Nigeria:Man, 27, commits suicide in Ibadan
There was pandemonium at Idi Oro, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday when a 27-year-old man, Kasim Adeniran, committed suicide. The deceased, who was the ‘Oluwo...
Nigeria: We’ll mobilise support for Jonathan in 2015, S’South groups.
AHEAD of the 2015 presidential election, two groups from the South-South geopolitical zone of the country have vowed to mobilise Nigerians for President Goodluck Jonathan. The groups said there was...
Nigeria: Fire destroys seven cars at Ogun secretariat
Fire set by some unknown persons to the bush behind the perimeter fence of the Ogun State Government Secretariat, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Saturday destroyed no fewer than seven cars. The...
Sagamu jailbreak: Prisons sacks officer-in-charge
The escape of no fewer than 20 inmates of the Sagamu Prison in Ogun State, the Nigerian Prisons Service, has relieved the officer-in-charge of the facility, Mr. Omobitan, of his...
Nigeria’s official death convoys
The idea of this piece was conceived a long time ago as an academic conversation addressing the phenomenon of incessant cases of avoidable crashes of official convoys in Nigeria. Several...
Nigeria: EFCC, ICPC probe 12 governors for massive fraud
NO fewer than 12 governors are being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission for massive fraud and misappropriation of public funds in...
Nigeria: Imo State Governor’s Daughter Marries Land Commissioner.
The traditional wedding between the first daughter of Imo State Governor ,Rochas Okorocha to his Deputy Chief of Staff /Commissioner for lands and Survey Uche Nwosu took place at his...
Nigeria: Zamfara Govt arranges husbands for 2000 widows
The Zamfara State government is planning to ‘’arrange husbands’’ for about 2,000 widows in the state. This was made known by the state Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajia...
Nigeria: Electoral officer, 20 others injured in community election fracas
MORE than 20 villagers, including an electoral officer, were injured, weekend, at Bolou Ndoro community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, following an attack by suspected mercenaries in...
Nigeria: Akpabio inaugurates commissions, boards, agencies
Governor Godswill O. Akpabio has inaugurated 36 government-owned commissions, boards and agencies with a charge on the chairmen and members to take collective action to reposition the state for greatness....