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Daura Emirate Cancels Festival for Kano Emir
The Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State, has announced the cancellation of the annual Maulud festival in honour of the…
Man jailed for Urine in Soup
A 38-year old trader, Taofeeq Shobulo, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Ojokoro Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lagos…
SSS Chief Advises Boko Haram To Embrace Dialogue
The Director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Borno, Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed, has advised members of the Boko Haram…
Oshiomhole Condemns Doctors’ Strikes
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has condemned the constant use of strike action by medical practitioners…
INEC Pays N4.6m To Bomb Blast Victims
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Tuesday paid N4.6 million to 46 victims of April 2011 bomb blast…
How To Attain Peace And Security In Nigeria
By Uzoma Ahamefule What is peace? The Macmillan English Dictionary states that peace means “a situation in which there is…
Tribunal dismisses Petition Against Oshiomhole
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal this morning struck out the petition filed by General Charles Airhiavbere,…
Stemming The Tide Of Fire Disasters
By Sola Ogunmosunle How much is the human life worth in our dear country, Nigeria? This question has become necessary…
Man narrates loss of child in Lagos Fire
By Jeminat Adamson Twenty-seven days after the 2012 Boxing Day fire incident that occurred at Jankara Market on Lagos Island, …
Okah: NBA Seeks Overhauling Of Justice System
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday called for the overhauling of Nigeria’s justice system in order to speedy the…
Divorce: Wife Tackles Hubby In Court
By Bello Oluwakemi A Nigerian housewife, Mrs. Helen Monago, 33 has told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos that her husband’s…
3 Charged With Armed Robbery
BY OLABISI BALOGUN The Nigerian police in Lagos have charged three men before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing…
Lagos Traders Protest Continued Closure Of Shops
Traders on Breadfruit and Davis streets in Balogun Market, Lagos Island, where some warehouses were gutted by fire in October…
15 corpses float on Nigerian river
No fewer than 15 unidentified and bloated corpses have been discovered floating on Ezu River in Amansea community, near Awka;…
Barcelona record first loss in La Liga season
An injury-time strike from substitute Imanol Agirretxe condemned 10-man Barcelona to a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad on Saturday, their…
Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…
Bayelsa Speaker’s Mom kidnapped
Madam Betinah Okunwa Benson, the 78-year old mother of Mr. Kabawei Benson, the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of…
Afghanistan: Obama to speed up US troops pullout
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that the US goal in Afghanistan was “within reach” as he vowed to move…
Ghana’s President Mahama sworn in
Ghana’s John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president on Monday at a ceremony attended by thousands in the capital…
Father unveils identity of Delhi gang-rape victim
Badri Singh Pandey, t he father of the New Delhi gang-rape victim has revealed his daughter’s identity to a British…
Anenih, NPA chair dubs criticisms as mischief
Chief Tony Anenih, recently appointed chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority has urged his fans to ignore the barrage of criticisms…
Venezuelans pray for cancer-stricken Chavez
Backers of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prayed and called off New Year’s Eve festivities Monday as the cancer-stricken leftist leader…
Woman arrested with 757kg of cannabis
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Kano, have smashed a major dealer in Cannabis,…
7 die as 34,000 scramble to fill 90 jobs
As in Nigeria, where hundreds of thousands apply to fill few vacancies, so it is in South Africa, where unemployment…
Liberia’s coach gets the boot
Liberia sacked national coach Kaetu Smith and his entire backroom staff on Saturday after a dismal run of results which…
Government soldiers routed by rebels In CAR
Rebels in the Central African Republic have repelled government soldiers who were trying to recapture the central city of Bambari,…
Lagos House approves cremation bill
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Lagos State House of Assembly late Friday passed the controversial Cremation Bill into law and instructed that the…
Lagos House jacks up budget by N1.9b
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly Friday evening approved N499 billion as the budget for 2013. The approved…
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore
Singapore (AFP) An Indian gang-rape victim died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said,…
Lagos marks 50 Houses For Integrity Tests
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has ordered structural integrity tests to be conducted on at least 50 houses at Jankara area…