Tag: nigerian news
Christian Civil Servants End Year With God
Hundreds of Christians in the Lagos State Civil Service thronged the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria…
FG Committed To Polio Eradication
Minister of State for health, Ali Pate, said in Sokoto on Sunday that the Federal Government was fully committed to…
No-Nonsense INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to deregister 28 political parties sparks a flurry of reactions The Independent National Electoral…
The Cement Conundrum
Arbitrary import of cement threatens local production and employment. Already, the Dangote Cement plc management has suspended operations at its…
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…
Nigerian doctor denies rejecting pregnant lady
.But Brother of dead woman says he stands by his story Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dr. Jefia Abe,the Medical Director of…
Gunmen Abduct businessman In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Barely 48 hours after a renowned Benin-based Estate Manager, Dan Odiete was kidnapped in Benin City, another gang…
Chinese killed in Lagos, wife shot
Simon Ateba Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson…
Jonathan: No dialogue with Boko Haram
Lanre babalola/New editor President Goodluck Jonathan this evening dispelled reports that his government has started dialogue with the Islamic fundamentalist…
Ask Goodluck Jonathan a question via Twitter or SMS
Do you think Nigeria is not working? Do you have a question for President Goodluck Jonathan? This is your chance…
Shame: Malaysia arrests 13 Nigerians for fraud
.UK jails one for money laundering Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as…
FAAN man with $1.4m convicted, forfeits 25%
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice Okechukwu Okeke on Wednesday, 14 November, 2012…
US hospital gives Nigerian amputee new limbs, free
A story that will surely blow your mind “After a madman hacked off both her hands two years ago, 17-year-old…
Groom killed by gunmen on auto bike in Kano
A groom along with two friends were shot dead today by gunmen, operating on a motor bike, in Kano, northern…
3 sentenced to die for robbery
The Chief Judge of Benue, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, on Thursday in Makurdi sentenced three men to death for armed robbery.…
ACN awaits post mortem on Ondo election to make a stand
The national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande said today that the party’s final stand on…
Nigerian paedophile,62, arrested by police
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Police in Ogun state, western Nigeria have arrested a 62 year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem who…
Driver on phone in fatal crash
An accident has happened in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, after the driver of a lToyota Tundra, deep in a…
Nigerian Governor feared dead in plane crash
Ben Adaji/jalingo The Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern Taraba State, Dambaba Suntai was feared to have died after he crashed…
Jonathan probes Hajj blues for Nigerian female pilgrims
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said he has ordered a post mortem on the problem Nigerian female pilgrims to Mecca faced…
Nigerian rapist gets away with N80,000 fine
A Magistrates’ Court in Benin, capital of Edo state in Mid Western Nigeria, has sentenced Mr Saturday Udoh, 39, to…
LASTMA: We didn’t impound Obasanjo’s vehicle
Mr Babatunde Edu, General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Wednesday in Lagos, denied media report that vehicles…
Robbers kill Currency Changer in Lagos
AYODEJI DEDEIGBO/Crime Reporter A Bureau De Change operator was shot dead this evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos,…
2 robbery suspects killed in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead today on Ada-George Road in the Nigerian oil-rich city of…
Mimiko: Ondo PDP, National Exco Disagree
JETHRO IBILEKE/Akure The result of the Ondo state governorship election declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has set…
Mimiko formally declared winner
JETHRO IBILEKE/Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party (LP), was Sunday declared winner of the Ondo state governorship election…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…
Youth corps member paraded as robbery suspect
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Kwara state police command today,16 0ctober, paraded a youth corps member serving in the state and one…
Police: Why we could not save the Port Harcourt 4
Nigeria’s police boss, Mohammed Abubakar has revealed why the police failed to save the four students of the University of…
Chinese cook shot dead in Northern Nigeria
Gunmen have shot dead a Chinese who was working as a chef for a construction company in Nigeria’s troubled Borno…