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Benin foils coup against Yayi

Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…

University annuls degree awarded ex-governor Kalu

The Senate of Nigeria’s Abia State University, Uturu, has revoked the degree in Government and Public Administration that it claimed…

Man swallowed alive in bedroom by Florida sinkhole

Rescue workers announced Saturday that they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed…

Chad says it killed one-eyed Jihadist Belmokhtar

The Chadian army claimed that its troops in northern Mali on Saturday killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed jihadist commander who…

Jonathan in Abidjan urges leaders adhere to rule of law

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan warned Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that African leaders must work harder to strengthen democracy and…

The exploits of Kenya’s Superman: In Pictures

He is 67 years old, but Conrad Njeru Karukenya, aka ‘Tiger-power’ is reputed to be Kenya’s superman, capable of several…

Wanted Al Qaeda leader killed in Mali

Al-Qaeda’s top commander in Mali has been killed, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said Friday, in what would be one…

Jonathan presented with keys to Yamoussoukro

President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Friday in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, that he will continue to work with President Alassane Ouattara and…

Court Clears Jonathan To Contest 2015 Election

A Nigerian court in Abuja has ruled that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the forthcoming 2015 Presidential election…

Multiple bomb explosions as APC govs meet in Maiduguri

Nine Nigerian Governors of the All Progressive Congress met in Maiduguri, Borno state, today, same day the city recorded three…

Pope Benedict XVI says the final official goodbye

VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in over 700 years on Thursday, waving a…

Gunmen ambush taxi, abduct 5 passengers

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A new dimension has been introduced into the flourishing business of kidnapping in Nigeria as five out of…

Hip hop artist Damoche, LASU student shot dead

Bayo Adetu Upcoming hip hop music act and a student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Olaniyan Damilola, popularly known…

Outrage Over Attack On Ojukwu Library

Prominent Igbo leaders this morning took umbrage at the reported demolition of a library built in memory of the late…

Emir of Kano returns from UK

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir Ado Bayero, the traditional ruler of Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city has returned home, after spending 38…
Former governor of Niger State, Muazu Aliyu Babangida paid three ghost firms

2015: Gov Aliyu Alleges Blackmail Plot

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Babangida Aliyu of Nigeria’s central state of Niger has alleged that some highly placed politicians based in…

Can it happen in Nigeria as Greece sends ex-mayor to life jail

A court in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday handed life sentences to the city’s ex-mayor and two other municipal officials…

Pope Benedict admits a stormy reign as he bows out

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admitted “stormy waters” during his papacy as he gave his farewell speech in St Peter’s…

Nigeria’s Female Banker Steals Customer’s N26m

A staff of a mortgage bank in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Folayemi Oluwayemisi Adedayo, 41, has been charged to court for…

Political Class Has Ruined This Country —el-Rufai

The former minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has blamed the political class for ruining this country.…

Lagos government begins pilot Saturday work

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday kept faith with the tradition of his administration by rendering an account…

The Joke is on Chief Tony Anenih: In Cartoon

A character cartoon by a Nigerian about Chief Tony Anenih, the chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority and now Chairman…

Niger Delta ex-militants riot in Bayelsa

OKAFOR OFIEBOR/PORT HARCOURT Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was thrown into pandemonium today as residents ran for cover when about…

Senior Nigerian lawyer stripped of privileges

Chief Ajibola Aribisala, a senior advocate of Nigeria has been stripped of the title and the privileges attached to it.…

Erastus Akingbola Charged Again

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday re-arraigned the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, over…

Ladipo Market: Arrested Bakassi Boys To Face Trial

Twelve suspected members of the Bakassi Boys arrested on Monday at Ladipo Market, Mushin in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will soon…

Fashola Lights Up Ikorodu Road

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has lit up Ikorodu Road for safe driving at night. This is coming as…

Rev. King’s Devotees Lavish Praises On His Birthday

Today is the birthday of Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a. Rev. King, the General Overseer of Christian Prayer Assembly (CPA), and his…

America’s Secret Files On Ojukwu (2)

Confidential US dispatches on the Nigerian Civil War yield a wounding portrait of Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was painted by…

Study: Too much of TV watching leads to criminality

A new research has drawn a link between anti-social and criminal behaviour by children and adolescents with the amount of…