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Why did Amstel make Mikel Obi drink straight from the can?

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Amstel Malta may have triggered a controversy in the subliminal message it passed across with its new ambassadors,…

Plot To Bomb Synagogue Church Foiled

Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba A plan by the Boko Haram terrorist sect to bomb Prophet T.B. Joshua’s church in…

Lagos Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over FERMA Thugs

Eromosele Ebhomele There is serious unease in the political circle as well as among residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria,…

Driver Bolts With Boss’ $50k

Paul Iyoghojie A driver, Festus Chiukwuemeka, 32, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $50,000, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin…

Begin Campaigns, Get Sanctions, Jega Warns Politicians

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday read the riot act to…

India arrests 2 Nigerians running fake job racket

Indian police in New Delhi said it has arrested two Nigerians and 16 Indian accomplices running a fake job racket,…

Kidnappers of Baraje’s son jailed 22 years

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin An Ilorin High Court Judge, Justice Mahmud AbdulGafar, has sentenced two kidnappers, Ajadi Oba AbdulRasheed and Ayeni…

Nigerian police cracks attack on Enugu Government House

The Nigerian police in Enugu state said the identity of those who attacked Enugu State Government House on Saturday would…

PDP hits APC again, restates religious stereotyping

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has re-affirmed its criticism of the rival APC’s published roadmap as an anarchist document, likening…

Abductors of Rivers PDP chieftain want N30m

Kidnappers of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state, Mr. Dicken Worlu, are demanding N30 million as…

Petrol tanker explodes in Abuja

The MRS filing station on Airport Road, Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire as a petrol tanker laden with…

Orji chairs South East Governors Forum

Governor Theodore Orji of the easern Nigerian state of Abia has emerged as the new Chairman of the South East…

Proposed Badagry seaport to preserve historic sites

The Lagos State Government on Sunday assured that the Badagry seaport project would not tamper with historic sites in the…

Nigerian courts to be shut from Wednesday

Judiciary workers grouped under their union, JUSUN will begin a warning strike across Nigeria on wednesday, 12 March, effectively shutting…

Sultan urges Jonathan end killings in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria’s respected monarch, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to use presidential powers to…

Sokoto buries indigene-non indigene policy

The northern Nigerian state of Sokoto said it has abolished the indigene and non-indigene policy in the state, a means…

2 South African cops caught on video brutalising Nigerian

. The latest is that the two cops will be charged to court Monday Two South African police officers who…

Thailand arrests Nigerian with drug hidden in anus

A Nigerian staying illegally in Thailand for 14 months has been arrested on both immigration and drug charges after officers…

Police unveil 3 men wanted over Ejigbo tortured women

The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled the faces of the three suspects declared wanted in connection with the torture of…

Jigawa’s first female high court judge dies

The first female High Court Judge in Jigawa, Justice Nana Abdullahi, died on Friday. She was aged 54. Her husband,…

FRSC adamant on deadline for new car plate numbers

Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka, on Friday said the agency’s June 30 deadline for all motorists…

Baraje says probe rumour smear campaign

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has denied the rumour making…

Lagos denies owing ex-deputy governor Bucknor-Akerele

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has debunked an allegation credited to a former Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs.…

Funke Akindele, Others For Africa Magic Award

Funsho Arogundade As Africa’s film and television industry heavyweights arrive Lagos, Nigeria for the 2014 AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards, holding…

4 Fake Ogun Taskforce Officials Arrested

Yusuf Muhammed & Pius Fagbohun Four men who claimed to be working for the Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Council of…

Group to prevent poll rigging using mobile phone

A Nigerian group has developed a platform, NigeriaDecide, to monitor the coming elections and ensure the integrity of the results,…

Osoba leads ex-governors to confab

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former governor of Ogun State, in western Nigeria and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…

Poisonous gas knocks 13 students unconscious

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yusuf Muhammed There was panic at Ogba Junior Grammar School, Ogba area of Lagos, Western Nigeria on…

Police arrest man on suspicion of killing daughter

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Police command in the western Nigerian state of Oyo has arrested a man in connection with the…

M-Net Africa Boss, Biola Alabi, Quits

Funsho Arogundade Few days to the second edition of AfricaMagic Viewers Choice Awards, AMVCA, Mrs Abiola Alabi, Managing Director, M-Net…