BREAKING: Breaking: IRGC Intelligence Chief Khademi assassinated in US-Israeli strikes

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

News

Lateef Adegbite, Islam’s spokesman dies

Dr Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, lawyer, former attorney general for Western Nigeria, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and its spokesman…

Lokoja-Abuja road now open for motorists

The Lokoja-Abuja road was re-opened to traffic at about 3.15 p.m. on Friday, six days after it was closed. Mr…

Thieves burgle Federal Secretariat

A gang of suspected thieves on Friday ransacked the Federal Secretariat, Katsina, in an early morning operation. A witness said…

Kwara House Of Assembly Passes Health Bill Into Law

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A bill to give legal backing to the Community Health Insurance Scheme of the Kwara State Government…

2 die in Port Harcourt gun duel

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt One Policeman and a suspected armed robber were shot dead in the early hours of today in…

Saudis defend deportation of Nigerian female pilgrims

RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia on Friday defended its decision to turn back hundreds of Nigerian women who flew into…

Land Grabbers Give Ofada, Mowe Landlords Quit Notice

Residents and landlords of Ofada and Mowe in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area, Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, are now living in…

Death By Hanging: Policemen Shocked Over Colleague’s Fate

The verdict of death by hanging on a policeman who shot dead a three-year old girl by a Lagos High…

Rwanda, Kenya Move Towards Digital Migration

Authorities in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda have banned the sale and importation of DVB-T boxes, as they take steps towards…

Bakassi Can Be Reclaimed —Falana

Rights activist and Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that Nigeria can still reclaim Bakassi Peninsula lost to…

Lagos Assembly Probe Indicts Ministries, Agencies

The Lagos State House of Assembly has found some government ministries, departments and agencies guilty of recklessness and abuse of…

PDP Advises Fashola To Admit Failure In Governance

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised Governor Babatunde Fashola to admit failure in governance…

PDP Will Provide Alternative Govt To Lagosians In 2015′

The Lagos State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Capt Tunji Shelle, has said that his party would offer…

Jonathan Asked To Sanction Minister Of Environment

A member of the Hose of Representatives representing Epe federal constituency, Lanre Odubote has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to…

Lagos, UNFPA Fight Gender-Based Violence

Mr Amofokhai Audu was getting ready to sleep in his apartment at Abule Egba area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…

Nigerians To Celebrate 52nd Independence Anniversary In America

Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians Inc. (OAN) has concluded arrangements to celebrate the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary in the…

‘Ember Months’: Lagos Charges Neighbourhood Watchers On Security

The Lagos State Government has challenged officers of the Neighbourhood Watch in the state on the need to secure lives…

Briton Nabbed For Fraud

The Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, and the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a British national for allegedly duping some Nigerian…

Forgotten Ejigbo Military Plane Crash Victims

Twenty years after the Nigerian Air Force transport plane, a Hercules C-130, crashed in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos State,…

Radio Seeks To Ease Lagos Monstrous Traffic

The body remained by the roadside after an armed robbery attack, but Tunmise Oladapo-Kuku was ready to help as drivers…

THE DARK SIDE OF POWER

You cannot solve a problem that you do not know or understand.  You cannot avoid a problem without knowing what…

Uduaghan launches tricycles for urban transport

Nigeria’s Delta state government has inaugurated its first set of 1,250 tricycles, as part of the plan to phase out…

Marketer Stabs Colleague

A popular audio and video marketer in Alaba International Market is being wanted by the police for allegedly stabbing another…

Sack Fever Grips Kwara Owned Media Workers

There is palpable tension among workers in the Kwara State owned media outfits as government has put necessary machinery in…

3 die as van hits fuel tanker

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three occupants of a Toyota Hilux van were burnt beyond recognition early today when their vehicle ran…

Fashola’s Aide Decries Youth Unemployment

Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Youth and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru has decried the high…

Ariyoh Reads Riot Act To Contractors

The chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Lagos, southwest  Nigeria, Bolaji Muse-Ariyoh has warned all contractors handling projects in the council…

2 Cable Vandals Arrested In Lagos

Two suspected cable vandals have been arrested by the Protection Unit of the Lagos State Police Command for stealing street…

LASIEC Rues Poor Turn-Out Of Voters During Elections

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, has rued the downward trend in the turnout of voters during local government…

Hajj flights suspended as 509 female pilgrims deported

The Saudi authorities have stepped up the deportation of unaccompanied Nigerian female pilgrims, sending back to Nigeria 508 of them…