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Boko Haram: Cameroon deploys troops to Nigeria border

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, on Tuesday said that Cameroon had deployed about 1,000 soldiers to Nigerian…

We are winning war against Boko Haram, says Army Chief

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Tuesday in Lagos that the Army was winning the war against…

Police to establish 26-bed hospital in 6 zones

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, says the force will establish a 26-bed cottage hospital in each of the six…

Daniels vows to oust Amosun in 2015

Funsho Balogun In an extensive and no-holds-barred interaction session with journalists at Kresta Laurel Complex, Maryland on Tuesday, Gbenga Daniels,…

Driver, five children killed in minibus crash

Five children aged 10 to 12 and their driver were killed Tuesday when the minibus they were travelling in crashed…

FG approves N25bn for project implementation in 250 LGAs

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says the Federal Government has approved N25 billion in 250 Local Government Areas (LGAs) for…

Kaduna Senator wants fleeing Fulanis to return

Senator Nenadi Usman (PDP-Kaduna South) on Tuesday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State urged the Fulanis who fled the area out of…

Thai king endorses junta’s new constitution

Thailand’s junta won approval from the king Tuesday for an interim constitution mapping out year-long political reforms expected to curb…

‘I Never Knew I Would Make It To 85’

Eromosele Ebhomele An excited first civilian governor of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, Monday told guests at…

Divorce Drama: ‘We Had Sex Before Coming To Court’

Cyriacus Izuekwe There was a mild drama at Ejigbo Customary Court in Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Monday when a…

Why I Want To Run On PDP Platform —Agbaje

Jamiu Yisa Former Lagos State governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Alliance, DPA, in the 2007 polls, Jimi Agbaje, has…

Stop Extortion, Harassment Of Lagosians

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has warned officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA,  to…

Fashola inaugurates panel on burnt BRT buses

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday 21 July inaugurated a three-man panel of enquiry to probe the 4…

Jonathan meets with parents of Chibok Girls

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met with parents of some of the schoolgirls who were kidnapped by men of Boko…

‘How Nigerians Fuel Boko Haram Insurgency’

Eromosele Ebhomele It was a gathering of political and community leaders in Yaba area of the Mainland Constituency 2 of…

France nabs three suspected jihadists

Two men and a woman have been arrested in a dawn raid in southern France on suspicion of recruiting fighters…

Turkey arrests over 50 senior police officers in new swoop

Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office,…

China policeman executed for killing pregnant woman

A policeman in China who shot dead a pregnant woman while drunk and injured her husband was executed for the…

Adamawa: Acting governor distances presidency from Nyako’s impeachment

The Acting Governor of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fintri, on Monday distanced the presidency from the impeachment of former Govover Murtala Nyako…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

2015: PDP group rejects governorship slot to Ibadan, blames Fayose

A political pressure group in Oyo State, Ibadan PDP Forum, on Monday rejected the call to restrict the party’s governorship…

Nigerian teen arrested after killing brother, brutalising mother in New York

Charles Okonkwo Jr., a Long Island, New York, teenager with a history of psychiatric problems killed his 15-year old brother…

Jonathan lambasts Buhari, says he is a blameless president

President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a swipe at former head of state General Muhammadu Buhari after the latter accused him…

Policeman, 5 others arrested for vandalism

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti on Monday said it had arrested a police corporal and…

Daniel accuses Amosun of destroying Ogun state economy

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Ogun state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has continued to pick holes in the programmes of his successor,…

Ezekwesili seeking unnecessary importance – DSS

Marilyn Ogar, spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), has denied a report that Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, a coordinator…

Two dead in Nigeria Air force crash

Nigeria Defence headquarters has confirmed that one of the pilots of Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter which crashed on a training…

Boko Haram has not taken over Damboa – Defence HQ

The Federal Government has said Ismalist sect Boko Haram has not taken over Damboa town in Borno state. FG will…

Conduct credible elections in Osun, US ambassador urges Jega

By Simon Ateba James Entwistle, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has urged professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman Independent National Electoral…

Nigerian Air Force Helicopter Crashes In Borno

Nigeria’s Defence authorities on Monday afternoon confirmed the crash of a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in…