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Jonathan, Clinton, Fashola launch Eko Atlantic city site
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the Atlantic City Initiative in Lagos was another major addition to the nation’s…
Female banker jailed 9 years for fraud
Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a former banker, Vera Ogbonna Akanni to…
Jonathan for Lagos and Malabo summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea tomorrow to participate in the 3rd Summit of Heads of…
MD Faces Trial Over N29m Theft
The Managing Director of Fintrack Asset Management Company, Limited in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Abiodun Simeon Jegede, 39, has been…
Excited Kim Kirdashian lands in Lagos for concert
US reality TV star, Kim Kirdashian arrived Nigeria Saturday , on an Air France flight, ahead of Sunday’s Love…Like A…
Atuche: Court summons officials of Keystone Bank
Henry Ojelu A Nigerian High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos today issued a subpoena on Keystone Bank Plc (formerly Bank…
Lagos Prosecuting 1,204 Cases In Court —Ipaye
The Lagos State Government is currently prosecuting 1,204 cases in various courts across the state, says the Attorney General and…
Senator, FG Disagree Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District and the Federal Government have disagreed over the condition of…
Fani-Kayode Re-Arraigned
Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, was Monday morning re-arraigned before a Federal High court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for alleged…
Trial begins of suspected killers of Facebook girl, Cynthia
Henry Ojelu The four suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a Nasarawa state based Nigerian lady who was killed by her…
Nigerian Police Arraign Fake Pastor Over N.8m Fraud
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 46-year old pastor, Obinna Obi, over an alleged fraud of N820,000. Obi,…
Okada Rider Rapes Woman
A commercial motorcycle operator has been arrested by the police and charged to Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a…
Nigerian Man Bites Another Man’s Penis
It is common to hear that a woman has bitten a man’s penis because of infidelity, but the reverse is…
Lagos White Cap Chief Murdered
A Lagos white cap chief and the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, 73, has been shot dead, by unidentified…
Bricklayer Rapes Daughter
A 39-year old bricklayer has been arrested at Ajah area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly raping his 14-year…
Nigeria Police Threatens Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
For delaying the payment of their January salary, junior officers in the Nigeria Police have threatened to embark on strike.…
Son Sends Mom To Prison
A 68-year old woman, Madam Silifat Abeni, broke down and wept at Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, as…
‘Doctor Bello’ Hits Cinemas
After being premiered in New York, London, Johannesburg and Lagos, Doctor Bello, a movie produced and directed by Tony Abulu,…
Market leader in Lagos charged with murder
Henry Ojelu &Mercy Momoh The western Nigerian state of Lagos has arraigned the President of Aguiyi i Ironsi Market popularly…
Man, 30, charged with raping 6-year-old
A 30-year-old Nigerian businessman, Joshua Collins, on Wednesday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with raping…
KAI Officers Jailed 3 Months
Kazeem Ugbodaga The special court in Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has sentenced two officials of the…
Woman Burns Girl’s Thighs With Hot Iron
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A 39-year old Nigerian woman has burnt a girl’s thighs with hot iron after accusing her of…
Padfootball: 200 Dropouts For Students Tourney
By Sunday Akintoye The organisers of Padfootball Educational Championship have registered 200 students, who dropped out of school to feature…
Youngsters Trade Punches At Rowe Park
By Bimbo Ajayi Nigeria’s Boxing fans will be treated to exhilarating moments tomorrow, as future champions trade punches at the…
Driver, houseboy arrested over school boy kidnap
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian police command in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has arrested two persons in connection with the kidnap…
Like the father, mother absolves son of murder.
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Just like the father of murder suspect Akolade Arowolo had testified about his son’s innocence, the mother,…
The Fault Lines in Nigeria’s ruling party
BY JAMIU YISA Crisis rocks PDP in Adamawa, Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states Adamawa The power struggle within the ruling…
A New Fun Station makes its debut
Faaji 106.5 FM, Nigeria’s Daar Communications-owned radio station that broadcasts in Yoruba, joins the niche broadcasting segment in the Lagos…
Malaysia-based student scam suspect faces trial
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has concluded arrangement to arraign a Malaysia- based Nigerian fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke and…
Nigerian Soldiers Torture P.M.NEWS Cameraman
Yet-to-be identified Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested and tortured a photo journalist with TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS publications, Habeeb Ogunbadejo, under the Obalende…