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Ignore Rumour On Ban —Lagos NURTW Boss

Following series of meetings with the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, the Chairman of the Lagos Council of the National…

Okada Riders Decry Ban On 475 Roads

Okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have decried government’s ban on them from plying 475 major roads in the…

Why We Won’t Spare Jonathan —Adejare

Member of the House of Representatives representing Agege Federal Constituency at the House, Babatunde Adejare, in this interview, speaks on…

Jonathan explores peace options for Plateau crisis

The elders of Berom, an ethnic group in Plateau, have called on the Federal Government to implement all the recommendations…

APGA crisis: Court restrains Masalla

An Abuja High Court on Tuesday restrained Alhaji Sadiq Masalla from parading himself as the national chairman of APGA, pending…

Olympics: 7 Cameroon athletes vanish in London

Seven Cameroon athletes have disappeared while in Britain for the London Olympics, the country’s Ministry of Sports and Physical Education…

Arsenal sign Spain’s Cazorla

Arsenal have strengthened their midfield with the acquisition of Spanish play maker, Santi Cazorla, from La Liga side Malaga, the…

Death toll rises in Nigerian church massacre

The death toll in the church massacre in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi state has increased to 19, according to…

Veteran Actor, Dento Dies After Battle With Stroke

Veteran actor, Hammed Odutola, popularly known as Dento is dead. He died at about 9pm yesterday after a long battle…

Ghana swears in new VP

Ghana’s former central bank governor, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was on Monday sworn in as Ghana’s new vice president after his…

16 Christians massacred in Nigerian church

Sixteen persons have been killed and many others wounded by unidentified gunmen, who stormed the Deeper Life Church at Otite…

Redeemed Church ordains 7000 deacons

The 60th Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) started on Monday with the ordination of 7,000 deacons…

Hillary Clinton arrives Nigeria Thursday

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive Nigeria on Thursday in continuation of her tour of African…

Fashola: Why we made a new traffic law

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday said the State’s new Traffic Law was aimed at achieving compliance…

Nigeria: 2 arms of government cross swords

UBONG GEORGE/MAKURDI The crisis between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government in Nigeria’s Benue State has resulted in…

PDP withdraws petition against Governor Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have distanced itself from the petition filed last…

UNIBEN ranked first among Nigerian universities

Jethro Ibileke, Benin The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has emerged the leading university in Nigeria, courtesy of the July 2012…

Ghana Lessons For Nigeria

Ghana, Nigeria’s calmer cousin, offers a number of lessons on how  the business of government should be conducted For the…

The Wasteful President

Not only is the presidential system of government expensively operated by Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has demosntrated that he’ll rather…

The Brazil Example

In global ranking, Brazil and Nigeria are grouped as Third World countries. But indices of recent economic developments in the…

UK Also Has Lessons For Nigerian Leaders

Ken Achufuna, a lawyer and Coordinator, Citizen Rights Lawyering, a London-based human rights group that promotes, campaigns and protects’ citizen…

Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested seven suspects who allegedly specialise in defrauding banks through the internet. They are…

Varsity Graduate Marries Disabled

Hundreds of guests at a church wedding on Saturday witnessed the triumph of love over material possession and other considerations…

Teacher Dies Plucking Pear For Girlfriend

A teacher with the Federal Housing Estate Secondary School, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria, has plunged to…

Banker, 2 Others Nabbed For Robbery

A banker with a new generation bank in Lagos, Wunmi Oyediran and two other suspects, Adewale Ogunbiyi and Richard Imoh,…

Beggars Protest At Alausa

Hundreds of beggars in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, today stormed the Lagos State Government Secretariat and the House of Assembly…

Drive Against Traffic, Face 3-Year Jail Term

Bullion van drivers and other motorists who drive against traffic will now face three years imprisonment without fine. This is…

Lagos Wages War Against Land Grabbers

The activities of land grabbers, popularly known as Omonile in recent times in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria have given the…

Lagos Takes Technical Education To New Level

With the establishment of Samsung Engineering Academy designed to train and retrain graduates from the state technical colleges and the…

Guards Foil Theft At Catholic Church

Vigilant security personnel at the St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ukhegie, Benin City, Sunday arrested a suspected motorcycle thief in the church premises…