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ASUU formally ends strike

Nigerian university lecturers on Tuesday formally called off a long-running strike that paralysed higher education in the country, after they…

Ghanaian wife killer blames her Nigerian lover

A Ghanaian man jailed Monday in the United Kingdom for 17 years after he killed his wife has blamed the…

Minority lawmakers plan to impeach Amaechi, alleges APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged a plot by six rebel lawmakers in the…

Ajudua faces fresh charge for defrauding Gen. Bamaiyi

Henry Ojelu & Oluchi Chiowa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed a fresh criminal charge against notorious…

ASUU ends strike

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its five-month old strike. The…

ASUU Meets To Call Off Strike

A National Executive Council, NEC meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is ongoing at the Federal University…

Police Demolish 500 Houses In Lagos

More than 500 buildings were destroyed this morning at Polome Village/Community, Mowo Phase II Badagry, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on…
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Utomi urges Nigerian politicians to think of the people

Prof. Pat Utomi, a former Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), has urged Nigerian politicians to imbibe…

Ex- army major, wife released by kidnappers after ransom paid

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A retired army Major, Azum Asoya and his 55-year-old wife, Elizabeth, whose fingers were sent in a parcel…

Nigerian cadet shines in Sandhurst

A Nigerian Officer Cadet, Noel Shekoduza Moses, has been awarded the Queen’s medal for best results in Military, Academic and…

In Pictures: Wedding of Anne David Mark and Emma Egwa

President Goodluck Jonathan led the shakers and movers of Nigeria today to the wedding of another daughter of Senate President,…

Soyinka leads tributes for Mandela

FOLARIN ADEMOSU South Africa’s legend, Nelson Mandela, will be interred Sunday at a private ceremony in Qunu, his village where…

Labour Party expels Gbenga Daniel

The Labour Party has dismissed the immediate past Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, from its fold. The party announced the…

‘My mother sold my baby for $1,600’

A woman in Cross River state has been arrested by the police after her daughter reported her for selling her…

Police bar Rivers State lawmakers for the second day

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Police in Rivers State for the second day, barred the lawmakers of the Rivers State House…

Solomon Lar Died A Pauper, Says Daughter

Chief Solomon Lar, the pioneer National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Plateau, died as…

Lagos Probes High Incidents Of Goitre

The Lagos State Government says it will investigate the cause of high cases of goitre in Badagry. Gov. Babatunde Fashola…

Armed Robber’s Confession: I Paid Tithe After Every Operation

A 24-year old armed robbery suspect, Mr. Tajudeen Onifara has revealed the secret behind his success in the underworld for…

Young Nigerians Eye Big Bucks Dancing

Drenched in sweat from an energy-sapping rehearsal at a Lagos dance studio, Rita Adoh hopes to make a fortune from…

Bode George’s conviction quashed by Supreme Court

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday morning upturned the conviction in 2009 of former Deputy national chairman of the…

Don’t take Nigeria to Abacha days, APC begs Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Jonathan administration not to take Nigeria back to the dreaded and calamitous…

Oba of Benin honours Ozekhome

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Lagos-based human rights activist and lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has been honoured with a chieftaincy title by the…

Kidnappers of ex- army officer, wife send fingers to family

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who abducted 80-year-old retired army Major, Azum Asoya and his 55-year-old wife, Elizabeth,…

Stolen Baby: Police Declare Hotel Manager Wanted

The police in Lagos have declared a hotel manager, Imole Abiodun, wanted for his alleged involvement in the stealing and…

Police teargas Rivers State lawmakers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Rivers State Police Command today freely used teargas to disperse 22 lawmakers, who had come to…

Pension theft: Trial adjourned till next year

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Justice Bolaji Yusuf of the High court on Ring Road, Ibadan, capital of the western Nigerian state of…

Rivers State: APC vows to resist illegality by renegade lawmakers

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against any reliance on Wednesday’s judgement of a federal high court, nullifying…

Obasanjo: Jonathan orders aides to ceasefire, to reply later

Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on media and publicity admitted Wednesday night that President Jonathan had…

I invested N900k in drug business to reap N5m, says suspect

Simon Ateba/Lagos An electronic dealer at Alaba International market in Lagos, western Nigeria is under investigation in connection with unlawful…

Zamfara Sacks 400 Nurses, Midwives Over Strike

The government of the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara has sacked over 400 nurses and midwives, who went on strike…