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After US embassy attack, Libya sacks security chiefs

Libya’s interior minister has sacked Benghazi security chiefs after last week’s deadly attack on the US consulate in the eastern…

Lagos Shuts 15 Illegal Hospitals

Officials of the Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, at the weekend shut down 15 illegal hospitals…

Army: Abu Qaqa, Boko Haram spokesman killed

Nigerian soldiers on Monday said they had shot dead a man suspected to have acted as a spokesman for Islamist…

Traffic Law: 7,916 Officials For Training

In readiness to enforce the new road traffic law, the Lagos State Government has sent 7,916 enforcement officers on four-week…

Fashion Designer Disrupts Wedding Over Hired Gown

A Lagos-based fashion designer, Theresa Iyamu, 36, has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly disrupting a church…

300 Health Volunteers Deployed To PHCS

The Lagos State Government has graduated the first batch of 300 health volunteers trained to provide assistance to patients at…

Gridlock as major link bridge collapses in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Motorists in the Nigerian oil-rich city of Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital, were this morning trapped in…

69 Suspects Arrested

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun fresh onslaught against suspected hoodlums across the…

Falana: Awards To IG, Governors, Senators Illegal

Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has criticised the national honours being conferred on serving public officials.…

Nigeria Suffering From Severe Dutch Disease

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prior to 1959, the Dutch country of Netherlands, then known as Holland, was well known for its industrialization,…

Adenuga, others honored by Nigeria

President Good luck Jonathan on Monday morning in Abuja conferred the nation’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the…

Nigerian varsity don slumps, dies in market

  GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN   The Dean of Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Professor Kolawole Olu-Owolabi aged 51 today slumped…

Nigerians 4th biggest spenders in UK, says Guardian

On her twice-yearly visits to London from Nigeria, Victoria Appiah stocks up on everything she needs for the next six…

Boko Haram: Nigerian-Lebanese deny fleeing Kano

Mr Tahir Faddalah, the Chairman, Lebanese Community in Kano, has denied media reports that  members of the community were fleeing Kano State…

Editors urge Jonathan to work harder on Nigeria’s problems

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has urged  President Goodluck Jonathan and other elected officials to put extra measures in place…

Edo deputy governor’s press aide abducted

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers Saturday night in Benin City, abducted Kelly Odaro, Chief Press Secretary…

Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano

Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…

PDP wins Zaria bye election

Alhaji Shehu Malami Nuhu-Babajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won Saturday’s by-election into Kaduna State House of Assembly for…

Jonathan rewards Nigeria’s Paralympians, Falconets

Ayorinde oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan late Saturday announced cash rewards for the country’s Paralympians and female Under-20 footballers for…

US orders non-essential staff out of Tunisia, Sudan

The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel to leave Sudan and Tunisia following embassy attacks over an anti-Islam…

Jonathan sets up committee on flood

President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted a technical committee to assess and determine the extent of damage caused by recent floods…

Kings College PTA plans N180m hostel

The Parent-Teachers’ Association of King’s College, Lagos, plans to tackle some infrastructure challenges in the institution by constructing of a…

HAJJ: Lagos begins airlifting of pilgrims October

The Lagos State Government is set to commence the airlifting of the State Muslim pilgrims to this year’s Holy Pilgrimage…

Oba Akiolu urges job creation for Nigerian youths

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday in Kano called on governments at all levels to focus on youth…

Pam gets ACN nod to run for Plateau senate bye-election

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Saturday in Jos confirmed the nomination of Mr Yusuf Pam as its candidate…

Israeli Muslims also join protest against anti-Islam movie

Hundreds of Israeli Arabs protested on Saturday across the north of the country against a provocative anti-Islam film that sparked…

FRSC: No disease kills Nigerians like road accidents

Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said on Saturday that road accidents are…

Bye election ends in Zaria

The by-election in Zaria constituency of Kaduna State House of Assembly held peacefully without complaints from voters. According to the…

Jonathan urges Tukur mentor political leaders

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday urged the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to support and mentor political leaders to…

Attacks on Islam: Top Egyptian cleric wants global ban

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric on Saturday called for an international ban on all forms of attacks against Islam, after a…