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Lagos Council Chairmen Quit As Tenure Expires

Many of the chairmen in the 20 local governments and the 37 local council development areas vacated their offices yesterday…

2015: Amosun’s 2nd Term Bid May Fail – Deputy

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Deputy Governor, Prince Segun Adesegun, has warned his boss, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, that he may not…

Truck Driver Diverts N14m Goods

Cyriacus Izuekwe A company truck driver, Wasiu Bello, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…

Tambuwal present as APC unveils manifesto

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC, has flagged off the party’s extraordinary national convention at the Old Parade Ground,…

NURTW Members Sue Police

Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…

Jonathan to pick nomination, gets N100mn from donors

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will on Thursday 30 October obtain the PDP nomination form for the 2015 Presidential elections. Unilke…

Businessman gets 10 years jail term for drug offences

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a 31 year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Remignus Chibuzor,…

Osun PDP endorses 4 candidates, others to face primaries

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun said it had endorsed one senatorial candidate, three House of Representatives candidates and…

French man dies after drinking game

A man in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand has died of alcohol poisoning after knocking back 56 shooters in…

US soldiers under Ebola quarantine in Italy sent packing

Veneto President Luca Zaia on Wednesday said Italy should not allow US soldiers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia to be quarantined…

Spain court summons 17 suspects in corruption scandal

A Madrid court summoned 17 suspects including five mayors and a French energy executive for questioning in a corruption scandal…

Russia proposes marriage for men caught with prostitutes

A fine, prison… or a shotgun wedding: one Russian lawmaker has come up with a novel proposal to punish men…

Norway donates $2.7m to AU Ebola programme

The Government of Norway on Wednesday announced a grant of 2.7 million dollars assistance to the African Union Support to…

Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…

2015: Ikorodu Must Produce The Next Governor – Benson

Damilare Okunola The Asiwaju of Ikorodu Land, Chief Babatunde O. Benson, has categorically stated that the next governor of Lagos…

Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road

The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…

ECOWAS advises INEC on 2015 elections

The ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be complacent about its…

Chibok girls: Negotiations ongoing with Boko Haram, says FG

The Federal Government on Tuesday said negotiations were still ongoing between it and the Boko Haram sect on the abducted…

Gunmen kill four police, kidnap six in Bayelsa

Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy…

Tambuwal’s defection, a welcome development – Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun has joined other Nigerians to react to the defection of the Speaker of the Federal…

Only APC can save Nigeria in 2015 – Kwankwaso

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state, Nigeria on Tuesday swelled the rank of aspirants for the 2015 presidential…

Michael Sata, Zambian President dead

Zambian President Michael Sata, 77, has died in London where he was receiving medical treatment, local media reported Wednesday. There…

Nigerian dad sues US school after daughter kept home over Ebola

A Nigerian has sued an elementary school in Connecticut, saying his seven-year-old daughter was discriminated against and banned from school…

Health benefits of milk under scrutiny

For centuries doctors and nutritionists have recommended drinking lots of milk to strengthen one’s bones and boosting one’s health. Now,…

Chibok parents beg Boko Haram to release their girls

Some parents and relatives of the abducted students of Government Secondary School (GSS), Chibok, Borno, have appealed to the Boko…

Worst Local Councils In Lagos

KAZEEM UGBODAGA, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE & JAMIU YISA As chairmen of the 20 Local Government Areas and the 37 Local Council…

Federal ministry of works building gutted by fire

The Federal Ministry of Works building in Lagos is currently on fire. It is not clear whether there are casualties.…

Tambuwal’s defection will not affect Reps activities – Legislators

Some members of the House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday said that the defection of the Speaker of the…

World Bank needs 5,000 more health workers to fight Ebola

World Bank President Jim Kim said on Tuesday in Addis Ababa that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa required additional…

Edo To Drag EFCC To Court For Dabbling In Politics

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday disclosed that the state government would drag the Economic…