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Murder case opens against Kano child-bride
Nigerian prosecutors opened their case on Wednesday against a 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband, with testimony from…
Nigerian naira devaluation leads to fears about the economy
Nigerians on Wednesday voiced fears about the central bank’s devaluation of the naira, warning that a country largely dependent on…
APC anoints Peterside as Amaechi’s replacement
Dakuku Peterside, representing Andoni /Opobo Nkoro federal constituency of Rivers state has been picked as the consensus governorship candidate for…
77-Year Old Community Leader Arraigned For N65m Fraud
Henry Ojelu A 77-year old community leader in Ogun state, western Nigeria, Alhaja Mulikat Shonekan, was today arraigned along with…
Buhari’s Campaign Group Solicits Funds For 2015 Race
Eromosele Ebhomele To meet the funding requirement for the 2015 presidential election, the Buhari Support Organisation, a group backing General…
VIDEO: Uche Jombo, Joke Silva, Yvonne Nelson, Take Folly To Cinemas
After the successful premiere of Folly in the United States, the blockbuster film produced by Elizabeth Daniels, starring popular screen…
I’m not an Islamic fundamentalist, says Buhari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) a former Head of State and a frontline presidential aspirant of the All…
Terror mastermind, Henry Okah challenges S.Africa conviction
A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for masterminding a series of terror attacks in his homeland is to challenge South Africa’s…
Campaign To End Violence Against Women Begins In Lagos
By Simon Ateba Activists met on Tuesday in Lagos to say no to all forms of violence against women as…
Shakhtar Champions League campaign cheers war-torn Ukraine
Shakhtar Donetsk lost a game but reached the Champions League knockout stage giving an emotional boost to war-torn Ukraine, highlighted…
Staff backlash over charity’s award for Tony Blair
Almost 200 staff at the global charity Save the Children have signed a letter condemning its decision to give former…
24 killed in Burkina’s anti-Compaore uprising
Twenty-four people were killed and 625 people were wounded in the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Blaise Compaore in…
Namibia prepares for Africa’s first e-vote
Namibia will vote in Africa’s first electronic ballot Friday, a general election that will usher in a new president and…
Meet MARHABA: Official match ball for AFCON 2015
German sporting giant, Adidas and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday presented Marhaba, the Official Match Ball for…
2015: Akwa Ibom Group Endorses Ekpotu
Ayorinde Oluokun The Ibom True Leadership Forum (ITLF), a leadership advocacy group in Akwa Ibom state has endorsed the aspiration…
Security agents shoot 11 UniJos students, school shutdown
Security agents in Plateau state on Tuesday shot at protesting students of the University of Jos, injuring 11 protesters. The…
PDP ward congress in Lagos a success, says Waziri
Alhaji Adamu Waziri, the Chairman of the PDP-reconstituted panel for Lagos State Ward Congresses on Tuesday described the conduct of…
Mexico president forced to act over 43 missing students, corruption
Two months after 43 students vanished in the night, change is afoot in Mexico: protests have swept the nation, sounding…
CAF appoints Pinnick to 2015 AFCON Committee
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, as a member of the…
Fire near Tottenham ground ‘suspicious’
A fire that wrecked the offices of a firm in dispute with Tottenham Hotspur over the club’s proposed ground redevelopment…
Mourinho tells Chelsea to turn results into titles
Jose Mourinho has challenged Chelsea to turn results into titles after their 5-0 away drubbing of Schalke 04 put them…
Stunning Aguero hattrick gives Man City hope
Sergio Aguero scored a sensational hat-trick as Manchester City stunned 10-man Bayern Munich 3-2 on Tuesday to reignite their hopes…
Senate yet to decide on extension of state of emergency
The Senate is yet to decide on the extension of state of emergency after it failed to discuss the request…
Central Bank devalues naira, seeks to stabilize currency
Nigeria devalued its currency on Tuesday, seeking to stabilise the naira after it hit historic lows against the US dollar,…
‘Crisis, what crisis?’ says Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger shrugged off criticism from Gunners shareholder Alisher Usmanov as he urged everyone involved with the north…
Lionel Messi breaks Champions League scoring record
Lionel Messi became the all time leading goalscorer in the Champions League just four days after achieving the same feat…
Rivers Police Arrest Nine Cultists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has nabbed nine suspected cultists and has paraded them at the headquarters along…
US announces visa application changes in Nigeria
By Simon Ateba For Nigerians planning to travel to the United States, the visa application process has changed, an official…
Delta retirees barricade Assembly Complex over N16bn unpaid pension arrears
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Activities at the Delta State House of Assembly was Tuesday paralysed for several hours, following protest by members…
Shell Shuts Leaking Pipeline
Nigeria’s oil exports were disrupted after Shell’s local unit shut a pipeline that carries a key grade after it discovered…