Pensioners paralyse activities at Lagos Gov’s Office
By Monsor Olowoopejo LAGOS — Activities at Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos office, were yesterday paralysed by aggrieved pensioners protesting unpaid gratuities and pension arrears. This came...
View ArticleOritsejafor: Respond to El-Rufai’s accusations, Eyieyien urges Christians
By Sam Eyoboka A senatorial aspirant for Edo Central, Mr. Egheomhanre Eyieyien, yesterday, urged Christians to respond to recent outbursts of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,...
View ArticleBody of 2-yr-old exhumed in church premises
BY EVELYN USMAN Operatives at the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos, have begun investigation into the discovery of the decomposing body of a...
View ArticleMan remanded for alleged rape of 75-year-old woman
Ado-Ekiti – An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a 45-year-old man, Lawrence Adedapo, in prison for alleged rape of a 75-year-old woman. Chief Magistrate Simeon Ojo,...
View ArticleRuling on security votes’ suit against 36 govs for tomorrow
ABUJA — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has adjourned till tomorrow to deliver judgment on a suit seeking to declare sums often deducted from statutory allocation by governors of the 36...
View ArticleReps silent on Oduah N255m car scandal report
There is uncertainty over when the House of Representatives will consider the report on the purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The cars were bought at the...
View ArticleMultiple explosions, gun battle rock Kano
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano. Kano-Multiple explosions and sporadic gunshots rocked Gayawa village, Ungogo Local Government area of Kano state, Tuesday morning. An Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that, “The...
View ArticleOke Ndigbo vows to release list of 242 public officers who own armoured cars
By Kenneth Ehigiator A group, Oke Ndigbo, has threatened to release a list of about 242 public officers in Nigeria, who use about 312 armoured cars, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
View ArticleKwara gov laments impact of NGF crisis
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has lamented that the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has stalled the realisation of the Forum’s peer review objectives. The governor said this in his...
View ArticleFour Die as Gunmen Attack Police Station in Gombe State
Four persons, including a police corporal, died when gunmen attacked the Bojude Police Station in Kwami Local Government of Gombe State on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Gombe...
View ArticleNigeria High Commision in the UK refusing to pay £4.3m fine
Foreign diplomats refusing to pay the Congestion Charge have racked up a staggering £74million in unpaid fines, it has been revealed. Over the past ten years, a third of embassies in London have...
View ArticleAmaechi is leading opposition govs -Jang
The factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, has described Governor Rotimi Ameachi as the Chairman of the opposition governors’...
View ArticleAero Contractors passengers seek N175 million compensation for overnight...
Thirty four passengers of Aero Contractors Flight AJ132, who were stranded overnight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, from Friday, November 8, are seeking a letter of apology and N5 million...
View Article6 killed, many injured as Boko Haram insurgents invade Adamawa
BY UMAR YUSUF YOLA - Hell was let loose in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital Thursday night as suspected Boko Haram insurgents unleashed terror in the state capital. During the attack which lasted...
View ArticleINEC to conduct Anambra supplementary poll November 30
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega, Friday, said that INEC will conduct the supplementary election that will conclude the Anambra gubernatorial poll on...
View ArticlePolice, SSS helped Chime lock up wife for four months – Falana
The lawyer condemned security agencies relationship with politicians. A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security...
View ArticleNational conference: Arewa tackles Nwabueze
KADUNA—The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, yesterday opposed alleged suggestions by a Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze that he should be allowed to draft the people’s constitution during...
View ArticleThreats to 2015 elections, by Jega
By CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA — THE Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, warned that insecurity, funding and the attitude of the political class...
View ArticleBoko Haram ‘shoots man in the head for refusing to deny Jesus...
Boko Haram ‘shoots man in the head for refusing to deny Jesus Christ’…However, he miraculously survived. Watch video here>>> http://bit.ly/18Gvmxi Habila Adamu of Yobe State, Nigeria...
View ArticleMy father has no links with Boko Haram, Kogi University lecturer’s daughter says
Muhammad Nazeef was paraded by the SSS as a Boko Haram suspect. The daughter of the Kogi State University lecturer, Muhammad Nazeef, paraded by the Department of State Security Service as a Boko Haram...
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