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Shame as Nigeria imports diesel from Niger

In a development that should put Nigeria’s oil managers and the political leadership in shame, Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer…

2 Chinese nationals murdered in Nigeria by Chinese

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Police authorities in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday said they are still investigating the remote and immediate causes…

Anti-Assad forces take battle to Damascus

Syria’s military deployed armoured vehicles near central Damascus on Monday as troops battled rebels around the capital in what activists…

Boko Haram attacks Police headquarters

Suspected members of radical Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a police building in restive northern Nigeria on Monday but the…

3 killed as soldiers clear Elechi Beach

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three persons, an elderly woman and two girls, died when at least 1,000 residents of Elechi Beach…

Pension Fraud: Court freezes assets of 6 accused

Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory , Justice Lawal H. Gumi has granted an interim order to the Economic…

Lagos demolishes shanties on waterfront

Officials of Nigeria’s Lagos State on Monday began demolishing the large Makoko waterfront slum in the economic capital Lagos, a…

Potholes trap motorists on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Travellers and motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are facing harrowing experience because of the gridlock caused by many…

Oshiomhole Laughs Last, Story Of His Victory

The Edo State 2012 governorship election has come and gone, leaving in its wake a landslide victory for Governor Adams…

Dlamini-Zuma becomes AU Commission boss

South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma won a tight fought vote to become the new head of the African Union Commission, the…

Fashola Offers Reward For Missing Broadcaster

There is no information about ace presenter, Razaq Gawat, six days after he disappeared in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Now Governor…

Worker Steals Dead Boss’ Property

A company worker, Amao Adekola has been arrested by the police and charged before Ejigbo Magistrate’s court Lagos for allegedly…

National Assembly Lifts Suspension On Number Plates

The Senate has lifted the suspension order on the production of the new vehicle number plates and driver’s license. The…

2 Car Snatchers Arrested With Guns

Two car snatchers who trailed the wife of a prominent traditional ruler to a house in Lagos at gun point…

Lagos Plants 3m Trees In 4 Years

Over three million trees have been planted by the Lagos State Government in the last four years, says Governor Babatunde…

Fashola Presents Title Documents To 1,000 House Owners

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, at the weekend presented sub-lease title documents to 1,000 house owners in government housing estates…

Stakeholders Want PPP Involved In Primary Education

Stakeholders in Lagos State have canvassed the active involvement of Public-Private Partnership, PPP, in the development of primary education in…

ACN Supporters Defy Rain To Celebrate Victory

Residents and supporters of the ACN on Sunday in Benin defied the rain to celebrate the victory of the party…

Oshiomhole Dedicates Victory To Edo People

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Sunday described President Goodluck Jonahan as a statesman and a man of honour. Oshiomhole,…

Man Arrested After Explosion Near Church

A man has been arrested by security agents in connection with an explosion near a church at Obehira, Okene, Kogi.…

LG Boss Harps On Preventing Diseases

Chairman,  Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State, Dr. Augustine Adeoye Arogundade  has declared that he is more…

82-Year Old Man Marries Woman, 70, At Mass Wedding

An 82-year old man, Malam Uba Abdurrahman, was among the 250 men who married in the second batch of the…

Hakeem Rahman Clocks 56

Nollywood actor and Vice President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Hakeem Rahman, marked his 56th birthday yesterday. Rahman…

ALOMA MUKHTAR: Making of Nigeria’s Female CJN

Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar makes history as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. Here is her history of firsts,…

Mukhtar Will Save The Judiciary

Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is unrestrained in his affection for the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He tells GBENRO ADESINA…

Tough Job For Top Judge

Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar has a lot on her plate, as she starts life as the head of the judiciary…

Mukhtar, Nigeria’s first female chief justice, steps in

History was made in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal capital this morning as Chief Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar was sworn in at…

Why I Write About Ibadan

Professor Toyin Falola, 59, is an internationally acclaimed Nigerian historian. Born in Ibadan, Falola taught History at the University of…

Flood sweeps bridges, 20 houses away

No fewer than 20 houses in Buanchor in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, south south Nigeria, were…

How Benin residents marked Oshiomhole’s victory

Eromosele Ebhomele, Folarin Ademosu & Jethro Ibileke It was like a carnival this morning in Benin city, the Edo State…