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Jonathan/Amaechi: Soyinka warns on political pettiness

Okafor Ofiebor/ Port-Harcourt Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has expressed alarm at the way that the judiciary is being debased…

Auto dealer killed in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A Kano-based businessman, Abdullahi Abdulkadir was reportedly killed by gunmen Sunday night in Kano, northwest Nigeria, according to…

INEC debunks report on APC rejection

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that there is no truth in reports in some newspapers that…

Jonathan: Nigeria facing ‘trying moments’

President Goodluck Jonathan, expanding on the theme of his speech in Jos at the weekend, said today that Nigeria is…

Argentina bishop forced to pay for sex abuse

An Argentina court ordered a bishop from a town outside Buenos Aires to pay damages of $30,000 plus ten years’…

Report: Living in US raises risk of allergies

Children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the…

Funso Williams murder: PHCN spoils exhibits for trial of suspects

Some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers Chief Funso Williams, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples…

Man kills his own killer in the dream world

A Nigerian has been arrested in Abakaliki, capital of the eastern state of Ebonyi over the murder of a 25…

PDP suspends Rivers Speaker, 26 assembly members

The political conflict within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers state took a new turn today…

Al Qaeda threatens to hit France

France is “playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that…

Bees under threat of extinction

Bees play a key role in human food production, pollinating more than two-thirds of the world’s 100 most important crop…

N3bn Nollywood Largesse Not Loans —Okonjo-Iweala

The N3 billion intervention fund which President Goodluck Jonathan promised the Nigerian film industry last month will not be shared…

5 killed in Nigeria terror attack

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Ringim No fewer than five people died during Sunday night attack on Ringim town, Jigawa state, northwest Nigeria. Sources…

Mob attacks PHCN Office Over Crazy Bill

An angry mob in Abaranje, Ikotun area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, went on the rampage and attacked the staff of…

Atiku decries culture of intolerance

Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that despite the end of military rule more than a decade ago…

Lagos LGs: No Going Back On Tenure Extension

The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on plan to amend the Local Government Administration Law to…

Bill Against Terrorism, Kidnapping In Lagos Coming

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, are currently considering a bill to criminalise acts of terrorism,…

4 Friends Gang-Rape Woman

A 24-year old woman (name withheld) has allegedly been raped by four friends in Olodi Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…

Lagos Shuts 30 Illegal Medicine Outlets

The Lagos State Government has shut down 30 illegal patent medicine outlets in Lekki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Officials…

Lagos wants court dismiss anti-bridge toll suit

Government of the Nigerian state of Lagos on Monday asked a Federal High Court to dismiss a suit challenging its…

ACN Denies INEC’s Objection To Use Of APC Acronym

The National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Muhammed has denied the media report that the…

Botswana president clawed by cheetah

Botswana’s President Ian Khama has received two stitches in his face after being clawed by a cheetah, a government spokesman…

T.B. Joshua Frees Nollywood Actress From Demons

Nollywood veteran actress, Camilla Mberekpe, popularly known as Mama Eko, was at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, on…

Ghastly accident claims family of 7

A ghastly motor accident has killed a family of seven on the Katsina-Kano road, northwest Nigeria. The dead were all…

‘I Planned Fuel Station Robbery’

A petrol station manager, Adewale Ilesanmi, 33, has allegedly confessed to the police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, how he arranged…

Boko Haram Bombs Ex-IG’s Home

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram on Sunday bombed many places in Ringim town in the Ringim Local Government…
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Jonathan, Tinubu praise Adenuga as he clocks 60

Monday is the 60th birthday of Nigeria’s business mogul and chairman of Globacom, Mike Adenuga. On the eve, of the…

Lagos college wins technovation contest

Princeton College (Princeton Girls in IT), a Lagos team, has won the Technovation Challenge competition in the African region. In…

Amaechi denies operating jet without permit

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State government said it has not been formally notified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority…

Nigerian army: No mass grave in Baga

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) fact-finding team to Baga has returned to present its report to the Chief of Defence Staff…