The Economic and Financial Crimes Commsion (EFCC) says embattled former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who is standing trial for money laundering in London Court will still be tried for corruption whenever he returns to Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued on behalf of the commission by its acting head, Media and [...]
For the second time within a week, Boko Haram attacked another primary school in Maiduguri, Borno State capital yesterday, setting ablaze classrooms and the headmaster’s office. Three policemen were killed in Bauchi when gunmen attacked a bank and a police station. The Joint Task Force (JTF) said that the fire was not caused by an [...]
It was praises and thanksgiving all the way as members of the Chapel of Christ The Glorious King (CCGK), a church founded by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, celebrated its third anniversary recently. Amid dancing, drumming and singing, the former president was full of praises to God, saying he was [...]
Toyota Nigeria Limited TNL, closed the year 2011 with the launch of the new Fortuner, a seven seater Sports Utility Vehicle which has been making waves in most countries of the world. The Fortuner, though not as large as the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is an ideal vehicle for people with large families given its [...]
Abuja – ActionAid Nigeria, an NGO, has condemned the increasing rape incidents in both primary and secondary schools in the country. Mrs Azuka Menkiti, the Rights to Education Team Leader of the organisation, condemned the trend in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. It will be recalled that the Child Protection Network, an NGO, had [...]
Maiduguri – Pupils of Gomari Costain Primary School in Maiduguri woke up on Tuesday to discover that their school has been destroyed by fire. The school was razed by an overnight fire, believed to have been made by persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. Some teachers of the school told newsmen [...]
ABEOKUTA—A middle aged-woman identified as Biodun Bamgbose, was yesterday paraded alongside ten other robbery suspects by the Ogun State Police Command for alleged armed robbery and cars snatching, among other crimes. Briefing newsmen at the Command’s Headquarters, in Abeokuta, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the woman was a member of a [...]
Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the Seme border area of Badagry, Lagos State, when an item suspected to be a bomb was discovered in a black nylon at a bus station close to the immigration point. The item was found at about 4.00am by a police inspector. Those, who were around at the time of [...]
ENUGU—STUDENTS of the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu, yesterday, barricaded entrance to government house in protest against over 100 percent hike in school fees. Although anti-riot policemen who were quickly deployed to the scene prevented the students from gaining entry into government house, no vehicle was allowed in and out of the Lion [...]
ABUJA-There was pandemonium at the Supreme Court this morning owing to a mysterious fire that forced a 7-man panel of Justices headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, to scamper for safety. The apex court was on the verge of concluding hearing on a suit involving First Bank of Nigeria, when [...]
The challenging security situation in Kano State notwithstanding, Igbo residents modestly came out at the weekend to bid their leader, Dim Chukwuemeka-Odumegwu Ojukwu, a deserving farewell. While Ohaneze Ndigbo, Kano State chapter, marked their mourning rites with traditional search of the soul of the death across the Sabon Gari Area, the Igbo Community Association (ICA) [...]
As the body of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu arrives Nigeria today to begin its final journey to mother-earth; Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has decided to immortalise the warlord by holding poetry reading session and publishing a book annually in his name. UNIZIK, which had earlier named one of its hostels after Ojukwu, [...]
On Thursday, the Pan-Nigerian spirit was displayed as the people of Lagos State and, indeed, other Nigerians gathered at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, to pay their last respect to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. The grand occasion organized by the Lagos State government and the Igbo in Lagos as part of [...]
ABUJA— The Federal Government warned yesterday that following the progressive clampdown on the operations of the Boko Haram sect and the arrest of several of its ringleaders, the sect has resorted to recruiting young adherents across Islamic schools in the country in a desperate bid to reinforce its fast depleting ranks. The government also said [...]
The Ogun State House of Assembly, last Thursday, finally waded into the face-off between students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) and the state government over the latter’s decision to scrap the University. The state government had announced its decision to convert the university to an institute of education to be merged with Olabisi [...]
LAGOS—The trial of Mr. Akolade Arowolo, alleged to have killed his banker wife, Titilayo, last year continued, yesterday, with the security guard to their residence, telling the court that he saw Arowolo on the fateful day with his hands soaked in blood. The security guard, Mr. Saidu Husseni, who was led in evidence by the [...]
The orgy of violence and needless killings continued Monday in Lagos following the bloody clash by factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), at Idumota (Lagos Island) area of the state. At the end of the “war”, no fewer than 10 persons laid dead with many others sustaining varying degrees of injury, [...]
Pour days after one of its members was captured at the Baga fish market in Maiduguri, the Boko Haram sect Monday paid a retaliatory visit to the place, throwing several explosives which shook the ancient town. In the ensuing gun battle with the men of the Joint Task Force (JTF), several persons were killed. Some [...]
THE 2013 Nations Cup qualifier between Rwanda and Nigeria will not be played at the Amahoro Stadium, but a smaller facility also in the capital city of Kigali, officials have disclosed. Secretary general of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Musa Amadu, informed that he has been officially communicated by his counterpart from Rwanda FA that [...]
Detained Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, yesterday gave more hints to the State Security Service (SSS) on how the group sourced cars for suicide bombings. In his further testimony to the SSS, Qaqa, the dreaded henchman, said the cars they use in suicide bombings are neither bought for the mission nor gotten as enhancement by [...]
GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State at the weekend intervened to save the lives of accident victims who were writhing in pains along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway at the Ogunmakin end of the road. The governor was returning from a ceremony in Ibadan when he sighted the scene of the accident amidst calls from sympathisers to save [...]
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed that it would today donate to the Christmas day blast victims at Madalla, Suleja, Niger State. This is contained in a statement by the CBN Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi, in Abuja yesterday. He said the action was in line with the CBN’s corporate social [...]
SPIRITED to complete several construction projects being undertaken by the state government, Ebonyi State has taken the decision to trade off some of its properties’ scattered throughout the federation. The governor disclosed that the state government planned to dispose some of its assets especially buildings situated at Aba, Enugu, Lagos and Abuja so as to [...]
By Evelyn Usman, Bose Adelaja and Idowu Olaide The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is again in the news on a sad note, following the death of a bus conductor last Thursday at old toll gate along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway. The conductor identified as Rasheed Alabi met his unprepared end about 9am, after he [...]
