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Soldiers go berserk, set BRT buses on fire on Ikorodu Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga, Tunde Adekeye & Simon Ateba Irate soldiers went on the rampage on Friday morning at Palmgroove area of…

Mother stabs teacher to death in front of students

A female teacher was stabbed to death Friday in front of her pupils at a primary school in the southern…

Cameron’s ex-aide jailed for 18 months for phone hacking

Andy Coulson, a former editor of the defunct News of the World tabloid and en ex-aide to British Prime Minister…

Putin congratulates Obama on Independence Day

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin congratulated US counterpart Barack Obama on America’s Independence Day Friday and expressed hope that bilateral relations…

S.African policemen sacked over videoed immigrant killing

Eight South African policemen have been sacked over the death of a Mozambican immigrant who was shown in graphic video…

84-year old TV star Rolf Harris faces jail for sex assaults

Television star Rolf Harris, a household name in Britain and Australia for over 50 years, faces jail on Friday when…

N220,000 fraud: Man Bags 14 years Jail term

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano on Wednesday sentenced one Stephen Onyekachi to 14 years…

Fashola employs 265 health tech graduates, appeals to striking doctors

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to call of its…

Overpass collapse kills two in Brazil

An unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup collapsed in Brazil’s southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing…

Queen to smash whiskey on Britain’s biggest warship

Queen Elizabeth II is to smash a bottle of whiskey over the British navy’s biggest ever ship at its naming…

INEC sends Osun REC on compulsory leave

Ambassador Rufus Akeju, Osun state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has been requested to proceed on leave of absence – for…

Bolivia allows child labour from age 10

Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific…

Lindsay Lohan sues creators of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the creators of “Grand Theft Auto V” over a character she contends is an unsanctioned…

Train bomb blast in Egypt injures five

A bomb blast in a train in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Thursday wounded five people, security officials said,…

US teen charged with trying to help jihadists

A United States teenager who agreed to marry a fighter from the militant network that is threatening to overrun Iraq…

France wants South Korea ferry owner event scrapped

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has called for a cultural event organised by a businessman wanted in connection with the…

150 killed in Sudan clan battle near oil field

A battle between rival Sudanese clans near an oil-drilling site killed 150 people and wounded 100 more, state-linked media reported…

Physically challenged man dumped in refuse heap

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A man living with disability and the only child of his late mother, identified as Danjuma, has been…

Confab: Nigeria to adopt new system of government

The National Conference on Thursday 3 July voted in favour of Modified Presidential System of Government following a recommendation by…

Confab dumps Obasanjo’s national anthem

The National Conference on Thursday 3 July unanimously adopted a proposal that Nigeria revert to her old National Anthem, “which…

Knocks For FG Over ASUP Strike

Damilare Okunola & Harrison Iyoha Students of various Nigerian polytechnics have blamed the protracted industrial action by their lecturers on…

Boko Haram Beats US Efforts To Choke Its Finances

When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture.…

‘Boko Haram Can Only Be Defeated If Corruption Ends’

An Italian nun who has been living in Southern Nigeria for the past 18 years has declared that Boko Haram…

Thai court sentences first anti-coup protester under junta rule

A Thailand court Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings,…

Google ‘forgets’ stories on BBC, UK newspaper sites

Google has restricted access to a BBC blog posting and several British newspaper stories under a legal ruling granting people…

Sect Can’t Break Nigeria —Soyinka

Nigeria is suffering greater carnage at the hands of Islamist group Boko Haram than it did during a secessionist civil…

‘Lagos Not For Politics Of Poverty And Stomach’

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured Lagosians that it is ready and prepared to…

Omisore Can’t Win Osun Election —Uncle

Eromosele Ebhomele A Lagos lawmaker and uncle to Iyoola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…

Jilted Graduate Commits Suicide

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young graduate, Oluwatosin Otaiku, has stabbed himself to death because he was jilted by his fiancee. The…

Police Corporal Lynched By Driver

A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…