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Hamma Misau, confab’s sleeping delegate dies

Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, and a Bauchi State delegate to the ongoing national conference, Alhaji Mohammed Hamma Misau…

Spain end Nigeria’s Flamingoes World Cup campaign

Spain’s Under 17 girls have ended the World cup campaign of Nigeria’s Flamingoes, thrashing them 3-0 to book a semi…

Cameroon arrests 3 Boko Haram arms dealers

Cameroon said on Thursday it had arrested three suspected arms dealers believed to be linked to Nigeria’s militant Islamist group…

Prince Moqren named heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia

Prince Moqren Bin Abdulaziz is the heir to the throne in Saudi Arabia. The 69 year old second deputy prime…

Police Corporal Said To Have Run Amok Before Killing Wife, Others

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The policeman that killed his wife and five members of a family, including an auto-cyclist, in Abeokuta today,…

Pope Francis meets Obama, great fan from US

US President Barack Obama met with Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday for talks expected to focus on…

Tennis: Nishikori sends Federer out of Miami

World No. 5 Roger Federer crashed out of the ATP Miami Masters tournament on Wednesday, losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in…

Sultan leads muslim protest to Jonathan on confab

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, on Wednesday met with President Goodluck Jonathan behind closed doors in company of…

Kenyan lawmaker likens homosexuality with terrorism

(Reuters) – Homosexuality in Kenya is as bad a problem as terrorism, the ruling party’s parliamentary leader said on Wednesday,…

Nigeria wants US return seized Abacha loot

Assets worth $458 million stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and frozen by the United States should ultimately be…

Jonathan’s Approval Rating Poor, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State granted TheNEWS editors an exclusive interview. He seized the opportunity to speak on…

National Confab: Adamawa Threatens Secession

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Conference continued on a rancorous note on Wednesday morning with one of the prominent monarchs at…

Nigerian kills Nigerian in India, injures another critically

A 34-year-old Nigerian was stabbed to death in New Delhi, India by another Nigerian at a birthday party, The Times…

In Pictures: What happened to Dora Akunyili?

Professor Dora Akunyili, the former strong woman of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration Agency caused a stir when she…

N9m Allowance: Confab Delegates Get Bank Alerts

All the 492 members of the National constitutional conference currently sitting in Abuja have received bank notifications of a part…

Boko Haram releases video of army barracks attack

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the 14 March attack on Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast.…

Restless youths riot outside Nigerian ‘House of Horror’

Scores of rioters went on the rampage on Monday outside an abandoned building in Nigeria dubbed the “House of Horror”…

National Confab: Delegates Queue For Hours To Enter Venue

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja with NAN Delegates to the ongoing National Conference on Monday in Abuja queued for about two hours before…

Egypt: 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death

A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a mass…

Fayose to slug it out with Fayemi in Ekiti

A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…

Horrible Day for Arsenal, Wenger at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea ruined Arsene Wenger’s 1000th match celebration, with a humiliating 6-0 bashing of Arsenal, their London neighbours in the Barclays…

Teachers boycott Gov. Oshiomhole’s competency test

JEHTRO IBILEKE/Benin Fewer than two hundred school teachers in Edo state, in southern Nigeria, participated in Saturday’s controversial competency test…

Borno schools shut because of Boko Haram

Nigeria’s Borno state has ordered all its schools shut to protect children after Boko Haram terrorists killed dozens of pupils…

Cameroonian leads Nigerian troops to weapons hidden in church

Nigeria’s military high command said on Friday that the arrest of a terrorist who claims to be a Cameroonian and…

Sanusi Spent Money Recklessly, FG Insists

Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Government on Friday told a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that the tenure of…

UN report: World faces ‘water-energy’ crisis

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in…

Jonathan in Namibia says corruption exaggerated in Nigeria

.Jonathan rules out capital punishment for corruption as is done in China As if to challenge the validity of the…

Nigeria’s Flamingoes edge Colombia for quarter final

Nigeria’s Flamingoes have qualified for the quarter finals of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup tournament in Costa Rica, after…

Nigeria’s army chief tells Boko Haram dialogue or get crushed

Nigeria’s military on Wednesday told Boko Haram militants that talks remained an option, as top brass visited troops in the…
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