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Police warn hospitals of robbers disguising as patients

The Police Command in Lagos State on Wednesday alerted management of hospitals in the state to be wary of suspected…

Occupy Nigeria puts off protest against Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Occupy Nigeria Season 2 has cancelled the planned protest against President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria that…

NNPC spends $1.8bn on fuel import per quarter

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Wednesday that it spends $1.8 billion in 90 days to import fuel.…
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DSS arrests Ansaru deputy leader

Nigeria secret police, the Department of State Service on Wednesday announced that it has arrested one Bello Danhajiya, a close…

How Oronsaye fixed govt fund in personal account – Witness

The trial of the former Head of Service and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, PCFATF,…

Man jailed 18 months for stealing BlackBerry

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A 25-year-old man, Unity Agbonifo, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for attempting to steal…

Jonathan alone not to blame for economic downturn – Oba Akiolu

Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan must not be blamed alone for the nation’s economic downturn, says Oba of…

Pipeline vandals to get Boko Haram treatment – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in…
Court jails Lagos woman, Bose Lateef arrested by EFCC while hawking naira notes at Eko Club after she pleaded guilty to money racketeering.

Nigerian government must stop rejecting the naira as a legal tender

By SKC Ogbonnia Section 20 of the CBN Act of 2007 clearly states that the Naira “shall be legal tender…

N185m Fraud: EFCC arraigns ex-UMTH staff

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 7, 2016 arraigned five former staff of the Finance and Accounts…

PICTURES: Ambode storms Aboru, cozies up to mother and child

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos did the unusual when he visited Ajasa-Command Road in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area…

Ajasa-Command road ready in five weeks – Ambode

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday evening said the Ajasa-Command Road in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA)…

Port Harcourt refinery begins production again – NNPC

Nigeria has restarted the Port Harcourt refinery, which has a capacity of 210,000 barrels a day, a spokesman for state…

Ambode commissions 36km Ile Zik-Sango toll gate street lights

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday evening commissioned the lighting up of the stretch of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway from Ile…

Vandalism: IPMAN tasks FG on effective pipelines surveillance

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to provide effective pipelines surveillance equipment…

Police sanction 20 officers for misconduct – Official

Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March this year. CSP Abayomi…

I never knew Segun Oyesunmi was a criminal – Ghanaian wife

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Ghanaian woman, Rose Oyesunmi who is married to a Nigerian Segun Oyesunmi has opted out from her…

Lagos CJ frees 153 prison inmates

Henry Ojelu The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade Wednesday freed 153 inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum and…

Landlady sets tenant’s apartment ablaze to eject him

Cyriacus Izuekwe A landlady, Mrs Nike Azeez shocked the residents of Ijegun community in Lagos State western Nigeria, on Tuesday…
Niger Republic Head of State, Brigadier-General Abdourahmane Tchiani, on Christmas night, 25 December, 2024, accused Nigeria of conspiring with France to destabilise his country. F

Women as expendables by Owei Lakemfa

As is usually the case with teenagers leaving home for the first time, when I went to the university, I…

Traders shut down Delta council over new market levy

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Traders, predominantly women, invaded Udu Council secretariat in Delta state sacking all personnel including security guards in…
Pedro

Fuel scarcity & power crisis: The social goods debate by Femi Pedro

By Femi Pedro After inheriting a colossal mess from all the previous administrations combined, it is fair to say that…

Nigeria set to receive Ibori, others from UK

The Federal Government has said that it is ready to receive Nigerians serving various jail terms in different prisons across…

Probe Nigerian Army for killing Shiites -Amnesty

Claims by a Kaduna state official that Nigeria’s military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority…

SDP backs Gov Bello of Kogi

The Kogi State Cchapter of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has passed a vote of confidence on the Kogi State…

Lagos At 50: The legal validity of Soyinka’s appointment

(Being the address delivered by Femi Falana at the public presentation of Kayode Fabunmi’s book on THE STORY OF A…

Female gospel singer dies in ex-lawmaker’s hotel in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A female gospel singer,‎ Mrs. Yvonne Omoarebokhae, has allegedly died in a hotel in Benin, owned by a…
Femi Otedola now single largest shareholder in First Bank

Otedola obtained $233m for Zenon, diverted it to AP – Emenalo

Boniface Emenalo, the secretary of the then House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Fuel Subsidy said Zenon Oil and…

Boko Haram using more children for attacks, says UNICEF

j Ahead of 14 April two years anniversary of the kidnap of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State by…
Sule Lamido

Corruption: Lamido’s trial stalls after son falls ill in court

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 presented to Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal…