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Ferry travel saves Lagosians traffic nightmares
It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to…
Ekiti to honour Professor Aluko, Omoboriowo
The Ekiti State Government, in Western Nigeria is to honour no fewer than 20 indigenes, dead and living, with outstanding…
EU to shut out Nigeria from its timber market
The European Union will no longer allow timber products from Nigeria into the its markets as from March 2013, according…
Yakowa: Patience Jonathan weeps
Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan wept in Kaduna on Monday when she paid a condolence visit to…
Crashed copter: Nigerian governors to engage consultant
As controversies continue over the possible cause of the crash of naval helicopter that killed Patrick Yakowa, the former Governor…
Court Extends Order On Striking Plateau Workers
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian industrial court has told striking workers in the central state of Plateau, that it…
Reports: Nkiru, Nollywood star kidnapped
Nigerian Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus, has been kidnapped. The fair-skinned actress, also working as Governor Rochas Okorocha’s special assistant was…
Obasanjo debunks death rumours, rift with Jonathan
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend dispelled rumours about his death, saying, “am still alive anyway”. He made…
Dead Nigerian Governor Yakowa for burial Thursday
The newly sworn-in Governor of Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero on Sunday said the remains of late…
Sand Eagles Beat Portugal, Retain Copa Beach Cup
The Supersand Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday retained their Copa Lagos Beach Soccer trophy at the Eko Atlantic Beach Stadium…
Nigerian soldiers patrol bereaved Kaduna city
Nigerian troops were out on the streets of the volatile northern city of Kaduna on Sunday to prevent any outbreak…
Kaduna: The new man in charge
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Nigeria’s new governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero was sworn in today as the substantive governor of Kaduna…
Yakowa, Azazi: Nigeria thrown into mourning
The tragic death in a naval helicopter crash yesterday evening of Kaduna state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and former national…
Hillary Clinton suffers concussion
Globe-trotting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hit her head and suffered a concussion while battling a nasty stomach bug,…
Nigeria’s Helicopter crash kills Kaduna governor
A Nigerian military helicopter carrying very important people in Nigeria has crashed in Bayelsa state. Reports said a former national…
Oyinlola tackles Governor Aregbesola over women’s centre
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of the state of Osun, and now national secretary of Nigeria’s ruling party, the…
US Muslims launch makeover campaign for ‘Jihad’
US Muslims launched an advertising and social media campaign Friday in the hopes of reclaiming the word jihad from extremists…
Africans face hell in Greece
ATHENS (AFP) – Stuck in a small Athens flat all day to avoid being caught by police, earning another stint…
800,000 Nigerian graduates scramble for 1,500 jobs
.PHD holders also in the job rush About 800,000 graduates have submitted applications to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking…
Death rumours about Nigerian governor
The Nigerian government in Cross River state has debunked widespread rumours that Governor Liyel Imoke has died. Commissioner for Information,…
Death penalty for Nigerian terrorists
The Nigerian Senate on Friday said it adopted the death penalty as punishment for acts of terrorism due to Nigeria’s…
Terrorism: More legal setbacks for Nigerian Senator
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja For the second time this week, embattled Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume who is standing trial on…
Police: We knew where Okonjo was held hostage
The Nigerian police authorities that failed to fish out the abductors of Professor Kamene Okonjo, before the woman emerged Friday…
Xmas Gift: Lagos stops tolling at second Lekki toll gate
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government and the Lekki Concession Company have jointly announced a deferment of the commencement of tolling at…
Babalakin Loses Bid To Stop Trial
Embattled Nigerian businessman and lawyer,Dr. Wale Babalakin, who is also the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited, today lost his…
Primate Adetiloye passes on
Retired Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 83, is dead. He died 1…
LUTH Doctors’ Strike Frustrates Patients
Patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, have expressed frustration over the indefinite strike embarked upon by…
Robbers hit bus park in Nigeria
Passengers, staff and residents of Nsukka, eastern Nigeria, were gripped with fear when armed robbers on Thursday, invaded Peace Mass…
WHO to compel Nigerians going abroad take polio vaccine
From May 2013, Nigerians travelling abroad would be compelled to take the oral polio vaccine before leaving Nigeria, Dr Ray…
Nigerian pastor charged with bigamy
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded Pastor Julius Bamidele (38), in prison custody for allegedly contracting an unlawful marriage…