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Egypt declares Palestinian movement Hamas ‘terrorist’

An Egyptian court on Saturday declared Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, a judicial source said, weeks after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s…

Obasanjo berates US, Europe for exploiting African scientists

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia berated the exploits of African scientists…

Boko Haram raid villages after Chadian offensive

Boko Haram fighters have raided villages in northeast Nigeria on the border with Cameroon, apparently in reprisal for a Chadian…

Governor Amaechi’s aide regains freedom

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An aide to Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Deputy Press Secretary, Freddy Ndiagbara, who was abducted on Sunday…

Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare

Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military…

Nigerian troops will continue to defeat Boko Haram – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday expressed optimism that Nigerian troops would maintain the momentum they had built up in the…

DSS urges public to be vigilant as Boko Haram target civilians

The Department of State Services (DSS), has advised the public to be vigilant in crowded environment, especially when travelling as…

Jonathan mourns late Abubakar Gimba

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he received with sadness, news of the passing away of distinguished writer and former…

Cameron vows to hunt down IS militant, ‘Jihadi John’

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, vowed on Friday in London to use all means at his disposal to hunt down…

Jonathan has no competition in Delta, says Sen. Okowa

Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP- Delta North) said on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party had a strong hold in Delta…

Baby stolen in South Africa 17 years ago found

A baby stolen from her sleeping mother’s arms shortly after birth has been found by the family through an astonishing…

Ebonyi governor set to be impeached

The political tension in Ebonyi state rose on Friday after the state House of Assembly passed a motion to serve…

Mugabe admits land reform blunder in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has admitted he blundered by giving ill-equipped black farmers vast tracts of farmland seized from whites…

Synagogue: Collapsed Building Not Due To Structural Failure – Consultant

Henry Ojelu Oladele Ogundeji, the consultant engineer who supervised the construction of the collapsed building belonging to the Synagogue Church…

Protest In Lagos Over Political Violence In Rivers

Eromosele Ebhomele Scores of Nigerian citizens under the Coalition of Ethnic-based Pressure Groups and Human Rights Groups in Rivers State,…

Corporal kills MOPOL Commander in Bauchi

A Police Corporal on Thursday night in Bauchi, shot and killed the Commanding Officer 10, Police Mobil Force (PMF) Bauchi,…

Lagos govt. empowers 11,000 residents

Eleven thousand people, across eleven centers have graduated from the third phase of the Lagos State Government Expanded Economic Empowerment…

Chatham House: APC slams paranoid PDP, Presidency

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the needless resort to sheer hysteria by the…

Supporters of Jonathan in South West self-serving: Femi Falana

*says Yoruba agenda at the confab largely defeated Governor Olusegun Mimiko, a staunch ally and campaigner for President Goodluck Jonathan…

3 Women Killed As Customs Knocks Bus Off Highway

Jeff Ezemadu Three ladies aged between 25 and 30 years died Thursday afternoon after the hummer bus in which they…

Nigerian Sex Slave Dies In B/Faso

Simon Ateba A Nigerian sex slave who was trafficked to the West African country of Burkina Faso has been found…

Outrage Over Fresh Plot To Sack Jega

Kazeem Ugbodaga, Henry Ojelyu & Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerians, including lawyers and members of civil society groups on Friday warned President…

Jonathan Gave Us Money —Lagos Igbo Leader

Cyriacus Izuekwe Leaders of Ndigbo resident in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have confirmed that they were given money by President…

430,000 PVCs Yet To Be Released To Lagos, Says Orebiyi

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is yet to release 430,000 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to Lagos State.…

Politicians, ICT experts threat to credible elections – Edo REC

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following an alleged arrest of seven persons on Thursday at New Benin market in Benin City, Edo State,…

Foreign trader burned in S.Africa petrol bomb attack

A foreign shopkeeper was badly burned in a petrol bomb attack in South Africa’s Soweto township, police said Friday, in…

N. Korea vows ‘merciless’ war against US

North Korea vowed to wage a “merciless, sacred war” against the United States on Thursday, days before the launch of…

Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for maid abuse

A Hong Kong woman was jailed for six years on Friday for beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping…

Nigeria police needs N24bn to maintain vehicles, says IG

Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has explained that for the police to effectively fuel and maintain its vehicles in…

Woman gives birth to baby without arms, husband flees

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck on Tuesday as a middle aged woman, Mrs Taiwo Sheriffdeen gave birth to a baby boy…