Month: March 2014
Ex-Mali coup leader ends hunger strike
The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos two years ago, allowing Islamists to seize its desert…
Pacquiao says Bradley’s taunts motivate him
Filipino boxing icon, Manny Pacquiao says he is taking extra motivation from taunts by unbeaten Tim Bradley, who said Pacquiao…
Venezuela: 3 generals arrested for alleged coup plot
Venezuela has arrested three air force generals suspected of plotting an uprising against the leftist government, President Nicolas Maduro said…
5 cops, 3 civilians killed in troubled Maiduguri
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday hurled explosives in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five police officers, while…
Police boss sends officers on promotion, election security courses
In continuation of the preparations for the 2015 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, has sent…
British economist tells Nigerian leaders to improve their acts
Nigeria needs to improve the way it does business if it is to fulfil its potential to become one of…
2 Pastors Remanded For Theft
A Jalingo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded two pastors Abinitus Akila, 41, and Hassan Umar, 46, and 34 others…
N9m Allowance: Confab Delegates Get Bank Alerts
All the 492 members of the National constitutional conference currently sitting in Abuja have received bank notifications of a part…
I’ve No Regrets Being A Robber, Says Suspect
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 30-year old robbery suspect, Tajudeen Oloko, has declared that he has no regrets being an armed robber…
Lagos Tackles FG Over Tourism Master Plan
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State and Federal Governments are currently at war over plans by the Federal Government to impose…
Stop Politicising The Boko Haram Menace
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has named General Muhammadu Buhari as the sponsor of the Boko Haram, the religious extremists…
Ensuring The Well-Being Of The Aged
By Bilikis Bakare Apart from death which everybody knows is inevitable and unstoppable, one other reality that comes to all…
United Must Beat City, Says Moyes
David Moyes wants Manchester United to prove they are still a force to be reckoned with by beating Manchester City…
Another 700 Egypt Islamists charged
An Egyptian court that sentenced 529 people to death began trying about 700 more alleged supporters of deposed president Mohamed…
Angry relatives of victims of crashed MH370 flight protest
Angry relatives of Chinese passengers on crashed Flight MH370 scuffled with security personnel outside Malaysia’s embassy on Tuesday, demanding answers…
Food supply crisis imminent in Nigeria
Nigeria is facing a possible food supply crisis this farming season, traders say, as the agricultural sector grapples with a…
The Changing Faces of Shekau
Are the pictures below of the same Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria? There is the…
Fowler joins governorship race in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, Tunde Fowler has resigned to pursue his governorship ambition of governing Lagos…
Ajimobi washes hands off Ibadan killings
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, western Nigeria, on Monday denied allegations that his government was involved in the killings…
Nigeria sets up more centres to diagnose TB
Nigeria’s Federal Government said it has scaled up the number of sites with GeneXpert technology from nine to 52, to…
IFC to invest $1.5 billion in Nigeria
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Monday said it would invest 1.5 billion dollars (about N246 billion) to support housing…
Aregbesola submits nomination form for second term
Sen. Osita Izunaso, Interim National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed the party’s determination to conduct…
Army claims killing 18 Boko Haram terrorists
Nigeria’s military on Monday in Abuja said that it killed 18 suspected terrorists while troops captured more weapons and aborted…
UNN honours Emeka Ojukwu, Folorunso Alakija
Former Nigerian warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will on Saturday receive a posthumous honorary doctorate degree in law from the University…
Boko Haram releases video of army barracks attack
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the 14 March attack on Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast.…
Restless youths riot outside Nigerian ‘House of Horror’
Scores of rioters went on the rampage on Monday outside an abandoned building in Nigeria dubbed the “House of Horror”…
Tuberculosis attacks 9 Million yearly, says WHO
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE About nine million new cases of tuberculosis are recorded every year, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO.…
Oil theft: Lab tests exposed Police ASP
A Laboratory Chemist, Idris Tahir who is a witness in the on-going trial of a police officer, Dodo Chilla Bulus,…
Confab in stormy session over rules of procedure
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After hours of stormy session devoted to considerations and arguments over rule of procedure that will guide the…
Fire Guts Ogun Gov’s Office
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A section of the office of Governor Ibikunle Amosun at Okemosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, southwest Nigeria,…