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A barber, Olalekan Oyekan, has been arraigned before an Ebute Metta court over alleged s*xual harrasement of his neighbour, Wilson…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, said it had arrested six persons, including two staff of Skye Bank,…

A suspected terrorist Islamic sect with links to the Boko Haram sect has been uncovered in Bida, Niger State. The…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU said yesterday that removal of fuel subsidy would never go down well with…

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 57-year-old vice-principal of a school, Mr. Taiwo Ajayi, after being caught defiling…

L-R: Wives of Governors: Mrs. Olufunso Amosun (Ogun); Dame Abimbola Fashola (Lagos); Mrs. Florence Ajimobi (Oyo); Mrs. Sherifat Aregbesola (Osun);…

The people living in rural areas in Ekiti State are to enjoy more dividends of democracy as Ekiti State Governor,…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has commiserated with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother,…

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condoled Vice-President Namadi Sambo over the death of his immediate younger brother, Captain…

A community leader in Chibok, claimed the girls abducted by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect had been sold…

The 102 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it arrested a 72-year-old man (namewithheld), for allegedly…

Some women of Chibok, Borno, on Tuesday marched to National Assembly, urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue…

Nigerian police fired teargas at teachers and students and shot live rounds into the air as they tried to disperse…

Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, has appealed to the National Assembly to enact a strong anti-theft legislation to empower…

Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, in Borno, have vowed to support the military to end terrorism and…

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) on Tuesday rejected calls for a declaration of a state of emergency…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, today postponed the re-arraignment of a former Oyo State Head of Service,…

Five persons have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of fraudulent transfer of a…

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde today, April 28, declared that Local government in…

Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday, April 28, 2014, dismissed an application asking…