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Economic Implications Of Okada Restriction

Willoughby Street on Ebute-Meta, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, used to be a busy place of business for motorcycle dealers. The…

Adeboye attacked for politicizing Holy Ghost Congress

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE An ex-pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Bankole Solomon, has slammed the church for turning…

Nigeria: New group claims abduction of French engineer

Move over, Boko Haram. A new islamic terrorist group operating on Nigerian territory, has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of…

AIG Mukhtar Ibrahim dies, burial today

The Nigeria Police has announced the death of Assistant Inspector General Muktari Ibrahim, of the Zone 6 headquarters in calabar.…

In Pictures: Aregbesola embraces Oyinlola

A rare show of camaraderie, frozen into immortality by the camera: Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun and…

Mandela spends 14th day in hospital

Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, 94, spends his 14th day in a South African hospital today amid reports of…

In the spirit of Christmas, Pope forgives butler

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for…

Christmas Holiday: Was Governor Rochas Right?

Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is on the firing line of opposition politicians for declaring…

Nigerian Suicide bomber hits Airtel Kano office

A Nigerian suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday when he rammed his car into the office gate of Airtel, one…

Wanted Nigerian ex- governor flees to USA

Abubakar Audu, former governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has…

Police: Nkiru’s family paid N8m ransom to abductors

The Commissioner of Police in Nigeria’s Imo state, Mr Adisa Bolanta, has confirmed that the family of Nkiruka Sylvanus, the…

Jonathan, PDP govs, others review 2012

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met with the leadership of the National Assembly and PDP governors to review the…

Nigeria graduates 18,357 police constables

No fewer than 18,357 constables on Friday graduated simultaneously from the seven Nigeria Police Colleges nationwide, after a training programme…

Diezani Bigger Than Petroleum Ministry —TUC President

The President of the Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele, has described the country’s Minister of Petroleum as…

French President Vows To Rescue Kidnapped National

French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that a French national had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria and said Paris…

Cement Palaver: Dangote, Ibeto At War

A silent war is currently brewing between cement manufacturing giant, Dangote Group and Ibeto Cement Company, the sole importer of…

Pope: Mankind at stake over gay marriage

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional…

Nollywood star, Nkiru set free

Nkiru Sylvanus, the Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Imo State governor on Public Affairs, who was kidnapped last Sunday…

Toure edges out Drogba for CAF Player Award

Ivorian Yaya Toure of Manchester City won Africa’s top football honour on Thursday, edging out his countryman Didier Drogba and…

Aregbesola extols Justice Eso at farewell session

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Thursday said in Osogbo that the late jurist, Justice Kayode Eso,…

21-12-12: Hours away to a new era or end of the world?

TIKAL, Guatemala (AFP) – Tucked away in thick forest, an exquisite site of Mayan ruins began hosting winter solstice ceremonies…

Nigeria: Jonathan, Kukah praise Yakowa at burial

The remains of former Governor of Kaduna State Patrick Yakowa were buried at his country home at Fadan Kagoma on…

Audu, ex-Nigerian governor declared wanted

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared former governor of Kogi State , Abubakar Audu wanted for offences…

Nigeria: Inconsolable wailing as Yakowa makes final exit

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Amina, wife of late Kaduna Governor, Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa told the weeping mammoth crowd of villagers ,…

French worker abducted in Northern Nigeria

A group of 30 gunmen who stormed a residence in Rimi, near Katsina in northern Nigeria where expatriate workers were…

UEFA: Tough ties for Man U, Real, AC Milan, Barca

. Arsenal too faces Bayern Munich’s daunting Obstacle AC Milan versus Barcelona and Real Madrid versus Manchester United are the…

Jonathan leads FG delegation to Yakowa’s burial today

The Federal Executive Council devoted its weekly meeting on Wednesday to the honour of six victims of last Saturday’s fatal…

Pension boss snubs Nigerian senate

The Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Wednesday failed to…

E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E: Nigerian Navy Air Squadron, A Disaster

The Nigerian Navy whose helicopter crashed in  Bayelsa State on Saturday,  15 December, 2012, killing the Kaduna State Governor, Patrick…