Container crushes seven to death in Ramadan tragedy

No fewer than seven persons were killed and 12 others injured when a 40-foot container fell off a truck in the Alakija area on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Wednesday.

Legendary actress, Bukky Ajayi dies at 82, buried amid tears

PMAN, Actors Guild mourn; colleagues pay last respects

The Nigerian entertainment industry has once again lost one of its rare gems, Zainab Bukky Ajayi, who blessed the world with her inimitable acting talent. She passed on at the age of 82, at about 11am yesterday. Reports say that she has been battling with a heart related condition before she passed on at her Surulere residence. Before her death, she left an order to have her buried immediately; therefore she was laid to rest at Atan Cementery at 4pm.

Lagos to jail street hawkers from July 1- Ambode

The Lagos State Government on Friday said that from July 1, 2016, it would commence a total enforcement against street trading and street hawkers, saying that the law banning their activities across the metropolis would take its full course.

Buhari still very sick, stays back in London for more treatment, may returns on Sunday if he improves

President Mohammadu Buhari would be back to the country, Nigeria, on Sunday, Vice President Osinbajo has said.

Edo state govt owes late Amodu N25m

Former Super Eagles coach, late Shaibu Amodu is being owed N25million in salaries, sign-on-fees and house rent by the government of Edo State before his death last weekend.

Cancer Diagnosis: Buhari Rejects Surgery, Hoping On A Miracle – Presidency Source

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by his London doctors to undergo surgery to remove the cancerous growth, a presidency source confirms to Large News.

Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun Sacked

Following the inability of the finance ministry to profer solutions to the economic growth decline and Naira poor rating, the government of Nigeria has sacked the country's finance minister, Kemi Adeosun.

Assemblies Of God is heavenly Connected to be Destroyed -Chidi Okoroafor Declares

General Superintendent of Assemblies Of God Nigeria Rev Dr Chidi Okoroafor has declared that Assemblies Of God is Heavenly Connected to be destroyed by anybody.

Earthquake Causes Panic In Saki, Oyo Community

RESIDENTS of Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State are now living in palpable fear over what they described as earth tremor that started few weeks ago.

Muslims Stop the barbaric “blasphemy” killings

Within a space of one week, five Nigerians were gruesomely murdered by mobs protesting what they called “blasphemy” offences. The first report came from Pandogari in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, where a 24 year-old man, Modestus Emmaneul, was lynched by angry Muslim youths on 31st May, 2016 for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed in an online comment.

Letter to China: Buhari planning to use DSS to invite Ekiti Chief of Staff, others for questioning

..We are not bothered — GOV’s AIDE

The Department of State Services may invite the Chief of Staff to Ekiti State governor, Mr Dipo Anisulowo, a lawyer; Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Segun Adewumi; the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Gboyega Aribisogan; the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Dr. Samuel Omotosho; and the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, to explain their role in the letter addressed to President Xi Jinping of China, asking the latter to stop a loan of $2 billion to Nigeria ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari visit to China last April.

Buhari asks Senate to approve 47 ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sent to the Senate 47 names of Nigerians to be screened and confirmed as career diplomats.

Headless corpse rattles Edo residents

THERE was panic among residents of Auchi community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, following the shocking discovering of the headless corpse of a middle-aged man on the Benin-Okenne-Lokoja expressway.

Aba tanker fire destroys vehicles

THREE vehicles were gutted by fire in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, when the driver a tanker laden with fuel lost control and crashed into them before finally ramming into another trailer along the ever busy Aba-Ikot Epkene road.

Shocking! Community where old women marry young ladies

Eighty-three-year old Nwanyidinma looked disconsolate as she sat in front of her thatched, mud house. There was no one to keep her company apart from her little ‘bingo’ dog and a host of chicken strolling round her premises. Occasionally, she used the horsetail in her hands to chase the dog away from the chicken. In the animal world, it would not be out of place to conclude that the animals were playing hide and seek in this peaceful environment. That, however, is not for Nwanyidinma.

Oyo workers disrupt school takeover meeting, boo SSG

The stakeholders’ meeting called by the Oyo State government on the plans to return schools to their original owners was on Wednesday disrupted by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and other labour unions in the state.

Woman captured by CCTV with stolen one-year-old arrested

A woman, Zainab Salisu, who allegedly disguised as a customer to abduct a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has been arrested by the police.

Our correspondent gathered that Salisu was arrested on Wednesday by policemen attached to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, in the Idimu area of the state.

ND Avengers Warns FG – We Won’t Stop Bombing Oil Installations, Unless…

Meanwhile, militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, said yesterday that in spite of the federal government’s deployment of fighter jets and the military in Delta State, it would not relent in its violent attacks on critical oil installations in the region.

Shocker: Northern youths pray to Allah to destroy Buhari’s government (Photos/video)

Just Recently after Ibrahim Shekarau was invited by the EFCC, a lot of Northern Youth converged in his house in solidarity. During their prayer, all they were asking Allah was to destroy the government of Buhari.

JUST IN: Stella Oduah Elected President Of ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians

Senator Stella Oduah, lawmaker representing Anambra North Senatorial District and former Minister of Aviation, has been elected as the President of ECOWAS female parliamentarians.