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2 NITEL Cable Thieves Caught
The police at Dolphin Estate Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested two members of a 5-man gang that allegedly…
Shell Returns To Ogoniland For Clean-Up
Shell on Thursday said it had launched a review of its oil and gas assets in Nigeria’s massively polluted Ogoniland…
Men In Mobile Police Uniform Kill Spare Parts Dealer
An auto spare parts dealer, Santos Korie, was killed on Thursday morning by gunmen who wore the Nigerian Mobile Police,…
Couple Disagrees Over Paternity Of Children
An Abia High Court in Uzuakoli on Tuesday rejected the plea of a man, Mr Richard Harrison, for the dissolution…
FG Frustrating Apapa Regeneration Plan —Lagos
The Lagos State Government, southwest Nigeria, has accused the Federal Government of frustrating plans to regenerate Apapa, saying that the…
Suspected Mushin Gang Amourer Arrested
A suspected Mushin robbery gang amourer, Waheed Ogungbe, 24, has been arrested by operatives at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad,…
NAFDAC Arrests Leader Of Drug Syndicate
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday said it has arrested a suspected leader of…
Prophet Charged With Receiving N30m Stolen Jewellery
The police at the Ikoyi Division, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned a suspected fake prophet, Eze Okorie, 50,…
Expulsion: Student Drags Varsity To Court
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Ota, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned a N10 million suit filed against Redeemers University…
Right Groups Condemn Detention Of Nigeria Journalists
Media rights groups on Tuesday condemned the detention by police of Nigerian journalists who refused to disclose their source for…
Woman Accountant, Other Suspected Pension Thieves Re-Arraigned
Former Police Pension Officials were on Wednesday re-arraigned before Justice Hussain Baba of an Abuja High Court on an amended…
Man Jailed 6 Months For Impersonation
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced Aminu Yerima, who was charged with impersonating the National Security Adviser, retired…
Lagos Traders Count Losses After Prolonged Rain
Some traders in the various markets in Lagos sustained financial losses yesterday following the prolonged rain which began in the…
Lightning Kills Lagos Student
Following the heavy rain that fell across Lagos State Tuesday, the accompanying lightning struck dead a Senior Secondary School 3…
Mass Burial For 70 Ore Accident Victims
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said the mass burial for the 70 accident victims at Ugbogui, Edo,…
Kidnappers Free Woman Leader
Kidnappers have freed Abia State Women leader in Answarudeen area of Badagry, Lagos State, southwest Nigerian, after collecting some ransom.…
Attack On DPO: 26 TASCE Students Expelled
At least 26 students of Tai Solarin College of Education, TASCE, Omu-Ijebu in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State,…
Woman Whips Maid With Wire
A housewife has been arrested by the police in Ikotun division, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly maltreating her 10-year…
Boko Haram: The Amnesty Debate
The clamour for amnesty for Boko Haram members as a solution to the insurgency ravaging the North delivers its first…
Crying For Justice
A victim of electrocution holds the Power Holding Company of Nigeria responsible On Saturday, 23 February, Uchechukwu Ewurum, 12, a…
Another Bloody Attack By Fulanis
Suspected Fulani herdsmen descend on a Southern Kaduna village killing dozens While Christians across the country were celebrating the symbolic…
Flawed Implementation Of Amnesty Programme Cause Of Oil Theft In The Niger Delta
Toyin Akinosho, geologist and former employee of an international oil company is the Publisher of the highly rated Africa Oil…
Epic Oil Theft
Activities of big time oil theft syndicates, abetted by powerful political figures, tonnes of cash and military-style weapons, threaten to…
2013 Hajj: Lagos To Allocate 80% Slot To Fresh Pilgrims
The Lagos State Government says it will allocate 80 percent of the slots given to the state to intending pilgrims…
No More Cancellation Of Sanitation Exercise For WASCE, UTME
The Lagos State Government says it would no longer cancel the monthly environmental sanitation exercise for national examinations, such as…
Some Police Stations Run On Less Than N2,000 Daily —Senator
Some police formations are run on less than N2,000 per day, Senator Gyang Pwajok (PDP, Plateau north) has disclosed. He…
New Law To Tackle Omo Onile Menace Coming —Fashola
A new law to criminalise land grabbing is on the way, says Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, saying government…
Niger Citizens Shelve Protest In Lagos
Citizens of Niger Republic have postponed a planned protest and press conference in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a spokesperson said on…
Generator Fume Kills 3 Friends
Three friends identified as Saka Adeosun, 15, Kadri Akanbi, 20 and Wale Kola Ola, 18, have died in their sleep…
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Husband Snatching: Foluke Daramola, Bukola At War
The controversy surrounding the marriage of Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola to Kayode Salako is far from over as Bukola, her…