Breaking: Former Bayelsa governor Alamieyeseigha is dead

Alamieyeseigha who was said to have slipped into a coma two days ago dies after a sudden cardiac arrest at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital at age of 63 on Saturday.

He reportedly slipped into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

Corps member raped, murdered two weeks to wedding

Thirteen days to her wedding and 29th birthday, a corps member, Miss Omolola Abogunrin, has been allegedly murdered by unknown criminals.

Jonathan Nominated To Lead Commonwealth Observers In Tanzania Election

The Commonwealth of Nations has named former President Goodluck Jonathan to lead a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, 2015 General Election in Tanzania.

Prepare To Pay More For Electricity, Osinbajo Tells Nigerians

Until there is stability in the power sector, electricity tariffs cannot remain at the levels they are currently. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said.

‘I saw my son wrestling with the suicide bomber’ – Father of Yobe blast victim

The father of one of the victims of the suicide bomb attack in Damaturu, Yobe State, said that he came out of the house and saw his son wrestling with the suicide bomber before the bomb went off killing his 19-yr-old son Hassan Mohammed Damagum.

Cancer: Pray For Me, Diezani Begs Nigerians

IMMEDIATE past Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is battling with cancer in London and being investigated by UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, has asked Nigerians for a special favour. She wants Nigerians to pray for her as she undergoes cancer surgery next week.

How I Escaped Being Hacked To Death — Victim

Modinat Ododfin, the 28-year-old woman who narrowly escaped being hacked to death by her neighbours at their compound in Igbesa area of Ogun State, over the week, gives a vivid account of how she survived the attack.

Teenage Sickle Cell Patient Raped By Stepfather Forced To Live On The Street

Tucked somewhere inside the expansive Shagari Estate on the Iyana Ipaja – Ipaja Road in Lagos is a small wooden kiosk located around the popular Pako Bus Stop with ‘FOOD IS READY’ boldly written on it.

Any passer-by could easily mistake it for a mini food canteen, but on a closer look, it looks like an abandoned kiosk, stocked with some dusty luggage.

Merchants of Death: ‘Mobile’ Doctors Make Cool Cash, Leave Patrons In Pains

Appearing to provide alternative health services for individuals with medical needs across the country, mobile clinics and health practitioners who charge a paltry but operate mostly without regulation may be causing more harm than good writes Eric Dumo

Flood: Lagos State Information Ministry Urges Residents To Relocate To Safe areas

Mr Oluwatoyin Awosika, the Director, Public Enlightenment, Lagos State Ministry of Information, on Friday urged residents living on flood-prone areas to relocate to safe locations.

Father Of Polytechnic Student Killed By Police Cries Out

The joy of every parent is to see their child advance educationally. But for the family of Akinola Adegbite, a National Diploma year two student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa State, this would never happen.

Man Produces Fake Dollars, Pounds Worth Millions

A 42-year-old man, Rafiu Olusamokun, is currently in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly producing fake foreign and local currencies, which allegedly run into millions of naira.