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Nigerian Governor Blames Leaders For Insecurity

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday in Abuja came down hard on Nigerian leaders…

Bolt: I’m now a legend

After making history on Thursday night by defending his Olympic 200 metres crown, making it an unprecedented second successive sprint…

Usain Bolt seals his place in Olympic history

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt sped to one of athletics’ greatest feats Thursday as he became the only man ever to retain…

Labour Party boosted in Ondo state

No fewer than 2,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Thursday…

Nigerian Court sacks Ondo PDP executives

An Akure High Court in Nigeria’s western state of Ondo on Thursday restrained members of the state and local government…

2 ladies docked for theft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja One Mrs. Sonia Iwuoha, 27, wife to a son of a retired Commissioner of Police and…

When Hillary meets Jonathan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Nigeria’s president Thursday amidst increasing concerns about the Boko Haram insurgency and the…

265 Lagos Pilgrims For Lesser Hajj

At least 265 Lagos State Muslim pilgrims have travelled to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Lesser Hajj, known as Umrah.…

OKENE MASSACRE: Kumuyi Breaks Silence

General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has broken his silence following the massacre of 19 members of…

INEC swears in three new RECs

The Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega on Thursday in Abuja swore in three new state Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC).…

Dana Crash: More Blood As Govt Releases Victims’ Bodies

With bottles, knives, bricks and daggers, officials of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, and relatives of Dana plane…

Woman Jailed For Hiring Kids To Beg

A 40-year old woman has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for begging for alms with five children in Lagos,…

Newswatch Sale: Jimoh Ibrahim Owes N510m

Directors of Newwatch magazine, Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese, Yakubu Mohammed and Soji Akinninade have warned Lagos businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim against…

Bus Drivers Cry Out Over Extortion By LASTMA

Commuter bus drivers plying Oshodi-Apapa Expressway today cried out over extortion by an official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,…

LASAA Develops Plans For Water Advertising

The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, has said that it is set to explore the advertising opportunities available…

How Assassins Killed Ex-Police Chief

Fresh facts emerged yesterday on how gunmen suspected to be hired assassins shot dead on Tuesday night a retired Assistant…

Youths Lynch 4 Robbers

Youths numbering over 40 in Badagry area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Wednesday lynched four suspected robbers after the…

Lagos Assembly Speaker Berates Politicians

Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has blamed Nigeria’s problems on the extreme selfishness and greed of the…

Husband Abandons Home For Cantankerous Wife

A Lagos-based businessman has narrated how he abandoned his matrimonial home due to nagging and constant harassment by his estranged…

Cleric Charges CAN Over Boko Haram

A cleric, Prophet Solomon Olukunni Ajao has charged the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, to find solution to the incessant…

Abuja villagers sue minister

FCT Minister Bala Mohammed was on Thursday dragged before the FCT High Court by more than 100 residents of two…

Woman Steals Baby For Sale

A 27-year old woman, Aminatu Sulaimon, has been arrested and charged before Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court for allegedly stealing her…

Ex-Oceanic Bank Staff Sue Ecobank For N3.6b

Nine former staff of Oceanic Bank International Plc, on behalf of  themselves and other staff of the bank before and…

Nigerian police searches for weapons in Okene

Human and vehicular movements were light in Okene, Kogi, on Thursday as an uneasy calm pervaded the town where 19…

Businessman Faces Criminal Charges

Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Lagos businessman, Jonathan Udeagbala, and his company, Lynq Communications before a…

Nigeria: Gunmen raid Ebonyi state offices

Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Thursday in Abakaliki, capital of Nigeria’s eastern state of Ebonyi raided the state…

Debt: Court Urged To Winds Up Company

A Lagos businesswoman, Cecilia Nwosu, has filed a petition before a federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, urging it…

Nigeria plans N5 trillion budget 2013

Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a draft budget of N4.929 trillion for the 2013 fiscal year. This was announced by…

NURTW, cycle operators want Lagos revise law

The Lagos State Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Wednesday called on the Lagos State…

Kenya to dock top judge for misconduct

Kenya’s top public prosecutor has endorsed criminal charges against the country’s second most influential judicial official days after a panel…