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Secret video dents Romney’s campaign against Obama

Mitt Romney faced a new campaign storm on Monday after the release of secretly filmed video in which he told…

In Pictures: Ajeh Designs

Bayo Adetu/Fashion Writer Ajeh Wear is a clothing line that is mostly patronized by celebrities in Nigeria. Virtually all the…

Gowon, Jonathan, others praise Ogbemudia at 80

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon and prominent Nigerians, including State governors on Monday paid…

Rep Tasks FG on Help for Anambra Flood Victims

 Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, who is representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency , Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, has described…

12 petrol laden ships arrive as scarcity bites in Lagos

Scarcity of petrol has been reported in most parts of Lagos, as the Nigeria Ports Authority revealed the arrival of…

6 killed playing Ludo in Bauchi

Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram Islamist sect late Sunday shot dead at least six people who were…

Police Housing Scam: Court Freezes Accounts Of Mortgage Firm

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has frozen all the accounts of a mortgage bank, Centage Savings…

After US embassy attack, Libya sacks security chiefs

Libya’s interior minister has sacked Benghazi security chiefs after last week’s deadly attack on the US consulate in the eastern…

Lagos Shuts 15 Illegal Hospitals

Officials of the Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, at the weekend shut down 15 illegal hospitals…

Army: Abu Qaqa, Boko Haram spokesman killed

Nigerian soldiers on Monday said they had shot dead a man suspected to have acted as a spokesman for Islamist…

Traffic Law: 7,916 Officials For Training

In readiness to enforce the new road traffic law, the Lagos State Government has sent 7,916 enforcement officers on four-week…

Fashion Designer Disrupts Wedding Over Hired Gown

A Lagos-based fashion designer, Theresa Iyamu, 36, has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly disrupting a church…

300 Health Volunteers Deployed To PHCS

The Lagos State Government has graduated the first batch of 300 health volunteers trained to provide assistance to patients at…

Gridlock as major link bridge collapses in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Motorists in the Nigerian oil-rich city of Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital, were this morning trapped in…

69 Suspects Arrested

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun fresh onslaught against suspected hoodlums across the…

Falana: Awards To IG, Governors, Senators Illegal

Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has criticised the national honours being conferred on serving public officials.…

Nigeria Suffering From Severe Dutch Disease

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prior to 1959, the Dutch country of Netherlands, then known as Holland, was well known for its industrialization,…

Adenuga, others honored by Nigeria

President Good luck Jonathan on Monday morning in Abuja conferred the nation’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the…

Nigerian varsity don slumps, dies in market

  GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN   The Dean of Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Professor Kolawole Olu-Owolabi aged 51 today slumped…

Nigerians 4th biggest spenders in UK, says Guardian

On her twice-yearly visits to London from Nigeria, Victoria Appiah stocks up on everything she needs for the next six…

Boko Haram: Nigerian-Lebanese deny fleeing Kano

Mr Tahir Faddalah, the Chairman, Lebanese Community in Kano, has denied media reports that  members of the community were fleeing Kano State…

Editors urge Jonathan to work harder on Nigeria’s problems

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has urged  President Goodluck Jonathan and other elected officials to put extra measures in place…

Edo deputy governor’s press aide abducted

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers Saturday night in Benin City, abducted Kelly Odaro, Chief Press Secretary…

Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano

Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…

PDP wins Zaria bye election

Alhaji Shehu Malami Nuhu-Babajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won Saturday’s by-election into Kaduna State House of Assembly for…

Jonathan rewards Nigeria’s Paralympians, Falconets

Ayorinde oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan late Saturday announced cash rewards for the country’s Paralympians and female Under-20 footballers for…

US orders non-essential staff out of Tunisia, Sudan

The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel to leave Sudan and Tunisia following embassy attacks over an anti-Islam…

Jonathan sets up committee on flood

President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted a technical committee to assess and determine the extent of damage caused by recent floods…

Kings College PTA plans N180m hostel

The Parent-Teachers’ Association of King’s College, Lagos, plans to tackle some infrastructure challenges in the institution by constructing of a…

HAJJ: Lagos begins airlifting of pilgrims October

The Lagos State Government is set to commence the airlifting of the State Muslim pilgrims to this year’s Holy Pilgrimage…