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Four suspected kidnappers yesterday met their waterloo during a shoot-out with policemen in Delta State. The suspects had at about 7.30am kidnapped one Chinedu Amadi, an employee of oil giants Chevron along Refinery Road, Effurun, but the police team w...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has stressed the need for the states Independent Electoral Commission (SIECs) to conduct credible elections at local government areas. He said that, by condu...
Gbaramatu and Ugborode communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened show down with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over what they described as deceitful bungling of agreement reached with them ...
The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, yesterday explained why he gave the figure of N193.8billion as the total cost for completing the 338km East-West Road dualisation project, which runs across the coastal areas of the Niger Delt...
The aged mother of the convicted Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Hajiya Fatima Al-Mustapha is dead. She died in Kano, yesterday, after a protracted illness and was buried at Fagge ce...
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday told civil servants in the state to resign their appointments if they were interested in playing politics rather than enhance development in the service. This warning was to assist civil servant to clearly ...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 4 Command, AIG Mike Zuokumor, and the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ayeni, to end the violence which has eng...
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), has paid tribute to the Vice President, Architect Muhammad Namadi Sambo, who turned 60 today, and said that the nation’s number two man has lived a life totally committed to the socio-economic pr...
There was palpable fear in Lagos as a three-storey building collapsed leaving scores of residents and others still trapped in the rubbles. The building located at 11 Anikantamo Street, off Adeniji-Adele road, was said to have crumbled at about 1pm yest...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, Chief Wale Oke, has said Ondo people’s desire for change is the basis for his gunning for the Ondo Government House and said that he was ready for t...
Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) fled in various directions yesterday when a yet-to-be-identified armed policeman stormed the Iponri office of the traffic management agency, shooting sporadically before bolting away wi...
The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia, has said that all park rangers in the country’s national parks across the country will be upgraded to the status of para-military forces. The minister stated this while inaugurating of th...
The Lagos Coroner, Mr. Komolafe Oyetade, was shown the video footage of what happened at the site of the Dana air craft which crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on July 3, 2012. The clips that were shown were from Channels Television and Television Con...
Lithuania basketball coach revealed after beating his African foes that he never took the encounter lightly because he knew how talented and dangerous the Nigerian team is. Nigeria is 21st in the world why Lithuania is 5th. Kestutis Kemzura said he kne...
Team Nigeria weightlifters will today and Friday begin their quest for medals at the London Olympics Games. Felix Ekpo is expected to battle for the ultimate prize in the sport today while Mariam Usman is up on Friday in the women’s category. Ekp...