why I Joined Kidnapping Gang —Female Suspect

A 36-year old woman, Ngozi Onuonwu who was arrested in Lagos for her alleged involvement in kidnapping has opened up…

Nigeria’s Drug War In Danger —Legislator

With just four sniffer dogs across the country and meagre resources, Nigeria’s drug war is in danger and the anti-narcotics…

Dead Baby Found In Refuse

A dead baby has been found in a refuse dump at the entrance of Gowon Estate, close to Egbeda, Lagos,…

Tribunal Declares Obanikoro’s Son LG Election Winner

The Lagos State Local Government Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has declared Babajide  Obanikoro, son of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to…

Lagos Assembly Summons Education Commissioner

The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, to appear before the…