Blood flows in Abeokuta as APC factions clash

No fewer than 40 persons sustained various degree of injury on Friday during a bloody clash between rival factions of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogun state.

The fracas, occurred around 4pm at the state Secretariat of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) , one of the legacy parties that fused into

Actress Foluke Daramola & Kayode Salako share holiday photos

Actress Foluke Daramola & her husband Kayode Salako are currently on holiday in Toronto Canada. The couple were photographed in some PDA in a mall in Toronto. Sweet. See more photos after the cut...

Seven-year-old leads police to smash Lagos kidnap syndicate

According to a report a 7year old boy led police to the smash of a Lagos kidnap syndicate that specializes in the kidnap of little children, weeks after he was kidnapped and released by them...

A university graduate and two other suspects were on Wednesday paraded by the

Immigration job: Reps query Interior Minister on N1,000 levy

Minister of Interior, Abba Patrick Moro, laboured hard on Tuesday as he tried to explain the N1,000 fee charged applicants seeking to enlist into the Nigeria Immigration Service, insisting that the sum was approved by Federal Character Commission.
The minister spoke on Tuesday when

FOUR KILLED ON FARMS IN NASARAWA

No fewer than four persons are feared dead, and others injured after an armed group suspected to be Fulani nomads invaded Rijiyan-Giwa, a village in Azara Development Area of Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Wednesday evening.

The police said reports showed that the deceased were killed on their farms that evening.
Although the state police spokesman, DSP Garba Mallam said his office was yet to receive any official briefs on the incident, newsmen learnt from the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that the police moved in swiftly and made an arrest of a man suspected to have led the invasion.
Alhaji Sale, as the suspect’s name was given, was said to have been arrested with a K2 rifle. The suspect, who has been detained in Lafia, is said to be assisting the team of detectives who have moved into the area, with information that may lead to the arrest of other suspected
attackers.
The deceased’s bodies, they said, have been deposited in a mortuary in the area, while the injured are being treated in various hospitals.
State secretary of Miyetti Allah, a Fulani socio-cultural group, Mohammed Hussain was contacted for comments, but he said he was not able to make contacts with the leader of Fulani people in the area, for confirmation, at press time.

Solomon Lar dies at 80, Jonathan, govs mourn

First civilian governor of Plateau State, Chief Solomon Lar, is dead. Lar passed on in a US hospital of what family sources described as old-age related ailment on Wednesday. He was aged 80.

Commissioner for Information, Mr. Abraham Yiljap, who confirmed his death, told our correspondent that the family had contacted Governor Jonah Jang to

Fani-Kayode should hang his head in shame – Oduah

The Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, on Tuesday hit back at Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, describing  him  as an ignorant individual, who “should hide his head in shame.”

Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation,  had criticised the Peoples Democratic Party for expressing confidence in Oduah despite the air crashes that had happened during  her tenure as  minister.

“How many more people have to be killed in air crashes before our President (Dr. Goodluck Jonathan)  realises that