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Court adjourns suit to stop National Conference

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed 8 May for hearing in a suit filed by a constitutional…

Nigerian court orders editor’s arrest for contempt

A Magistrate’s Court on Monday in the eastern Nigerian city of Umuahia, capital of Abia State has ordered the arrest…

PDP picks Osun torchbearer 5 April

Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State of Osun said on Monday in Osogbo that about 1,500 delegates would…

Pensioners plan poll boycott

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has threatened to mobilise its members across the country to boycott the 2015 general…

Nigeria: 26 sacked for certificate forgery

Twenty six employees of the Delta State House of Assembly Commission has been dismissed for certificate fraud. Mrs Josephine Kachikwu,…

Lagos state hosts summit for women empowerment

As part of the activities marking the year 2014 international Women’s Day celebration, the Lagos State Government through its Ministry…

6 friends of groom die from drug overdose at wedding

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tijani Usman (26) may have been regretting while he decided to get married as his wedding ceremony at…

Jonathan Leaves For EU-Africa Summit

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Brussels on 1 April as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Fourth European…
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Amosun pays pensioners, retired politicians

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,western Nigeria today released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to…

Military battles criminal gangs in Central Nigeria

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria military has announced that it has embarked on a major military operations in Benue,Nasarawa and Plateau, the…

Court bars cross-carpeting lawmakers from leadership change

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Monday held that lawmakers who defected from the Peoples…

Crimea Dolphins Join Russia

Russian state media has said that Crimea dolphins will join Russia, although not by referendum. Instead, a Soviet-era military program…

Verdict on defected PDP lawmakers strange, says Gbajabiamila

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila of the All Progressives Congress has described Monday’s ruling by the…

ASUP, COEASU Strike: Students Take To Gani’s Park

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Hundreds of university, polytechnic and College of Education students Monday, continued their protest against the ongoing strike by…

33 Lagos Lawmakers Plot Return

Eromosele Ebhomele At least 33 out of the 40 members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are currently jostling…

Ajudua Denied Bail Again

Henry Ojelu Embattled suspected fraudster, Fred Ajudua would have to remain in Kirikiri prison custody indefinitely as a Lagos High…

Confab Delegates Adopt 70% Voting Mode

The ongoing National Conference on Monday adopted 70 percent majority as the voting mode to be used in arriving at…

Electricity Worker Electrocuted

Cyriacus Izuekwe A staff of an electricity distribution company has been electrocuted in Idimu- Ikotun, Lagos, western Nigeria. The 42-year…

Israel convicts ex-PM Olmert for corruption

A Tel Aviv court on Monday found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property development,…

Pakistan’s ex-president Musharraf charged with treason

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted today by an Islamabad court for treason on charges relating to his…

Amnesty accuses Nigerian troops of massive murders

In a briefing published today, Amnesty International has revealed a much higher human casualties in the Boko Haram insurgency in…

Internet fraud: EFCC, Australian police collaborate

Two operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrived in Perth, Western Australia to learn from and assist…

Nyako slams Jonathan over Boko Haram blame game

Who should carry the blame for the rising Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern part of Nigeria? To President Goodluck…

NLC warns on plans to privatise Nigeria’s refineries, media

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday called for the cancellation of the proposed idea to commercialise Federal Government-owned media…

Tributes pour in for late GOK Ajayi

Legal luminaries across Nigeria have begun to pay their last respect to Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, who died Sunday…

Nigeria, others lose $60bn to illicit financial flows – Mbeki

Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, said in Abuja that African countries lose between 50 billion dollars and 60 billion…

Ekiti PDP disowns Aluko, affirms Fayose’s candidacy

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state said on Sunday that Mr Ayo Fayose remained the party’s candidate for…

Fashola: Choose leaders based on track records, not religion

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Saturday night advised Nigerians to choose leaders based on their track records rather…

United Kingdom Cautions Citizens In Abuja

The United Kingdom Foreign Office has advised British citizens in Abuja to maintain ‘heightened vigilance’ following the foiled jailbreak at…

21 dead in Nigeria’s jailbreak attempt

Nigeria’s secret police said on Sunday that 21 detainees died during an attempted escape from custody at its headquarters, with…