Evil Spirit Drove Me into Robbery – Suspect
Victor Uhoka has blamed an evil spirit for luring him to burgle into a clothe store in Benin. The burglary suspect, who is…
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- Plateau Attack: Police Confirm 86 Killed, 6 injured, 50 Houses Burnt, Buhari Expresses Rrgret — The police in Plateau State have confirmed 86 people died…
- Troops Kill 20 Armed Bandits in Zamfara — The Nigerian Army, 1 Division Kaduna, on Saturday said it…
- Abaribe Arrested for Gun Running, Sponsoring IPOB – Lawyer — Counsel to the detained Senator, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume (SAN), said on…
- Suspected Herdsmen kill 18 in Adamawa — Not fewer than 18 persons were reportedly killed during an…
- Benin Zonal EFCC Secures 9 Convictions, Recovers N312.61m — No fewer that nine persons have been convicted for various…
- Why I Signed Distorted Budget – Buhari — President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the criticisms over his…
- Edo Records Increase in Sickle Cell Cases in 4 Years — The Board Chairman of Edo State Sickle Cell Centre, Prof.…
- Innoson Motors: NJC Withdraws Judge — The scheduled arraignment on Friday of Innocent Chukwuma, otherwise known…
- Budget: NASS Replies President Buhari — The National Assembly has replied President Muhammadu Buhari on his…
- Alleged Extra Judicial Killing: Appeal Court Denies Dismissed Cop Bail — The Court of Appeal, Benin Division on Friday dismissed the…
- PDP Expresses Concern over Abaribe Safety — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concerns over the…
- Ogun Police Command Dismisses 5 Inspectors, 7 Sergeants, 7 Corporals — Ogun State Police Command said on Friday that it has…
- Buhari Hails Super Eagles for Defeating Iceland 2 – 0 as Okocha Heaps Praises on Coach — President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday hailed the Super Eagles on…
- Abia South Senator, Abaribe Arrested — There are feelers that the Department of State Services (DSS)…
- Prosecution Closes Case Against Dariye’s Son, Nanle — The prosecution counsel in the ongoing trial of Nanle Dariye,…
- DSS Arrests IS Commanders, Boko Haram Members in Abuja — The State Security Services, otherwise known as the Department of…
- Jailed SAN Suspended From Using Rank — The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), has suspended a Senior…
- Senate South East Caucus Kicks Over Cut in Allocation to Enugu Airport, Says Some Projects Smuggled into Budget — President Muhammadu Buhari’s accusation that the budget he signed into…
- Suswam: PDP Accuses SSS of Acting FG’s Script — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the State Security…
- APC Chieftain Urges Members to Close Ranks, Vote Oshiomhole — Dr Solomon Edebiri, Edo State Chairman of Buhari Support Group,…
- Court Strikes Out PDP’s Suit Challenging May 13 LG Poll in Oyo — The Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday dismissed the suit,…
- Army Promises N5m Bounty for Information Leading to Discovery of Bomb Factory in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe — The Nigerian Army has said it will give N5m to…
Monthly: April 2016
Economics Graduate Jailed 5 Years for Distribution of Fake Malaria Drugs
“A graduate of Economics should be looking at ways of growing our economy and not increasing the population of people at the hospitals, mortuaries and…
‘Jackson 5’ Tours World Cities to Raise Funds for Nigeria IDPs, Ophans
Jermaine Jackson, a brother to the famed Michael Jackson and member of the disbanded ‘Jackson 5’ will be globe trotting to raise funds for internally…
Oba of Benin is Dead
The Benin Traditional Council has formally announced the translation of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba n’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, to the world beyond.…
Rivers Boosts its Revenue with Verification Exercise
The ongoing staff verification in Rivets State has fetched the state about N1bn, Governor Nyesom Wike has said. Speaking at the first Port Harcourt…
Herdsmen Invasion of Enugu Communities is Jihad, Shun Cow Meat CAN Tells Easterners
Fulani herdsmen of invasion of Enugu communities, last Monday, where more than 20 people were reportedly killed in an early morning raid has pitched…
Preparation for 2017 Budget Begins in Earnest
To avoid the logjam that has characterised the 2016 budget, which in turn had slowed down the economy, the Ministry of Budget and National…
National Identity Card Project: Another failed Attempt? By Felix Omoh-Asun
Over a million Nigerians who have registered for the much publicised national Identity card are yet to be issued with the card. Findings by…
Buhari Concerns about States Inability to Pay Salaries as Governors Beg for more Help
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that it was a matter of great concern to him that nearly two-thirds of states of the federation are…
Saraki Takes Case of Disqualifying CCT Chairman to Appeal Court
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has taken his case to the Appeal Court in an attempt to upturn Thursday’s ruling of the Code of…
Neighbour Beheads 42 Year-Old Man over Faeces in Benin
A 42-year-old man, Erabor Esosa, has been allegedly beheaded by his neighbour, Victor Osazuwa, in Benin City, Edo State, over faeces. The incident which…
Former NBC Board Members Fault EFCC on N3.4bn Fraud Allegation, say They Did no Wrong
The dissolved board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has distanced itself from the alleged N3.4bn fraud, which the Ecoomic and Financial Ccrimes Commission…
Saraki Faces Additional Charges, Pleads not Guilty
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who is standing trial for a 13 count charge (now 15) at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for false…
FG Declares Monday, May 2, Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 2, as public holiday to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman…
Breaking: CCT Dismisses Saraki’s Application Seeking to Disqualify Chairman, Umar from Case
The Senate President’s application seeking the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from Bukola Saraki’s ongoing trial has been dismissed.…
Edo PDP Calls on Archbishop of Benin to Call Oshiomhoele, Odubu to Order Over Witchcraft Allegation. Odubu: Best Person for Governor’
The witchvraft war between Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole and his Deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu has attracted the attention of the opposition party in the…
Help Return Stolen Money to Nigeria, Buhari Pleads with MD, World Bank
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday solicited the help of the World Bank to do all within its powers to facilitate the speedy repatriation to Nigeria…
CCT Chairman Finally Entertains Saraki’s Motion to Disqualify Self from Trial
Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar has finally bowed to pressure to entertain the hearing of a motion to disqualify himself…
Trial of NAMA MD, others to Wait Till May 12
The trial of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Ibrahim Abdulsalam, charged with stealing has been fixed for May 12,…
Metuh’s Case Adjourned Till May 17, says ‘I’m Prepared to Defend Myself’
The trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, has been abjourned to May 17. This is even…
Anti Saraki Protesters Shut National Assembly, Barricade Entrances
For second day running members of OccupyNASS grounded activities at the National Assembly as roads leading to the Parliament were barricaded, Wednesday. The crowd…
Count Me Out of Your Trivails, Face Your Trial, Arisekola Tells Saraki
The publisher of the The Street Journal, Wole Arisekols, has told the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to leave him out of his trivails and face…
