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OOU, Medical students at loggerhead over fees

The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, has refused to honour the invitation of the Ogun House of Assembly…

Toll on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Court gives date for ruling

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed 25 April for ruling on the Lagos State Government’s application…

US denounces ‘senseless’ Nigeria bombing

The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack on a packed bus station in Nigeria which killed 71 people,…

US woman charged with serial killing of her newborn babies

A US woman accused of killing six of her own newborn babies appeared in a court Monday and was held…

Govt discovers 7,000 ghost students on scholarship

Niger state government said it uncovered 7,000 ghost students on the payroll of its scholarship board. The Commissioner for Tertiary…

UK condemns Abuja bus station bomb attack

The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned today’s bus station bomb attack at Nyanya in Abuja, which killed…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Abuja Blasts: PDP blames APC

Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) accused the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for the bomb attack that claimed scores…

APGA: Court dismisses Victor Umeh’s application

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed the stay of execution application brought by Chief Victor Umeh…

14 year-old bride charged with murder

A 14 year-old bride, Wasila Tasi’u, was on Monday charged before a Rijiyar Zaki Magistrates’ Court in Kano for alleged…

Abuja bomb blasts: Survivors recount lucky escape

Some of the survivors of the twin bomb blasts at Nyanya Bus Station, Abuja have spoken about their lucky escape.…

Police confirm Bauchi village attack

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that unknown gunmen shot and injured one person in an attack in Wasasa…

Jonathan visits bomb blast scene, hospital

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to be conscious and observant of possible security threat around them, to reduce…

Saraki urges Jonathan call broadbased meeting on security

Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Chairman of Nigeria’s Senate committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan…

Jungle Justice: How Lagos Mob Lynched Landlord’s Son

Simon Ateba & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A man, accused of being a thief and a child kidnapper, who was lynched in…

Bakare To Senate: Doctor National Confab Report, Bury Yourselves

Eromosele Ebhomele Serving  Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, and a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, Pastor Tunde Bakare,…

Jehovah’s Witnesses Decry Marriage Restriction

Cyriacus Izuekwe Some Jehovah’s Witnesses have decried the restriction on them not to marry Christians of other denominations. Members of…

Abuja Bus station blasts came from 2 bombs, 71 killed

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja with agency reports The confirmed toll from the twin bombing of a bus station near the capital Abuja…

Polio: Nigeria 2nd Largest Country With Unimmunised Kids

Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria accounts for 3.8 million of the estimated 22.6 million unimmunised children against polio living in different countries…

Tenant Thrown Down Storey Building Dies

Yusuf Muhammed A 23-year old tenant thrown down a storey building in Lagos has died in a hospital. The bricklayer…

JAMB: Medical Doctor Arrested For Malpractice

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, on Sunday, said it arrested a medical doctor (name withheld)…

DNA tests at French school to find rapist

LA ROCHELLE (AFP) – More than 500 male students and staff were to give DNA samples in an unprecedented operation…

South Africa: Anti-apartheid hero urges voters to shun ANC

One of South Africa’s ruling party stalwarts will launch a campaign urging voters to shun the African National Congress in…

Pistorius killed Steenkamp after argument, says prosecutor

Oscar Pistorius argued with his girlfriend shortly before shooting her dead, the prosecution lawyer alleged Monday as his gruelling cross-examination…

Vote-counting begins in Guinea-Bissau

Vote counting began in Guinea-Bissau after a heavy turnout in Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections meant to bring stability to…

Abuja bomb blast: “I saw many people in the bus dead”, says witness

A witness to the early morning bomb blast at a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Abuja today has…

At least 20 dead in Abuja bomb blast

A bomb blast at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja killed at least 20 people…

Bomb blast at Abuja bus stop, many injured

A loud bomb blast has rocked a bus station on the outskirts of Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The station at…

Boko Haram massacre 60 people near Cameroon border

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday killed at least 60 people in Nigeria’s troubled Borno state close to the border…

APC accuses Jonathan of violating Nigeria’s electoral law

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of engaging…

Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Heavy rainstorm wreaked havoc in Lagos on Sunday as properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in some…