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In spite of the groundswell of opposition against his aspiration to the governorship position of oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel is with the support of his principal, bribing his way into...
In 2011, Jude Agbaso, a young man was made deputy governor of Imo state via the political connection of his elder brother Martin Agbaso. Jude had no idea about governance. He knew nothing about politics. He had never held...
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of driving the country to the precipice and allowing deceit, corruption and mutual distrust to tear at the fabric of the nation.
In an eighteen-page letter which the former president...
A Nigerian doctor in the UK faces being struck off for allegedly assaulting his female colleague sexually, a tribunal heard.
Chukwuma Igbokwe, 46 (pictured above), was accused of grabbing Vanessa Turley from behind and thrust himself towards her before exposing...
The Plateau State Police command, yesterday, paraded a woman and her accomplice who connived to steal a week old baby in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state last week.
Parading the two suspects, the state police commissioner, Mr. Chris...
Born about 56 years ago, Nollywood actress Rachael Oniga is a household name. The Delta-born thespian in this interview talked about her marital life and her career.
How do you react to negative stories written about you?
I ignore it, sorry!...
House of Representatives member from Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency, Mr. Raphael Nomiye, who died in a sex romp with his banker lover in his Abuja private residence on November 22, was buried at the weekend in Ondo.
Present at the funeral...
Former Super Eagles player Sam Sodje has been arrested in connection with a second investigation into football match-fixing following allegations that a player rigged a Championship game in return for cash.
Just recently another Nigerian player plying his trade in...
Nollywood actress, Uche Iwuji, has debunked rumour making the round that she has divorced her husband Juwon Lawal after a one- year union.
The speculation started when nude picture of the actress went viral, but she disclosed that she and her...
A young Nigerian couple were part of a global internet banking scam which could have netted a phenomenal £19million (about N4.9bn) after hacking the accounts of nearly 2,500 people.
According to mail online, Aderoju Bammeke, 22, and his girlfriend Jessica...
A 50-year old pastor, Rev. Keiggy Ogarekpe, has appeared in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates` court, charged with pretending to be a brother to the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS).
Rev. Ogarekpe, who also owns Sugarhills...
Two footballers from Whitehawk FC, a Conference South team in Brighton, have been charged over match-fixing allegations, the National Crime Agency said.
Michael Boateng (pictured below) and a Nigerian, Hakeem Adelakun (pictured above), both 22 and from the Croydon area...
A lower court in Abuja, the federal capital territory has sentenced a 28 year old man to four months in prison for stealing shoes in a mosque.
The Abuja Grade 2 Area Court in Kado on Wednesday found Isah Abdullahi,...
The executive director of the institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Professor Benjamin Ogunbodede was last week arraigned for fraud.
Prof. Ogunbode was arraigned alongside two other accused persons in the case,...
The Akwa Ibom state governor, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, has vowed to spare no cash in ensuring the emergence of Mr. Udom Emmanuel as the next governor of the oil-rich state in the 2015 gubernatorial election. According to the...
A video has captured how a Nigerian cook was rescued three days after he was trapped 30 metres underwater in the Atlantic ocean.
Harrison Okene, 29, was a chef on the Jascon 4, an oil company's ship, when the boat...
A draughtsman, Mr. Idowu Sanni, 48, has been arrested in Ibadan for sleeping with his daughter (name withheld).
Mr. Sanni who lives at Ifedapo Amuloko area of Ibadan, was on Wednesday, November 27, remanded in Agodi prisons, Ibadan, after he...
Edo State Governor Adam Oshiomhole in a dramatic move yesterday had breakfast with Madam Joy Oviengbede Ifije, the widow whom he abused last week for blocking the walkways along Mission Road with her goods.
During the breakfast at the Government...
Police detectives attached to the anti-robbery squad of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a woman for allegedly stealing a gold chain worth N650,000, and hiding it in her private part.
It was learnt from police sources at SARS...
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has hired the service of an Israeli security outfit, Israel Security Academy (ISA) which specialises in training and preparation of close protection specialists, operative management and counter terrorism for the training of his...
