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NNPC pipeline gutted as thieves siphon fuel

Kazeem Ugbodaga T The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, near Arepo area of Ogun State,…

Jigawa electoral commission suspends results in 2 councils

The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JSIEC) on Sunday in Dutse announced the suspension of council elections in Hadejia and…

Bafarawa carpets parties for lack of ideology

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Sunday said that lack of party ideology was…

CHAN: Nigeria break South Africa’s heart for quarter finals

A brace from Ejike Uzoenyi and a penalty goal from Ede Ifeanyi ensured that Nigeria’s Super Eagles proved critics wrong…

8 candidates in the race for CAR’s interim presidency

Eight candidates are in the race for the interim presidency of strife-torn Central African Republic, the transitional parliament announced Sunday.…

Ex-army chief tackles northern elders over ICC trial call

The former Chief of Staff of the Nigerian army, Azubuike Ihejirika, on Sunday in Abuja said the call by some…

Robbery kingpin, Tijani dies in Kirikiri Prison

Alleged cross-border robbery kingpin Hamani Tijani, has died. He died on Sunday after a partial stroke at the Kirikiri Maximum…

Okonjo-Iweala: Africa needs to tackle corruption, not trivialise it

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, was guest speaker at a TEDxEuston forum last December, where she discussed the…

APC slams police commission, Presidency over Mbu

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the tacit defence of the Rivers State Police…

View from abroad: Rivers crisis as bad omen for 2015

It is a classic Nigerian dispute, combining powerful politicians, patronage, personal rivalries, wider claims of corruption and bickering over lucrative…

Serena Williams dumped out of Aussie Open, Li Na wins

Ana Ivanovic has dumped out World number one, Serena Williams from the Australian Open. The Serb, seeded 14th in the…

PDP sweeps council polls in Jigawa

The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the council positions so far declared by the Jigawa Independent Electoral Commission (JSIEC).…

Revealed: Nigerians in Saudi change names to avoid deportation

Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Alhaji Abubakar Bunu, has said that many Nigerian emigrants in that…

Governor Obi now national leader of APGA

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has appointed Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra as its national leader and Chairman of…

Oshiomhole has my vote for Presidency, says Fashola

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says he will support his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, should…

South Sudan retakes Bor from rebels

South Sudanese government forces backed by Ugandan troops on Saturday recaptured the strategic town of Bor, defeating an army of…

Man serving life jail gets bachelor’s degree

A middle aged man , Tuwanse Kabiru, serving life sentence, on Saturday, graduated with 4,308 students who bagged various degrees…

Tobias Idika, Ndigbo leader in Kano dies

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Kano, northwest Nigeria has lost its President, Chief Tobias Michael Onyemachi Idika to the cold hands…

Day of reckoning for extremist Islamic judge

(Reuters) – Mali’s army has arrested a hardline Islamist judge who ordered floggings, amputations and the stoning of women for…

Thousands protest against Blaise Compaore

At least 10,000 people marched in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital Saturday to protest against plans by President Blaise Compaore that…

Nigerian gays plan protest in Abuja

Simon Ateba Nigerian gays and lesbians, under the aegis of ‘The Right Defense’, are daring President Goodluck Jonathan, and would…

Botmang, ex-Plateau state governor dies

A former governor of Plateau, Mr Michael Botmang, is dead, his son, Mr Dadung Botmang, confirmed. Dadung said his father…

Pastor Wins N5million In Glo Text4Millions

Luka Yakubu, a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor and fifteen other lucky subscribers have won prizes in the ongoing…

Female voters shun Jigawa council polls

The local Council polls in Jigawa state, northwest Nigeria, was marked by low turn-out of female voters. NAN reported that…

News Analysis: In Nigeria, pastors make us eat grass too!

ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE   Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries, in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria, South Africa, early this month,…

Rivers group notifies police about another rally

The Save Rivers Movement, organisers of a police-botched rally last Sunday, have scheduled another rally for Khana Local Government Area…

Soku oil wells belong to Rivers state, says David West

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the controversy deepens over who owns Soku oil wells between the Rivers State Government and the…

California declares drought emergency

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday due to what could be the western US state’s worst…

Cyberattack traced to ‘zombie’ refrigerator

Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large “botnet” which…

Repentant Nigerian homosexual flogged in public

A 20-year-old Nigerian was flogged in public and fined after being convicted of breaking Islamic law banning homosexuality, an official…