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Soyinka Wins Awo Leadership Prize

Professor Wole Soyinka has been named winner of the first ever Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership, instituted in honour of…

Terrorism: Britain Warns Citizens To Avoid Nigeria

Following the spate of terrorist attacks, kidnappings, armed robbery and petty crimes in the country, the British government has warned…

Okada Riders In Fresh Protest

Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…

Yero Announces Burial Plans For Yakowa

New Kaduna governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has formally announced burial arrangements for the late Kaduna governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa…

Late DIG’s Siblings Fight Over Property

The siblings of the late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ganiyu Olanrewaju Dawodu, are fighting over property left by…

States Taking Advantage Of Local Govts — Fafunmi

The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts, Saka Fafunmi, has accused state governments across the country…

Reps Reject Police Trust Fund Bill

The House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking the establishment of the Nigeria Police Reform Trust…

Woman Jailed 3 Months For Stealing Husband’s Wig, Gown

A Kubwa Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year old woman, Elizabeth Akinagbe, to three months imprisonment for stealing. The…

Christmas: Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar

With a week to Christmas, prices of foodstuffs and other items  have skyrocketed in major markets in Lagos, Lagos State,…

DPR Threatens Erring Filling Stations

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)  in Kano State has threatened to shut filling stations found selling fuel above the…

Adetiloye’s Death: Ikuforiji Condoles With Fayemi, Anglican Church

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has commiserated with the Governor of Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria,…

Insecurity Killing Nigeria’s Nation’s Economy –Gen Abubakar

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday expressed worry that the insecurity in the country was affecting the…

Senate Condemns Air Mishaps, Orders Probe

The Senate has condemned what it described as the resurgence of air mishaps in the country, and mandated its committees…

Nasarawa To Flush Out Fake Teachers

The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Hussaini Abubakar, has said that the government will check the increasing cases of…

Customs Destroys N70m Poultry Products

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) destroyed about 20,000 cartons of smuggled poultry products worth over N70 million impounded by both…

Lagos Assembly Fetes Christian, Muslim Staff

The Lagos State House of Assembly has held different services for its Christian and Muslim staff in the annual Outreach…

Reports: Chime, Enugu Governor had heart surgery

Sullivan Chime, governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Enugu had a heart surgery in the United States of America in…

Ferry travel saves Lagosians traffic nightmares

It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to…

Obasanjo: Nigeria In A Toxic Situation

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm over the insecurity in the country and called on the present leaders…

Messi Agrees New Barcelona Contract

Reports from Spain on Tuesday say Lionel Messi has agreed a new contract that would keep him at Barcelona till…

VISA Scammer Jailed 16 Years

Justice Adebunkola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on November 21, 2012, convicted Femi Maurice who was arraigned…

Ogbemudia Loses Daughter-In-Law To Cancer

The house of two-time governor of the defunct Midwest and Bendel states, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia was yesterday thrown into mourning…

Man Jailed For Fraud, Impersonation

Justice Call Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on December 7, 2012, sentenced Fidelis Teseer Tule, who was…

Okonjo: Army Release 63 Suspects

The 63 suspects arrested last Saturday at Osanogoho, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the…

Ayo Elmar Gives Succour To Children

Nigerian-born female fashion designer, Ayo Van Elmar, has embarked on a charity initiative dubbed Sunshine Project. It is aimed at…

Tears As Yakowa’s Remains Arrive Kaduna

Tears flowed freely this afternoon as the remains of the former Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa arrived Kaduna Airport.…

Lagos Impounds 6,972 Motorcycles In 3 Months

The Lagos State Government has impounded 6,972 motorcycles between September and November for plying restricted roads in the state. Lagos…

Fuel Theft: Pipeline Explodes In Lagos

An explosion occurred at the site of a vandalised NNPC oil pipeline yesterday in Lagos. Some oil thieves were feared…

Deputy Governor: Yakowa’s Associates Nominate Widow

In a bid to compensate for the loss of her husband, wife of the late Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna…

Nigeria’s Ex-LG Boss In Police Net Over Fake Projects

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday arrested Alhaji Umar Ibrahim-Rabagaddama, the immediate-past Chairman of the…