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Women protesters hold Okowa hostage in Asaba

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba ‎ As millions of Nigerian women joined their counterparts across the world to observe International Women’s Day, hundreds…

Lekki Collapsed Building: Death toll rises to 10

Kazeem Ugbodaga Death toll in Tuesday morning collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has risen to…

Swiss gives conditions to return Abacha ‘ s stolen $320m

The Federal Government and the Swiss Government said on Tuesday that negotiation was ongoing in the process to repatriate 321…

Wike swears in Edo indigene as Rivers chief judge

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers today swore in Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, an Edo state indigene as the…

Drama as Edo Assembly plenary ends in shouting match

…I was caught unaware – Speaker Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎There was mild drama at the Edo State House of Assembly in…

Buhari to Zuma: MTN aided Boko Haram insurgency

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke for the first time on the hefty $5.2 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria,…

PICTURES: Collapsed five-storey building in Lekki

Latest reports from the scene of the collapsed building at Lekki, Lagos said six persons have now been pulled out…

Tussle over property: NSE, Okereke-Onyiuke, others to settle out of court

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 15 April, 2016, a suit instituted…

Nigerians congratulate vice president, Yemi Osinbajo at 59

Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has received loads of messages on social media as he celebrates his 59th birthday…

CCT Trial: Saraki’s media office blasts SaharaReporters, national daily

The Media Office of Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has blasted online news platform, SaharaReporters and an unnamed national daily…

Aregbesola creates 31 LCDAs, says it will add no financial burden

*confirms creation of three Area Councils, two Administrative Offices The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday said that…

Bus Robbery Syndicate: Police issue security alert

The Delta Police Command has issued a security alert on the activities of a criminal syndicate led by a lady…

IBEDC plunges Ijeshaland into darkness

Akin Kuponiyi Ijeshaland which comprises six local governments in Osun State, southwest Nigeria, and two major towns Okemesi-Ekiti and Efon…

Four dead, six rescued as building collapses in Lagos

At least four persons are feared dead while six have been rescued after a storey building collapsed in Lekki Phase…

Ocholi: a great loss to Nigeria —Peterside

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 elections in Rivers State has described…

IWD: IPC tasks media on women, girls’ issues

The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Nigeria, has joined global voices tasking the media to step up reports that advance…

APC man burnt to death by PDP thugs

Here is the face of Ofinjite Amachree, the All Progressives Congress member brutally murdered by persons suspected to be thugs…

Assault: Court bailiff lied on my aides – Edo Assembly Speaker

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Edoror on Monday denied an allegation that his…

Mile 12: Lagos Assembly calls for relocation of market

Following the crisis in the Mile 12-Ketu area of Lagos State last week, the State House of Assembly has called…

EFCC did not recover $1m in Badeh’s residence – Counsel

Samuel Zibri (SAN), who is the lead counsel to former chief of defence staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh has described…

Ajimobi assures LG polls’ll be conducted July

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said Monday he would conduct local government polls around July this year…

76 suspects paraded in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni on Monday paraded over 76 suspected criminals for committing various…

Dakuku condemns killing of APC chieftains in Omoku, Buguma

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 elections in Rivers…

Ambode empowers widows, others with N10m

Kazeem Ugbodaga Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode, has doled out over N10 million to widows, mothers of…
Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): calls for calm ahead of the primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Lagos council election

Ex-Lagos deputy governor appointed SSA to Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as his Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals…

IWD: Lagos challenges women to fight for parity with men

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the International Women’s Day, IWD, the Lagos State Government has challenged women to fight…

Woman stabs cheating lover to death

Cyriacus Izuekwe It was a sad end for a 33-year-old man, Edet Ebong, after he was stabbed to death by…

Anglican Bishops, Principals. parents laud Ambode over rescued schoolgirls

Kazeem Ugbodaga Anglican Archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos Mainland Diocese, Most Rev. Adebayo Dada Akinde on Monday commended the…

Women Arise protest at court over murder of housewife

Cyriacus Izuekwe Members of Women Arise, a non governmental organization led by Dr Jeo Okei-Odumakin on Monday protested at the…

Workers’ strike paralyses Ogun, hospitals, schools, courts shut

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Activities across Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, were paralysed Monday following workers’ strike in the state. Civil servants at…