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Women defy rain to vote in Nigerian Senate bye election
Women of all ages defied the heavy downpour in Riyom, to vote in the Plateau North senatorial by-election on Saturday.…
Woman who refuses to bear hubby’s name faces divorce
A 36-year-old Nigerian civil servant on Wednesday asked a Lagos customary court in suburban Igando to dissolve his two year-old…
2 Boko Haram commanders killed, 8 members arrested
Nigerian soldiers in the special anti-terrorist force in Maiduguri, Borno State said Thursday they killed two senior commanders of Islamist…
Finally Levi Ajuonuma goes home
Finally, Dr. Ajuonuma Goes Home The burial ceremony of Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, the late Group General Manager Group Public Affairs…
Ogun council workers begin warning strike
Workers of local councils in Ogun state, western Nigeria will begin Wednesday a three-day warning strike to protest the irregular…
Bloody Sunday: Robbers kill 2 cops, 7 others
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Oluwole Adeboye Armed robbers went on the rampage this afternoon in Lagos and killed several people including…
Panic buying of petrol in Ibadan
Despite assurances given by the Nigerian government that there is enough petrol stock to last 30 days, hundreds of vehicles…
7 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gun battle
Suspected members of Boko Haram ,the Islamist extremist group and Nigerian soldiers exchanged gun fire in a battle in Maiduguri…
Pirates strike again in Nigerian waters, hijack oil tanker
Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in Nigerian waters, the third attack in just over two weeks in the…
Man charged with assault on king
A middle-aged man, Sunday Akinseye, was on Monday arraigned before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a traditional ruler.…
NABTEB records increase in exam malpractice
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) on Wednesday in Benin City disclosed that the Board recorded…
Like Nigeria, corruption China’s biggest threat
Like Nigeria, where a mind-blowing $400 billion has been stolen in five decades by corrupt officials, China is also grappling…
Third Mainland Bridge safe
The Federal Ministry of Works has debunked speculations in the social media that the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, was about collapsing…
Generator fume kills 3 friends in Jigawa
Three friends were found dead Friday in a room in the Ringim Local government Area of Jigawa state. There was…
Crisis as Edo doctors elect 2 chairmen
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Crisis appears to be brewing in the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), following the…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Police officer arrested for killing driver
The Bayelsa State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in…
Osun demolishes offices for market
All the courts, including the Chief, the Senior, the Magistrates’ and the Family Courts in the old Governor’s Office in…
Sex-Crazy Printer Sent To Kirikiri Prisons
A sex-crazy printer, 39-year old Oluseje Israel is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, Lagos for allegedly raping…
Nigerian Governor Blames Leaders For Insecurity
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday in Abuja came down hard on Nigerian leaders…
Nigerian police searches for weapons in Okene
Human and vehicular movements were light in Okene, Kogi, on Thursday as an uneasy calm pervaded the town where 19…
One person injured in Kaduna blast
The Nigerian Army has confirmed an explosion from an improvised explosive device along Kaduna-Zaria road. The explosion which occurred between…
Abba Abacha absent at Swiss trial
The corruption trial of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha’s son was adjourned on Wednesday until next week because of…
Court strikes out case against Jim Iyke
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nollywood actor, JIim Iyke got a reprieve from an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday…
Electoral officers to vote in Nigerian polls, says Jega
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that it was working toward ensuring that disenfranchised electoral…
6.2 million Nigerian girls out of school
No fewer than 6.2 million girls are out of school in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom…
Polish woman declared wanted by EFCC
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told an Abuja High Court that it had again failed in its…
Theodore Orji floors opponent at Supreme Court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Abia state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji on Friday floored a fellow party chieftain who had…
Governor pledges aid to Nigeria’s bomb victims
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Nigeria’s Kano State has promised to foot the medical bill of the victims of Sunday bomb blast…
Terrorism: Nigerian Senator Moves To abort trial
Nnamdi Felix / abuja Senator Aliyu Ndume representing Bornu South senatorial District at the National Assembly who is standing trial…