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Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram fighters, rescue hostages

Nigerian army has stated that its troops have killed Boko Haram terrorists and have rescued hostages, recovered arms and destroyed…

UPDATE: No casualty as Bristow helicopter crashes

A Bristow helicopter coming from Port Harcourt to Lagos has crashed into the Lagos lagoon, but with all the 11…

Why I can’t stop wearing khaki, red beret — Dalung

Eromosele Ebhomele Following a barrage of inquiries into why the Nigerian Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has made the red beret…

Akwa Ibom: Supreme Court set for verdict

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Supreme Court is set to rule on the case filed by Udom Emmanuel, the governor of Akwa…

Ogun at 40: Osinbajo continues project commissioning

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will be in Ogun State on Wednesday to commission more projects in…

Bristow helicopter carrying 11 passengers crashes in Lagos

A Bristow Helicopter has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean around Lagos. The helicopter with registration No. 5NBJQ, is believed to…

See cyber fraudster posing as Nigerian governor

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 3, 2016 arraigned one Sabo Sani Labaran before Justice Abubakar…

2 arrested for battering Police Inspector

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Inspector serving at Igando Division, Balogun Johnson, was battered recently while he was performing his official…

NOA slams critics, says will not succumb to blackmail

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has warned people with sinister motive against the agency to desist from secret efforts to…

Supreme Court rules on Akwa Ibom, Abia election today

Nigeria’s Supreme Court will hear the Akwa Ibom and Abia state governorship appeals today and as they had done with…

Sule Lamido’s son suspended as district head

The Dutse emirate in Jigawa on Tuesday suspended Alhaji Mustapha Lamido, the District Head of Bamaina in Birninkudu Local Government,…

2 community leaders arraigned over alleged damage to N100m property

Paul Iyoghojie Two Community leaders at Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mojeed Babtunde, 70, and Tajudeen Ajenifuja,…

3 Ecobank employees docked for stealing N2.8m from customers’ accounts

Three Ecobank employees were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons…

Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram

Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…

NIMASA paid me N905m for unexecuted jobs – Witness

A prosecution witness, Uche Obilor in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others today…

Apologize now, Okowa tells APC, LP guber candidate

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Following his victory at the Supreme Court which declared him winner of the 11 April, 2015 governorship election…

ICC considering Falana’s petition against Okonjo-Iweala

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering the petition submitted to it by…

Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

UTME candidates in South West protest non-availability of centres

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 students in the South-West who intend to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, that would…

NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base

The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…

FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo

The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

How Dariye shared N1.2bn Ecological Fund

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…

Breaking News: Supreme Court upholds Okowa, Ajimobi, Gaidam’s elections

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governors Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe states can now concentrate…

Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko

‎The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…

Oshiomhole gives succour to 2012 accident victims

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has given relief to seven of the journalists who were seriously injured…

Banker withdraws N13m from customer’s account

Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 33-year-old staff of an old generation…
The N395m debt recovery suit filed against a Lagos businessman Lateef Bello- Osagie by AMCON has been adjourned till 14th day of February.

Driver jailed for stealing bus

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ An Egor magistrates’ court in Benin, on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old commuter bus driver, Oghenero Magaji, to…

Edo hospital better than many in Europe, Asia – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the newly constructed state’s 200-bed Central Hospital in Benin,…

INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…

Pregnant woman stabbed to death over N1k

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A woman nursing a six-month pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death…