Nigeria: Police Parade Seven Airport Robbers
The Lagos State Police Command today paraded seven suspected armed robbers said to have carried out the robbery attack on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, last month. A gang...
NIGERIA: Ending the Travesty in Councils
Chuks Okocha writes that a new life may be underway in council administration in some states as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum moves to bring its erring members to order Section...
NIGERIA: Benue Cabinet Shake-up Stirs Speculation over 2015 Poll
The recent sack of 11 out of the 17 commissioners in Benue State by Governor Gabriel Suswam may not be unconnected to calculations ahead of 2015, writes George Okoh While...
NIGERIA: My wife is very fetish, uses juju, husband tells court
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved a 40-year-old marriage between Kareem Adesina (65) and his estranged wife, Memunat, 56, over the woman’s infidelity. The court president, Mr...
NIGERIA: Ajebutter22, Dr SID knock up new single ‘Gbono’
Upcoming artiste Ajebutter is proving to be a formidable rap artiste to reckon with with his single ‘Senrenre’ and ‘Omo Pastor’ ft Boj of DRB, now closely followed by a...
NIGERIA: Jonathan Pledges to Enthrone Credible Electoral Process in 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday restated the resolve of his administration to enthrone credible electoral process in the country with a view to ensuring that the votes of the people were...
NIGERIA: We Are Determined to Stop PDP in 2015 – ANPP Chairman
The Sokoto State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Monday said it was poised to wrest power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2015. Speaking during...
NIGERIA: NGC Signs 20-year Gas Supply Contract to Boost Industrialisation
The Nigeria Gas Company Limited (NGC) has signed a 20 year gas sales and purchase agreement with Borkir International Company limited, a member of the Dangote Group of Companies, to...
NIGERIA: Senator, ex-militant leader disappear with N2.2bn Development Fund
Fresh tension has gripped the Niger Delta following the revelation that a former senator from Bayelsa State and ex-militant leader have absconded with N2.2bn meant for pipeline surveillance contract. The...
NIGERIA: Gunmen kill UNIMAID lecturer in Maiduguri
A senior lecturer with the department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Malam Murtala Mohammed, was, on Sunday, shot dead by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko...