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According to Punchng, 40-year-old father-of-five, Moruf Haruna who worked for Vintage Transport and Logistics, was allegedly manhandled by the officer at about 5am on Saturday, when an NDLEA team stopped his vehicle for a search in the Abaji area of ...

After being suspended by Twitter, Niger Delta Avengers migrate to Facebook, blow up another NNPC, NPDC, Chevron oil facilities.

Fola Orebiyi passed on the pavement of Portobello Road before frightened spectators who say he was pursued by a gang on bicycles at around 8.45pm the lastevening. Regardless of paramedics’ endeavors, he lost his battle for life.  Witnesses said he ...

**for allowing his daughter’s cry wake him up According to Facebook user, IG Wala: “This woman is allegedly shot by the man that she is working in his house as a maid. The man name Jamilu (with a traditional title ...

On Saturday, the Wife of the President, represented by Hajiya Nana Shettima, the wife of the Borno State governor, presented about N30m cash support to parents of the abducted Government Secondary School (GSS), Chibok, students in Borno, at a ceremony ...

Robbers in Lagos have deviced new tricks to gain entrance into houses with minimal effort by switching off running power generating sets or turning on tap water, to lure people out. The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, ...

* Muslims are more marginalized The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advised Nigerians to stop associating religion with anything negative in the country. He also said that Muslims felt more marginalized in the country, only that they ...

FRSC officer accused of causing an accident while trying to flag-down a motorist, chased, caught and brutalized at Jibowu, Lagos. See more photos after the page break

The governor made the declaration while appearing on Your-View talk show on TV Continental, this morning. Although street hawking is illegal in the State, it’s not yet being enforced, but Gov. Ambode said lagos state is ready to start massive ...

INEC’s Director of Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzi, says this follows an order by the Abuja Federal High Court mandating INEC to immediately issue Certificate of Return to Mr. Uche Ogah who came second at the last PDP primaries in Abia State. ...