were Tuesday dragged before Justice Abdullahi Yusuf of the Katsina State High Court and slammed with a three-count charge of misappropriation of public funds and criminal breach of trust.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, said it has gathered sufficient evidence to warrant the prosecution of wife of former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mrs. Alayingi Sylva, on allegations of corruption.

The National Chairman of the de-registered Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Tuesday said that the suspension of Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers was as a result of cumulative actions.

The Ogun State police command  said on Tuesday  that it has
dislodged  no fewer than 53 student cultists of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta,while on their way  to the venue of a nocturnal ritual ceremony in Abeokuta.

The Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto was on Tuesday closed indefinitely by the management over protest by students.

Simon Stephen, who accused his friend, Nafiu Mua’azu, of being a thief, on Tuesday, told a Gwagwalada Upper Area Court in the FCT that the friend stabbed him on the chest with a knife.

 Mr Chris Igwe, Managing Director, Mainland Oil and Gas, on Tuesday said the company planned to invest about N2 billion in mega filling stations across the country.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dragged one Jude Ugwu, a post graduate student of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), to the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu for hemp smoking.

RIO DE JANEIRO(AFP) – The “caxirola”, Brazil’s percussion answer to South Africa’s plastic vuvuzela horn, will be banned at next month’s Confederations Cup for security reasons, organizers said Monday.

LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Benitez said on Tuesday that he was “extremely excited” about his appointment as coach of Napoli, vowing to respect the club’s traditions and “very, very special” supporters.

MADRID (AFP) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said the club’s search for new recruits will not start until they have a new manager in place.

READING the interview Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) gave to Daily Trust which was published on Wednesday the 22nd of May 2013, I am compelled to raise historical issues that put the former military Head of State’s words in perspective.

The underwear model and video vixen beat her fellow Housemates to the Head Of House title after a stressful day which saw both Houses putting up their fellow Housemates for possible Eviction.

Lagos – A 32-year-old unemployed man, Emeka Ezeakonaobi, on Monday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged N180,000 theft and assault, The accused, who has no fixed address, was arraigned on a three-count charge. The Prosecutor, ASP Godwin Eze, told the court that the accused committed the offences on May 15, at […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, expressed concern over increase in sale of babies in Nigeria and warned that those found guilty of the act would be made to face the wrath of the law.