By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA-Men of Ogun State National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have impounded two purposely-built bullion vans and a Ford bus loaded with bags and parcels of suspected Cannabis Sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. The State Commander, NDLEA, Ogun State command, Mr. Bala Fagge, while briefing journalists about the arrest and seizure, said […]

Two policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCID, narrowly escaped lynching by a mob on Monday, after a 42-year-old land speculator reportedly raised a false kidnap alarm to evade arrest.

BENIN—SIX persons, including two policemen and a private security man, were killed, Tuesday night, as daredevil robbers took over Igarra town, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.

The immediate past governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke made a rare public outing when he witnessed the groundbreaking of the Superhighway, the signature project of his successor, Prof. Ben Ayade.

In an interview with newsmen on the fringes of the event, Imoke spoke on life after office, his assessment of his successor and how he is spending time with his family

IT will be a Titanic battle when Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets battle Mexico in a FIFA U17 World Cup semi-final today

THE city of Con-cepción and Estadio Municipal for that matter has gone down in the history of Nigerian football as the venue where the country’s star-studded U-20 squad of 1987 met their waterloo following a humiliating 4-0 loss to Brazil at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 1987.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State said he reads and listen to the criticism against his administration by residents on issues affecting their lives and property in the state, saying soon, their worries would be over.

SENATOR Ben Murray- Bruce, PDP, Bayelsa East has described the imposition of $5.2 billion fine on MTN, Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC was a bad signal to foreign investors.

A plot by some political opponents of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to stage a campaign of calumny against him and his administration, has been uncovered.

The need to tackle illicit financial flows and recovery of stolen assets have taken centre stage at ongoing anti-corruption world forum in Russia.

TWO weeks of contrasting fortunes for U-23 National Team Head Coach, Samson Siasia, has ended with sheer headache on which players he should pick for the pre-Africa U-23 Cup of Nations camp in Morocco.

LEADERS of Afenifere, a socio-political group yesterday unanimously rejected the resignation of their chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and prevailed on him to continue to steer the ship of the group.

CHAIRMEN of Isoko North and South Local Government councils, Delta State, Mr. Emmanuel Egbabor and Sir Itiako Ikpokpo, respectively, have urged the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, to sheathe its sword in its feud with some Isoko youths and restore electricity to the council areas.

Four paramount rulers in Ogun State have urged the newly appointed Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Olajide Ojuko to be wary of ‘cunning’ Obas in the state.

An interest group working for the re-election of Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi State, Team Kogi has said the people of the state know the forces holding on to the bailout fund approved for the payment of salary arrears of civil servants in the state. Addressing a press conference in Lokoja, Wednesday, the Chief Communications Director of the group, Mr. Olu John said it is unfair to blame the state government for the delay in the release of the fund.