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Egypt’s Morsi risks death penalty in first trial verdict

An Egyptian court could sentence deposed president Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday in the first verdict against the Islamist…

US set to sanction Patience Jonathan, Orubebe, others

First, it was the extradition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun central senator-elect Buruji Kashamu to the United States but…

Rivers of Blood: As four more are killed

…As APC decries killing of members Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state is gradually turning to a killing field as unknown…

Jonathan urged to hand over on May 29

Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), in Yobe, Alhaji Umar Kukuri, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to hand over power…

Bomb blast rocks Shiite mosque in Potiskum, 3 injured

A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on…

Buhari will not fail Nigerians – Wamakko

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has assured Nigerians that the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari will not fail the nation.…

U.S. Requests For Kashamu’s Extradition

The government of the United States of America has begun fresh moves to extradite Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to face drug…

Ado-Ekiti woman delivers twins after waiting for 14 years

Mrs Roseline Akinsola, 50, on Monday delivered a set of twins after 14 years of childlessness. The News Agency of…

We broke 70-year jinx in Lagos – TAN on electing non-indigenes

The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) on Sunday commended its efforts in breaking the over 70-year-old jinx of electing non-indigenes…

Senator Chukwumerije dies of cancer

Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche is dead. He died of cancer on Sunday, aged 75.…

Oshiomhole expresses fulfilment with Nigeria’s democracy

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following the positive outcome of the State Assembly election and the general elections for the All Progressives Congress…

Benue: At least 23 killed in communal clashes

At least 23 villagers have died in clashes between two mainly fishing and farming communities in central Nigeria’s Benue state,…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

Jonathan tells aides to return N2trillion campaign fund

President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be lamenting an estimated N2trillion he wasted on the just concluded general elections in…

Jonathan laments N2trillion wasted on polls, wants refund

President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be lamenting an estimated N2trillion he wasted on the just concluded general elections in…

WHO blames pesticide for ‘mysterious deaths’ in Nigerian town

*WHO scientists say not angry god behind strange deaths in Ode-Irele Pesticide poisoning was the likely cause of the mysterious…

Breaking: 700 African migrants drown in Libyan waters

Seven hundred people are feared to have drowned when a fishing boat smuggling migrants to Europe capsized off Libya, the…

Zuma pleads with foreigners to stay in South Africa

President Jacob Zuma on Saturday pleaded with foreigners to stay in South Africa as he cancelled a state visit to…

Lagos Lawmakers Who May Replace Speaker Ikuforij

Eromosele Ebhomele With barely two months to the end of the seventh session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…

Rivers APC goes to tribunal, vows to upturn Wike’s victory

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is concluding arrangements to head to the…

There’s no extradition order for Buruji Kashamu – Spokesman

A man indicted in the United States for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a case that was the basis for the…

VIDEO: TB Joshua predicted S.Africa xenophobic attacks in 2013

A video has surfaced of Nigerian Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua warning South Africans in July 2013 of a ‘youth revolt’…

Conduct fresh guber election in Taraba, Oyegun tells INEC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to either uphold the results from…

Insight: Nigeria’s ‘smooth election’ was nearly scuttled

Reuters As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria’s presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text…

Buhari listed among TIME 100 most influential leaders

Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has earned a listing in TIME Magazine influential 100 global leaders. In an entry written…

Support Buhari’s administration, Jonathan tells world leaders, Nigerians

President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the…

We won’t be in opposition for more than 4 years – PDP

The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it could not afford to be in…

Buhari To Clean Up Corrupt NNPC

Oil firms keen to know how Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari plans to tax them could be waiting a long time…

Ambode Receives Certificate Of Return

Jamiu Yisa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwumi Abode…

Senator defends Jonathan rejection of constitution amendment

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Sen. Ita Enang, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to assent to…

Orekoya Kids: Fleeing Nanny Arrested

Cyriacus Izuekwe with agency report The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye,…