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‘Nobody Can Stop Me From Becoming Lagos Governor’

Though he is still waiting on God to decide his next political moves, Speaker of the Lagos State House of…

US government shutdown ends as Obama signs bill

President Barack Obama signed early Thursday a bill ending the two-week US government shutdown and extending the Treasury’s borrowing authority.…

Ngige at fund raising dinner unfolds agenda

The All Progressives Congress Candidate in the November Governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Dr, Chris Ngige,…

SSP, Olamide, Jimmy Jatt Kick-off Felabration With A Bang

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/AYODELE EFUNLA The seventh edition of Felabration, the annual musical festival dedicated to late Nigerian Afrobeat music legend Fela…

Babalola, Oshiomhole, others campaign for Fayemi

Activities marking the third anniversary of Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti on Wednesday witnessed some…

Durbar cancelled Over Emir Bayero’s health

The Kano Emirate Council, in northern Nigeria on Wednesday said that the traditional Durbar to commemorate the Eid-el-Kabir celebration was…

Sagay: Those attacking Jonathan’s confab lack focus

Kazeem Ugbodaga Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay has lashed out at those criticizing the proposed National Conference by President Goodluck…

Sister of Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s adviser kidnapped

The Nigerian Police Command in southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed the kidnap of Mrs Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister…

Report: 1000 detainees die in Nigeria, AI claims

Nearly 1,000 people, mostly suspected Boko Haram militants, died in Nigerian jails in the first half of this year, Amnesty…

Nigerian troops foil Boko Haram multi-front attacks, kill 40

Amidst report of extra-judicial killings of Boko Haram suspects by Nigeria’s military, while suspects were under their custody, Nigeria’s military…

Ex Senegal Coach, Metsu Dies At 59

French coach Bruno Metsu, best known for leading Senegal into the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, has…

Man with cocaine in food flasks arrested

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 39-year-old man, who imported 7.45kg of cocaine valued…

Jonathan to combine work with spiritualism in Jerusalem

The signing of a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the State of Israel will top President Goodluck Jonathan’s agenda…

Muslim pilgrims complete hajj ritual by stoning the devil

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims converged on Mina valley in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to join a symbolic stoning of the…

Multiple accident causes gridlock on Lekki-Epe Expressway

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE But for the quick intervention of officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, it would have been a…

Sallah Day terror: Microphone bomb kills governor

On a day that muslim pilgrims gathered in Mina, Saudi Arabia to pelt the devil with stones, terrorists in Muslim…

Jonathan, governors preach peace on Sallah day

The need for peace in Nigeria is the central theme of the messages by Nigeria’s political leaders to Muslims as…

Chilean announces suicide via programmed tweet

Injecting suicide into social media, a Chilean chemist left his country stunned Monday after programming a Twitter message to announce…

Okonjo-Iweala accuses Liechtenstein of not releasing Abacha’s loot

Nigeria accused Liechtenstein of using legal challenges as a pretext to cling on to 185 million euros ($250 million) stolen…

Muslim pilgrims set to stone the devil

Throngs of Muslim pilgrims converged Monday on Muzdalifah to prepare for Eid al-Adha feast after a day of prayer on…

Fashola: Nigeria must punish those behind aviation woes

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to mete out appropriate…

Bob Marley’s Widow Preaches Unity In Africa

Nana Rita Marley, Widow of late Jamaican reggae artiste, Bob Marley, has urged Africans and black people in the Diaspora…

Woman Charged With Stabbing Man Over N100

A 20-year old woman, Toyin Somorin, was on Monday charged with stabbing her neighbour in the chest with a pair…

In Pictures: Fifth Edition Of Felabration

Faces at the The fifth edition of the Fela Debates “Movement of the people” The Fela and Bob Marley perspectives,…

Sallah: Police Boss Orders Tight Security

As Muslim faithful in Nigeria mark the 2013 Eid-el-Kabir, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered tight security nationwide…

ASUU Leaders: They Want Us Dead

Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities of Ibadan, UI chapter, have cried out over threat to their lives.…

Generator Fire Kills Father, 2 Children

A 50-year old Togolese and his two children were burnt to death at the Ikotun area of Alimosho Local Government,…

CAN Decries State Of The Nation

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, (Northern Zone) has decried the prevailing situation in the country especially as it pertains…

Prices Of Ram Soar In Lagos

Survey from some ram markets across Lagos metropolis this morning  have shown that  prices of rams have soared beyond the…

Contract Scam Rocks Nigeria Police

A mullti-billion naira contract scam is currently rocking the FCT Police Command where the head of the Payroll Office is…