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Iran condemns bankers to death over fraud
While Nigeria sentenced a high profile bank official for six months over massive fraud, an Iranian court in Tehran court…
Poor Muslims to get free food in Jigawa
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Monday directed all the 27 local government chairmen to spend N64.8 million to…
Ogun workers held in 4km long traffic gridlock
Thousands of State and Federal Civil Servants in Ogun State were today held down in traffic by a gridlock that…
Mystery fire kills Septuagenarian in Lagos
A 67-year-old woman was burnt to death in an early morning fire at a wing of a twin-duplex on 511…
N3b subsidy scam: EFCC set to charge 18 suspects
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has concluded arrangements to prosecute the first batch…
Nigeria’s $2.5m Ponzi scheme operator charged
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged a 35-year-old man, Segun Bright before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos…
Egypt’s Morsi annuls dissolution of parliament
(AFP) – Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Sunday annulling the Supreme Court’s dissolution of the Islamist-dominated…
Woman Bites Off Neighbour’s Nose
A housewife, Mrs Ruka Amoha who claimed her husband has denied her sexual intercourse for some months decided to vent…
Nigeria Immigration To Deport 191 Aliens
By Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 191 illegal aliens have been handed over to the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian…
Jonathan sets up fresh panel on subsidy claims
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday set up another committee that will review the findings of the Aigboje Aig Imoukhuede led…
Fears of bomb attacks trigger Panic in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Speculations that members of the Boko Haram sect were planning a massive bombing of the troubled Nigerian…
Boko Haram states: NYSC redeploys corps members
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The leadership of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)on Wednesday evening finally yielded to appeals and protests by Corp…
Amosun: Illegal structures cause Ogun flooding
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said that illegal structures are responsible for the flooding in the…
Reps Slash Fees For Number Plate, Driver’s Licence
Daniels Ekugo House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has recommended a downward review in the prices…
Another bomb explodes in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Few weeks after three churches were bombed in the cities of Zaria and Kaduna , another bomb…
Nigeria’s First Female Chief Justice: A profile
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja With the nomination of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria to the Senate…
Jonathan promises to protect corps members
Nigeria’s central government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday in Abuja that it will do everything necessary to…
Fashola launches a new service charter for Lagos
Fourteen ministries and agencies are to pioneer the implementation of a new service charter just launched by Governor Raji Fashola…
Northern Malians Protest in Bamako
Protesters from northern Mali on Wednesday held a sit-in in Bamako against Islamists who have enforced strict sharia, destroyed ancient…
Reps, Otedola disagree on secret probe
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja More drama unfolded Tuesday in the inquest by the House of Representatives into the allegation of $620, 000…
Fresh Blast Hits Abuja Shopping Centre
Soldiers have cordoned off the scene of explosion which occurred near Banex Plaza, a popular shopping centre located in Wuse…
Nigeria signs MOU with US firm for 6 refineries
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an American energy firm to build six oil refineries, in a project…
Fire guts Nigerian prison
Fire has gutted part of Yola Prisons, in Adamawa state, north east of Nigeria. The fire, which started around 8…
Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Scam texts
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to candidates contesting…
Jonathan commissions bullet proof factory, APC
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said in Kaduna on Monday that henceforth , the country would not import military equipment that…
9 workers slaughtered in Maiduguri
Nine Nigerian construction workers were killed early Monday in the restive northeastern city of Maiduguri, the base of the Islamist…
Court grants robbery accused bail
A High court judge in Enugu city, east of Nigeria, Justice Chiene Nwobodo, has granted bail to one Chukwuka Owoh…
Heavy Rain Devastates Ado-Ekiti
A rain storm in the early hours of Monday caused havoc in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The downpour blew…
World condemns Boko Haram-like attacks in Kenya
Masked gunmen killed 17 people and wounded dozens in gun and grenade attacks on two churches Sunday in the Kenyan…
Yakubu, NNPC GMD formally unveiled
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has formally unveiled its new group managing director, Engineer who was appointed last week to…