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Lecturer, 4 other suspects paraded as Boko Haram members

Nigeria’s Department of State Services said it uncovered a Boko Haram cell in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and…

DG highlights benefits of Nigeria’s new ID card

Nigeria’s new national identity card has been designed to meet the highest international standard aimed at redefining the country’s image…

Obaleye, businesswoman abducted in front of factory

A renowned businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Obaleye, the Managing Director of Yinka Oba Foam in Ilo, State of Osun, in western…

Clinical equipment row brews at Veterinary Council

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Accusations and counter claims over an alleged missing multi million Naira clinical equipment procured some years…

Jitters in the Nigerian city of hostage drama

ZARIA(AFP) – Zaria, in northern Nigeria, has not been known as an Islamist stronghold but revelations that a French engineer…

VP Sambo, others praise Jonathan on birthday

Today, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became a year older, clocking 56. Though he was away in the UK to woo…

Oshiomhole suspends head of waste board

Governor of the Nigerian southern state of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole has suspended the head of the State Waste Management Board…
A- yet- to be identified operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has committed suicide at his residence in Abuja.

EFCC to arraign Reverend over N40.2m Scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday arraign one David Kim Pam, a Reverend and Chairman of…

Gunmen abduct commissioner’s father

Gunmen have abducted a 78-year-old community leader, Chief Nelson Tempurah, the father of the Commissioner for Tourism Development in Bayelsa,…

How Lord Chosen’s Truck Killed 6 At Oshodi

Details of how a truck carrying sand belonging to the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Movement lost control on the ever-busy Oshodi-Apapa…

Pastor’s Wife Bathes Sister With Hot Water

The police at Idimu, Lagos, western Nigeria have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot…

Fashola Bans Skating On Expressway

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to arrest and prosecute Mr. Michael Ekundayo, an official of the Lagos…

APC Slams Police For Continued Detention Of Election Observers

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election Observers…

President Jonathan, Dame Patience And I

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State explains his fractious relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan to TheNEWS editors In the last…

Amaechi: Battered But Unbowed

Rattled. That is what Rotimi Amaechi should be. Months of enduring body blows from an out-and-out heavyweight that is the…

Doctor guilty of fondling 21 women under anaesthesia

A Canadian anesthesiologist was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting 21 women while they were under helplessly under anesthetic but…

Omo Omoruyi for burial on Friday

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis in late Professor Omo Omoruyi’s family over burial procedures has been resolved to pave way for…

Ghana waives taxes on condom

Ghana on Tuesday backed down on a proposed tax on imported condoms after mooting increased levies on foreign-made goods as…

Counter terrorism: Nigerian forces abort plot, kill 2 suspects

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigerian forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Tuesday evening confirmed the death of two terrorists and the arrest of…

Jonathan misses 2014 budget date again, leaves for UK

For the second time this month, President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly…

Amosun Presents N210bn Budget For 2014

Governor  Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria today presented a proposed budget of N210.21 billion for the 2014 fiscal…

Jonathan Mourns Sekibo

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sent a condolence message to the family and associates of Senator Tari Sekibo, president of…

400 Nigerian Policemen On UN Mission To Liberia, Sudan

Four hundred Nigerian policemen left Nigeria today on United Nations peace mission to Sudan and Liberia. The cops were from…

Spiritualist Rapes, Impregnates Woman For Deliverance

A herbalist, Ifatade Elegbeleye has been arrested and charged before an Ojokoro Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western Nigeria for allegedly defrauding…

13-Year Old Boy Kills Friend Over Earphone

The police in Kogi have arrested a 13-year-old boy, Yinusa Halilu, for allegedly killing his friend and classmate, Mustapha Kazeem,…

Living In The Shadow Of Terror

Security measures adopted in the wake of Boko Haram attacks have substantially altered living and driving in Abuja In the…

Senator slumps, dies in Government House

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Tari Sekibo, the President of Ijaw National Congress, INC, the umbrella body of the Ijaw ethnic…

Lagos House backs 5 walk bridges on Lekki-Epe Expressway

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has said it would use its powers to ensure that…

Fashola receives report on collapsed buildings

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday received the report of the Tribunal of Enquiry on incidence…

Anambra election: PDP attacks APC, opposes cancellation of poll

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday opposed the call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the cancellation of…