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Governance Is In Full Gear

Chuks Ugwoke, Enugu State Commissioner for Information, tells JETHRO IBILEKE that government activities remain unhindered by the governor’s absence What…

Chime: Anger, Anxiety Over Enugu Governor

A lengthy absence from office sparks anger, anxiety and rumours of poor health about Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State…

Emergency Should Be Declared In Enugu

Comrade Osmond Ogu, Enugu State Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation and Chairman, Enugu State Workers’ Forum, tells JETHRO IBILEKE…

Gunmen freed 30 detainees, says Nigeria Police

The Nigeria Police has confirmed that 30 suspects in its detention were freed by gunmen who attacked the premises of…

Jaji bombings: Top military officer among injured victims

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A senior military officer, Air Commodore Alechenu Ekagbo has been confirmed to be among the victims of…

Obanikoro’s supporters protest over appeal delay

Henry Ojelu& Abdul Olamide Supporters of Mr. Babajide Ibrahim Obanikoro, son of former Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro,…

Football Tragedy: Fans Stab Hotel Manager To Death

The manager of a hotel in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has been stabbed to death by two football fans during…

Man Rapes 12 Year-Old-Girl, Rejects Marriage

A 25-year old man, Umaru Ismali has been arrested by the police and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly…

NDLEA Impounds 3,500kg Of Indian Hemp

The Zamfara Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has impounded 3,500 kilogrammes of Cannabis Satiba, known as…

Bombing Is Wicked —Northern Govs

The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has described Sunday’s bomb blasts that killed 11 persons at St Andrews Protestant Church,…

NGO Wants Tougher Penalties For Rapists

The Country Director of IPAS, a non-governmental organisation, Dr Ejike Oji, on Sunday called for stiffer measures against rapist in…

Communal Clash: Police Arrest Gang Leader

Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, on Sunday confirmed the arrest of one Benjamin Jato, gang leader of…

Tuberculosis On The Rise In Kano

A total of 4, 413 new cases of tuberculosis were registered in Kano from January to September this year, Dr.…

‘Inadequate Funds, Bane Of Transportation Sector’

Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa has lamented the inadequate funding of the transportation sector by federal and state…

No Opposition Can Perform Creditably Without The Media —Muhammed

No opposition party can perform its role of being watchdog to the government in power creditably without the media, says…

Remains of Arafat To Be Exhumed Tomorrow

The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his…

MD, Eko Megacity Bus Services Docked Over N14.8m Theft

A prominent Lagos-based transporter, Greg Kadibia Afam Nwosisi, 58, has been arrested by the police at the Zone 2 Command,…

Man Docked For Killing

A 21-year old man, Wasiu Hamza of Osin Odo-Ode village in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State has been…

Lagos Assembly Summons Council Chairmen

Engineer Fatai Oyesanya and Mrs. Morenike Adesina Williams, Chairmen of Ikosi-Isheri and Igando-Ikotun local council development  areas respectively, have been…

Nigeria: Gunmen attack police detention centre

The detention centre run by Nigerian Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Garki Abuja, came under the fusillade of bullets this…

Nigerian governor suspends 3 aides for wearing jeans

Three commissioners turned up for a state dinner in Nigeria’s Ebonyi state recently, wearing t-shirts and the casual jeans trousers.…

Couple, child killed by auto-bike assassins

Two motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a Christian couple and their child as they were about to leave their home for church…

Ogun state police foil ATM robbery

Nigeria’s Ogun state police command said that it foiled a robbery attempt on a commercial bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM)…

11 killed as suicide bombers hit Nigerian army church

The Nigerian army said that the two blasts today at a church in the military barracks in Jaji, Kaduna state…

Oritsejafor: I am not ashamed to own a plane

In an interview published today, President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who has been under criticism for…

Tribute To Late Justice Kayode Eso

By Funsho Adegbola The Honourable Justice Kayode is a father and grandfather to me and my children. I came to…

Dutch arranging fake weddings for Nigerians jailed

A 45-year-old Dutch woman has been jailed for four years for organising nine sham marriages, involving Nigerians living in the…

Shot Mauritanian leader back home

Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month…

Korean pop artiste sets YouTube record

South Korean pop sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” on Saturday became YouTube’s most-watched video of all time, registering more than 803…

Nigeria’s Onaiyekan now a prince of Catholic Church

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday officially named Nigeria’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan and five other non-European cardinals to the body that…