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Alake of Abeokuta or Egbaland a misnomer – Awujale

At the launch of an endowment fund for the Oba Sikiru Adetona Professorial chair in Governance, Department of Political Science,…

Saraki’s CCT trial adjourned till 18 March

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The prosecution and the defence counsel have agreed on next Friday for the argument of the motion on…

Edo Guber: Plan to stop some APC aspirants uncovered

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ ‎ A group, Edo Professionals for Better Tomorrow on Thursday said it has uncovered a plot to stop…

Drama: Man signs undertaking not to beat up pregnant wife

Cyriacus Izuekwe There was a mild drama at Ejigbo Police Division after a pregnant wife ran to the station in…

Saraki attempts to stop CCT trial again, as witnesses arrive court

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Rotimi Jacobs, the defence counsel has told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that he is ready for…

Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram’s most wanted

Nigerian troops have arrested one of the most wanted Boko Haram terrorists as it continues to wipe out the once-deadly…

#SarakiTrial: Courtroom full, senators, family members await proceedings

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The prosecution and the defence counsel have agreed on next Friday for the argument of the motion on…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Police arrest 331 cattle rustlers, rescue 4088 animals

The Police in Katsina State have arrested no fewer than 331 suspected cattle rustlers and recovered 4,088 animals in the…

APC calls for sack of IGP over Rivers killings

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday called for the sack of the Inspector General of Police, Mr.…

Sack IGP over Rivers killings, APC tells FG

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt arase The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday called for the sack of the Inspector General of…

Nigerian police detain publisher

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately release magazine publisher Yomi Olomofe. The…

Tinubu-Ojo, Lagos traders protest non-inclusion by APC

The Iyaloja-General of Lagos, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday led a group of traders to the national secretariat of the All…
MTN ‘Extremely Sorry’ Over Network Outage

MTN proposes N300bn settlement for NCC fine

African telecommunication giant, MTN has offered to pay 300 billion naira ($1.5 billion) to settle a record fine levelled against…

CCT: Saraki goes on trial today

Ayorinde Oluokun\Abuja As much as his supporters in and outside the National Assembly may have tried to downplay the impact,…

NNPC must follow due process in unbundling – Reps

The House of Representatives on Thursday said due process should be followed in the planned unbundling of the Nigerian National…

Labour slams Melaye over comments on Oshiomhole, demands apology

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Senator Dino Melaye have been asked to tender unreserved apology to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state over…
12 people escape death on Ondo road

The road lies in wait by Reuben Abati

“May we never walk when the road waits, famished” – Wole Soyinka, The Road Two major road accidents in the…

Fire guts Stanbic IBTC bank building in Lagos

A building housing Stanbic IBTC Bank at Abesan Gate, Ipaja, Lagos, caught fire on Thursday with properties worth millions of…
MTN ‘Extremely Sorry’ Over Network Outage

Senate probes MTN’s N50bn fine payment

The Senate has demanded to know the account MTN paid the N50 billion fine into and which government agency received…

Police arrest man for making love to horse

The Police in Katsina State have arrested a man for allegedly making love to a horse. Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, Katsina…

We want to be Barcelona of Africa–MFM FC Chairman

The Chairman, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) FC, Sunday Ojeieh, on Thursday said that the club hoped to…

Only a fool will obey Wike’s ‘resist arrest’ directive – APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the directive by the governor of…

School debate: Ambode pledges sustainable policy in education

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed his administration’s commitment to the implementation of sustainable educational policies that will…

LAPO empowers 900,000 women in 29 years

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), micro finance bank, says it has empowered over 900,000 Nigerian women through…

Lekki Gardens MD, Richard Nyong detained at Panti

Following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki on Tuesday, the Police on…

Gunmen open fire near Paris restaurant

A man was shot in the stomach after an argument outside a Paris restaurant spiraled out of control, French police…

Armsgate: Court grants Badeh N2bn bail

… trial continues March 14 Justice Okon E. Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, March 10 granted…

Lagos monarchs laud Ambode over prompt rescue of schoolgirls

The Lagos State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs on Thursday commended the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and all…

Lagos monarchs laud Ambode for swift rescue of abducted schoolgirls

The Lagos State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs on Thursday commended the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and all the…
Kogi Assembly suspends 9 lawmakers, 7 LG chairpersons over involvement in electoral violence during last Saturday’s election in the state.

Kogi House of Assembly to sue Dogara, Reps committee

The Kogi State House of Assembly resumed sitting on March 10 2016 and mandated its legal representatives to file a…