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New York relaxes marijuana possession law

People in New York carrying only a small amount of marijuana will not be arrested, Mayor Bill de Blasio said…

Court asked to halt PDP convention

Nnmadi Felix/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party’s rescheduled national convention may not hold as a chieftain of the party has instituted…

‘Nigerian assassins’ linked with plot to kill Lesotho PM

Lesotho police are investigating allegations that Nigerian “mercenaries” plan to kill Prime Minister Tom Thabane in a bid to further…

My family trapped in Islamic Caliphate, says Alex Badeh

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh said on Monday that his family remains under Boko Haram’s…

US, UN condemn Yobe school suicide bomb attack

International condemnation trailed Monday’s suicide bomb attack at a government boarding school in Potiskum, Yobe, which reportedly killed several students…

PDP gov aspirants protest, decry imposition of candidate

Senator Ibrahim Ida, a Katsina State PDP governorship aspirant, said on Monday in Abuja that the party would lose the…

NAFDAC nabs man with 10,000 assorted drinks labels

The National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday said a man suspected to be in…

Atiku angry over bombing, deaths in Yobe school

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the bombing of the Government Technical Science College, Potiskum, Yobe, by a…

Voters have till January 2015 to take their PVCs, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says registered voters have up till end of January 2015 to pick up their…

APC plans emergency meeting on Tuesday

The All Progressives Congress (APC) may hold an emergency meeting with its elders and members of the National Working Committee…

Nigeria military helicopter goes down in Adamawa

The Nigeria military said one of its helicopters made an emergency landing in the restive northeast on Monday, while witnesses…

Fashola Cancels Budget Presentation

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos budget proposal for the year 2015 scheduled to be presented to the State House of Assembly…

Tambuwal Picks APC Prezy Form

Jamiu Yisa The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, will Monday pick the expression of interest and…

Protest Rocks Lagos INEC Office Over Shoddy PVC Distribution

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Protesters stormed the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday to…

David Cameron honours Nigerian for promoting African heritage

Oladimeji Adisa, who runs the Osun Foundation, has been honoured by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron for his work…

Police arrest 26 murder suspects in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 26 suspects in connection with the murder of a…

47 students killed in Yobe suicide bomb attack

Boko Haram were suspected of killing nearly 50 pupils Monday in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, in one of…

Explosion rips through school assembly in Yobe

An explosion ripped through a school in northeast Nigeria on Monday, as students gathered for morning assembly before classes began,…

Police investigating Jacob Zuma over home spending

South African police are investigating President Jacob Zuma over a $23 million taxpayer-funded refurbishment project at his rural homestead, according…

2015: Kwara PDP to procure 200 motorbikes, megaphones

The PDP Chairman in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, on Sunday said the party would procure 200 motorbikes and megaphones for…

Court adjourns case of UK banker on double murder charge

A British banker charged with the grisly murders of two women flashed a smile as he left a Hong Kong…

S. Korea fires warning shots at North border patrol

South Korean troops fired warning shots Monday as a North Korean patrol approached the heavily fortified border inside the so-called…

Three-man multinational space crew returns to Earth

A three-man multinational crew of astronauts returned to Earth Monday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, after spending 165 days working…

Myles Munroe, his wife die in plane crash

A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board,…

China summit first step to improved ties, says Japan PM

A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “first step” on the road to improving relations between Asia’s…

Gunmen kidnap Ribadu’s brother

Gunmen have kidnapped Sani Ribadu, the younger brother of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

INEC denies deleting 1.4million names from Lagos voters’ register

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has described as completely false allegations that it has removed the records of 1.4…

Spain dismisses Catalan independence vote as ‘useless’

Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala dismissed a symbolic independence referendum held Sunday in Catalonia in which some two million people…

INEC extends PVC distribution in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended till Monday the distribution of Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) in…

PVC: Ikuforiji, Pitan, dissatisfied with distribution

Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction at the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards…