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Gabriel Suswam impersonator jailed

Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to two years…

Badeh used N3bn of AirForce funds to acquire properties – Witness

The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March…

Igbokwe jailed 37 years for duping American $40m

Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted a 19-year old secondary school…

Kogi governor orders Head of Service to proceed on compulsory leave

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has ordered state Head of Service, Mr Moses Atakpa to proceed on a 30-day compulsory…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

PDP will bounce back, says Ali Modu Sheriff

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, has expressed confidence that the party would regain its lost…

Troops kill Boko Haram fighters, recover APC

Nigerian troops have recorded more success as it continues to clear out the remnants of Boko Haram camps in reported…

Oba of Oworonshoki impostor arraigned

Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X-squad of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have…

DIG Wakama spits fire ahead Rivers polls

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), Sotonye Wakama, has declared that Nigeria Police Force would not spare anybody…

FG, NLC bid farewell to Ocholi

The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday extolled the qualities of the late Minister of State…

Rivers Rerun: Police restrict movement

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the Rivers State rerun election on Saturday, the State Police Command has announced restriction of…
Awujale

Alake, Awujale’s supremacy feud not in Yoruba’s interest – Olulade

Eromosele Ebhomele The lawmaker representing Epe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade has expressed displeasure…

APC lists 24 sins committed by Wike, Jonathan, PDP

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has listed 24 sins committed by former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent…

Dismissed cop remanded for alleged defilement of girl, 9‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A 37-year-old dismissed policeman, Umar Babatunde, was Wednesday remanded in prison custody by an Egor Chief Magistrate…

Buhari reacts to Maiduguri blast, says Boko Haram is mindless

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the suicide attack on a mosque in Maiduguri, stating that, he is heartbroken by…

Jobless man, 44, defiles girl, 7

YUSUF MUHAMMED A 44-year-old man, Obinna Aneke, a native of Udi Local Govt. area of Enugu State, has been arrested…

Man sent to prison for beating girlfriend

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year-old man, Temitope Samuel, has been arrested and remanded in prison custody for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend,…

Gender Equality bill, a slight setback, says Saraki #GEOBill

Senator Bukola Saraki has stated that the Gender Equality bill will be revisited by the senate after it was unanimously…

I don’t vote on bills, Saraki tells disappointed Nigerian

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, has explained to a disappointed Nigerian that he does not vote on bills deliberated upon…

Man returns to prison 20 minutes after release from custody

Cyriacus Izuekwe A company’s store keeper was remanded in prison custody barely 20 minutes after he was released from custody…

Two female bombers kill 21, injure 32 in Maiduguri mosque

suicide At least 21 people have been killed and 32 were injured in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque…

3 more suspects arrested over kidnap of Ikorodu schoolgirls

Cyriacus Izuekwe Three more suspects have been arrested over the recent kidnapping of three schoolgirls in Ikorodu area of Lagos…

The Ocholis begin final home journey today

The funeral programme for late James Ocholi (SAN), Minister of State for Labour and Employment, his wife, Blessing and son,…
Ex- President Boni Yayi

Benin Republic to deploy 150 military troops to MNJTF

The Benin Republic has announced its readiness to deploy 150 military troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a…

Ojerinde must go for mismanaging UTME, aggrieved protesters declare

Eromosele Ebhomele Hundreds of aggrieved candidates of the current Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, blocked the main entrance to the…

LG Polls: Lagos PDP rejects new LASIEC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, has kicked against the selection and eventual confirmation of the four member-commissioners…

I wear Air Force uniform to escort vehicles – Poly graduate

YUSUF MUHAMMED A computer science graduate of Katsina State Polytechnic, Muhammed Abdulahi said he wears Air Force uniform to escort…

Dasuki drags FG to ECOWAS court over unlawful detention

Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has dragged the Federal Government to Economic Community of West…

I’m coming to your ward, Amaechi tells Wike after threat to life

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi has swiftly reacted to the threat handed down to supporters…

Akpabio denies ownership of Lekki Gardens

Funsho Arogundade Former Akwa Ibom State governor and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has denied ownership or any link to…

LASIEC gets new board members

Eromosele Ebhomele As Lagos State commences preparations for election into local government councils in the state, the state House of…