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Kano mosque blasts: 92 dead at one hospital morgue

At least 92 people have been confirmed dead at one hospital morgue following three explosions in Kano. Earlier, 64 people…

Pandemonium as #BlackFriday hits Britain

Police blasted stores for bringing “Black Friday” to Britain, with the US sales event descending into chaotic fist fights as…

Police: Suicide bombers, gunmen behind Kano mosque attack

Two suicide bombers and gunmen who opened fire on people trying to flee to safety carried out the attack during…

Students stone President Jonathan in Ife

Jamiu Yisa There was unrest on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, 28 November,…

Update: Kano mosque blasts kill 64

An estimated 64 people died in the multiple explosions in Kano Grand Mosque today, according to preliminary casualty figures released…

Boko Haram bombs Kano Central Mosque

Three explosions on Friday rocked the Kano Central Mosque where the Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi 11 worships. The explosions…

Three bomb blasts rock emir’s mosque in Kano

Three explosions on Friday rocked the mosque of one of Nigeria’s most well-known Islamic leaders, the Emir of Kano, as…

TASUED Graduates 10,899, honours Awujale, others

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ten thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine students today graduated from the first university of education in Nigeria, Tai…

Meet The 2014 NMS Housemates

As this year’s edition of the popular TV reality show, The Next Movie Stars, enters its tenth season, 16 young,…

Austerity Measure: FG To Sack 60,000 ‘Ghost Workers’

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday that the Federal Government would weed out 60,000 “ghost workers” from the…

Cameroun Muslim leaders battle to stop Boko Haram recruitment drive

As the West fights to keep its youth from the grip of jihadists, Cameroun’s Muslim leaders are struggling to respond…

Lagos Cancels Tomorrow’s Sanitation

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Statewide Lagos State monthly environmental sanitation exercise for November has been cancelled to allow the Independent National…

Frustrated Musician Turns Robber

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year old reggae musician has confessed that frustration drove him into armed robbery. The suspect, Onyekachi Oshodi,…

Civilian vigilantes foil bomb attempt in Maiduguri

Civilian vigilantes working with the Nigerian military against Boko Haram on Friday said they had foiled a roadside bomb attack…

70 Senators, 195 Reps Sign To Impeach President Jonathan

More members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have thrown their weight behind the call for the impeachment…

Hollande to be first Western leader in Ebola-hit Africa

French President Francois Hollande will become the first Western leader to travel to a country hit hard by the deadly…

Medical consultants, Health workers clash over ‘consultancy’ status

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Contrary to claims by health workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) that they have…

50 killed in Boko Haram attack on Damasak, says UN

Up to 50 people were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a northeast Nigeria…

DSS refuses to produce detained APC staff despite court order

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this morning re-affirmed its earlier order made on the…

Amosun, Tinubu laud Aregbesola, Osun people

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria on Thursday declared that the people of Osun has demonstrated…

Shut up and sit quietly at home – Ogun Ex-Lawmaker tells Daniel

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A former lawmaker in Ogun state, Hon. Kunle Adegboyega has cautioned the former governor of the state, Otunba…

Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce

The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one…

EFCC arraigns local council chairman, deputy for embezzlement of N68m SURE-P fund

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday arraigned the Chairman of Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna…

Senator Abe supports my choice as guber candidate, says Dakuku

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dakuku Peterside, a member representing Andoni/Opobo federal constituency and the consensus governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress,…

Police deny involvement in prosecution of terror suspect, Ogwuche

The Nigeria Police High Command has described as misleading recent media reports that it bungled the prosecution of Aminu Ogwuche,…

Court Refuses To Stop Obanikoro From Lagos Polls

Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court on Thursday dismissed an application seeking to restrain a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship…

100 PDP Members Defect To APC In Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chairman Committee of Akuku Toru local Government Council said that no fewer than 100 members of the…

Tough talk but no multi-national force yet to fight Boko Haram

Nigeria and its neighbours vowed to have nearly 3,000 troops on the ground to combat Boko Haram by the start…

How 48 Countries Can Transform Economies – UNCTAD

United Nations agency, UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2014 says that the international community must learn from the failure of…

Shame on IG for not recognising Tambuwal as Speaker, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does…