Category: Nigeria News

Newly sworn-in local government chairmen in Bayelsa State have been warned against turning the monthly allocations and other funds accruing to the councils to their “pocket money.” Governor Seriake Dickson,...

Immediate past governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu in an interview in Lagos speaks on contemporary issues facing the country including his return to the ruling Peoples Democratic...

FIVE persons died, yesterday, in a fatal accident on Tai/Bori road in Rivers State. Eye witnesses told CODEWIT that the driver of a Sienna Space bus lost control at a...

THE 81 years old Mrs. Adetutu Grace Famuagun, mother of the late Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmi Olayinka, yesterday, wept uncontrollably and repeatedly asked Governor Kayode Fayemi of...

An Ibadan-based lawyer, Mr. Demilade Olaniyan, has narrated how he was beaten to a stupor by a policewoman, Sola Olanrewaju, and her colleagues at Kajorepo Police Station, Ibadan during a...

Kano Pillars blamed biased officiating after they crashed out of the CAF Champions League on the away goals rule at AC Leopard of Congo. The Nigeria champions lost 3-0 on...

AS the race for the governorship race in 2015 draws nearer in Imo State, the list of speculated contenders to the seat, currently held by Chief Rochas Okorocha, is lengthening...

Five persons said to be specialists in vandalizing and stealing telecommunication cables belonging to Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL, within Lagos Island and its environs  have been arrested by the police....

VARIOUS narratives about Nigerians resident in different countries abroad show how individuals are constantly subjected to various levels of inhuman treatment while in pursuit of  existence. Little wonder some Nigerians...

OVER 20 illegal cocaine joints at Olabrakopre, Ogbokone and other Ijaw settlements in Warri, Delta state were set ablaze, weekend,  by a local task force of the bursting Meinbutus community....