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According to a report by Sahara Reporters, 11 PDP senators have defected to the All Progressive Congress APC. A formal letter to this effect has been handed to the Senate President, David Mark, and would be read to the general house this afternoon. The defected senators are: Senator Bukola Saraki-Kwara ...

The Federal Government may have concluded plans to raise the domestic price of natural gas to $1.5 per 1,000 standard cubic feet as it aims to ensure efficient supply of abundant natural gas to thermal power stations� This represents a 50 per cent increase in the current $1 price for ...

  Corp members serving in Victory Model College, Efodo – Okpo, Olamaboro L.G.A of Kogi State, are currently in hiding as their lives are being threatened by students. �Read the full details below: It’s no good news to hear that NYSC Corp Members are treated with discontentment in Kogi State, ...

One of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, Mrs Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, has announced her intentions to contest the governorship seat in Lagos State in the next general elections. Mrs Onitiri-Abiola says she has ‘all the formula to solve unemployment, electricity&education problems plaguing Lagos state’ Mrs Onitiri-Abiola has not revealed ...

    A 14-seater bus is reported to have gone up in flames at Iyana Oworosoki. This accident has caused a standstill on the ever busy bridge. Unconfirmed reports say one person died.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that the next presidential election, will be staged on Febraury 14, 2015. �The commission has scheduled the presidential and National Assembly elections for 14th February 2015,” the INEC said in a statement. The electoral body, also announced that governorship and elections for ...

The State Security Service, SSS, has finally secured a warrant of arrest for the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, and has now launched a manhunt for him, the spokesperson for the agency has said. � This is even as armed operatives of the Service ...

The first set of Made in Nigeria 4×4 SUVs will be rolled out by Nissan Motors in April this year. Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motors, Carlos Ghosn, disclosed this to President Goodluck Jonathan on the sideline of ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Ghosn, who said the vehicles ...

Lagos State University ((LASU) has been shut down indefinitely following what the school termed ‘violent protest by students’. The school management shared the bulletin above announcing the indefinite closure, and asked all students to vacate the school premises until further notice. Exams have also been put off until further notice.

There has been chaos at the Lagos State University Campus, Ojo since yesterday after students of the institution and school authorities clashed over the closure of the university’s registration portal. Students went on rampage this morning, destroying properties and disrupting exams schedule to hold today after their Vice Chancellor Prof. ...

Two unidentified persons were stoned to death in the Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos State after being apprehended by youths for allegedly robbing a resident of his phones. Punch reports that their correspondent, who visited McNeil Road, where the incident occurred, learnt that the alleged robbers attacked a 79-year-old man, ...

Immediate past chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur has been appointed Chairman Board of the Nigerian Railway Corporation by President Jonathan. His appointment was contained in a statement released by Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi. Alhaji Bamaga last ...

Reports reaching us from eye witness account, a moving train at Oshodi crushed two men. The men where hanging on the moving train and one of them lost balance and fell, in the bid of the other man helping, he fell also. However there are no pics from the incident ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday January 20th passed a bill seeking to make smoking in public places illegal in the state, with first offenders having options of paying a fine of N10,000, three months in jail or both. The bill which is waiting the approval of Gov. Fashola ...

The US has threatened to sanction Nigeria following President Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The world power is threatening to scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in Nigeria. This was made known yesterday Jan. 20th by James Entwistle, the US Ambassador to Nigeria. Mr ...

President Jonathan said with the new National Automotive Industry Policy introduced by his administration, the country will soon be exporting cars to other countries. He said this while speaking with a delegation of business owners from Anambra State led by the State governor, Peter Obi, who paid him a courtesy ...

National president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and GO of Word of Life Bible Church, Pastor Ayo recently dedicated his newly built ultra-modern 40,000 capacity auditorium located in Warri, Delta State. The flamboyant pastor said he built the new auditorium to accommodate the over 50,000 people that attend the ...

First wife to the Oba of Benin, Queen Esther Erediauwa (Nee Osunbor) and Eson N’erie of Benin Kingdom is dead. According to reports, Queen Esther died at about 8pm on Saturday after a brief illness. She had been down with diabetes which reportedly deteriorated since last December. May her soul ...

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Ghanaian journalist and main presenter of the BBC World News programme Focus on Africa, Komla Dumor has passed away. The TV anchor reportedly passed away at his home in London today Jan. 18th. He was 41. Dumor joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade of ...