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Gunmen freed 30 detainees, says Nigeria Police

The Nigeria Police has confirmed that 30 suspects in its detention were freed by gunmen who attacked the premises of…

Nigeria: Gunmen attack police detention centre

The detention centre run by Nigerian Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Garki Abuja, came under the fusillade of bullets this…

Nigerian governor suspends 3 aides for wearing jeans

Three commissioners turned up for a state dinner in Nigeria’s Ebonyi state recently, wearing t-shirts and the casual jeans trousers.…

Oritsejafor: I am not ashamed to own a plane

In an interview published today, President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who has been under criticism for…

Nigeria’s Onaiyekan now a prince of Catholic Church

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday officially named Nigeria’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan and five other non-European cardinals to the body that…

Was Yasser Arafat poisoned to death by Israel?

What really happened to 75 year-old Yasser Arafat in 2004 when he died? Theories about his death abound, with many…

Nigeria worst country to have a child

—EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria is now the worst country for a woman to have a child, according to the 2013 ranking…

Koroma takes oath, begins second term journey

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma was sworn-in as president Friday night after a convincing win and vowed to transform the…

Sierra Leone: Koroma re-elected for second term

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma swept to a second term Friday, winning 58 percent of votes in a poll that…

N50m offered for capture of Boko Haram’s Shekau

Nigeria’s military went the way of USA’s FBI, offering Friday hundreds of thousands of dollars in rewards for information leading…

Ojukwu’s Eldest Son Sues Bianca

By AKIN KUPONIYI Chief Debe Odumegwu-Ojukwu, eldest son of the late Biafran warlord, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Eze Ndigbo Gburugburu) has…

Faroukgate: Lawan Battles Otedola

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigerians’ hope of unraveling the truth behind the alleged demand and receipt of $620, 000 by…

Ex-governor Fayose faces fresh trial

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose over…

How Fire Gutted TheNEWS/PMNEWS office

It all began like a joke. A reporter came into the newsroom around 7 p.m saying he could smell a…

Babalakin slammed with N2b money laundering charge

Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today filed a 20 count-charge against Dr. Wale Babalakin, a…

Must Nigerian governors have security vote?

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Must Nigerian governors continue to vote for themselves billions of Naira that they do not account for, in…

How Ghanaian gambler threw away bank’s $2.3b

LONDON(AFP) – Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader who gambled away $2.3 billion, painted himself as a model employee who fell…

Chelsea sack Coach Di Matteo

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has been sacked after the European champions were left facing elimination at the group stage…

Jonathan arrives Islamabad for D8 summit

Nigeria’s leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, was among the early arrivals for the summit of eight countries with Islamic ties in…

Fatigued President Obama is just human!

Barack Obama, fresh from his re-election for a second term has embarked on a tour of East Asian nations of…

Nigeria Law School churns out new baby lawyers

Like a factory producing products, Nigeria Law School today churned out a new set of lawyers to swell Nigeria’s legal…

Oritsejafor: The Pastor and his Controversies

Leader of Nigeria’s Christian community and fiery preacher, Ayo Oritsejafor has made a career of ruffling feathers every step of…

Tragedy in Nigeria’s First Family: Advise Mr. Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan not only marked his 55th birthday today, a month after his wife marked her own with the…

President Jonathan’s younger brother dies

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief On the day that President Goodluck Jonathan clocked 55 years, amidst a blaze of newspaper adverts,…

UK Jails Nigerian Gospel Singer For Fraud

A court in the United Kingdom has jailed an acclaimed Nigerian gospel singer, Oluwamayola Ajayi, 31 for six and half…

A Night With Okada Riders Under Lagos Bridge

Time was about 10pm. But the illumination from shops and houses along the roads on both sides of the bridge…

Malaysia foils N1b Nigerian cocaine cocktail

Cocaine cocktail put inside cans of coconut milk Malaysian narcotics agents have foiled a Nigerian syndicate’s bid to smuggle cocaine…

Buhari, Ribadu, grace Tinubu’s chieftaincy ceremony

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been described as an icon and an irreplaceable dogged fighter who has…

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Nigeria sacks Bi-Courtney

Jamiu Yisa and Ayorinde Oluokun Nigeria’s Federal government has terminated the contract concessioning the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstructiona and maintenance to…

Angling For A New Constitution

Efforts at amending the 1999 Constitution kick off across the country with public hearings The current efforts at amending the…
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