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900 kg of cocaine in floating rucksacks seized in Spain

Spanish police seized 900 kilograms (nearly 2,000 pounds) of cocaine in rucksacks found floating in the sea and fitted with…

Mandela’s Will released, Graca Machel gets half

Nelson Mandela left portions of his roughly $4.1-million estate to his wife Graca Machel, family members, staff, schools and the…

Gunmen sack Nigerian police station

Unidentified gunmen early on Monday attacked a Police Station in Soro town of Bauchi state,in Northern Nigeria, injuring a policeman.…

OBJ Preaches At CAN Crusade

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has been invited along with other pastors to preach at the forthcoming crusade organised by the…

FG’s Agreement Yet To Materialise —ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is yet to receive allocations which were agreed upon last year. This was…

2 Women Charged With Buying Stolen Baby

The police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti Yaba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Onitsha-based business…

3 die as small plane crashes near Johannesburg

A light aircraft crashed Monday at Johannesburg’s Lanseria airport in South Africa, killing all three people aboard, an official at…

Lagos chief, 2 others arrested for extortion

Kazeem Ugbodaga A Lagos chief, a 71-year old man and another alleged accomplice have been arrested for alleged extortion over…

Investigation: Why housewife killed doctor

Cyriacus Izuekwe The real motive, a 35-year old woman, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, allegedly killed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, who…

I Have Never Been Booed On Stage —Tatafo

—Seun Bisuga & Edwin Usoboh Nigerian comedienne, Helen Paul, popularly known as Tatafo, says she has never been booed on…

In video: Nigerian cop recorded asking for dollar bribe

Another Nigerian policeman has been caught on video demanding American dollars after apprehending a Nigerian-American and two other Nigerians for…

Yero says killing of Sheikh Albani ‘satanic and wicked’

Governor Mukhtar Yero of the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has described the killing of renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad…

Fire guts ninth floor of St. Nicholas Hospital

A room on the ninth floor of Nigeria’s first elite private hospital, St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, was gutted by…

Saraki blames National Assembly for improper budget scrutiny

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE A Nigerian senator representing one of the districts of Kwara state has attributed the impunity with which the…

Atiku: Why I dumped PDP (Full statement)

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release Abuja, 2nd February, 2014 AFTER CONSULTATION, IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO APC. LET THE…

Ex-Nigerian Vice-president, Atiku quits ruling party

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Sunday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s ruling party since…

South Africa: Opposition coalition against Zuma collapses

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday announced the collapse of a deal to have former anti-apartheid stalwart Mamphela…

Sokoto to sink 40 boreholes at N140.75mn each

The Sokoto State Government, in northern Nigeria, says it has earmarked N5.63 billion for the sinking of 40 boreholes and…

NGE wants police find killers of Newswatch editor

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to track down the…

God will overcome Boko Haram, says Onaiyekan

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Sunday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the challenges of Boko…

Cleric cautions against revenge killings over Sheikh Albani

An Islamic cleric, Malam Musa Mai-Shawi, on Sunday cautioned people against reprisal attack, following the assassination of Sheik Muhammad Albani,…

Education colleges teachers plan mass protests

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) on Sunday threatened to embark on a mass demonstration very soon if…

Boko Haram kill Muslim couple, child and pastor

Nigeria’s Boko Haram was suspected Sunday of killing a popular Muslim cleric, his wife and child in the northern city…

Are the Obamas heading for divorce?

Is the 21-year old marriage of President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, heading for the rocks? Speculations about the…

Gays in South Africa form party to contest polls

A new party that will defend gays and lesbians against violence and persecution will stand in South Africa’s elections this…

Football: Libya are CHAN 2014 champions

Libya won their first continental tournament Saturday after beating Ghana in the African Nations Championship 4-3 on penalties when their…

Nigeria beat Zimbabwe for CHAN bronze medal

Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Super Eagles were able to settle for bronze medal of the 2014 African Nations Championship, CHAN, after…

Kano APC gets caretaker committee

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano chapter, on Saturday appointed a caretaker committee to oversee its affairs. The committee was…

Abiola’s wife joins 2015 race for Lagos governoship seat

Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday declared that she would contest the…

Nigerian with 107 Citi Bank cards arrested at Lagos airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A 36-year old Nigerian, with two different international passports, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International…