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Man, 39, arrested for violating two-year old girl

A 39 year-old man, Gbenga Anaorin, has been arrested and detained by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly having…

Dasuki defends $5.7mn arms transaction in South Africa

Nigeria has denied any wrongdoing over the $5.7million frozen by South Africa in a bank. In a reaction to the…

Boko Haram fires rocket at Cameroon, 8 killed

At least eight persons were killed in Cameroon on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko…

Boko Haram beheads 7 in fresh attack

Boko Haram militants killed seven people early on Monday in the remote northeast of Nigeria, residents and an official said,…

Why I rejected the CON award – Oyegun

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said he rejected the national award that…

Jonathan, PDP have run out of steam, says APC

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, believes that it is time that Nigerians vote…

Spain battles Ebola as nurse is infected

An assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital in Spain, where two Ebola patients died is infected with the virus herself,…

No presidential zoning in APC, anyone can contest – Oyegun

Jethro Ibileke/Benin National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has dispelled rumours in some quarters…

Less than 3 percent of land owners have C of O, says FG

The Surveyor-General of Nigeria, Professor Peter Nwilo, said on Monday that less than three per cent of Nigerians who own…

Bakassi does not belong to Nigeria – FG

The Surveyor-General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo has said Bakassi Peninsula, does not belong to Nigeria but to Cameroun.…

Nigerian politicians lack political ideology – Tsav

Anti-corruption crusader, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has chided politicians in the country for practicing politics without defined ideologies. Tsav, who is…

Terrorism: Jonathan goes to Niamey for summit

President Goodluck Jonathan will undertake one-day official visit to Niamey, capital of Niger Republic tomorrow to participate in an Extraordinary…

Uju Okorocha to marry SSG’s son

Governor Rochas Okorocha’s daughter, Uju Vanstasia will marry Uzoma Tony Anwuka, son of the secretary to the state government, Professor…

Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain’s ‘GPS’

British-American researcher John O’Keefe on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize with a Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for…

Make presidency less attractive to politicians, Atiku tells FG

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to take necessary steps to make governance at the…

Ilorin water project to cost N7.2bn

Yomi Ogunsola, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor of Kwara on Investment, Promotion and Strategy, said on Monday that…

1 dead, 17 injured in Sokoto accident

The Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) in Sokoto State said that one person died while 17 others sustained injuries in…

Fraudsters open Facebook accounts in Pastor Bakare’s name

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has raised an alarm over the activities of internet…

South Africa seizes another $5.7mn Nigerian money

Just when controversy is still raging over the $9.3million cash seized from 2 Nigerians and an Israeli in South Africa…

APC lauds Pastor Adeboye for dissociating self from offensive CD

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor…

IS war could reach Nigeria, says Ex-US Defense chief

Leon Panetta, who headed the CIA and then the Pentagon has said that Islamic State (IS) war could extend to…

Ex-US defense chief sees 30-year IS war, blames Obama

The fight against the Islamic State group will be difficult and could last decades due to decisions made by US…

Nobel Literature Prize to be announced Thursday

The winner of the Nobel Literature Prize will be announced on Thursday, October 9, the Swedish Academy said on Monday.…

Saraki to declare presidential ambition next week

Former Kwara state governor and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said in Ilorin…

Iran frees wife of detained Washington Post journalist

Iran has released the journalist Yeganeh Salehi who was arrested almost three months ago alongside her husband, the Washington Post’s…

Somali troops secure key port after capture from Shebab

Somali military commanders Monday celebrated the capture of the last major port held by Islamist Shebab insurgents, as the government…

Jailed British-Iranian woman begins hunger strike

A British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran after trying to attend a men’s volleyball match has gone on hunger strike to…

Zuma names Kganyago governor of South African central bank

South Africa’s President on Monday announced deputy governor Lesetja Kganyago will succeed the country’s respected central bank governor Gill Marcus.…

Dad hangs self after teen daughter decapitates friend

The father of a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who confessed to decapitating a classmate earlier this year has killed himself, news…

Australian jets fly first mission against IS in Iraq

Australian fighter jets have flown their first armed combat mission in Iraq against the Islamic State group but did not…