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20 injured as church building collapses in Bayelsa

No fewer than 20 persons were injured on Monday when an uncompleted church building collapsed during downpour in Agudama-Epie, near…

US court jails man who sent lethal letter to Obama

A Mississippi man who concocted and then sent potentially lethal ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other senior US…

Religion not yardstick for next governor – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday described as baseless calls that the next governor of the state should…

Abducted Schoolgirls: British spy plane breaks down

Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Monday said that a spy plane sent to help in the search for the Chibok…

Boko Haram: Northern Governors want surveillance scale up

The Northern States Governors Forum on Monday called on security agencies working to contain the activities of the dreaded Boko…

Aisha Falode petitions Tambuwal over son’s death in Dubai

Ms Aisha Falode, an ace sports commentator has petitioned the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, over the death…

FG urges states to revive school feeding programme

The Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Monday urged various state governments to resuscitate the Home Grown School Feeding Programme…

Insecurity: FIRS shuts three offices

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has shut three of its offices in Adamawa because of insurgency, NAN said. The…

Gbenga Daniel, Mimiko ignorant and uninformed – Ogun Govt.

Ogun State Government has said it sympathised with former Governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel over his ignorant and…

APC loses 4 lawmakers to PDP in Edo State

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four members of the 26-man Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of the All Progressives…

Monitor your students, NDLEA urges tertiary institutions

The NDLEA in Ekiti state on Monday urged the authorities of tertiary institutions to ensure effective monitoring of their students.…

APC Raises Alarm Over Arrest Of Members In Bayelsa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the arrest and persistent harassment of its members in Bayelsa…

Albinos seek government support

The Secretary of Albino Foundation in Adamawa, Mr Bamsida Eli, has urged the state government to extend its youth empowerment…

LASPOTECH Lecturer Remembered, One Year After Demise

Harrison Iyoha Students of Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, have continued to pay glowing tributes to late lecturer, Prince Adesoji Adetola…

LASTMA, VIO Impound 113,200 Vehicles Over Traffic Violations

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Managment Authority, LASTMA, and the Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, have impounded over…

Afenifere Threatens Secession

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the National Conference enters its plenary session Monday, the Afenifere has demanded for a regional autonomy to…

39 pass exam for Presidential Scholarship

No fewer than 39 candidates passed the examination for the second edition of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation…

Confab: 14 C’tees submit reports, 6 outstanding

The National Conference resumed plenary on Monday to receive reports of the 20 Standing Committees assigned to handle “critical national…

News Analysis: End Of Boko Haram Near

The declaration of ‘war’ on Boko Haram extremists by African leaders at a security summit in Paris is a major…

Housewife Jailed After Husband Escapes

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year old housewife, Shola Afolayan, has been sent to Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, over…

Police Foil Fresh Bombing In Kano

Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day…

Adeboye Suspends Hundreds Of Church Workers

By our correspondent The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Adejare Adeboye, has suspended workers of…

Oman court jails ex-minister 3 years for bribery

An Omani court has sentenced a former minister to three years in jail over graft charges, in a first for…

Singapore PM demands apology from blogger

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has demanded an apology from a local blogger for a posting seen as accusing…

Two Chinese workers kidnapped in Myanmar

Two Chinese men working at a controversial China-backed copper mine in Myanmar have been kidnapped by activists and monks who…

FCT minister cautions councillors on oversight functions

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Sunday cautioned councillors in the six area councils against undermining activities of their…

World Cup: Brazil fights sex tourism, child prostitution

As night falls, Adriana de Morais patrols the clubs and bars of Natal, one of Brazil’s World Cup host cities,…

31 children burn to death in bus accident

Thirty-one children were burned to death when their bus caught fire and exploded in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red…

Police: 4 killed in Kano car bomb

Four people were killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of…

Glo subscribers to be Special Guests at Wole Soyinka Prize

Subscribers of Nigeria’s indigenous telecommunication company, Globacom, who up their airtime usage by 50 per cent between now and 23…