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Civil Servants Abandon Duties In Search Of Fuel

Many civil servants in Jos abandoned their duty posts on Wednesday in search of petrol as acute scarcity of the…

3 Suspected Boko Haram Sponsors Under Watch — IG

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the three people alleged to be…

Jonathan Swaps Two Ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle, swapping Ministers of State for Power and Niger Delta Affairs,…

FinBank Directors Manipulated Shares -Witness

Head of Compliance and Enforcement Department with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anafi Buba Mohammed today told…

Kalabaris Protest Over Plans To Cede 5 Communities To Bayelsa

Elders and Youths of Kalabari Wednesday staged a peaceful protest on the major streets of Port Harcourt , southsouth Nigeria,…

Lagos Assembly Promises Serious Scrutiny Of 2013 Budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it is not prepared to grant easy passage to the 2013 budget…

Adekeye, Apex Court Jurist Bows Out

Supreme Court jurist, Justice Olufnlola Oyelola Adekeye, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 28 October, retired…

Robbers Massacre Village Head, 19 Others

Armed robbers shot dead 20 people on Tuesday in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an area plagued by violent clashes between…

Fashola Presents N497b 2013 Budget

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today presented a budget of N497.277 billion to the State House of Assembly for…

Constitution Amendment: NBA Insists On Referendum

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) says only a referendum will bestow legitimacy on the outcome of Constitution amendment. The President…

3rd MAINLAND Bridge: Knocks, Kudos For Jonathan

Lagos residents have given more knocks and less kudos to the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government over the rehabilitation of…

Parents Seek Ban On Corporal Punishment

Some parents on Tuesday in Lagos called for the abolition of corporal punishment in primary and post-primary schools across the…

Assemblyman Tasks NASS Over Unemployment

The representative of Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has urged the National Assembly…

Improve Yourselves, Lagos Lawmaker Urges Youths

The Deputy Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lola Akande, has challenged Nigerian youths to re-dedicate themselves…

Achebe’s Book: Ohanaeze Chief Chides Yoruba Leaders

A former General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Pascal Chimezie has condemned Yoruba leaders who…

38-Year Old Man Docked For Stealing

A 38-year old man, Chukwuma Eugene, has been arraigned before an Ikeja magistrates court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for fraud. He…

Teenager In Court Over Robbery

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a teenager, who allegedly robbed passengers of two BlackBerry handsets at gunpoint Magistrate…

2 Epe Elders Charged With N6m Theft, Burglary

The police at Area ‘J’ Command, Elemoro, Lekki, Ajah, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Epe prominent elders, Chief…

Unrepentant Time Wasters

It is now common in the Lagos State House of Assembly to hear staff and visitors describe the state lawmakers…

Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria

Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…

Imoke Presents N151bn Budget Of Commitment

Governor of Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Tuesday presented a budget of N151.3 billion as the…

Man Held For Sleeping With Step Daughter

A 62-year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem, who was alleged to have defiled her 10-year old step daughter in Abeokuta,…

Our Job Is To Satisfy Our Constituents —Omisore

The Chairman, Committee on Special Duties and House Services, Lagos State House of Assembly, Ipoola Omisore, has said that no…

Robbers massacre victims in Nigerian village

No fewer than 20 people have been shot dead by armed robbers in Kaboro village, Zamfara state, north western Nigeria.…

Wife of Ex-Governor Attah Dies

Nnenyin Alison Victor Attah, wife of the former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, is dead. Her death happened in Lagos…

Lagos warns on the ripples of Hurricane Sandy

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the imminent ripple effect on Lagos coastal areas of…

Venus Williams arrives Lagos

Emmanuel Osodi The visit of the Williams Sisters to Nigeria has finally become a reality with the arrival of Venus…

Prostate Cancer Kills 14 Nigerian Men Daily, Says Expert

Prostate cancer kills 14 men everyday in Nigeria, Dr Abia Nzelu, Coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), Lagos State branch,…

Army Nabs 3 Fake Soldiers, NITEL Cable Vandals

The Forward Operation Base (FOB), 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Aba, Abia, said on Monday that it has arrested…

3rd M\Bridge Fully Opens, Repairs Gulped N1b

All was set this afternoon for the full opening of the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The bridge…