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Rivers State Calm, Peaceful, says Presidency

The Nigerian presidency has declared that contrary to popular impression and reports in the media, there is no cause for…

Nigeria: Minister of state for health quits

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja accepted the voluntary resignation of Dr Ali Pate as Minister of State…

Jonathan Meets Sydney Olympics Golden Quartet 13 Years After

Thirteen years after the Sydney Olympics, Nigeria’s 4×400 relay team finally got their chance to get a golden handshake from…

Amosun Set For Breaking Of Fast With Ogun Muslims

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun will on Saturday hosts Muslims in the state at a…

Nigerian Graduate Gets Nottingham Trent Varsity VC’s Award

A Nigerian Nottingham Trent University student who provided Christmas dinners for dozens of fellow international students unable to return home…

William and Kate present baby

Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from her London hospital on Tuesday and presented their newborn son, a future…

Ekweremadu: Senate did not approve early marriage

The chairman, of the Nigerian Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has insisted that…

PDP suspends Fayose, others

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti worsened on Tuesday as the party…

School Guard Rapes Student Inside Classroom

A civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, who lost his job and was newly…

NLC Threatens To Join ASUU Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in solidarity strike if…

Robbery Accused Gives Birth In Prison

A pregnant robbery accused, Alhaja Sherifat Ashabi Adeleke, has given birth to a baby boy in prison in Lagos, southwest…

Reports: Patience Jonathan loses mother in auto-crash

News reports from Port Harcourt said Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, may…

Oshiomhole: Nigeria treading dangerous grounds

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Going by recent developments in the nation’s political terrains, Nigeria is treading on dangerous grounds that could threaten…

PDP can resolve its internal problems, says Tukur

The National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday said the party…

PDP Convention: More Northern Govs To Meet With OBJ

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nigeria, is far from over as more northern governors have scheduled…

Obasanjo hosts Jonathan, 4 Northern Governors

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo hosted, separately President Goodluck Jonathan and four northern governors at his hilltop…

Dame Patience, Our President’s Darling Wife

By Reuben Abati DEMOCRACY is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in…

Funke Akindele Finally Confirms Marriage Collapse

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE After five days of holding her fans and other Nigerians in suspense, star actress Funke Akindele has finally…

Rivers PDP faction expels Governor Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A faction of the People’s Democratic Party, loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the expulsion of…

Cancer-stricken Vilanova quits as Barcelona coach

BARCELONA (AFP) Tito Vilanova’s time in charge of Barcelona drew to a close after just 14 months on Friday when…

Funke Aboyade, Obla, Victoria Awomolo named SANs

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Seventeen Nigerian lawyers, including Ms. Olufunke Aboyade, an Editor at Thisday Newspapers, the Attorney General of…

Nigerian Murder Suspect Loses Teeth In UK Jail Clash

Lee Rigby’s murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has lost two front teeth in a violent clash with prison officers. Adebolajo, 28,…

$7b racket: Nigeria moves to rein in oil thieves

Governor Godswill Akpabio of the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has been appointed as the head of the Committee…

8 governors urge Amaechi brief Jonathan on security

A delegation of eight Nigerian governors has advised Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state , to personally visit President Goodluck…

Deeper Life Pastor Defiles 2 Under-aged Girls

A pastor with Deeper Christian Life Bible Church,  Abudu, in Orhiomnwon Local Government Area of Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, Eze…

Fake Army General Dupes Governor

Operatives of International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, at the Nigerian Police Force, Force CID, Alagbon Close, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have…

Fire Razes Coscharis Warehouse

Lagos State Fire Service and the Navy are battling to extinguish a raging fire that gutted a warehouse belonging to…

Rivers State’s Crazy ‘Demo’

With the recent drama at the Rivers State House of Assembly and others, subterranean moves to remove Governor Rotimi Amaechi…

Mandela: Global celebration on birthday

JOHANNESBURG, July 17, 2013 (AFP) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela will spend his 95th birthday in hospital Thursday,…

Police declare Amaechi’s loyalists wanted

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian Police in Rivers State on Wednesday declared the Majority Leader of the state House of…