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“My husband beats me like a boxer” woman tells court

A trader, Fatimo Nurudeen, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage…

Gov. Wamakko distributes 115 buses

The Sokoto State Government has procured 115 18-seater buses under its Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) at a total cost of…
Senator Ken Nnamani

Nigeria has progressed despite Boko Haram insurgency – Nnamani

Senator Ken Nnamani, Chairman of the National Steering Committee (NSC) on the Second Peer Review of Nigeria, says the country…

NSCDC parades civil servant over N6m fraud

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Friday in Abuja paraded two suspected job racketeers for defrauding desperate…

My wife is from Cape Verde, not Ethiopia, Philippine – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has stated that his wife is from Cape Verde not from Ethiopia or Philippine as…

Learn to cook Nigerian food, Aisha Buhari tells Iara Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Auchi Wife of president-elect, Hajiya Aisha Buhari has admonished Iara, Governor Oshiomhole’s newly wedded wife, to learn how to…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

EFCC calls for actors for its anti-corruption drama

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it has concluded plans to use of drama to promote…

NSCDC arrests 60 vandals, seal 30 security companies in Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested over 60 suspected…

African First Ladies elects Koroma as Patience Jonathan’s successor

The African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), on Friday in Abuja, elected Mrs Sia Nyama Koroma, the First Lady of…

Bin Laden aide gets life in prison for East Africa attacks

New York (AFP) – A New York court sentenced Saudi exile Khalid al-Fawwaz to life in prison Friday over his…

US jury sentences Boston bomber Tsarnaev to death

Washington (AFP) – US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation’s top law enforcement official, on Friday welcomed a jury’s decision…

Boko Haram attacks outskirts of Maiduguri

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital…

Catholic Priest escapes assassination

Cyriacus Izuekwe/Onitsha A Catholic priest in Onitsha area, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria, Rev Fr. Obinna Emmanuel, popularly known as Ebube…

Education ministry not gutted by fire – Minister

Prof. Viola Onwuliri, the Minister of State for Education, said on Friday that fire did not gut her ministry on…

Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town

Medical Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed on Friday in Kinshasa that armed men raped 127 women earlier this month,…

Burundi arrest 3 Generals behind coup bid

Burundi says it has arrested three generals for their role in an attempted coup but the leader of the bid…

“My wife is pregnant for another man,” Man tells court

A 51-year old tricyclist, Adetunji Adedoyin on Friday pleaded with a Lagos Island Customary Court to dissolve his 13-year-old marriage…

Why Eshinlokun May Not Be Lagos Speaker

Jamiu Yisa For one of the contenders to the speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni,…

Italy rescues pregnant Nigerian, 3,600 migrants

The Italian government on Friday said 3,600 migrants, including a pregnant Nigerian woman, have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing…

Kwankwaso warns principals against charging illegal fees

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state on Friday in Kano warned Heads of Government-owned Primary and Secondary Schools to desist…

Woman, 38, loses pregnancy after rape by pastor-husband

“My husband raped me and I had to lose a two-month old pregnancy in the process. I want the dissolution…

Buhari, Osinbajo, Tambuwal, Govs Grace Oshiomhole’s Wedding

Jethro Ibileke/Auchi President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, state governors and other dignitaries on Friday graced the wedding…

I Stopped  Gbanga Daniel From Being Cursed —Alake

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba (Dr.) Michael Aremu Adedotun Gbadebo, Okukenu IV, has revealed  that…

Drug Trafficking: Nigerian Female Student Faces Execution

A 30-year-old Nigerian female student in Malaysia, Mary George Unazi, has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court…

Mob Sets 4 Robbers Ablaze

Four robbery suspects met their waterloo in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area in the northern part of Cross River State…

APC sets up committee on youths welfare

The National Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday set up a committee that would liaise with…

Kidnappers free university student

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 19-year old female undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, who was…

OAU ASUU urges kidnappers to free Don

Lukmon Akintola The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Chapter, has appealed for the release of their…

NYSC: Angry NOUN students threaten nationwide protests

Harrison Iyoha The crisis rocking National Open University on Nigeria (NOUN) will soon escalate if something urgent is not done…