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BUK to begin semester exams mid-January

The authorities of Bayero University Kano (BUK) have directed students of the institution to return to school on Wednesday, Jan.…

NIJ graduate wins IYJ award

Simon Ateba/Lagos Jennifer Ehidiamen, a graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos, western Nigeria, has won the…

TB Joshua Debunks Rumours on Malawi President

Simon Ateba/Lagos Rumours spreading around that Malawi’s President Joyce Banda, has received a prophecy from Prophet T.B. Joshua that she…

Large turn-out of voters in Yobe

Voters across Yobe today turned out in large numbers to cast their votes to elect Chairmen and Councillors of the…

Oshiomhole, twice lucky, survives auto accident

.Bus laden with tomato rams into Edo Governor’s car JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Barely two years after the convoy of Nigeria’s Edo…

Fashola approves 120 cars for Lagos monarchs

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has approved the procurement of 120 new vehicles of various brands for…

Man claiming to be bewitched rapes, impregnates daughter

The Nigerian Police in Lagos State said it has arrested a 36-year old man who allegedly raped and impregnated his…

Kidnapped Lebanese national dumped on the outskirts of Kano

A Lebanese national, Mr Hassan Zaid(initially spelled as Zein) who was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons, has been released…

Banker Slices Hubby’s Penis With Knife

The popular saying that hell has no fury than a woman scorned came to pass on Monday at the Surulere…

3 die, 8 injured in speeding bus crash

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Three persons, two males and one female were confirmed dead in a Boxing Day road crash on…

Soldiers kill Poly student at checkpoint in Katsina

Nigerian Soldiers in Katsina State on Thursday opened fire on a commercial vehicle with reg. number AY504KTN, killing one of…

Nurse killed after N1.5m ransom paid to abductors

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A 43 year-old kidnap victim, Bridget Osawaru, has been allegedly murdered by her abductors after they collected N1.5…

1-2-3 babies for Judith Amaechi at UPHTH

Wife of the Rivers State Governor Dame Judith Amaechi on Wednesday visited the first baby delivered at the Braithwaite Memorial…

3 clearing agents, trader arrested for N350m drug shipment

Simon Ateba/Lagos Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three customs licensed clearing and forwarding agents…

We Are Ogu and not Egun, says group

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A minority ethnic group commonly, in western Nigeria, referred to for several centuries as Egun, has rejected…

Justice Kawu interred at home

The body of Justice Sa’idu Kawu, retired judge of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, was buried on Thursday in Ilorin according to…

APC says Jonathan’s letter crosses line of decency

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has deconstructed President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s scathing open letter and its…

Reports: Deposed Akure monarch pleads for reinstatement

The deposed monarch of the western Nigeria town of Akure, Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina, has urged the government of state of…

Justice Kawu to be buried today

The burial rites for retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Saidu Kawu, will take place today in Ilorin, capital…

FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia

The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…

Primate Akinola: My abductors took my shoes, my shirt

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past primate of Anglican Church, Peter Akinola who was abducted by gunmen in Abeokuta yesterday and…

Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget

Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…

Lawal, ex-commissioner in Lagos dies

JAMIU YISA Former governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Professor Kunle Lawal, is dead. He was aged 54. It was learnt…

Political drama in Kano House as Kwankwaso presents budget

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has received the 2014 budget from Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ceremony was…

Police: Primate Akinola rescued

Most Rev. Peter Akinola, retired primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, kidnapped Tuesday by an armed gang, has been…

3 PDP members in Zamfara Assembly defect to APC

.say they quit PDP because it was heading to self-destruction Three members of northern Nigeria state of Zamfara House of…

Airforce corporal, 6 others arrested for kidnap, death of bizman

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Lance Corporal Suleiman Mohammed of the Nigerian Air Force and six others…

Fashola visits the Ogunros, Tinubu sends condolence

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday described as shocking the death of the Managing Director of Eminent…

Nigeria: Primate Akinola kidnapped

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokutaand Seun Bisuga The retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, along with his driver, was…

Lagos Shuts 429 Houses

To stem the tide of collapsed buildings in the state, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has revealed that 429…