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Lagos hospitals death centres for women in labour —rights group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly demanding…
Retired DIG, Hashimu Argungu

#BayelsaDecides: We will use minimum force to stop protests – AIG Argungu

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of security in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state,…

Osinbajo outlines attributes of the Yoruba race

The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday identified honesty, integrity, and hard work as integral attributes of the…

EFCC arraigns three for N123m fraud, another for N200m forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday arraigned Okewole Dayo (alias Okewole David Dayo), Bishop Katung Jones and Dadin…
Uche Ekwunife

Appeal Court sacks PDP’s Uche Ekwunife from Senate, orders fresh election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has reversed the election of Uche Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…

Money Laundering: Sule Lamido’s son, Aminu loses appeal

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, December 7 dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year…

Lagos RRS parade 4 Indian hemp peddlers

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), an arm of the Lagos State Police Command headquartered in Alausa, Ikeja, on…

INEC puts result collation on hold indefinitely #BayelsaDecides

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Chief Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has put on hold indefinitely, the…

#BayelsaDecides: Dickson extends victory to 6 LGAs

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa state and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson, has…

PICTURES: Protest at INEC collation centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa

Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters, men, women…

#BayelsaDecides: PDP supporters protest in Yenagoa

Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

VIDEO: Nigeria’s corruption trending on US television

  On 2 December, 2015, Nick Schifrin, PBS Newshour special correspondent aired the report “Nigeria: Pain and Promise: How a…

Nigeria continues airstrikes on Boko Haram bases, destroys 11

Nigeria’s military says it has carried out air strikes against militant Islamist group Boko Haram “deep inside” the Sambisa forest,…

Engineer kidnapped, freed, wife taken away

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A building contractor, Engr. Adewale Akindehinde was at the weekend abducted by some unidentified gunmen in Ijebu Ode,…

Referendum: All FG properties will go to Biafra, debts to Nigeria

  The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international governmental organization that promotes self-determination and the end to colonial…

We need divine wisdom to overcome challenges, says Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, said current Nigerian leaders need divine wisdom to overcome the…

#JeSuisParis was Twitter’s most talked of moment in 2015

The hashtag #JeSuisParis, used to show solidarity with the French capital in the wake of its second terrorist attack, marked…

Nigerian couple to be sentenced for keeping man as slave for 24 years

A doctor and his wife will be sentenced today after keeping a young man as a slave for 24 years.…

Ben Bruce labels #BayelsaDecides an ‘execution’

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District has described the ongoing governorship election as an ‘execution’. Murray-Bruce who was…

Akwa Ibom Guber: Appeal Court panel to sit Tuesday

A special panel of the Court of Appeal constituted to hear and determine all appeals relating to and emanating from…

#BayelsaDecides: All the results from INECs collation office – Live Blog

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the announcement of results until 10:00am on Monday. There…

Ekiti Attorney-General slams Senate over social media bill

Eromosele Ebhomele The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Nigeria’s Ekiti State, Mr Owoseni Ajayi, has condemned the plot by…

#BayelsaDecides: APC berates PDP for calling for postponement of rescheduled election

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Sylva Campaign Organisation has described the reasons given by the acting Chairman of the Peoples…

#BayelsaDecides: Announcement of polls results about to commence

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The much anticipated announcement of the results of the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state is about…
former Governor Idris Wada

PDP rejects Kogi governorship election results

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it would challenge the outcome of the governorship election in Kogi before…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

Two DSS staff arrested over N310m robbery

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two out of five of its staff members for their alleged involvement…

#BayelsaDecides: PDP expresses concern over rescheduled poll

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa state, has expressed concern over the rescheduled election in the…

Oyedepo urges Christians to live holy lives

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (LFC) on Sunday urged Christians to live a sanctified life to…

Dino Melaye dares SaharaReporters, says Sowore will go to jail

Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West has dared online news platform, SaharaReporters to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission in…

Nigeria needs N23bn annually to develop its infrastructure – Oyinloye

Nigeria needs N23 billion annually to meet its infrastructure financing needs. Mr Adekunle Oyinloye, the Chief Executive of The Infrastructure…