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Ambode Rescues Accident Victim

In what could be best described as a show of concern, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday alighted…

Nigerian police fined N100m over death of detainee

Akin Kuponiyi A federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday ordered the Nigerian Police to pay the family…

Suicide bomber kills civillian JTF in Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria’s civilian joint task force (JTF) at…

Court reinstates 22 sacked APC Rivers LGA Chairmen

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new twist has been added to the tussle of who occupies the 22 local government secretariats…

Buhari sacks Chief of Army, Navy, Airforce

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as…
Scene of a bomb attack in Jos

Boko Haram attacks kill 12 in Cameroon

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – At least a dozen civilians and a Chadian soldier were killed in two suicide attacks by suspected…

World Bank, IMF to improve tax system in developing countries

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said they would establish an initiative to help developing countries…

UAE woman executed for murder of Colorado teacher

A woman was on Monday executed in the United Arab Emirates by firing squad for the murder in December of…

Stakeholders To Form Zonal Task Force Against Sea Pirates

Reuben Bojor/Calabar The Zone 6 Command of the Nigerian Police, Calabar, southern Nigeria, has formulated means of curbing the upsurge…

Lawmakers, Agency Seek Budget Transparency

Reuben Bojor/Calabar The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon John Gaul Lebo, has pledged the…

Ex-NUATE Boss Blames NNPC For Persistent Fuel Scarcity

Kayode Aponmade The former Chairman of National Union Of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) NAHCO, MMIA, Ikeja chapter, Comrade Sunday Akintunde…

Demolition: Ladipo Market Traders Hire Falana To Fight Case

Cyriacus IzuekweIt appears that the last may not have been heard about the demolition of Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market…

Gas explosion kills 7, injures 2 in Jigawa

No fewer than seven persons were killed in Jigawa when a welding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba village of Kafin…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

EFCC must do more to win cases – Lawyers

Three prominent Lagos-based lawyers on Sunday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) needed to do more in…

Again, Buhari will not meddle in NASS crisis

Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity has said that President Munammadu Buhari would…

Buhari not #BabaGoSlow says Garba Shehu

Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity has stated categorically that President Munammadu Buhari…

No quarrel between Buhari, Tinubu – Presidency

The Presidency has rubbished claims that there is a misunderstanding between Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and a national leader of…

PDP blasts APC, says Jonathan left $5.6bn as NLNG dividend

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed Nigeria’s ruling the party, the All Progressives Congress for insinuating that the past…

Ijebu-Ode market leader killed over N35million: Witness

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta One of the housemaids of the slain Iyaloja General of Ijebuland, Chief (Mrs) Alimot Sadiat Kareem Owogold,a.k.a. Mama…

Saudi Visa: Saraki condemns exploitation of Nigerians

Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki, the President of Nigerian Senate has criticised the entry visa issuance policy of the Saudi Arabian…
Chief Dan Orbih

Edo PDP in crisis as leaders demand dissolution of State Exco

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Disillusioned leaders of state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo North under the aegis of…

How to resolve states’ inability to pay salaries- Hon. Bisi Yusuf

The representative of Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly and member of the All Progressives Congress,…

We’ll protect riverine communities in Lagos, says Speaker

Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has promised residents of riverine communities in the…
Ike Ekweremadu, wife arrested in United Kingdom

Group wants Police IG to probe Ekweremadu’s emergence as deputy senate president

Friends in The Gap, an NGO, on Sunday in Abuja, called for a thorough probe into the allegation of forgery…

Police to address marine unit problems in Lagos

The Nigeria Police says it is looking into the challenges faced by its marine unit, the Marine Police, with a…

Buhari, Saraki, Dogara have abandoned Nigerians in Diaspora

An NGO, United Nigerians in the Diaspora (UNID), says the Federal Government and the National Assembly have yet to meet…

Buhari should intervene urgently on Amnesty programme – MEND

Members of defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday in Yenagoa, urged President Muhammadu Buhari…
Scene of a bomb attack in Jos

Boko Haram attacks prison in Niger, four killed

NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa…

Buhari should continue PDP’s Transformation Agenda, Vision 20:2020 – NPC

The National Planning Commission (NPC) has stated that the Transformation Agenda did not belong to any political party, noting that,…

Oyo NLC applauds Buhari on bailout for states

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the bailout to state governments to…