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Chidi Lloyd released on bail

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian Police Command in Rivers State has released the Leader of the House of Assembly, Chidi…

Lagos State Arrest 200 Commercial Operators Over Registration

The Lagos State Vehicles Inspection Services (VIS) today arrested about 200 commercial bus drivers who have failed to register their…

Amaechi signs budget bill into law

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has signed into law…

Fashola Unveils Modern Market With 64 CCTV

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria,  has unveiled and handed over the newly reconstructed Isopakodowo Market in Oshodi…

Pastor In Prison Over Fake Prophecy

The founder and General Overseer of Faith Alive Christian Centre located at 43, Dada Olowu Street,  Abule Taylor,  in Abule…

9 Burnt To Death In Fuel Tanker Explosion

At least nine people died last night when a petrol tanker conveying 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit, PMS, somersaulted…

Nigerian TV/Radio Stations May End Music Ban

After nearly a month of cold war, a truce may be imminent in the feud between the Copyright Society of…

Kwankwaso’s dad survives gun attack in mosque, 3 die

Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, the father of Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, escaped unhurt after gunmen attacked a mosque in his…

Rivers Assembly approves N485.5 bn budget

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State took political pundits by surprise today when he presented…

Doctors issue 21-day ultimatum to Oshiomhole

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Edo state has issued a 21- day ultimatum to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to address…

Compulsory medical test for civil servants in Niger

Governor Babangida Aliyu of the central Nigerian state of Niger on Tuesday directed the State Civil Service to work out…

Divisions in Anambra APC as Okonkwo suspended

There is schism among members of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, as the newly sworn-in interim…

Ajimobi appoints new SSG, 8 commissioners

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, western Nigeria, has approved the appointment of Mr Ismael Alli as the new Secretary…

Stella Oduah erasing her academic records, says Premium Times

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, who was exposed last night for claiming fraudulently that she got an MBA degree…

You can now pay cash into your account at any bank

A big relief to Nigerian bank customers: you no longer need to reach your bank to deposit cash. You can…

Fake LASTMA Man Goes To Jail

A fake officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, southwest Nigeria…

Bribery: Driver, Passenger Shot By Cop

A 32-year-old dismissed police corporal, Mr Nelson Bassey, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly shooting a driver,…

Lagos Bus Drivers Shun Registration

At least 90,000 commuter bus drivers and conductors have shunned Lagos State Government’s capturing of their data. The government had…

Attack On Fashola: Akabueze Replies Obanikoro

Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ben Akabueze has replied Senator Musiliu Obanikoro’s recent attacks on Governor Bababtunde…

2 Friends Fight Bloody Over Girl

Two friends have engaged each other in a bloody street fight over a girl at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, southwest…

UNN staff want VC to go

Academic and administrative activities were paralysed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) following resumed protests by the workers calling…

Stella Oduah forged MBA degree, says Saharareporters

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s minister of aviation faces a fresh integrity scrutiny over her claim that she obtained an MBA degree…

Updated: 2 Courts bombed in Rivers State

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two High Courts located at Ahoada and Okehi Divisions in Rivers State were today bombed by yet…

Drugs concealed in palm oil seized at Lagos airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized 9.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine hidden inside palm oil.…

Ajimobi gives cash gifts to civil servants

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today doled out cash gifts totaling N15.6 million to different categories of…

I am hale and hearty, says Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, has debunked rumours making the round that he was seriously…

2 persons arrested over N17m fraud

Ayodeji Dedeigbo The police in Lagos have arrested two men identified as Olumide Ayobami and Martins Tokunbo for allegedly defrauding…

Part-time student commits suicide

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare has been found dead in his…

The full text of the letter of Edwin Clark to Obasanjo

Please click the link here to read the full text of Chief Edwin Clark’s letter to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo: Chief…

Nigeria: High Court bombed in Port-Harcourt

Ahoada East High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State in southern Nigeria was razed today after a…