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War Of Orjis
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu, continue their duel over the control of politics…
KANO BOMB BLASTS: Death Toll Rises
The death toll arising from a series of blasts targeting buses full of passengers in Nigeria’s second largest city of…
Court Declares Oil Sector Deregulation Illegal
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, declared the deregulation of the downstream of the oil sector illegal. Justice…
Customer Loses N47m To Banker
A banker with an old generation bank in Lagos, Mr. Peter Obi, 41, who allegedly posed as a bureau de…
Doctors Worry Over Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs
Two medical practitioners in Lagos, on Monday called on the Federal Government and the regulatory bodies to check the importation…
Nigerians Are Angry With Us
The chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, Babatunde Sofola, in this interview with EROMOSELE EBHOMELE, says…
Car Thieves Arrested At Press Centre
Two suspected car snatchers were this morning arrested by heavily armed operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services (SSS),…
Man Gunned Down By Drunken Cops
A 46-year old man, Eze Okoro, has been shot dead by drunken policemen in front of his house at 1,…
Pope Vows To Embrace The Poorest
Pope Francis knelt at the tomb of St. Peter and donned the symbols of papal power at a sumptuous inauguration…
That The Blind Might See
Leah Charity Foundation, pet project of Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Kwara State Governor, has assisted in restoring sight to…
Hurdle For APC
All Progressive Congress accuses the Peoples Democratic Party and Independent National Electoral Commission of collusion to frustrate its registration The…
BIAFRA: Ogbemudia Clarifies US Secret Files
At 80, Brigadier Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (retd.) is in good health except for a recent accident, which warranted his use…
Dress Code: Why Corps Member Was Decamped
Authorities of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Sunday defended their action on the de-camping of one Miss Tolulope…
Pension Thief Gets N10m Bail
Convicted pension thief, John Yahaya Yusufu, who slumped in court last Monday while standing trial on an alleged false declaration…
We Are Kept In Desert, Says Head Of Kidnapped French Family
Patriarch of the French family kidnapped in Cameroon has spoken, according to a report by the news agency, AFP. In…
3 Pastors Arraigned Over N7.9m Fraud
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned three pastors; David Eshiet, Samson Ugbara and Adesanmi Aderoju before an…
Nigerian Teacher Wins N5m In TV Show
A teacher, Mr. Sammy Davies Abraham, has received his reward on earth by winning the sum of N5 million from…
ALAMS PARDON: Bill Gates Cancels Visit To Nigeria
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled 27 March visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon…
Salami’s Recall: Court Throws Out Group’s Suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of Centre…
More Knocks For Jonathan Over N6b Church Fund
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has continued to receive knocks for taking very unpopular decisions, the latest being an event…
I Rejected Pope Francis’ Marriage Proposal
A childhood sweetheart of the newly elected pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has disclosed that she rejected the…
LASU Female Librarian Charged With Fraud
The police at Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, have arrested Chineye Rose Osai attached to the Lagos…
We Are Surmounting LAGBUS Challenges —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has admitted that the LAGBUS service scheme is facing some challenges which the government…
LASU Campus, Other Buildings Demolished
The external campus of the Lagos State University, LASU, New Oko-Oba and hundreds of buildings and shops on the right…
Lovers Fight Over Sex Fee In Hotel Room
Two lovers, Godwin Agu, 35, and Amaka Njoku, 30, have landed in trouble after they engaged in public fighting over…
We Lost N12m To Ladipo Market Closure
Some owners of warehouses at the Ladipo International Spare Parts Market in Lagos lost about N12 million during the closure…
Malaria Responsible For Huge Maternal Deaths
Dr. Emmanuel Otolorin, Country Director of Jhpiego, an NGO, said on Thursday that malaria was responsible for 11 percent of…
Man Rapes Girl Through Anus
A 42-year old man, Alao Shobowale has been charged before the Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria for allegedly…
PDP Crisis: OBJ Loses Out In Ogun
The Ogun State faction of the Peoples Democratic Party which former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo belongs, has completely lost out…
Russian Company Withdraws From Nigeria
The Rusal aluminium company of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Friday halted production at a disputed Nigerian plant whose ownership…