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19 pregnant girls freed in latest baby factory bust

Nigeria’s police said Friday they had raided a home in Umuahia, capital of Abia state where 19 pregnant women were…

UNN staff protest appointment of new pro-chancellor

Administrative and academic activities were paralysed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Friday as the workers protested the…

Boko Haram storms Bama Barracks

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said Boko Haram terrorists’ launched an attack on Bama Barracks, Borno in the early hours of…

Woman charged with murder of her son

A petty trader and single parent, Titilayo Odedele has been charged with the murder of her own son at the…

Kabiru Sokoto, Christmas Day Bomber Jailed for Life

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday sentenced Kabiru Umar a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, a Boko…

Police Commission Promotes 2 AIGs, 3 CPs

The Nigerian Police Service Commission has announced the promotion of two Assisatnt Inspectors-General of Police, Messrs. Michael Zuokumor and Jonathan…

Gospel Singer Turns Sex Goddess

Controversial Nigerian gospel singer, who is well known for her x-rated photographs, Caroline Sam, popularly known as Maheeda, has revealed…

Tukur Gets Governors, Reps Approval

The Peoples Democratic Party governors and House of Representatives members have passed a vote of confidence on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,…

Nigerian troops kill 13 Boko Haram robbers

The Nigerian army said Thursday it had killed 13 suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a shootout near the border with…

Nigerian state outlaws begging

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the northern Nigerian state of Kano on Thursday signed the Street Begging Prohibition Bill 2013 into…

Reps want Jonathan review Oduah’s status as minister

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Nigerian House of Representatives has endorsed the report of its House Committee on Aviation, which had…

‘Not enough evidence for Kenyatta trial’, says ICC prosecutor

THE HAGUE, (AFP) – International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda admitted Thursday she no longer has enough evidence to try…

Ukrainian woman goes topless for the Pope

A leader of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen bared herself near St Peter’s Square on Thursday shouting “Christmas is cancelled!”…
More details emerge of the meeting between President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the NNPP's Musa Kwankwaso in Paris, France last week.

Kwankwaso formally joins APC

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the northern Nigerian state of Kano, has formally declared for the All progressives Congress (APC). He…

WAEC releases poor November SSCE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released what its official called ‘a discouraging’ result for the November/December 2013 West…

No work, no pay, Oshiomhole tells striking doctors

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo Thursday reprimanded doctors for joining the ongoing nationwide…

Lagos PDP passes vote of confidence on Jonathan

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has passed vote of confidence of President Goodluck…

PDP asks Tambuwal declare vacant seats of 37 defected Reps

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is definitely not ready to allow Wednesday’s defection of 37 members in the House of…

Lagos Assembly probes council manager over alleged theft

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Council Manager of Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area of the Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr. Adedeko…

Okonjo Iweala: 28 percent of budget for capital expenses

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday presented a budget estimate of N4.6 trillion to the National Assembly for the…

Adebolajo, Adebowale found guilty of soldier’s murder

Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, have been found guilty of the murder of British soldier, Lee Rigby. The…

Doctors Strike: LASUTH Sends Patients Home

The management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja , Lagos, western Nigeria this morning discharged patients from…

Fashola Orders Prosecution Of Banger Importers

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered the Attorney-General of the state to prosecute two suspected importers of fireworks…

Pastor Jailed 20 Years For Raping Pregnant, Deaf Woman

A 38-year old pastor of the Abuakwa branch of Miracle House Ministry in the Ashanti Region, has been sentenced to…

I Will Not Deny My Letter, Iyabo Obasanjo Tells Family Members

The first daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has refused entreaties by family members, friends and political leaders to…

Okonjo-Iweala Presents 2014 Budget Estimates To National Assembly

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy laid the 2014 budget estimates separately…

UK deports Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike

A Nigerian failed asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for around 100 days was removed from Britain on…

Gunmen kill OOU lecturer

Gunmen have killed a lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, western Nigeria. The victim, Dr Segun Onabanjo,…

Rivers State: Justice Wali’s office bombed

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the office of the Mr Tele Ikuru,the Deputy Governor Rivers State was…

Those fighting me will fail in 2014, says Ikuforiji

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE As the world looks towards the Christmas and New Year celebrations, Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State…