The Lagos State Government has intervened in the case of the alleged rape of three-year-old girl, Chinansa (pseudonym).
The Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, said the state government would ensure justice for the victim.
This is coming as the suspect, Hamzat Afeez,…LASG steps into rape of three-year-old, suspect rearrested
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tasked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to come out clean and explain to Nigerians, their connections with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
PDP and APC
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on…‘Explain Your Connections With MEND’, PDP Tells APC
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has threatened Cameroon in a video message on YouTube, warning that the same fate would befall the country as neighbouring Nigeria.
Abubakar Shekau
The video, which was posted on January 5, is directly addressed to Cameroon’s President Paul Biya after r…Boko Haram leader threatens Cameroon in new video
PDP: We ‘ll Reveal Buhari’s Corrupt Past
Urge the APC flag-bearer to explain his ugly roles in PTF
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO) on Wednesday said that it’s major assignment is to reveal the true identity of the APC Presidential…Buhari represents darkness, ugly past – PDP
Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Henry Idahiagbon has debunked claims by the authorities of the University of Benin that the state government recovered 18 properties belonging to it despite the service of an application for a stay of execution of a court judgment in…UNIBEN Saga: I’ll resign and go back to my village if… – Edo Attorney General
By Gabriel Enogholase
BENIN—Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that his government will cut costs and block leakages as part of measures to survive the expected drop in the revenue accruing to the state from the federation account as a result of the crash in the price of crude oil.
…Oshiomhole moves to cut expenditure over falling oil price
By Francis Igata
ENUGU—The Enugu State Police command has refuted claims by Enugu-based Catholic priest who is also the founder of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka, that his life is in danger.
Abba Suleiman, New Inspector General of Police
The cleric had alleged t…Alleged threat to Fr. Mbaka’s life baseless – Police
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the PDP as a victim of self-inflicted paranoia following the ruling party’s panic reaction to a yet to be conducted opinion poll.
PDP and APC
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, t…Drowning PDP is paranoid – APC
Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said that the state Government served authorities of the University of Benin a notice, three years ago, to vacate eighteen properties belonging to the Edo State Government, but rather than vacate, they took the government to court.
Oshiomhole
The Governor said to…UNIBEN got 3-yr notice to vacate govt property, says Oshiomhole
Coach Daniel Amokachi has said he is not impressed with his team of home-based super Eagles even after they thrashed FCT League side NYSC 5-2 on Monday, Africanfootball.com reports.
Daniel Amokachi
Amokachi said he was not impressed by the performance of his Eagles as they showed signs of…Amokachi not impressed despite Eagles’ win
By Abiodun Alade, @biodunpen
All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has promised never to leave the defence of Nigeria in the hands of hunters, children and civilian JTF.
Buhari
This was contained in his 18-pages manifesto titled “Securing N…I won’t leave the defence of Nigeria in the hands of hunters, Children, Civilian JTF – Buhari
The inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation earlier slated for Monday in Abuja has been postponed till Tuesday, a senior party official said.
Jonathan
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, announced the postponement at L…Jonathan postpone campaign team inauguration over sister’s death
No fewer than four persons were said to have sustained gun injuries after a drunken policeman, Corporal Emmanuel Ubi, reportedly opened fire on some youths during a carnival at Edumare Squad, Lagos Island.
Brutalised Akhanolu Smart
The names of the victims were given as Yusuf Abdullahi, 17;…Policeman shoots youths during carnival, injures four
By Adeyemi Olufemi
IN more experienced democracies, the choice of who deserves to be elected the president of Nigeria between President Goodluck Jonathan and former Head of state General Mohammadu Buhari, in the 2015 presidential election would be a forgone issue due to the fact that both…Jonathan vs Buhari: Who has a better record?
Hon. Joseph Adegbesan, a member of the Ogun House of Assembly, has defected to the Labour Party.
The lawmaker said in Abeokuta on Monday that he had picked the Labour Party’s ticket to contest the House of Representatives election for Ijebu North, East and Ogun Waterside Constituency.
Adegbesan s…Ogun lawmaker defects to Labour Party
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has assured Nigerians that the country would remain united after the 2015 general elections, despite speculations that the nation would record a repeat of the 2011 post-election violence.
The State Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih,…Edo PDP allays fear of post-election violence
Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described Ejike Mbaka, founder of the Adoration Ministry Enugu (AMEN), as “a recognised symbol of God’s authority” who should not be mocked for criticising the president.
Olisah Metuh
Mbaka has recently be…PDP: It Is Unacceptable To Mock Rev. Fr. Mbaka.
The pastor of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, TB (Temitope Balogun) Joshua, took some of the relatives of the 85 South Africans killed in the church’s guesthouse that collapsed on September 12 on a shopping spree on Christmas day.
TB Joshua
Joshua was also reported to have showered the r…Synagogue tragedy: T.B Joshua takes victims’ families on shopping spree
2The Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in this interview with KAYODE FALADE, talks about his nomination and national issues
You were not in the early picture of contenders for the vice-presidential slot. When and how did your name pop up?
Prof….I am nobody’s stooge, Osinbajo on Adeboye, Tinubu
Bola Tinubu arriving yesterday
Good day Sir, congratulation on the successful conduct of APC’s convention in Lagos to elect its presidential candidate for 2015 election. Though you were denied the luxury to conduct the ‘selection’ in your bedroom as usual, you still managed to weep the Oshim…Open Letter to Senator Tinubu On 2015 Presidential Election [2]
1By Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije
The recently reported statement credited to the All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to the effect that he would scrap the office of the first lady if elected President of Federal Republic of Nigeria is not only…General Buhari and Nigerian Women
1*’Osinbajo not Tinubu’s stooge’
*Says S/East has nothing to show for backing President
By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin City
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, in this interview, reviews some of the efforts being made by the party to reposition Nigeria. …2015 Presidency: Jonathan is desperate – Oyegun
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men in a remote village in Borno state on New Year’s Eve, residents who fled the isolated settlement said on Saturday.
Scores of Boko Haram militants stormed the Malari village and whisked away the males, aged between 10 and 23, into t…Boko Haram abducts 40 boys, men in Borno village – witnesses
Indian police have arrested two brothers accused of repeatedly raping a 22-year-old Japanese tourist over three weeks near Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest site, an official said Saturday.
The tourist had been held hostage at gunpoint in a secluded underground room close to a pilgrimage site, a…Two brothers arrested over rape of student in India
Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has granted amnesty to eight prisoners serving various sentences in Uyo, Calabar, Ikot-Ekpene and Port Harcourt in the spirit of the New Year celebration.
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio
Akpabio made the announcement when he visited Uyo…Akpabio pardons 8 prisoners, donates N10m to inmates
