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Dana Air Back In The Skies Friday

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Six months after it was grounded by the Nigerian government following the 3 June plane crash in…

Kumuyi, Adeboye, Predict Better Year

The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, and the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG,…

Sea Waves Sweep Away Nigerian Pastor’s Son

Samuel, the teenage son of Pastor Owulo Obu, has drowned at Lekki Beach, Lagos Nigeria, where he and others went…

View from abroad: Nigeria where every problem too hard to fix

By Gwynne Dyer It is not known if the word “dysfunctional” was invented specifically to describe the Nigerian state –…

Governors’ Forum tool of oppression, says Senator Aminu

Senator Jubril Aminu, on Tuesday described the Nigerian Governors’ Forum as strange and an instrument of oppressing the Federal Government…

Pope, Nigerian cleric pray for gift of peace in 2013

Pope Benedict XVI, continuing his Christmas message theme, during which he appealed for the end of violence in Nigeria and…

60 die in Ivory Coast’s New Year tragedy

At least 60 people died and at least dozens were injured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, as crowds stampeded…

15 Christians killed in fresh Nigerian massacre

In another deadly move portraying Nigeria’s Borno state as a killing field for Nigerian Christians, attackers have stormed a church…

Governor Wada to be discharged soon

Idris Wada, governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, who was critically injured in an accident a few days ago,…

Jonathan outlines priorities in 2013

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in his new year message to Nigerians has outlined the priorities of his government and at…

Jonathan: Boko Haram killings signs of end times?

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has questioned whether deadly Islamist attacks on churches in his country and other violence worldwide could…

Nigerian Town Marks Third Year In Darkness

For the people of Epe, Lagos, western Nigeria, it is another New Year celebration in darkness as they have had…

Chidinma shines in Kora Award Night of hitches

The Kora Awards finally took place Sunday night in Abidjan, with a cascade of hitches. The great festival of African…

Obasanjo: Don’t write off Nigeria yet

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed optimism about the ability of the country to rank among the greatest…

Mercy Johnson’s Baby Girl stirs web buzz

Bayo Adetu/ Entertainment Correspondent Nigeria’s Mercy Johnson’s new baby girl delivered at about 1pm Nigerian time today in a private…

Jonathan governs by deceit, ACN charges

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Jonathan Administration of engaging in governance by deceit, saying the administration…

Nollywood’s Mercy Johnson gives birth to baby girl

Mercy Johnson, Nigeria’s popular celebrity and actress and the most searched name on Google, has given birth to a baby…

What Chinese explorers found under Nigerian waters

Chinese scientific research ship Dayang Yihao, or Ocean One, has returned to east China harbour, almost four months after it…

NNPC: Fuel price remains N97 in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Federal Government will not increase the pump price of petrol in January, the Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs…

Nigerian state outlaws cruelty to chickens, ducks

A Nigerian state has guaranteed chickens and other poultry birds such as guinea fowl, duck and pigeons a new lease…

Jonathan: Attitude not corruption Nigeria’s challenge

President Goodluck Jonathan claimed today that Nigeria’s biggest challenge to good governance is not corruption, but the attitude of Nigerians.…

Azazi: Jonathan, Amaechi pay glowing tributes at burial

General Andrew Owoye Azazi, Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser who died in a military helicopter crash 15 December was buried…

Lagos targets 370 income tax defaulters

Nigeria’s Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola Raji said his government would soon swoop on 370 high net-worth residents of the…

Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen free prisoners, kill 7

Nigeria’s police authorities have given a near full picture of the damages done by armed men, believed to be Boko…

Nigeria’s governors annus horribilis

TOKUNBO OLAJIDE For many Nigerian state governors, it’s a year of the locust. From the tragic death of one, to…

Injured Governor Wada may have lost a leg

Governor Idris Wada of the Nigerian central state of Kogi, who was involved in a ghastly motor accident Friday, may…

Nigerian governor critically injured in crash, aide dies

TOKUNBO OLAJIDE Governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, Idris Wada, has been reportedly injured in a fatal auto crash…

Nigeria Police On Red Alert Over Terror Rumours

Nigeria’s police authorities have placed their men  on red alert in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, following speculations about another terrorist…

Obasanjo’s mansion gutted by fire

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A section of the multi-million naira mansion of the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was up in…

Nigerian Police Goes After Importers, Sellers Of Bangers

The Nigerian police in Lagos State have vowed to clampdown on sellers and users of fireworks across the state following…
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