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A violent riot was reported yesterday close to Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge in Lagos State. It was purportedly brought on by okada riders protesting against the police who shot one of them. Suburbanites were encouraged to use other routes.

Governors of the All Progressives Congress are meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. The meeting, it was gathered, would be the first to be attended by the governors jointly since the conduct ...

President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has sent former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as his emissary to South African President Jacob Zuma to lobby for the candidacy of Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, as president of the African Development Bank. This ...

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, last week freed no fewer than 38 inmates, who were awaiting trials in the five prison facilities across the state. The prisons are located in Abeokuta, Ilaro, Sagamu and Ijebu Ode. ...

The troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a man said to be a supplier of fuel and food to members of the Boko Haram sect at Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State.   Director of Defence Information, ...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party’s performance in the just concluded general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the ...

The death toll in the clashes between some villagers and soldiers  in three villages of Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata  in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 39 as nine more bodies have been uncovered. Soldiers, said ...

The Federal Government on Sunday called on oil marketers to be patriotic in their decisions by considering the interest of Nigerians who always bear the brunt of their actions, noting that they should not by their actions hold the country ...

Maiduguri recorded its first rain for the year on Sunday, making occupants to express delight following a long time of serious warmth, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The downpour, which began at around 5.30pm and went on for about 30 ...