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P-Square Mother’s Corpse Arrives Sunday

The remains of Mrs. Josephine Okoye, the mother of multiple award-winning music group, P-Square, will arrive Nigeria from India on…

WHO probes failure of malaria drugs

Up to eight percent of malaria drugs approved by the World Health Organization or other regulators do not contain the…

Crashed Dana Plane’s Black Box Burnt

Simon Ateba Nigerians may never know why Dana flight 992 crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on 3 June, killing more…

Emir Bayero’s arrival ends death rumours

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, returned to Kano last night after undergoing a medical check up at a…

Dana Crash: How it all happened

The Preliminary Report by Accident Investigation Bureau On 3rd June 2012 about 1545 hours[1], 5N-RAM, a Boeing MD-83, a domestic…

Engine failure caused crash of Dana plane

Dual engine failure caused the crash of Nigerian Dana aircraft that killed at least 159 people last month in the…

17 Indian hemp growers convicted

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced 17 men to two years’ imprisonment each for attempting to plant…

Teachers threaten strike at UNIABUJA

The University of Abuja chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to go on strike on…

NLC women confab ends in chaos

The National Women Conference (NWC) of the NLC ended in chaos on Thursday in Abuja, following disagreements among the delegates.…

Togo’s PM Resigns

Togo’s president has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo, the presidency announced on state television late Wednesday. No…

Mass burial for victims of fuel tanker fire

More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over Thursday in Okobe,…

INEC receives materials for Edo state election

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Sensitive materials for the conduct of the Edo state governorship election on Saturday, arrived Benin City office of…

Bribery: More troubles for Farouk Lawan

For claiming that he is in the possession of $620,000 he collected from Femi Otedola, Zenon oil boss, Adams Jagaba,…

Ex-council official to spend 7 years in prison

Justice A. S. Dahiru of Sokoto State High Court has sentenced a former Director of Sokoto South Local Government, Mr.…

Nigeria: High profile scammer jailed

Justice M. L. Shuaibu of Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna on Thursday, July 12, 2012, sentenced a bribe taker,…

27,000 pass UNIZIK post JAMB tests

Mr Chijioke Umudum, the Coordinator of Management, Information, Communication and Technology units, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, said that 26,587 candidates…

NDLEA Begs FG For N780m To Train Officers

More than a year after they were recruited, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is still waiting for the…

Workers’ Union Divided Over Oshiomhole, Airhiavbere

Two days to Edo state governorship election, members of the workers’ union of Edo state-owned Edo Line are at loggerheads…

Court Orders EFCC To Release Daniel’s Passport

Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the International…

Budget Performance: Lagos Generates N183.27 Billion In 6 Months

The Lagos State Government has generated N183.27 billion in six months as part of the 2012 budget performance appraisal. This…

Kano To Train 100 Pilots Abroad

At least 100 indigenes of Kano state are to be sponsored by the state government for training as pilots and…

Abubakar Confirmed As IG

The Nigeria Police Council has  confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Abubakar as the substantive Inspector General of Police. This was…

Oyedepo Wins N2b Slap Case

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has dismissed the N2 billion fundamental human…

Tenants Trapped In Sealed Up House

Trapped tenants occupying a three storey building 1, Osoro Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have sent a Save…

Driver Throws Road Marshal Out Of Moving Bus

In his desperate bid to evade arrest and prosecution, a driver, Seun Adenuga, allegedly threw a Federal Road Safety Corps…

Nigerian state set for another mass wedding

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano All is set for the second phase of the Nigerian Kano state mass wedding for 250 couples slated…

Nigeria Witnessing Genocide —Lagos Lawmaker

The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, has described the recent…

Lagos Assembly Stops Trading On Walkways

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the chairmen of the 57 Local Government Councils and Local Council Development…

Lagos Deputy Governor Commends Lagos Legislator

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has commended a member of the State Assembly, Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet over the…

Lagos Assembly Berates PDP Over Comment On House Activities

The Lagos State House of Assembly has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State for condemning the House…