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My Experience In Kidnappers’ Den, By Victim

A victim of kidnapping who wants his identity hidden for security reasons, narrates his unpleasant three-day experience in the hands…

Kidnapping Not Rampant In Delta State

Paul Odili, Manager, Communication/Adviser to Governor Uduaghan, told JETHRO IBILEKE that kidnapping is not on the rise in Delta state.…

Calabar: Lesbians Reign

Lesbianism finds a fertile ground in Calabar Mrs. Janet Ishi of Orok Orok Street, Calabar, capital of Cross River State,…

Dangote donates N200million to flood victims

Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has donated N200 million to victims of flood in Nigeria’s Kogi state. The donation is…

Heroin Hidden In Football, Rugs Seized At Lagos Airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Sniffer dogs, used by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have detected three consignments…

Biafra : Awolowo replies Achebe from the grave

Nigeria’s literary legend, Chinua Achebe in his latest memoir on the defunct Biafra, accused a Nigerian political legend, Obafemi Awolowo…

Debate: Is President Jonathan Right on Bakassi Peninsula?

The International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruled on 10 October 2002 that Bakassi belonged to Cameroon and must be transferred…

House boy steals N25m jewellery of General Bajowa’s wife

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Thieves appear to be targeting the treasure boxes of wives of Nigeria’s retired generals with another case of…

Romney combats Obama in first debate

Denver, Colorado (AFP)Republican challenger Mitt Romney performed strongly Wednesday in his first presidential debate, putting Barack Obama on the back…

4 Nigerian peace-keepers killed in Darfur

An ambush in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed four Nigerian peacekeepers and wounded eight, the UN-African Union Mission (UNAMID) said…

Mariam Abacha’s $125k stolen jewellery recovered

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Nigerian police in kano said they have recovered jewellery worth $125,000 stolen by bandits from Mrs. Mariam…

Patience Jonathan battles Cancer

Moyo Fabiyi Since 28 August 2012 when it was reported that Patience, the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan was flown…

Seme-Border Customs Arrests Couple With Drugs

Simon Ateba Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service at Seme Border have arrested a couple (names withheld) with 30 compressed…

Tinubu, ACN leader promises better deal for Ondo people

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria said on Tuesday that an ACN government would…

Nigeria: 32 Students Massacred

At least 32 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, have been killed. Though our correspondent said…

Boko Haram leader warns over anti-Islam movie

The suspected leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect, has issued a threat in a YouTube video over a US-made anti-Islam…

Henry Okah’s trial begins in South Africa

On a day that Nigeria is marking its 52nd independence anniversary, Henry Okah, the man suspected to have confined President…

Jonathan: Nigeria making steady progress

AN ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY ANNIVERSARY ON MONDAY, 1STOCTOBER, 2012…

Untold story of AbdulMutallab, the underwear bomber

7 Actions News investigator, Scott Lewis has revealed new insights about Nigeria’s failed Underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. Lewis…

Delta commissioner kidnapped

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha has been seized by unidentified gunmen. He was kidnapped…

October 1: Jonathan keeps off Eagle Square

Nigeria’s president for the second year will be holed in his official residence at Aso Villa while he celebrated Nigeria’s…

Nigeria not yet a nation

The happy estimation of Nigeria as a nation has proved unjustifiable BAMIDELE JOHNSON In the last one year, even the…

Nigeria stunted at 52

Ademola Adegbamigbe At 52, Nigeria is suffering from arrested development. Almost at the same time, Nigeria and some Third World…

Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…

Debate: Should Nigerian military officers retire at 70?

The Nigerian Army says it has begun the process of reviewing upward to 70 years, the retirement age for its…

Lateef Adegbite, Islam’s spokesman dies

Dr Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, lawyer, former attorney general for Western Nigeria, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and its spokesman…

Hajj flights suspended as 509 female pilgrims deported

The Saudi authorities have stepped up the deportation of unaccompanied Nigerian female pilgrims, sending back to Nigeria 508 of them…

Achebe out with memoir on Biafra

Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, often called the father of modern African literature, released his first major work in years Thursday with…

Nnimmoh Bassey wins Rafto prize

Nigeria’s human rights and environmental campaigner, Nnimoh Bassey has won this year’s Norwegian Rafto Prize in recognition of his long-term…

171 Nigerian female pilgrims home after Saudi ban

About 171 of Nigerian unaccompanied female pilgrims, barred from entering Jeddah for the annual Hajj by the Saudi authorities, returned…