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…
Breaking News
- Yinka Afeyele Laments Demolition of Music House — The Oyo State Government on Sunday demolished Music House, the…
- Crisis Looms in Education Sector as Edo Teachers Threaten Indefinite Strike — There is imminent crisis in the education sector of Edo…
- INEC Suspend By-election for Port Harcourt Constituency State Assembly Election — The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), said on Saturday that it…
- Buhari Commiserates with Govt, People of Ghana Over Death of Kofi Annan — President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people…
- Minor Landslide Hits Anambra Community — The community of Nanka in the Orumba North Local Government…
- Father of 7 to Die by Hanging for Killing His Pregnant Wife — A father of seven, Friday Uko, has been sentenced to…
- Senator Abe Opens APC Factional Secretariat in Rivers — Senator Magnus Abe’s faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
- INEC Releases Timetable for 2019 General Elections — As part of its preparations for the 2019 general elections,…
- Two Feared Killed, 20 Trapped Under Collapsed Four-storey Building in Abuja — No fewer than 20 people are trapped beneath the rubble…
- Police teargass Pro-Biafra Women Protesters in Imo — Police in Imo state, Frday, teargassed over 2000 pro-Biafra women…
- Court Frees 9 Lagos PDP Members Accused of Murder — Nine men accused of murdering Adeniyi Aborisade, Apapa Local Government…
- Unseen Hand Pushed Me to Kill My Madam, 14-year-old Housemaid Confesses — The 14-year-old secondary school student, who was suspected to have…
- FG Insists, No Ransom Was Paid For Release of Boko Haram Kidnapped School Girls — The Federal Government on Thursday insisted that it did not…
- Police Arrest 6 Homosexuals in Abia — Six suspected homosexuals have been arrested in Abia State. The…
- Man Arrested on Wedding Day, Arraigned for Stealing N1m — A 37-year-old former marketing officer with Addosser Micro-Finance Bank Plc,…
- Nigeria’s Super Falconets Crash Out of Under 20 FIFA World Cup — Nigeria’s Super Falconets have bowed out of the FIFA U-20…
- DSS Appoints Afunanya as its Spokesman — The Department of State Services (DSS), Thursday, announced the appointment…
- INEC Boss’ Contempt Trial: Court Adjourns Indefinitely — A Federal High Court in Abuja, Thursday, adjourned indefinitely the…
- Army Kills 5 Bandits, Arrests Notorious Criminal After Gun Battle in Zamfara — The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops of…
- Civil Society, Journalists March Against Arrest, Detention of Premium Times Reporter — Concerned Nigerians Thursday morning stormed the Police Headquarters, Area 11,…
- Ex-Abacha CSO, Al-Mustapha Hints on Contesting 2019 Presidencial Election — Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd), the ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO) to…
- APC Presidential Hopeful Mauls Buhari’s 2nd Term Ambition — A presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress,…
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…
