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80 die in Nigeria’s petrol tanker fire

Eighty bodies have been found at the scene of a fuel tanker which burst into flames as people scrambled for…

200 Homeless After Plateau Massacre

Gunmen who stormed a village and torched dozens of houses in central Nigeria have displaced roughly 200 people after weekend…

Presidential Candidate Sued Over Unpaid Loan

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 19 October a debt recovery suit instituted by…

UNESCO names Port Harcourt World Book Capital

UNESCO on Wednesday announced the selection of Port Harcourt as the 2014 World Book Capital. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova made…

USA: Woman chained, tortured for 10 years by hubby

A West Virginia man has been arrested for torturing his wife, making her a slave and holding her hostage in…

Kwara Governor blames leaders for decadent Nigeria

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present…

Military Denies Further Killings in Plateau

Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin has debunked reports in some sections of…

INEC Boss picks electoral officers for Edo Polls

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega on Wednesday in Benin announced that he personally…

4 Arrested over murder of Oshiomhole’s aide

Jethro Ibileke/Benin   Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan…

Killing of army general: Police Arrest 4

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of retired Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. He…

Fresh Crisis Brews Between LASG, Doctors

The health sector in Lagos State may soon witness another strike as the doctors have started complaining that the Lagos…

Senate Confirms Aloma Mukhtar As CJN

The Senate this afternoon confirmed Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, a week after…

New Igbo Group Vows To Avenge Killings In The North

A new Igbo group, the  Conference of Igbo Youth Organizations, CIYO,  has warned that Ndigbo will  no longer watch in…

Serial Murder Suspect Arrested

Police detectives at Homicide Department of State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a…

Fashola Demands Refund Of N16b Illegal Deductions By FG

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday called on the Federal Government to refund the N16 billion deducted from…

Man Kills Girlfriend Over Phone

A youngman, Lawrence Ufan Ette, has allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a stone during a fight in the…

Lagos Charges Commuters On Water Transportation

Due to the repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos State Government has charged commuters to explore the…

INEC Deploys 8 Commissioners, 10 RECs For Edo Guber Poll

INEC has deployed eight National Commissioners and 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to Edo for the July 14 governorship election.…

Nigeria Under Corruption Siege

The personified theme of the lecture was witty. But it smacks of the blatant disregard for virtue and the impunity…

Oba Sacks Rebellious Chief

For claiming to be a traditional ruler, the paramount monarch of Efon, Ekiti State, the Alaaye of Efon, Oba Emmanuel…

Lagos, Ekiti To Cooperate On Outdoor Ad Management

The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, and  the Ekiti State Signage and Advertisement Agency, EKSAA, have started co-operating…

3 Armed Robbers Killed In Gun Duel

Policemen from Denton Police Station, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have killed three robbery suspects during a gun battle that last…

Woman Detained Over N10m Fraud

An Ibadan-based businesswoman, has been arrested and detained by police detectives attached to Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos over…

Lucky Escape For Kidnapped Girl

A 22-year old girl who was returning to her mother’s shop was abducted by a motorcyclist and taken to Ketu,…

Manko Inspects DFID Project At Isokoko

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Umar A. Manko and his deputy, Isaac Eke, recently paid a visit to Isokoko Police…

I Left Ojebode Because He Was A Christian

Sherifat Ololade Ogbungbade, ex-wife of the late Samuel Ojebode, also explained why she separated from the late footballer and former…

Unilag Receives Unwanted Guest

Recently, the main auditorium of the University of Lagos played host to movie lovers who trooped out to see Unwanted…

Ibadan paper to pay ex-Gov Kalu N10m damages

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday ordered an Ibadan-based publisher of The Extra Newspapers, to pay the former governor of…

‘My Younger brother fathered my children’

A 52-year-old man, Oladokun Bello has told an Akure Customary Court in Ondo state in Western Nigeria, that he was…

Russia continues romance with Syria

Russia said Wednesday it would fulfil a contract to deliver air defence systems to Syria and had no plans to…