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Fashola, Adefulire Decry Violence Against Women

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his Deputy, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire have decried rising cases of violence against women in…

Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…

Tory MP urged to resign over expense claims fraud

Pressure mounted on the British minister in charge of a new press regulation system on Sunday after a Conservative Party…

Indians troop to vote from Monday

The first Indian voters head to the polls Monday for the world’s biggest election, set to sweep the opposition Hindu…

Zamfara death toll jumps to 79

The death toll in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State rose to 79…

Jonathan postpones campaign launch for Fayose

President Goodluck Jonathan’s one-day campaign visit to Ekiti State, western Nigeria, scheduled for 8 April has been postponed. The President…

Nigerian military commanders linked With Boko Haram

A Nigerian soldier says he has witnessed incidents that suggest some Nigerian military commanders are working with Boko Haram, an…

How my ex-magistrate wife was killed–Wole Timehin

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The husband of Olufunmilayo Timehin, the slain retired magistrate in Ogun State has revealed that the alleged killer…

Okuneye, bizman shot dead inside a church

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck this morning in the western Nigerian city of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North local government area of…

11 Railway staff indicted for N1bn Fraud

Eleven officers in the finance, legal and audit departments of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have been indicted over a…

Senate to pass Bill on sexual violence, harassment

Senator Helen Esuene, Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youths Matters, has said a bill on sexual violence and…

Tinubu donates N3.2mn to Nigerian students in UK

Senator Remi Tinubu has donated 20,000 US dollars (N3.2 million) as take-off fund to assist Nigerian students studying in various…

I still miss my late deputy – Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said that the vacuum left by his late deputy, Funmilayo Olayinka, had remained…

Nigeria overtakes South Africa as the continent’s largest economy

Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent’s largest economy with a GDP of $453 billion in 2012, officials said…

Boko Haram attack kills 17 in Yobe

Boko Haram militants have attacked a village in Yobe state, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars ablaze, the…

Moro apologises for failed NIS recruitment

Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent botched Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment. Moro made…

INEC declares Ondo bye-election inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Ilaje/Ese Odo Federal Constituency bye-election inconclusive. Babatunde Adeyemi, Returning Officer for…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 30 in Zamfara

Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen stormed a meeting in Galadima, Zamfara state and killed 30 people, the police said.…

Nigerian soldiers storm Lagos community over missing gun

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Soldiers from Ibereko Barracks on the Badagry Expressway, in Lagos State have laid a siege on the Mowo…

Ban Ki Moon: UN Peacekeepers overwhelmed in CAR

(Reuters) – French and African soldiers serving in Central African Republic are “overwhelmed” by the “state of anarchy” in the…

Abducted Ebikeme Clark freed

The abducted son of Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark who was kidnapped last Wednesday has been released by his captors. Delta…

SERAP urges Fashola cancel new fees in LASU

A civil society, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to “urgently reverse…

US ship captain reveals oil theft business in Nigeria

Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren…

My 18-day ordeal with Nigerian pirates by US ship captain

.An American ship captain Wren Thomas said he is still haunted by his experience when under 18-day captivity by Nigeria’s…

Planes, ships deployed to investigate Chinese signal

Planes and ships have been deployed today to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black…

80 year-old nun, Italian priests abducted by terrorists in Cameroon

Who were the gunmen that kidnapped Italian priests, Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri and this 80 year-old Canadian nun in…

Mali’s prime minister resigns with cabinet

Mali’s first post-war prime minister has been replaced just six months into office after announcing the resignation of his entire…

Adesokan sets new world record in Powerlifting

The Nigeria Para-power Lifting team today won its first gold medal at the ongoing International Paralympics Committee (IPC), Powerlifting World…

I will be a grandfather soon – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would soon be  a grandfather. “People that saw me today didn’t recognise me. I…

Anambra police nab 19 kidnap suspects, warn criminals

The Anambra State Police Command on Saturday paraded 19 suspected kidnappers, along with seized arms and three bags of cannabis.…