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We Are Not Worried About Lawmakers’ Defection —Ogun APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has declared that it is not threatened by the decision of some…

Mob Kills Customs Officer At Seme

An angry mob this morning allegedly killed a yet to be identified Customs Superintendent who was on his way to…

Gov Suntai’s Wife Begs Legislators

The absurd drama playing out in Taraba State has entered another phase with Hajia Hauwa, the wife of Governor Danbaba…

Supreme Court Affirm’s Mimiko’s Victory

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the victory of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party…

APC will take over South-South Zone – Ikimi Boasts

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba The interim chairman (South-South zone), of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Tom Ikimi, has boasted that the…

Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…

Court orders extradition of Nigerian Al-Qaeda suspect to US

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the extradition of a Nigerian…

Lekki Concession: Lagos explains rights buy-back

The Lagos State Government, in western Nigeria, said it has neither terminated nor cancelled the Concession Agreement it entered into…

Why Jonathan sacked youth minister—Abati

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Presidency on Wednesday said Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, the sacked Minister of Youth Development was removed from the…

2 Trucks Crash On Ikorodu Road

There was an accident at Mile 12 axis of Ikorodu Road in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in the early hours of…

Court Orders INEC, PDP To Accept Andy Uba As Gov Candidate

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP and the Independent National Electoral…

Fasheun’s OPC, Police Clash

Seven members of the Frederick Fasheun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, were arrested by the police yesterday after…

Man, 22, Held Over Attempt To Rape 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Inuwa of Herwagana quarters, Gombe for…

‘We Don’t Have N250m Ransom’

Family members of kidnapped human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, have  said they don’t have…

Taraba’s Zombie Gov Dissolves Cabinet

Incapacitated Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, today announced the dissolution of the state’s cabinet. The Senior Special Assistant to…

Longevity: Experts doubt ‘127-year-old’ Chinese woman

BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese government news portal has claimed that a woman in China’s remote far west is 127…

Saudi man dies of MERS virus

A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 42,…

Mandela Update: Critical but stable, says President Zuma

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition, South African President Jacob Zuma has said, more than two months…

Groups set up debate for Anambra governorship candidates

Four Civil Society Organisations would conduct debate for candidates of all the political parties vying for the 2013 gubernatorial election…

Health workers end 7-day strike

Joint Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (JOHESU) has called off the strike it embarked upon on Wednesday, Aug. 21 to…

West primed to punish Assad over chemical warfare

LONDON, (AFP) Any action against Syria would be aimed at “degrading” the regime’s alleged chemical weapons’ capability, British Prime Minister…

Kidnapped workers released after ransom payment

The five construction workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state on Friday have been released by their…

Ogun Labour Party rolls out registration committee

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party today inaugurated its Registration Committee in a carnival like…

Garba remains acting governor in Taraba, says speaker

Members of the cabal who plotted the return of the ailing governor of the northern Nigerian state of Taraba, when…

Satellite Broadcast Pirate arrested in Kano.

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a man in Kano, northern Nigeria, over…

More troubles for Andy Uba

There seems to be no end to the troubles of Senator Andy Uba, a former special adviser on domestic affairs…

Ondo election: Final verdict Thursday

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to Thursday, 29 August to deliver its decision on an…

72 year old woman raped to death

A 72-year-old Nigerian woman has been raped to death by a 32 year old man who bears the nickname Ochu.…

Desperation for Europe: 10 Nigerians, 68 others rescued from sinking boat

The Maltese military on Tuesday rescued 10 Nigerians and 71 other African migrants from a large dinghy that was adrift…

Canada concurs with US on Syrian regime gas attack

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed with the US government, that the Syrian government launched last week’s devastating chemical…