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Man narrates loss of child in Lagos Fire
By Jeminat Adamson Twenty-seven days after the 2012 Boxing Day fire incident that occurred at Jankara Market on Lagos Island, …
Okah: NBA Seeks Overhauling Of Justice System
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday called for the overhauling of Nigeria’s justice system in order to speedy the…
Divorce: Wife Tackles Hubby In Court
By Bello Oluwakemi A Nigerian housewife, Mrs. Helen Monago, 33 has told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos that her husband’s…
3 Charged With Armed Robbery
BY OLABISI BALOGUN The Nigerian police in Lagos have charged three men before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing…
Lagos Traders Protest Continued Closure Of Shops
Traders on Breadfruit and Davis streets in Balogun Market, Lagos Island, where some warehouses were gutted by fire in October…
Nigerian Reps adamant on Dana Airline’s suspension
DESMOND UTOMWEN/ Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representatives has insisted that Dana Airline which recently resumed flights should remain suspended. The…
Jonathan sends two nominees for ministership
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded two ministerial nominees to the senate for confirmation.The nominees are Kabiru Turaki from Kebbi…
US based Nigerian doctor attacked by land speculators
A Nigerian medical doctor based in the United States of America, Dr Olawale Oyegbola and two American investors he brought…
Fire Guts Shop At Ikeja City Mall
There was pandemonium Tuesday when fire gutted Mr Price, a shop inside the multi-billion Ikeja City Mall, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…
Fraud: Court Remands Kaduna Deputy Speaker
Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered that the Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dr.…
Bayelsa Speaker’s Mom kidnapped
Madam Betinah Okunwa Benson, the 78-year old mother of Mr. Kabawei Benson, the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of…
Pain As Nigerian Postal Workers’ Strike Enters Week 2
Offices of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) across Nigeria have been under lock and key for a week now and…
Lawmaker Warns Constituents Against Fire Outbreaks
Representative of Lagos Mainland Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bashir Oloto, has warned residents of his…
Houseboy rapes master’s daughter
A Nigerian houseboy, Aminu Musa, 20, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court charged with raping the 12-year-old…
Martyr of Subsidy Protest Won’t Die In Vain, Vows LG Boss
The Nigerian youngster, Ademola Abe, killed in Lagos during the mass revolt of Nigerians against the steep rise of petrol…
Gov Fayemi Dissolves Cabinet
The Governor of Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has dissolved the state executive council. The dissolution took place…
One Way Drive: Truck Driver Jailed
A court in Nigeria’s foremost commercial hub, Lagos has sentenced a truck driver to three months imprisonment for driving against …
Bode George To Reform PDP
Ex-convict, Chief Olabode George was on Tuesday night named among six members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees,…
347 NIPOST Retirees Died In 3 Years –Ashade
At least 347 retired workers of the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, have died in the last three years. This was…
How Generator Fume Wiped Out Family Of 5
The cause of death of five members of a family in Robiyan, Ijoko, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State,…
Dana Air Inaugural Flight Lands Safely In Abuja
Passengers on board Dana Air inaugural flight on Friday clap roared in jubilation when the plane landed safely at the…
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Balotelli’s Sister Pregnant For Martins?
Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins may not be scoring goals for Nigeria in South Africa, having been overlooked by Coach Stephen…
2 Nigerian Gay Pastors Charged Over Illegal Sex
Two suspected gay pastors, Prince Ejimole, 26, and Lawrence Udo, 25, have been arrested and charged to court after they…
Lagos Charges Workers To Rededicate Themselves
The Lagos State Government has charged civil servants in the state to rededicate themselves to serve the people of the…
Bloody Weekend In Northern Nigeria
It was a bloody weekend in parts of northern Nigeria especially in Yobe State where Boko Haram Islamists attacked churches…
Truck Kills Nigerian Lady
There was confusion at First Gate bus stop, Tin Can Island Port, Lagos Southwest Nigeria this morning when a lady…
Nigerian Scam: Agent collects N10m on 2 rooms
A Nigerian estate agent and son of a landlord have been arraigned for allegedly conspiring and renting a bedroom and…
NEW YEAR: Ojudu Upbraids Ruling Class
Senator Babafemi Ojudu says 2013 is a year that the ruling class should move beyond vain promises to living by…
Nigerian Girl Commits Suicide
A 22-year old girl, Felicia Ndon, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking a highly potent pesticide called Gamalin 20. According…
Nigerian boy, 3 years after, waits for surgery at LASUTH
A Nigerian boy, Abdul Bassit Ibrahim, has been on the queue since 2009 to have a hernia operation at the…