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Nigerian Federal hospitals trade words over lawyer’s death
When 37-year-old Alex Ofehe, a lawyer, left home for surgeries at the Federal Staff Hospital in Jabi, Abuja on October 23, little did he know ... Full story
Ondo swimmer Ibukun Adamolekun wins gold, battles for life
The atmosphere was similar to what fans experience at international champion-ships.Ambiance was superb and the crowd enjoyed it and showed this with ceaseless cheering the ... Full story
Joshua Akindele - The Man Who Ate, Sold Human Parts To Churches And Ritual Killers
Report say members of the palace guard to the community leader of Ajara Topa community in collaboration with a vigilante group operating in Oloko village ... Full story
Lamido Sanusi: $11bn cash taken abroad through Nigerian airports
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has said that about $11bn (N1.73tn) has been taken out of the country through the airports ... Full story
Justice Kayode Eso Is Dead At Age 87
A statement released by his family reads “With Glory to Almighty God we wish to announce the peaceful passing on of our husband, father, grandfather, ... Full story
Dr. Doyin Okupe: Jonathan more concerned with fixing Nigeria than politics
Dr. Doyin Okupe is a familiar face in the Presidency, having worked as the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo ... Full story
Nigerian Corruption: North’s Demand For Death Penalty Stirs Controversy
AREWA Consultative Forum’s demand for death penalty for corruption cases stirred a controversy on Wednesday.While the Ndigbo youths in Ohanaeze were divided on the propriety ... Full story
Nigerian Gospel Artist Mayowa Ajayi Arrested For Fraud In The UK
A gospel singer who pretended to be an American fighter pilot, an oil executive and widower to con women out of more than £120,000 has ... Full story
Oyo State Government declares seven-day mourning for Alhaji Lam Adesina
Oyo State Government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, who died on Sunday morning at ... Full story
Sin City In Nigeria
The enclave of Ijora Badia in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State is a constellation of absurdity. It is indeed a melange ... Full story
Gov Obi-Umeh: I’ll expose Bianca Ojukwu
The last may not have been heard about the death of late Ezeigbo Gburugburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, as the National Chairman of APGA and ... Full story
Four People Accused Of Witchcraft Burnt To Death By Mob - Graphic Video
This Wickedness has to stop. These extrajudicail killings must end.Say NO to More Jungle Justice!!!!The sad thing is that these kinds of Mob killings happen ... Full story
Boko Haram Top Commander Sani Mohammed Escapes From Custody
A top Boko Haram commander, Sani Mohammed has reportedly escaped from police custody in Abuja on Thursday. The suspect who was arrested with another Boko Haram ... Full story
President Jonathan Assures New Ambassadors Nigeria Has Made Progress With Security Challenges
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria has made “significant progress” in meeting the country’s security challenges. A State House press statement said the claim was made ... Full story
Prophet TB Joshua Prophesied Obama’s Re-Election - Video
Prophet T.B. Joshua has just released a video of how he prophesied the mass shooting at Apple Valley Farms Plant in Central California that occurred ... Full story
Attorney General of the Federation challenges the Chief Justice of Nigeria
Barely three months after the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, accused him of unwittingly contributing to the undue delay in prosecution ... Full story
Lawmakers In Lagos Caution Over-Zealous Security Officers
Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Commissioner of Police, to caution some of his over-zealous officers to desist from indiscriminate arrest and ... Full story
Oyo State Government Drops Commissioners, Ogun Swaps Portfolios
Oyo State Government on Monday carried out a major cabinet shake-up in which three commissioners were dropped from the state executive council.Secretary to the State ... Full story
Youths chase away Owa of Ogbagi for shunning traditional festival
There was pandemonium at Ogbagi-Akoko, in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State last Friday when youths of the town chased away their ... Full story
Governor Adams Oshiomhole: Death Row Convicts Must Die
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that two death row convicts in the state deserve to die, saying he owes no apology over ... Full story
Children of abandoned octogenarian sisters in Lagos surface
At last, succour has come the way of Ibijoke Apena and Janet Eruwayo, two octogenarian sisters abandoned by their children and relations, as some of ... Full story
Former Head Of State Gen.Muhammadu Buhari Under Pressure
A former Head of State, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, has come under intense pressure to accept to play a mediatory role in Boko Haram’s peace overture to ... Full story
Nuhu Ribadu Committee Report Causes Major Altercation
An open disagreement between the Chairman, Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, Nuhu Ribadu, and his deputy, Steve Orosanye, on the process leading to the compilation ... Full story
Mohammed Shuwa, Retired Nigerian General Killed By Gunmen
A retired Nigerian general, Mohammed Shuwa, who was a key figure in the 1960s civil war, was on Friday shot dead by unknown gunmen at ... Full story
Nsima U Ekere, Deputy Governor Of Akwa Ibom State Resigns
The Deputy Governor of Akwa-Ibom, Mr Nsima U Ekere, yesterday tendered his resignation latter to the government of the state.Mr Nsima U Ekere in the ... Full story
Civil Society Organisation Requests Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala To Be Sacked
Some civil society organisations on Wednesday in Abuja called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and her ... Full story
Jos Civil Servants Abandon Duties In Search Of Fuel
Many civil servants in Jos abandoned their duty posts on Wednesday in search of petrol as acute scarcity of the product persists in the town ... Full story
High Profile Corruption Cases Forgotten
High profile corruption cases filed over five years ago are still at plea stages, even as the accused persons have returned to political and economic ... Full story
Osezua Osolase, HIV Positive Nigerian Sex Trafficker To Be Deported After 20 Year Jail Sentence
A man who trafficked teenage girls from Nigeria to Europe for prostitution while carrying out "juju" witchcraft rituals has been jailed for 20 years. Osezua ... Full story
Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan Invites Aki, Paw Paw To Meet Flood Victims
DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, said Monday, that he invited popular Nollywood actors, Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, popularly known as Aki and Paw ... Full story
Passenger’s Prompt Intervention Seeing Fuel Leakage From Aircraft Averts Likely Disaster
Aero Contractors, one of the few airlines still flying the local routes in Nigeria, might have had an accident save for a passenger’s prompt intervention.At ... Full story
Chief Orji Uzor Kalu: Why Nigeria Needs An Igbo President
Former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has said that there is need to elect an Igbo man as president in 2015 if ... Full story
25-Year Old Patience Bitrus Escapes From Ritualists In Bauchi State
Call it a narrow escape or a close shave with death, you are not wrong in capturing the story of 25-year old Patience Bitrus who ... Full story
Taraba Governor Danbaba Suntai, five others survive plane crash
The Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, survived a plane crash in neighbouring Adamawa State on Thursday, but his condition is said to be ... Full story
Dambaba Suntai, Governor Of Taraba State Dies In Plane Crash
Reports reaching us say the Governor of Taraba State, Dambaba Suntai has died in an aircrash at the Yola airport in Adamawa state.Sources say he ... Full story
Ribadu committee: $183m oil fund missing
A total of $183m (N28.73bn) in signature bonuses paid by oil companies to the federation is missing, according to a confidential report seen by Reuters.A ... Full story
Lagosians stranded due to Okada ban and fuel shortage
With the restriction of okada on some routes and the worsening fuel scarcity in Lagos State, many Lagosians who were stranded trekked to their destinations ... Full story
Senator Aliyu Ndume Told Boko Haram To Threaten Mohammed Adoke
The State Security Service on Wednesday told an Abuja Federal High Court that Senator Aliyu Ndume asked a self-confessed spokesman of the violent Islamic sect, ... Full story
Babatunde Fashola: Visit The Emergency Ward To See Okada Casualties
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has asked those not are happy with the law banning motorcycle riders, known as Okada riders, from plying 475 ... Full story
Joint Military Task Force: Boko Haram planning massive attacks during Sallah
The Joint Military Task Force claimed on Tuesday it had uncovered plans by Boko Haram to strike in the North during Eid-el-kabir (Thursday and Friday).The ... Full story
International Condemnation Mounts Against Governor Adams Oshiomhole
A third death row inmate facing the gallows had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment as international condemnation mounts against Governor Adams Oshiomhole who ... Full story
Nurse sold by Okada man to ritual killers for N10,000
A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge, to ritual killers after collecting N10, ... Full story
SSS Summons Senator Zanna Over Boko Haram Involvement
The State Security Service has summoned a serving Senator, Ahmed Zanna, over his alleged involvement with the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram.The summons is in ... Full story
Dr. Olusegun Mimiko: The Man People Call Iroko
Iroko is a large hardwood tree found mostly in the west coast of tropical Africa. According to the Yoruba tradition, any man who cuts down ... Full story
Rotimi Akeredolu loses to Dr. Olusegun Mimiko in own ward
Results that emerged from Ondo State Governorship election have shown that the incumbent governor and Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has defeated his arch ... Full story
T.B. Joshua: "I Would Have Halted President Mills' Death If..."
Founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church, Prophet T.B. Joshua says in an unusual manner, God did not reveal the death of Ghana’s President, ... Full story
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Nigerian nurses caught sleeping in care home 'after turning off elderly patients' alarms so they wouldn't be disturbed
Shocking: A jury was shown this picture of two care home nurses Titilayo Ajala and Henretta Offae apparently asleep on the night-shift after allegedly unplugging ...
Seven students, two teachers killed in fresh Boko Haram school attack
Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in northeast, leaving 11 people dead including seven students, the military said Monday. Details were ...
Benue villagers cry out for help
Sacked from their communities by Fulani herdsmen, Benue villagers cry out for help Mrs. Regina Kwange, a mother of six, is seven months pregnant. She is ...
War on terrorism: Jonathan calls for more international co-operation
Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday called for greater global co-operation and co-ordination in the war against terrorism. Jonathan made the call while receiving the ...
Airtel Introduces Single Recharge Card for Voice and Data
SIngle Recharge promo …Eliminates the need to memorize data bundle codes …offers up to 60% free bytes on airtime purchased Lagos, Nigeria; May 09, 2013: Leading telecommunications ...
Flash: SASCOC President Appointed By Commonwealth Games Federation Executive Board To Chair Development Committee
On the day which marks 400 days to go until the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the important role of sport as a catalyst for peace ...
Google Sued N500m In Libel Suit Against Popular Blogger, Ladun Liadi
A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Tuesday adjourned a N500 million libel suit against Google Incorporation, for hearing of motion challenging the court’s jurisdiction to ...
Police Shoot At Protesting Students At Michael Otedola College
At least four students were allegedly shot by policemen at the Michael Otedola College Of Primary Education, MOCPED, Epe on Monday afternoon when a purported ...
Should I Tell My Husband Our Twins Were Adopted And Not His Own?
I wish God will forgive me ,it started 2004 when I got married and after some years we could not conceive. Me and my husband ...
Lincolnshire's Jade Windley Won Her First Slam Qualifier
Lincolnshire's Jade Windley won her first match in slam qualifying to move to within two victories of a place in the Wimbledon main draw.The 23-year-old ...