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Alcoholic burst into tears as court dissolves his 8-year marriage

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday dissolved an eight year-old marriage between Ajibike Ajeigbe and her husband Adedapo…

Edo 2016 guber: Group expresses support for Oshiomhole’s candidate

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A pressure group, Edo Accord Initiative, has thrown its weight behind the state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, over his…

Oby Ezekwesili, Odia, others to speak at Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture

Henry Ojelu Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, renown writer Odia Ofeimun are among the dignitaries that will delivers…

Minister tasks police to protect vulnerable places from terror attacks

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the police to provide more security for vulnerable…

Oyegun: APC not pushing for one party state

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has dismissed talks that the ruling party is pushing to…

APC condemns Bayelsa polls violence, killings

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the violence and killings in the just-concluded supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa on…

AIG says police winning war against cultism

Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Lagos, says the police are…

APC not apologetic for anti-corruption arrest, interrogation – Oyegun

The national cahirman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has stated that the party is not apologetic…

Female doctor kidnapped in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A medical doctor, Mrs I. B. Apriokor of Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, the Rivers State-owned apex hospital,…

UAE counters Kachikwu, says no need for OPEC emergency meeting

The United Arab Emirates moved to quash talk of a potential emergency meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…

El Rufai sponsors 30 female students on medical course to Uganda

The Kaduna Government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has awarded scholarship to 30 female students from the State to study…

Lassa Fever claims one life in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state Ministry of Health Monday announced that Lassa fever has claimed its first casualty in its latest…

400 labour cases pending before Industrial Court in Yenagoa

Justice James Agbadu-Fishim of the Yenegoa Division of National Industrial Court, has expressed worry over the high number of pending…

Court grants printer who forged NAFDAC documents bail

An Apapa Magistrates’ Court has granted bail to a printer, Bamidele Afolabi, who allegedly forged product registration documents belonging to…

Zone 2 Police promise criminals hell with new crime-fighting technology

Criminals in Lagos and Ogun States may not have breather any longer to operate as the Zone 2 Police Command…

Tenant lands in prison for accusing landlord of witchcraft

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 48-year-old tenant has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court and remanded in prison for allegedly…

Two traffickers arrested with 29 victims in C/River

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Cross River Command, said on Tuesday in Calabar that two suspected human traffickers with 29…

NDLEA advocates law prohibiting brewing of ‘goskolo’

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Plateau Command, has urged the Plateau Government to enact a law that would…

Alaba trader arrested for diverting N2.2m bicycles

Cyricus Izuekwe A 23-year-old trader at Alaba International Market in Ojo, Lagos, western Nigeria, has been arrested and charged before…

OPEC members request emergency meeting – Kachikwu

Nigeria’s oil minister said on Tuesday that a “couple” of members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)…
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New low for naira, now N282 to a dollar

The naira hit a record low of 282 naira per dollar on the unofficial market on Monday after the central…

Switzerland to transfer $300m Abacha loot to Nigeria

Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has announced that the government of Switzerland would transfer a further $300 million in recovered…

FG to deploy modern technologies to secure border – Dambazzau

The Federal Government will deploy modern technologies to secure Nigeria’s borders, Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has said.…

Police recover prohibited drugs worth N1.2bn in Kano

Kano state Police Command recovered prohibited drugs worth N1.2 billion from dealers between October 25 and December 31, 2015. DSP…

Security Consultant sues Lagos Police Commissioner over wrongful detention

Henry Ojelu A Security Consultant, Olanrewaju Olabinjo has dragged the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State before a Federal High Court…

Nigerian artists stage solidarity event for Palestinian poet, Ashraf Fayadh

Nigerian artists will on Thursday, 14 January stage a solidarity event for Palestinian poet, Ashraf Fayadh, who has been condemned…

Niger court rejects bail for presidential hopeful jailed in baby scandal

A Niger court on Monday denied bail to Hama Amadou, a leading opposition figure and contender in next month’s presidential…

Olamide, Don Jazzy’s Headies tiff : Dangote emerges secret peacemaker

When Nigeria’s rap artiste Olamide and music maker, Don Jazzy announced a few days after their New Year quarrel at…

Nwobodo explains how he shared N100m given to him

Former Anambra state governor, Chief Jim Nwobodo, has stated that he did not receive N500m as rumoured, instead he got…

24 years a slave, Ofonime Inuk tells his story

You probably have seen Chiwetel Ejiofor star in ’12 years a slave’ but an adaptation for ’24 years a slave’…