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2 Fleeing Suspected Car Snatchers Die In Crash
Two suspected car snatchers were killed on Monday in Abuja when their stolen vehicle fell over a bridge and crashed…
Osun Begins Replacement Of Old Water Pipes
Mr. Owojuyigbe Olugbenga, the General Manager, Osun Water Corporation says work has begun the replacement of old water pipes with…
16 Russians Arraigned Over Arms Importation
Sixteen Russians were this afternoon arraigned at Federal High Court on four count of criminal charge of illegal importation 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…
Guard Dislodges Boss As Landlord
A 47-year old security guard, Akintola Olatunji has been arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court Lagos State Southwest Nigeria for…
Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Human Parts
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a pastor and his accomplice with fresh human parts. They allegedly concealed…
BIAFRA: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s civil war
Secret American diplomatic dispatches, spread over 21,000 pages, provide previously unknown information about the Nigerian Civil War Early in the…
Another Budget Debacle
The 2013 Appropriation Bill remains unsigned and enmeshed in a familiar crisis of distortions Watching President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday…
Senseless Killing
Some religious fanatics in Kano, attack and murder polio immunisation personnel believing they were evil agents on a mission to…
In The Net
Police nab suspected attackers of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero’s convoy The Police recently made some headway in…
Framed And Shamed
Allegations of sexual harassment against Dr. Peter Otubu, a senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University whose humiliating video was posted…
Crack In The Family
Calculations for the next governorship election in Rivers State threaten the health of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state…
Ahmad Calls It A Day
Muhammad Ahmad, immediate past Director-General of the National Pension Commission retires after eight years having served two terms, leaving the…
How I Began Designing Applications
Nigerian web designer and developer, Olaseni Odebiyi recently won Etisalat Innovation Prize for a commercial product, for designing the Mobile…
Igbo Leaders Wade Into Ladipo Market Crisis
In an effort to restore peace to the popular Aguiyi -Ironsi International Market, Ladipo, leaders of Igbo people in Lagos…
MFB Boss Gives Tips On How To Secure Loans
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bosak Microfinance Bank, MFB, Mr. Kola Bello, has said that one of the ways small…
Lagos Sand Dealer Killed In Bomb Explosion
A middle aged businessman, Oladele Pius, was this morning killed when a bomb planted under FESTAC/Mile 2 link bridge, Lagos,…
Police Arrest Fake Army Officer
Mr. Umar Manko, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, said on Sunday that his command had arrested a fake army…
Researchers Trace Many Cancers To Alcohol
Health researchers have discovered that alcohol is a leading contributor to seven types of cancers. These include cancer of the…
Nigerian Jailed In UK For Lotto Scam
A Nigerian has been jailed in UK for lottery scam. The Nigerian who returned to Britain after being deported was…
Childless Nigerian Couple Crushed To Death
It was a black weekend as a childless man and his wife who both work with the Lagos State Government…
South Africa: Murder so shocking on Val day
PRETORIA (AFP) – Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock Friday as he was charged with…
No Hiding Place For Beggars —Fashola
The war against begging in Lagos rages on as Governor Babatunde Fashola has vowed to eradicate all forms of begging…
Oba Sent To Prison For Contempt
An Ota High Court, Ogun State, southWest Nigeria has sentenced Lasisi Kolapo Ogunseye to two months imprisonment for contempt. Chief…
Nigerian chains daughter for 7 days without food
The Nigerian police have arrested a man, Mr. Godstime Esonoye, for chaining his daughter’s legs at Idimu, a suburb of…
Nigeria Customs Dismantles Job Syndicate
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismantled a cyber-crime syndicate which allegedly extorted millions of naira from job seekers through…
Lagos Shuts 15 Firms Over Tax Default
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has sealed 15 companies in the last one month for failure to remit…
Valentine’s Day Fallout: Nigerian Couple Reconciles In Court
An estranged couple, which had been living apart for seven years, on Thursday abandoned their marriage dissolution bid and made…
ACN Salutes APC Leaders, Urges Massive Support
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has affirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has…
Fashola Decries Violence Against Women, Children
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has played host to the Vice President of the International Association of Lions Clubs,…