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Anenih, the Fix-It-Man emerges PDP BOT chair

Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja After three previous failed attempts, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday succeeded in choosing a Chairman…

Boko Haram posts video of kidnapped French family

A video appeared on YouTube Monday of seven kidnapped members of a French family with their abductors, who claimed to…

Akingbola re-arrested, to be charged afresh

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said on Monday it has re-arrested Erastus Akingbola, the former managing…

Goldie, Afro pop singer buried

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Family, friends and colleagues of Nigeria’s Afro pop singer, Oluwabimpe Susan Harvey, popularly known as Goldie Harvey, today…

Jonathan retires Justice Archibong

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, by ordering the compulsory…

Nigeria: 15 Russian Sailors Get Bail

A Federal High Court in Lagos this morning, admitted to bail, 15 Russians alleged to have imported arms into Nigeria…

NGF Election: Akpabio To Lead Jonathan’s Battle Against Amaechi

Less than 24 hours after he emerged as the Chairman of People Democratic Governors Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa…

Man, 34, Charged With Raping 3-Yr Old

A 34-year old man, Kehinde Paul Layode, has been arraigned before a family court in Ikeja for allegedly defiling a…

Nigeria shuts used auto spare parts market

The Lagos State Government today shut the popular auto spare parts market, Ladipo Market in Mushin area of Lagos, southwest…

Mimiko takes oath for second term

Ademola Adegbamigbe/Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the western Nigerian state of Ondo was today sworn in for a second term…

Brazil seeks bigger role in Nigeria’s energy sector

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said Saturday that her government will seek to boost energy ties with Nigeria, Africa’s top oil…

Virginity Test: Doctor declares school principal sane

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Revd. Olufunke Aladeojebi, the suspended Principal of Ajuwon High School, Ajuwon- Akute in Ifo local government area…

N500m Suit: We Don’t Owe Paul Play A Dime — Ultima

Ultima Limited, producer of popular music talent hunt show, Project Fame, has denied the infringement claims levelled against the outfit…

2015 Presidential Race: Nigerians’ll Decide Jonathan’s Fate

Human rights lawyers, Bamidele Aturu, Balarabe Musa and others have said Nigerians will decide the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan…

Okada Robbers Kill Mother Of 5

A 42-year old mother of five  and a divorcee, Mrs Rashedatu Adebowale, has been shot dead by a 3-man robbery…

Lagos Poly Girl Beaten To Death

A part-time Business Administration Student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Miss Olayinde Bournes, 22, has allegedly been beaten to death by…

Jonathan, Clinton, Fashola launch Eko Atlantic city site

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the Atlantic City Initiative in Lagos was another major addition to the nation’s…

French family kidnapped unveiled as search intensifies

A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said Thursday, as…

NJC Sacks 2 Judges, probes another

Felix Nnamdi/Abuja The National Judicial Council has recommended the  compulsory retirement of Justice C. E. Archibong of the Federal High…

Police Arrest Border Robbers

Two robbery suspects, Saheed Adekunle, 30, from Ibadan, Oyo state and Ogunmuyiwa Adeola, from Abeokuta, Ogun state southwest Nigeria, who…

SSS busts Iran-linked plot to kill Babangida, Dasuki

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s State Security Service,SSS, on Wednesday stated that it has uncovered a terrorist plot to attack…

Witnesses: Pistorius ‘fought’ with lover before killling

PRETORIA (AFP) – Bail hearing has been shifted to Thursday by a South African court in the riveting trial of…

Govs Not In Same Class With Ministers —Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state says appointed federal ministers can never be in the same class with elected governors…

Ex-Ivorian leader docked for crimes against his people

THE HAGUE (AFP)- Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo bears responsibility for some of the worst crimes committed during a bloody post-election…

Family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon, near Nigeria

Seven French tourists, members of the same family—three adults and four children, were kidnapped Tuesday by unidentified men in northern…

16 Russians Arraigned Over Arms Importation

Sixteen Russians were this afternoon arraigned at Federal High Court on four count of criminal charge of illegal importation of…

Colleagues Mourn Bombed Sand Dealer

Colleagues of the late Oladele Pius, who died Monday as a result of an explosion at Festac area of Lagos,…

Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Human Parts

The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a pastor and his accomplice with fresh human parts. They allegedly concealed…

BIAFRA: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s civil war

Secret American diplomatic dispatches, spread over 21,000 pages, provide previously unknown information about the Nigerian Civil War Early in the…

Steenkamp: Pistorius accused of premeditated murder

South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius broke down in court again on Tuesday as he was accused of shooting his…