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Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

UTME candidates in South West protest non-availability of centres

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 students in the South-West who intend to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, that would…

NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base

The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…

FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo

The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

How Dariye shared N1.2bn Ecological Fund

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…

Breaking News: Supreme Court upholds Okowa, Ajimobi, Gaidam’s elections

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governors Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe states can now concentrate…

Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko

‎The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…

Oshiomhole gives succour to 2012 accident victims

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has given relief to seven of the journalists who were seriously injured…

Banker withdraws N13m from customer’s account

Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 33-year-old staff of an old generation…
The N395m debt recovery suit filed against a Lagos businessman Lateef Bello- Osagie by AMCON has been adjourned till 14th day of February.

Driver jailed for stealing bus

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ An Egor magistrates’ court in Benin, on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old commuter bus driver, Oghenero Magaji, to…

Edo hospital better than many in Europe, Asia – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the newly constructed state’s 200-bed Central Hospital in Benin,…

INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…

Pregnant woman stabbed to death over N1k

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A woman nursing a six-month pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death…

Ambode’s focus on youths to stem social vices —group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Ambode Youth Initiative (AYI), a youth group working for projection of the work and policies of the…

Kidnapped Delta monarch regains freedom

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt King Odiologbo of Olomoro Kingdom, Delta state, HRM Josiah Umukoro Agbaza II, who was kidnapped last week…

Rivers APC denies members are defecting to PDP

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has described claim by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP…

Rivers APC chieftains allege plot by PDP to eliminate them

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent a Save Our Souls (SOS)…

Lawyer, others arraigned over demolition of building

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 65-year-old legal practitioner, Barrister Olu Johnson, has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for his…

Wike to election riggers: You’ll be treated as armed robbers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has repeated his threat to any official of Independent National Electoral…
Abdulrasheed Maina jailed for 61 years

From EFCC to INTERPOL: Maina declared wanted

The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued world-wide red alert on former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed…

Reinstatement of Gen. Mohammed in order – Army

The Nigerian army has stated that the reinstatement of Major General Ahmadu Mohammed was in order, noting that, his retirement…

#Ekitigate: APC sponsored Aluko, says Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has accused the All Progressives Congress for masterminding the alleged confession of Dr. Temitope…

Corruption took a seat in Jonathan’s government – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday identified corruption as the greatest single challenge facing Nigeria, attributing it to one of…

Buhari commends Amosun over landmark projects

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta President Muhammed Buhari has commended the Ogun state government for constructing a laudable projects in the state. The…

I’m the only legal wife of Ojukwu, Bianca tells court

Mrs Bianca Ojukwu on Monday told an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, that she was the only legal wife of the…

PICTURES: Buhari dines with Obasanjo, visits Ijebu

The first day in the month of February was a very busy one for Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari. He hosted…

Isoko monarch kidnapped in pool office

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Police has confirmed that the traditional ruler of Olomoro, HRM Josaih Mukoro, Aghaza 1 who was kidnapped…
Pat Utomi

Sultan congratulates Utomi at 60

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has described Prof Pat Utomi as the face of competence and…

Bus driver knocks off LASTMA officer’s teeth

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 31-year-old commuter bus driver has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo for…

Ogun declares Tuesday work-free day

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of activities marking the 40th anniversary celebration of Ogun state, the government has declared Tuesday public…

Fight corruption to standstill, Awujale tells Buhari

The Awujale of Ijebu Land, Dr Sikiru Adetona, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption to a standstill…