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Arik begins flying again Sunday

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Saturday that it will resume fight operations on Sunday, three…

Femi Otedola leads toxic Nigerian bank debtors

With a humongous loan portfolio of $1.2 billion, Femi Otedola, President Goodluck Jonathan’s business friend is the biggest danger to…

Rights Group Slams 12 Governors Over Teachers’ Strike

Eromosele Ebhomele A civil rights group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), has expressed unhappiness over the alleged reluctance…

Flock of sheep storms sports shop, sheepishly!

VIENNA (AFP) Behaving true to character, a flock of sheep took a wrong turn on their way down from their…

Cameroon ex-minister jailed for aircraft scam

A court in Yaounde on Saturday jailed former Cameroon minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya for 25 years for embezzling $29 million…

Obama blasts US reps for abandoning duty for polls

US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress Saturday to pass a series of measures stimulating economic growth and job…

Nigerians in massive protests over anti-Islam movie

Tens of thousands of Nigerians on Saturday protested on the streets of Nigeria’s city of Kano against an anti-Islam film…

Furore over deposition of monarch by government

There is furore in Cross River state , in Nigeria’s South South following the dethronement of the paramount Ruler of…

Iran expects war with Israel, says Guards chief

An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen,” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head…

Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids

The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…

Gridlock on Abuja-Lokoja highway over

Mr Sonnallah Ezekiel, the Koton Karfe Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kogi, said that normal traffic flow…

Tastee Fried Chicken shut over tax default

Simon Ateba One of Nigeria’s favourite fastfood restaurants, Tastee Fried Chicken, TFC, was on Friday shut by the Lagos State…

Illegal siren users to be arrested

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered all state Commissioners of Police to enforce the ban on the…

Police IG promotes 3 crime busters

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday in Abuja elevated two police sergeants, Frank Okorobon and Patience Biokoro, to…

Controversy Over Chioma Ajunwa’s Triplets

The birth of triplets by Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa Okpara, has been generating controversies since she was…

Lagos Deputy Gov Orders Fresh Virginity Test For Rape Victims

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has ordered fresh medical tests on the eight children allegedly raped by one man…

Jilted Man Sets Wife Ablaze

A jilted husband, Adesanmoye Kehinde, expressed his frustration after he was dumped by his wife, Jean Odegba, 29, by setting…

Bad Debt makes AMCON Take Over Aero Contractors

Simon Ateba From all indications, Nigeria’s aviation industry has plunged further into crisis with the take over today of Aero…

No Going Back On Strike —NUT

Mr. Samson Idowu, Chairman, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Lagos State Chapter, said on Thursday that teachers in the state would…

7 Years After: CD Remembers Ubani

The Campaign for Democracy, CD, has remembered the contributions of the late activist, Chima Ubani, who died seven years ago…

Faleke, Others Defend Tinubu

Critics of the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for attending the convention…

Aregbesola’s Aide Lambasts Mimiko

The Special Adviser on Environment to Osun State governor, Bola Ilory, has accused  Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, of betraying…

‘ACN Using Lagos Resources To Destabilise S/West PDP’

Peoples Democratic Party’s Zonal Secretary, Jide Damacio, has accused the leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress…

Oyerinde: Ugolor Wants SSS Suspects Prosecuted

Environmental rights activist, Rev. David Ugolor, has challenged the Nigerian Police to charge to court the six persons paraded by…

Ukele Indigenes Laud Imoke Over Appointments

The people of Ukele in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, have expressed gratitude to Senator…

ACN Blames PDP For Eleme Youth Protest

The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, says whatever the  grievances of the Eleme youths for …

Braithwaite: Celebrating An Icon At 79

The Oramiyan Hall, Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, southwest Nigeria was filled to capacity with hundreds of well wishers, including eminent…

NCC Raids MCSN, 5 Staff Arrested

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has raided the office of Musical Copyright Society Of Nigeria (MCSN) on Olaribiro Street, Allen-Avenue,…

Applying Foundation

Foundation smoothens out your skin tone and gives you a flawless look, but only  when it is not overdone. To…

Lagos PDP Wants KAI, LASTMA Disbanded

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the immediate disbandment and sack of the General…