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3 Land Speculators In Prison Over N16m Fraud

Three suspected land speculators, Olumuyiwa Makewu, 42, Omogbalahare Raheem, 45, and Paul Nwosu Onyemechi, 39, have been arrested by the…

Bizman Docked Over N4.7m Dud Cheque

A 38-year old director of a dredging firm, Frank Ojeuwe, has been arraigned before an Igbosore Magistrate’s Court on a…

Robbers Invade Oko Oba

Armed robbers, mostly youths in their early 20s, have invaded New Oko Oba in Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos…

Agbaje Makes Case For Creation Of State Police

A former gubernatorial candidate of the Democratic People’s Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 governorship election in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje,…

Boko Haram plots to strike on Sallah day, says JTF

Nigeria’s military on Tuesday said it had uncovered a plot by Boko Haram militants to carry out “massive attacks” during…

Why ACN lost Ondo election

Seun Bisuga Former Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), Chairman, Jumoke Anifowose (nee Ajasin) believes that the party lost…

Robbers kill Currency Changer in Lagos

AYODEJI DEDEIGBO/Crime Reporter A Bureau De Change operator was shot dead this evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos,…

Iyayi: Nigeria’s civil servants world’s most inefficient

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian public servants have been described as the most inefficient and ineffective in the world. A former President…

EFCC Docks Customs boss Impersonator

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, arraigned Bello Godwin Onimisi, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko…

2 robbery suspects killed in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead today on Ada-George Road in the Nigerian oil-rich city of…

Bomb Scare On Arik Flight

There has been a bomb scare on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja but the Ministry of Aviation…

Court Orders Bizman To Forfeit N102m To FG

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria Tuesday ordered officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

Kidnappers Demand N50m Ransom To Free Housewife

Gunmen who kidnapped a housewife, Mrs. Ime Abasi in Calabar, Cross River State; southsouth Nigeria, have contacted her husband, Mr.…

OKADA MENACE: 3,000 Bikes Seized

Several commuters were today stranded as the Lagos State Government withdrew its BRT buses from Ikotun-Iyana Ipaja axis to save…

Army Officers Pledge To Obey, Enforce New Lagos Traffic Law

The implementation of the new Lagos Traffic Law has got the backing of the Military as the General Officer Commanding…

9 Charged With N300m Petroleum Theft

Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected petroleum thieves and…

Bank Guard Steals N1m From ATM

A security guard, Danjuma Abutu, 36, attached to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB, Lagos has been arraigned before an Igbosere…

Man Caught With N1b At Airport Docked

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today took Abubakar Sheriff Tijani, 25, the man arrested with N1.1billion at Murtala…

Fashola Presents 2013 Budget

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, has announced he would present the Year 2013 budget to the state…

Traffic Law: Bus Drivers, Conductors To Wear Uniforms From January

Commercial bus drivers and conductors will begin to wear uniforms and badges as from January 2012, says the Lagos State…

LASG Approves N77.5m For Scholarship Award

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved N77.5 million for scholarship award to 337 qualified indigenes of the state in…

Why Students Fail Examinations —Oladunjoye

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Olayinka Oladunjoye has attributed low performance of students in various examinations to the non-usage of…

45,249 Babies Delivered At Lagos MCCs

At least 45,245 babies have been delivered at the various Maternal and Childcare Centres, MCCs, across Lagos in the last…

Squatters Take Over Major Road In Apapa

Squatters have taken over Bristrol street in Apapa GRA and all efforts by the authorities to dislodge them have so…

China fires back at Obama, Romney

Beijing has urged the US presidential candidates to refrain from inflaming tensions with China after President Barack Obama and challenger…

Doctor charged with plotting to poison President Yayi

The West African nation of Benin has charged three suspects accused of plotting to poison President Thomas Boni Yayi, the…

Group Accuses MTN, 2 Others Of Anti-Competitive Conduct

Consumers Empowerment Organisation of Nigeria (CEON), a consumer advocacy group, has petitioned the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alleging anti-competitive conducts…

Phone Hacking: Ex-England Coach Eriksson sues Mirror

Former England coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson and three others have sued the publisher of Daily Mirror over alleged phone hacking. The…

Lagos Assembly Considers Total Ban On Okada

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it may be forced to pass a new law to…

Hi-tech exam cheating in Bangladesh

Exam cheats in Bangladesh have been caught receiving answers on mobile phones disguised as wrist watches, police said on Tuesday…