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3 Women Jailed For Begging

The Special Court in Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has sent three female beggars to jail for begging in…

Apapa Bank Raid: Slain Inspector Left 3 Wives, 8 Children

The victim of the armed robbery raid at a bank in Apapa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday, Inspector Taiwo Ajetunmobi,…

PHCN Workers Call Off Strike, Give FG 1 Week Ultimatum

Workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have called off the nationwide strike they embarked upon in protest…

Journalists Protest Brutality Against Colleagues

Members of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, today staged a protest against the brutalisation…

Police Defuse Bomb In Rivers

The police in Rivers say they have defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state-owned banana farm at Ueken…

Businessman Slams N920m Suit On Keystone Bank

There is no respite yet for Keystone Bank Limited (formerly Bank PHB Plc) as two of its staff Anayo Nwosu,…

Warring Parties Restrained Over Disputed Land

A Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has ordered two warring parties laying claim to a…

Lagos Govt Asked To Check Excesses Of Omo Onile

The Chairman of New Haven Estate  Association  in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr. Victor Okereke, has appealed…

Odimegwu uses police to arrest ex-business partner

A Lagos businessman, Mr Okon Iyanam, has petitioned Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged unlawful arrest…

Lagos Neighbourhood Watch Arrests Robbery Suspects

Officials of the Neighbourhood Watch in Lagos  have arrested four suspected robbers at Ajangbadi, Oto-Awori area of Lagos State, Southwest…

Ecuador grants WikiLeaks founder Assange asylum

True to its promise for a definite pronouncement, Ecuador announced Thursday it has decided to grant political asylum to Julian…

A Pastor’s Dream Of A New Nigeria

My Dream For A New Nigeria, a book by a clergyman, explores the socio-economic problems militating against Nigeria’s match to…

Nigeria’s unionists disrupt power supply to 4 states

Nigeria’s Power Ministry has reported the disruption of electricity supply to four states, Delta, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo as junior…

Son Batters Father Over Money

A 30-year old man, Uagbale Samson, has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, for allegedly beating…

160 African boat migrants rescued, 2 die in Malta

Malta’s navy recovered two bodies and rescued around 160 African migrants from two boats which got into trouble on the…

Date fixed for Benue council polls

The Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) in Nigeria’s central state of Benue has fixed 24 November, for the conduct of local…

States, Federal governments share $1 billion oil money

The Federal, states and local governments on Wednesday shared one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) “to execute…

NBA demands apology from Nigeria’s army

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Gombe has issued a seven-day ultimatum to military authorities in the state to apologise…

Ecuador to rule on WikiLeaks Assange’s asylum

Ecuador on Thursday will announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been taking refuge…

Enugu University vice-chancellor kidnapped

Gunmen on Wednesday fired shots, injuring some police officers, before kidnapping the vice chancellor of a state university in southeastern…

Court asked to sack Oyinlola as PDP Secretary

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The battle to unseat former governor of Osun state, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola as National Secretary of…

Emir Bayero’s ill-health will temper Sallah in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Indications emerged Wednesday in Kano, northwest Nigeria that this year’s Sallah Celebration would be devoid of colourful events,…

Minister punctures police panel report

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (retd) the Minister of Police Affairs on Wednesday told journalists that the Deputy Inspector…

4000 workers to be sacked by Federal agency

Dr. Chris Onyemenam, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has defended plans by the commission to lay off more…

Wicked Nigerian Couple Jailed In UK

A court in the United Kingdom on Tuesday found guilty a Nigerian couple  (names withheld by the court). They were…

Tenant Killed Over PHCN Bill

A 66-year old driver, Lasisi Saka has been murdered inside his one-room apartment at 31, Ekimogun Street, Off Kokumo Street,…

Free LAGBUS Ride On Sallah Day

LAGBUS will provide free bus ride to Lagosians on Eid el fitri day. In a statement signed by the public…

After poor Olympics, Nigeria’s sports for shake-up

Following the abysmal performance of the Nigerian contingent to the 2012 London Olympics, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered a…

Olympic Flop: ACN Seeks Probe Of Sport Ministry, Others

In the wake of the scandalous failure of the Nigerian Olympic team in the just concluded London Olympics, the Lagos…

Train Crashes Into Car

A train heading to Agege crushed a car this morning at Ikeja. An eyewitness said the driver of the car,…