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Amnesty opens Nigeria office to investigate abuse charges

Amnesty International opened an office Tuesday in Nigeria, promising to investigate allegations of abuses from oil pollution and forced evictions…

Explosions kill seven in Maiduguri – Red Cross

Reuters – Blasts detonated by three suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri killed at least seven people…

Nigeria a highly privatized country, says Odinkalu

Funsho Arogundade Nigeria has been described as a highly privatized nation where citizens pay for everything that naturally should have…

Donu Kogbara: DSS arrests 4 suspects in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Weeks after Donu Kogbara, the Vanguard columnist and broadcaster was set free by her abductors, the Department…

Patience Jonathan visits Alamieyeseigha’s family

Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, made a surprise appearance in the family house of the…

Edo 2016 Guber: group seeks credible successor for Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo state, a social-political group, Edo Accord Initiative (EAI), has challenged…

FG receives final EU election report, pledges free, fair electoral system

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said it is the duty of President Muhammadu Buhari administration to guarantee…

BRT Lane Violation: Soldiers beat up LASTMA officer

Kazeem Ugbodaga Irate soldiermen beat up an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA for daring to take…

10 fundamentalists killed in Kogi clash

Ten Islamic fundamentalists were killed on Tuesday in Okene, near Lokoja in Kogi during a bloody encounter between an Islamic…

Kachikwu to lecture in Lagos on leadership

Eromosele Ebhomele Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and ministerial nominee, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, is to present…

Court orders remand of 17 suspected killers of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss

An Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) leave to remand in custody, 17 suspects…

Court declares pilot wanted for jumping bail

Paul Iyoghojie An Igbosere magistrates’ court in Lagos, western Nigeria, has declared a Mexican and a pilot with Kings Airlines,…

EFCC arraigns Professor for N56m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 arraigned Professor Brimmy Asekhruagbon Uzimeghan Olaghere, before Justice…

Lagos Assembly holds second screening for Ambode’s nominees

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday held a general screening for nominees of the state Governor…

Ambode to launch Domestic Violence Guidelines

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is set to launch the Domestic Violence Guidelines to encompass the protocol response by…

Day a danfo driver slapped me – Obasa

Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday recounted an encounter he once had…

Police arrest two suspects over Nyanya, Kuje bombings

The Nigeria Police on Tuesday said it had arrested two suspects in connection with the October 2 bombings in Nyanya…

5 men docked for impregnating 13-year-old girl

Five men on Tuesday appeared before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, for allegedly impregnating a 13-year-old minor.…

Lagos APC condemns Disu’s murder, says killers must be arrested

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress,APC, has condemned the gruesome assassination of the Managing Director…

Unilag staff arrested for registration fraud

Cyriacus Izuekwe Cyriacus Izuekwe A man who claimed to be a staff of the University of Lagos has been arrested…

Federal High Court commences new legal year

Akin kuponiyi No division of the Federal High Court nationwide will be sitting this week as the court commenced new…

#MinisterialList: Heineken Lokpobiri, Dan Alli others on second batch

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has revealed the names of second batch of ministerial nominees sent to the upper chamber…

Tribunal upholds Bukola Saraki’s election

The election petition tribunal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has upheld the election of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola…

Nigeria needs to learn how Colombia survived insurgency, says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria needs to learn how Colombia survived insurgency for more than 50 years.…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Indian businessman faces criminal charge in Lagos

Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos-based Indian businessman Sandep Gogia and his company, Eastern Metal Limited alleged to have swindled a Nigeria…

Death Trap? Lagos destination for deadly potholes

Lagos state has given potholes in new definition. Potholes are not only small opening carved out on its roads by…

Buhari sends second batch of ministerial nominees to senate

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has sent the second list of ministerial nominees to the Senate on Monday for screening…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

Lamorde sues Daily Sun newspaper for N1billion

Eromosele Ebhomele Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has sued the Daily Sun Newspapers for…

Ministerial Screening: Senate Committee on Ethics clears road for Amaechi, Mohammed

Contrary to expectations, the screening of former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and Amina Mohammed, former senior special assistant…

We kidnapped Falae to get money to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir – Suspect

Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) one of the suspects paraded as the brains behind the kidnap of Chief Olu Falae, former…