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Okonjo-Iweala lectures Reps panel on Nigeria’s economy

They asked for comprehensive answers to fifty ‘knotty’ questions on the Nigerian economy. But the members of Nigeria’s House of…

Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate

Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…

Jonathan sacks Nigeria’s military chiefs

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked almost all his military chiefs and appointed new officers to replace them.…

Tukur: I am still the PDP Chairman

Embattled National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he had not resigned his position as reported in…

Court Sacks Victor Umeh APGA Executive

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dissolved the executive committee of the Chief Victor Umeh-led faction…

In pictures: Nigeria remembers the fallen heroes

Nigeria’s political leaders, from President Goodluck Jonathan to all the 36 state governors marked the Armed Forces Remembrance Day today.…

Born deformed, Nigeria died long ago, says Bakare

Jamiu Yisa The General Overseer of Nigeria’s Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that the country called Nigeria…

Army blames Boko Haram for bombing Maiduguri market

Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a…

Breaking news: 17 dead in Nigeria market bomb attack

No fewer than 17 people were killed when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Maiduguri, capital of the…

Gays to picket Nigeria’s embassies over anti-gay law

Gays all over the world are mobilising for actions against Nigeria over the Same sex Prohibition law signed by President…

Mutallab, underwear bomber’s life sentence confirmed

(Reuters) – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who tried to set off an explosive hidden in his underwear while aboard…

Defiant Tukur says only PDP convention can remove him

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday evening said he will not throw…

Breaking news: Ronaldo wins Ballon D’Or

Just as pundits had predicted, Portugal captain and Real Madrid prolific striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2013 Ballon D’Or,…

Jonathan signs law banning same sex marriage

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships that sparked international condemnation, his spokesman…

Ex-Israeli PM Laid To Rest

Israel’s controversial former prime minister Ariel Sharon was laid to rest at his ranch in the southern Negev desert on…

Ronaldo favoured to win Ballon d’Or

Until two months ago, the smart money was on Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery becoming the fifth Frenchman to lift…

Okotie To Run For President Again

The founder and Head Pastor of Household of God Church International Ministries, Rev. Chris Oktie, has announced his intention to…

View from Abroad: Buruji Kashamu, the ‘elusive drug kingpin’

With her prison memoir “Orange is the New Black,” and the Netflix series that followed, Piper Kerman may have spun…

Senator’s convoy bombed by fighter jet

Senator Ali Ndume’s convoy was bombed on Saturday by a fighter jet of Nigeria’s military , the senator said today.…

Caffeine can boost memory, new study confirms

A jolt of caffeine can boost memory, according to a study published Sunday that provides a scientific motive for students…

Pope names 2 Africans , 17 others as cardinals

Pope Francis on Sunday named 19 new cardinals, 16 of whom will hold voting rights in the conclave that elects…

Senator Abe in a state of shock, says doctor

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The tense political crisis Rivers State boiled over today as Senator Magnus Abe was shot twice in…

Police kill 5, Senator Abe and Tony Okocha shot at APC rally

The Rivers State Chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has reported the shooting this morning by the police of…

Case No. 1:94-cr-00172: Buruji Kashamu wanted in the US

United States of America v. Hayes et al Illinois Northern District Court, Case No. 1:94-cr-00172 District Judge Charles R. Norgle,…

Tukur begs Obasanjo to stay in PDP

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Saturday asked former President Olusegun…

APC calls Anambra council poll a charade

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra has described the conduct of Saturday’s local government elections in the state as…

No request by US for my extradition, Kashamu replies Obasanjo

Buruji Kashamu’s reply to the 3-paragraph letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji…

Obasanjo fires another letter, quits PDP

Former Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo has penned another letter, this time to Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the National chairman of the…

A magic egg tray plus 5 amazing internet devices

Bloomberg Technology has been chronicling internet based devices that are being churned out at breathtaking paces by electronics manufacturers, such…

Muslim barred from marrying Christian burns to death

A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, a muslim, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, capital of the northern Nigerian…
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