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Wike to Amaechi: Accept that you have lost the election

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has advised former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, to accept the…

New Councils: Aregbesola inaugurates committees

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Thursday evening inaugurated three different committees saddled with the task of proper take…

FG finally allows Falana meet with Sheikh Zakzaky

The Federal Government of Nigeria has finally allowed the legal team of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known…

PICTURES: Fuel tanker falls on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, causes havoc

Photos: Idowu Ogunleye A tanker conveying petroleum product has fallen on the very busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway causing gridlock and a…

Pastor arrested for giving N1.2m fake healing oil to woman

Cyriacus Izuekwe Police detectives at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested a pastor and charged him before…

Plateau spent N20bn on federal roads – Ministry of Works

The Plateau State Government (PLSG) has spent N20 billion to rehabilitate four federal roads in the state, Mr Sunday Hyat,…

Housewife slit husband’s throat with kitchen knife

Cyriacus Izuekwe Detective at the State Criminal Investigation department, SCID, Panti, Yaba have unraveled the circumstances that led to killing…

Man parks his SUV, jumps into canal and drowns

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 25-year-old man identified as Ajayi Kehinde did the unthinkable on Monday evening when he drove his SUV…

Buhari to sign loan deal from China

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will sign a loan deal with China during a visit next week, his spokesman said…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs boss describes Oyo smugglers as ‘daring, sophisticated’

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Ibrahim Ali, has described the activities of smugglers in the…

Saraki lodged thousands of dollars into own account – Witness

An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Michael Weskat, on Wednesday told the Code of Conduct…

SETRACO pulls out of Niger Delta project after killings, kidnap

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, has expressed shock and…

Aluko prostrated three times to beg Fayose, says Ekiti ex-Speaker

Eromosele Ebhomele Immediate past Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, on Wednesday said he was the…

Oyo workers vow to go on strike after ultimatum

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Despite the apparent threat by the Oyo State Government under the leadership of Governor Abiola Ajimobi to enforce…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Lagos bans indiscriminate queues at fuel stations

…threatens to sanction erring motorists, stations The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would no longer allow indiscriminate parking…

NASS sends detailed 2016 budget to Buhari

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has commended Nigerians for their patience and understanding over the…

NLC to declare national warning strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will declare a one-day national warning strike over the refusal of the Federal…
EFCC detective Adariku Michael testifies as prosecution witness in the trial of ex NSA Sambo Dasuki, two others for alleged N33.2bn fraud

Court orders FG to allow Dasuki access to his lawyers

An Abuja High Court has ordered the Federal Government to allow former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)…

How Saraki acquired property worth hundred of millions – Witness

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Prosecution Witness being led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, the Defence Counsel noted that Saraki had declared…

Arms Deal: Court adjourns Dasuki’s trial again

Again, the trial of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) and four others before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf…

Pregnant woman, 2 others crushed to death, driver, conductor set ablaze

‎ Jethro Ibileke/Benin A ghastly auto accident has claimed the lives of three persons, including a pregnant woman in Edo…
The Senate invokes provisions of Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution to sack Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT) Danladi Umar.

Power failure forces CCT to adjourn proceedings to April 18

Though Justice Danladi Umar was prepared to allow Michael Weskat, the first prosecution witness continue in his evidence as led…

How Saraki earned salaries from Kwara even as Senator

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The riveting corruption and false asset declaration trial of Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki continued today, with First…

NASS to forward detailed 2016 Budget to Buhari – Sen. Ohuabunwa

Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, representing Abia North Senatorial District, on Wednesday promised that the National Assembly would forward the detailed copy…

Policemen to undergo drug abuse test – Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has said that henceforth, all policemen will undergo snap urine tests to ascertain…

Witness exposes Saraki, breaks down naira, dollar, pounds account transactions

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Micheal Wetkas, the first prosecution witness in the false asset declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has…

Witness tenders implicating GTB documents against Saraki

Micheal Wetkas, the first prosecution witness in the false asset declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, continued his evidence-in-chief…

Lagos fire burns father, 2 daughters, grandfather to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga A raging night fire has burnt a father, his two daughters and a grandfather to death in two…

Kanu Agabi back in Saraki’s corner as CCT trial continues

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on a 13-count charge of false assets declaration has commenced with…

Redeemed Pastor faces trial over N30m Lekki land scam

Cyriacus Izuekwe After several adjournments, the court has fixed 31 May, 2016 for the trial of Pastor Felix Fadare of…