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Court declines to put a marriage asunder

It is a popular lyrical admonition in Nigeria: What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. A Nigerian…

Police Corporal To Die By Hanging For Killing 3-yr Old Girl

An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade has sentenced a 35-year old  Police Corporal, Okechukwu Nwabueze, to…

Former Bank PHB boss used embezzled N45m to pay church tithes – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused a former managing director of Bank PHB, Mr Francis Atuche, of…

Akwa Ibom House approves N125b extra budget

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Thursday passed a N125 billion supplementary budget into law. The request was…

Kidnapped Hotel Boss Freed

Respite came the way of the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, Segun Ayobolu as he was…

Grandma Arrested With Cocaine

A 65-year old grandmother, who is also a mother of six, was on Wednesday arrested for alleged drug trafficking, the…

Thank God For Giving Me Triplets — Chioma Ajunwa

Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, has asked Nigerians to discountenance any report of any controversy over her new…

Train Crushes Woman

A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday hit and killed by a passenger train at Oshodi in Lagos when she was…

Customs Raid Frozen Foods Company

Men of Nigeria Customs Services, NCS, from Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, this morning…

In Picture: Amaechi Commissions UN House in PH

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (middle) with the Resident Coordinator, United Nations System in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure (left)…

UNILAG Celebrates Golden Jubilee

Students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Yaba, were in a high mood last Saturday when the school celebrated…

UI Holds Annual Cooking Competition

Imagine pepper “cultured” in a Petri dish, fish grilled in an autoclave, beef boiled in a conical flask, food cooked…

Reviving Reading Culture

In view of the decadence in the country’s education sector, a fresh graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Tofarati Ige,…

Reinstatement Of Union Excites OAU Students

It was the beginning of union activities at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ife, Osun State, when the ‘rested’ student…

Nigerian Police Corporal sentenced to death

Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade has sentenced a 35-year old Police Corporal, Okechukwu…

‘NUC Rating Confirms Caleb Varsity’s Standard’

An Educationist and visitor to Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Dr. Ola Adebogun, has described the 100 percent success the…

Harry Porter’s author debuts with adult novel

London,( AFP) Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s first novel for adults hit the shelves Thursday and has already notched up…

Achebe out with memoir on Biafra

Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, often called the father of modern African literature, released his first major work in years Thursday with…

Edo Tribunal: PDP candidate’s case suffers setback

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The petition filed at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal by Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, candidate of Peoples…

Nnimmoh Bassey wins Rafto prize

Nigeria’s human rights and environmental campaigner, Nnimoh Bassey has won this year’s Norwegian Rafto Prize in recognition of his long-term…

Oyo NURTW: Tokyo calls Governor Ajimobi traitor

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The feud between Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and the erstwhile Chairman of the state National Union…

Hajj: Will the Saudis heed Nigeria’s ultimatum?

The Federal Government on Wednesday gave the government of Saudi Arabia 24 hours ultimatum of to resolve issues concerning their…

Flood: 2 die in refugee camp

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An outbreak of chicken pox at one of the six refuge camps set up in Edo North to…

Libel: Punch floors Arik Air boss

N20 Billion Arik Suit: Court Rules In Favour Of Punch JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Benin High Court Wednesday ruled in favour…

Water scarcity hits Keffi

There are reports of acute water scarcity in and around Keffi, a major town in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria. The…

Obama mocks Romney’s get tough with China vow

Bowling Green, Ohio, (AFP) – President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney’s get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe’s…

Kidnapped hotelier freed after ransom paid

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite came the way of Segun Oyebolu, the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, in…

Remembering Nigeria’s Hercules plane disaster

Eromosele Ebhomele Twenty years after the Nigerian military plane, Hercules C-130, crashed in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos State ,…

Danjuma Foundation gives N180m to NGOs

The TY Danjuma Foundation, a grant-making organisation, said on Wednesday that it would disburse N180.6 million to 17 non Governmental…

Professor Tella reinstated by OOU

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Former Vice Chancellor of the Crescent University Abeokuta, Professor Sherifdeen Tella has been reinstated by the authorities…