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Computer programmer convicted in Vatican leaks scandal
VATICAN CITY(AFP) – A Vatican court on Saturday convicted a computer programmer working in the tiny state of helping Pope…
P.M.NEWS Facts: Nigerian Youth Defined
In social media circles, who qualifies to be tagged a youth often ignites some controversy. Is a person who has…
Lagos sets January for registration of residents
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has set January 2013 for the commencement of the registration of the estimated 21 million people…
Oshiomhole dissolves council caretaker bodies
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has finally implemented the resolution passed the State House of Assembly…
Supreme Court decides Nyako’s fate 20 November
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Court on Monday fixed November 20, 2012 to deliver judgment in an appeal brought…
100 Biafran Zionists Arrested
The police in Enugu on Monday arrested at least 100 people parading themselves as members of the Biafra Zionist Movement.…
Terrorism Trial: Court rejects witnesses against Ndume
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The ongoing trial of a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria before an Abuja…
Police Arraign Bizman For N.4m beefy fraud
The police on Monday docked a 30-year old businessman, Isiaka Ayinla, before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly receiving…
Bloodletting continues in Nigeria’s troubled state
Gunmen, believed to be from Boko Haram sect, have killed three persons including a fire service chief in Damboa local…
7 members of kidnap gang killed by police
The Nigerian police in Rivers State has confirmed the killing of seven suspected kidnappers during a shoot-out in Kaani, Gokana Local…
One person dies as fire guts building in central Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Barely five days after fire gutted a 5-storey building, fire has razed another three-storey building at Breadfruit Street…
EFCC Arrests 12 Suspected Land Racketeers
A Special Task Force which comprise of Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML and Counter-Terrorism/General Investigation, CTGI, Units of…
Clark wants EFCC boss sacked over Ibori’s money
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The war of words raging between Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr.…
AFP: 6 Russians kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Six Russians and an Estonian kidnapped from a ship off Nigeria on October 15 have been released, French oil industry…
Post office shut after snake found in a parcel
Clerks at a South African post office fled for safety when they emptied a mail bag and a white python…
Williams Sisters deny Nigerian root
Tunde Oyedele/Sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus have declared that they are purely Americans, saying they have no…
Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria
Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…
Robbers massacre victims in Nigerian village
No fewer than 20 people have been shot dead by armed robbers in Kaboro village, Zamfara state, north western Nigeria.…
Lagos warns on the ripples of Hurricane Sandy
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the imminent ripple effect on Lagos coastal areas of…
Balogun, Edo State Police boss bows out
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Olayinka Balogun this morning bowed out of the police service after attaining the retirement…
Edo House sacks council committees
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo state House of Assembly has dissolved the 18 local government transition committees with immediate effect. This was…
K1’s palatial home in Ijebu-Ode
Fuji Music Star, Wasiu Ayinde, K1, leads family and friends into his new multi-million naira Ijebu Ode country home FUNSHO…
Kaduna: Residents indoors as troops patrol city
Nigerian soldiers patrolled the streets of Kaduna Monday, a day after at least 10 people were killed and 145 wounded…
Army raid yields arms in Damaturu
The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…
Fashola inspects burnt Euro-Asia Plaza
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has visited Euro-Asia Plaza, the scene of Saturday’s fire disaster, in Central Lagos…
Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna
FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…
Fire Guts Euro- Asia Plaza In Lagos
Fire has gutted the multi-storey Euro-Asia Plaza in the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria. The cause of…
Jonathan In Uyo to open new Governor’s office
President Goodluck Jonathan is to inaugurate the new Akwa Ibom Governor’s office complex on Saturday. Mr Aniekan Umanah, the Commissioner…
Gulder Ultimate Search evicts another contestant
Another female Gulder Ultimate Search contestant, Ayo Ojueromi, has been evicted. She was evicted at the place of the talking…
Ndume Admitted Links to Boko Haram, Says SSS
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja An operative of the State Security Service, SSS, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court sitting…