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Buhari is fit as a fiddle, APC kicks back

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to ignore the “utterly silly and reckless statement” credited to the over-exuberant…

Wike caught in cross fire, escapes death at campaign rally

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Wike, the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) narrowly escaped death on Thursday afternoon…

Agbaje promises to return all illegally acquired lands in Lagos

The Lagos state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally…

Another APC office bombed in Rivers state

Another office of the All Progressives Congress has been bombed in Rivers State, a day after police said the campaign…

Ambode Promises N25b For Employment Trust Fund

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has promised to inject N25 billion…

Lagos Kills 2,000 Fowls As Bird Flu Hits Town

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says that 2,000 birds have been killed in a poultry farm in Badore area…

INEC wants Electoral Offences Commission created

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to give priority to the establishment of special commission…

What really happened in Baga? Fact checking

By Julian Rademeyer and Eleanor Whitehead Accounts of Boko Haram attacks on the remote northern Nigerian towns of Doro Gowon…

Kosoko, Makinde,  Others Honoured Tonight

Actor turned politician, Rotimi Makinde, who is a member, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, and veteran actor Jide Kosoko, will be…

3 warehouses, 300 shops destroyed by fire in Lagos

Over 300 shops have been razed down by early morning fire which engulfed the popular Berlin Market on Lagos Island,…

Actress Tope Osoba Goes Raunchy

Bolatito Adebola It could pass as a case of a good girl going bad. That seems to be the story…

2015 Election: Governor Dickson bans TAN activities in Bayelsa

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Pressured by various group who are jostling to promote the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan the Bayelsa…

Lawyer slams N1billion suit on IGP, police over mother’s death ‬

Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos-based lawyer, Miss Amaka Onyeabo, has slammed one billion naira on the Inspector General of Police over…

Your condition will not be permanent, Jonathan tells IDPs

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured internally displaced persons that the situation they found themselves due to insurgency would be…

Amosun: Ogun people will reject SDP, PDP

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, has declared that he is not intimidated by the campaigns…

Nigerian, five others to be executed for drugs in Indonesia

A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker is among six drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia on Sunday. The Nigerian,38 year-old…

Nigeria will overcome Boko Haram soon, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that Nigeria will soon overcome the Boko Haram insurgency, going by recent developments. The President…

I feel pained when I hear Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said it pains him to hear that Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad as Internally Displaced Persons…

I never endorsed anyone as president, says Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has denounced and dismissed reports that he has endorsed a presidential candidate ahead of the…

Jonathan visits Maiduguri, 275 days after Chibok girls kidnapped

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday made a surprise visit to the troubled northeast, which is in the grip of…

Man Kills Brother Over Soup

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57-year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with machete…

‘You Can’t Use Buhari’s 1985 Guns To Fight Insecurity’

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has attacked President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that he cannot fight insecurity because…

Chibok Girls: OBJ, Soyinka, Kolade Back Campaigners

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and respected boardroom guru and diplomat, Ambassador Christoper Kolade,…

Drama, Fireworks At Lagos Gov Debate

Jamiu Yisa It was drama and fireworks at the 2015 Lagos State Gubernatorial Debate organised by the Anglican Communion, Diocese…

INEC To Distribute 3.7m PVCs In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, says it will begin fresh distribution of 3.7 million Permanent Voter’s…

Police IG orders AIGs, CPs to secure police arms, ammunition nationwide

The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has again ordered commanding officers nationwide to take measures to secure arms and ammunition…

APC to sue two radio stations for libel

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benue, on Thursday said it would sue two radio stations in the state for…

We can have violence-free elections, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja said that post-election violence could be avoided if politicians and their supporters were…

Truck crushes 2 to death, injures customs officers in Lagos

A motor accident, allegedly caused by a staff of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Wednesday killed two…

Boko Haram ‘killed woman in labour’ – Amnesty

Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack…