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Rivers Assembly reinstates three pro-Fubara lawmakers

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The Rivers State House of Assembly has reversed its earlier decision declaring the seats of three lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara vacant. The Assembly took the decis... Read More


Police arrest man over alleged plot to kidnap 16-year-old girlfriend for N50m ransom

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The police in Delta State have arrested a 23-year-old man, Terry Ogbonna, over an alleged plot with his friends to kidnap his 16-year-old girlfriend and demand a N50 million ransom... Read More


Sanwo-Olu asks LAWMA boss to resign over waste crisis - Report

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reportedly asked the Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Muyiwa Gbadegesin, to resign over the persistent... Read More


Two casualties as tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge in Lagos

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Two casualties were recorded on Monday after a diesel-laden tanker reportedly fell from Otedola Bridge and caught fire underneath it, inward Berger, Lagos State. The Lagos State T... Read More


Court dismisses El-Rufai's N120 million rights suit against SSS, EFCC, ICPC, AGF

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai's N120 million fundamental rights enforcement suit, which he instituted follo... Read More


Kwam 1 hands daughter to Lagos deputy governor for Assembly ambition (VIDEO)

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Fuji musician Wasiu "Kwam 1" Ayinde has sought the support of Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat for his daughter, Damilola Ayinde-Marshall, who hopes to secure a seat in t... Read More


$6billion Mambilla Power Contract: Ex-governor Liyel Imoke testifies against former power minister Agunloye

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Former Minister of Power and Steel, Liyel Imoke, said Monday that the controversial Mambilla Hydropower station contract was awarded by his predecessor Olu Agunloye with the approv... Read More


Soldiers rescue 11 passengers from kidnappers in Kogi

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 passengers after foiling a kidnapping attempt along the Kabba-Ayere Road in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The operati... Read More


Activist urges Nigerians to reject candidates without environmental plans

Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey has urged Nigerians to deny electoral support to politicians without concrete plans to clean up polluted communities and restore damaged ecosys... Read More


Otedola recalls sharing bunk bed with Hamzat 49 years ago

Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- Femi Otedola, the chairman of First HoldCo Plc, has revealed that he shared a bunk bed with Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat during their boarding school days 49 years ag... Read More