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PDP increases majority in House of Representatives

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP slim majority in the House of Representatives, increased today with the defection of five…

PDP offers dollar bribe to lawmakers, alleges APC

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of ‘unprecedented desperation’, by attempting to woo back with ‘mouth watering’…

Ship in Brazil when It ‘discharged’ petrol In Nigeria, says witness

Justice Lawal Akapo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos heard today that Ifeanyi Anosike and his company…

Nigeria: Female Ex-banker faces N450 mn fraud charge

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, today charged a female banker with negligence, leading to the loss of…

Obasanjo Visiting Rivers To Commission Schools

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is expected in Rivers State on 17 February  on the invitation of the…

Father Padlocks Son’s Mouth, Beats Him To Death

Kazeem Ugbodaga A  father has allegedly beaten his four-year old son to death, padlocking his mouth to prevent him from…

Man Stabs Neighbour, Batters Wife, Son

Itsibor Mark A  33-year old man, Ibrahim Yekini, allegedly went wild and battered his neighbours, a couple and their son,…

2015 Election: Mixed Reactions To Time Table

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The early release of the time-table of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission has…

APC Will Win All Elections In Kwara

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in this interview with journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State…

Why I Want To Be President

Sam Ndah-Isaiah, publisher, Leadership Newspapers, explains why he wants to succeed President Goodluck Jonathan Can you tell us how this…

Jonathan Is A Hostage, Says Atiku

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar explains why he feels sympathy for President Goodluck Jonathan, who he describes as a hostage Your…

Nigeria: 2 corps members charged with homosexual acts

Two National Youth Service Corps members, O’tega Daniel, 27, and Sulaimon Abari, 26, were arraigned on Monday in an Ibadan…

Muslim militants kidnap Red Cross officials

The five missing Red Cross officials in Northern Mali were kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, an official the group…

FG restates commitment to rebuild Lagos-Ibadan road

Nigerias’ Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, on Monday said that the Federal Government had no intention to re-concession the…

Dozens of bandits in night attacks kill 16 in Nigeria

No fewer than 150 armed bandits riding on motor-cycles have invaded three villages in the northern state of Zamfara, killing…

Lebanese businessmen boost Lagos security fund

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lebanese Nigeria Initiative, a group of Lebanese businessmen and women in Lagos, has donated N80 million and…

US envoy ‘blows’ pidgin English in ‘soft power’ diplomacy

As a career diplomat he would be expected to be able to converse in several foreign languages but it’s doubtful…

Jailed Okah in failed jail break attempt

Henry Okah, the Nigerian sentenced in South Africa to 24 years on terrorism charges, has been caught in a failed…

Jonathan’s chief of staff quits for politics

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed that Chief Mike Oghiadome, the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan has…

Police Inspector Dupes US-Based Nigerian Lady

Cyriacus Izuekwe A  Nigerian lady based in the United States of America, Miss Veronica Okwara, has accused an inspector in…

I’ll Never Go Back To PDP Again, Says Atiku

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed not to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Nigeria’s ruling party…

Activists Remember Beko Kuti

Kazeem Ugbodaga Eight years after his demise, human rights activists in Nigeria have remembered the works of Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti…

Nollywood Actress, Uche Iwuji’s Marriage Crashes

Funsho Arogundade A year into their controversial marriage, Nollywood actress, Uche Iwuji and her businessman husband, Juwon Lawal, have ended…

Admission Fraud: Nigerian Students Sue Ghana Agency

Some 124 students, most of whom are Nigerians are seeking in excess of 1 million cedis in damages against the…

Make False Phone Calls, Go To Jail

Eromosele Ebhomele A new law which has been passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has stipulated…

APC, PDP trade verbal blows over members registration

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the PDP’s sponsored sabotage of its (APC) ongoing membership registration in several states…

Confab: Nigeria’s Ifa devotees want 3 seats

Adherents of African indigenous religions in Nigeria on Sunday protested over their exclusion from the proposed national conference scheduled to…

Unlike Nigeria, gays get refuge in Abidjan

ABIDJAN (AFP) – No kissing, no petting. As gay bars go, this one is pretty well-behaved. But the crowd packing…

China opens Taishan, its 4th Antarctic research station

China’s fourth Antarctic research station — the flying saucer-shaped Taishan — has officially opened, in another step for the country’s…

Ivory Coast leader hospitalised in France

The Ivory Coast’s 72-year-old president, Alassane Ouattara, is recovering in France after an operation to alleviate pain from a spinal…