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
- CJN Urges Judges to Shun Lawyers Acting as Conduit Pipe for Politiciansu — The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on…
- EFCC Arraigns Okupe for Money Laundering — For his failure to return N120m allegedly received from the…
- SDP Vice Presidential Candidate Steps Down — In a surprise move, Dr. Mohammed Junaid, Thursday stepped down…
- Police Foil Suicide Attack in Borno — The Police in Borno successfully foiled a lone suicide bomb…
- House of Reps Threatens to Boycott Buhari’s Budget Presentation Next Week — For Udo Udoma’s remarks that the Nationa Assembly was delaying…
- Edo Deaf Community Wants Assistance to End Street Begging — The Chairman of the Association of Deaf People in Edo…
- This Time, I’ll Reward Handwork, Loyalty, Says Buhari — President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday has assured his supporters that…
- Again, Court Voids Amaechi’s Held Congress in Rivers — The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division on Wednesday confirmed…
- Asset Forfeiture: Dame Jonathan, EFCC Know Fate March 8 — The Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan…
- APC Asks Supreme Court to Sack Sokoto Gov, Tambuwal — The All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday asked the Supreme…
- ‘Low Sugar’ Inscription on Amstel Malt, Trade Trick, Edo Court Declares — A Benin High Court, on Wednesday, held that the low…
- I’ll Work Against Candidacy of Adelabu in Oyo, Until Restitution Takes Place, Communication Minister Vowed — The Minister for Communication, Adebayo Shittu, said on Wednesday that…
- Police Arrest 51 Pro-Biafra Sympathisers in Abia — The Police in Abia on Wednesday arrested 51 persons suspected…
- Soldiers Arrest 3 Gun Runners, Recover 44 Rifles — Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, deployed for Operation…
- Minister of State for Environment Resigns Th — The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin, has resigned…
- Opinion: The Absurd Jibe of Akwa Ibom’s “Private Jet” Governor; By Wole Arisekola — Is there anything we will not hear from our effusively…
- PDP Regrets Absence of Atiku at Peace Accord Ceremony — The Peoples Democratic Party said it regretted that its presidential…
- Ex-Skye Bank Chief, Tunde Ayeni not Detained by EFCC — Following the reports published by a national daily, on Tuesday,…
- Man Kills 4 Children, Commits Suicide in Rivers — A 35-year-old man has committed suicide after killing his four…
- Tradition Ruler’s Wife to Die by Hanging for Killing Husband in Nasarawa — Y Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, Tuesday sentenced…
- Jonathan’s Claims About Obama Meddling in 2015 Election, ‘Mischaracterisation’, Says US Consulate — The United States consulate in Nigeria has said the allegations…
- I Wasn’t at Peace Accord Signing Because I Was Not Invited – Atiku Abubakar — The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar,…
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…
