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Operators of illegal universities being prosecuted – NUC

Eight operators of illegal universities across the country, which have been closed, are being prosecuted, the National Universities Commission (NUC)…

APC members reject Kaduna govt.’s N3.4bn budget

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kaduna state House of Assembly on Wednesday rejected the state government’s…

2015: Atiku declares for presidency, promises a ‘secure future’

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday promised to secure the future of Nigerian youths as he formally declared his intention…

Osun assembly passes 24 bills in 3 years

The Osun House of Assembly said it passed 24 bills in the last three years of its legislative business. Mr…

Sweden arrests two men on Rwanda genocide suspicion

A Swede of Rwandan origin and a Rwandan national were held in custody Wednesday in Sweden under suspicion of involvement…

Quack Doctor Arrested Over Patient’s Death

Kayode Aponmade A fake doctor identified as Femi Olabisi Akindele, 48, has been arrested and charged with allegedly killing a…

Tension In Port Harcourt As Judiciary Crisis Worsens

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension was still high at the Rivers State judiciary on Wednesday after the forceful entry into the…

IBB Advocates Power Shift To Youths

General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), a former military president, has advocated generational power shift in Nigeria. He said the youths should…

Jonathan’s sole endorsement, the peak of imposition – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the…

Over 1,000 arrested in organised crime swoop

Police have arrested more than 1,000 suspects and rescued at least 30 trafficked children in an unprecedented swoop on organised…

Bus crash kills 23 in northern India

An overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a reservoir on Wednesday in a Himalayan region in northern India,…

Man takes wife to court over paternity of 3 children

A 48-year old farmer, Muraina Adisa, on Wednesday took his wife, Temitope, to an Iseyin Customary Court over the paternity…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

2015: Kwara PDP appeals for financial assistance

The Kwara Chairman of PDP, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has appealed to the National Secretariat of the party for assistance to…

Clashes in Jerusalem on Jewish New Year eve

Clashes broke out at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday as Palestinians protested against Jews visiting the flashpoint holy site…

Gunmen kidnap Chinese in Kogi State

Gunmen kidnapped a Chinese national from his residence in central Nigeria’s Kogi state, police said on Wednesday, vowing to track…

Republic of Benin can’t fund elections – Pres. Yayi

Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi has criticised the cost of staging elections and indicated a lack of funds for an…

US drones kill eight militants in Pakistan

United States drones Wednesday fired missiles at a compound and vehicle and killed at least eight militants in a restive…

Australian police shoot dead ‘known terror suspect’

Police in Melbourne have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State…

Boko Haram, others threat to world peace – Maku

Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has called on the international community to cooperate with Africa countries in fighting terror…

D‎elta Police rescue 7 kidnap victims, arrest 58

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Over 58 suspects have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for various offences across the state…

Embrace Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda, says Alameiseigha

Former governor of Bayelsa, Deprieye Alameiseigha, has said that the Transformation Agenda of the president can only be realistic if…

Man, 60, rapes 9 year old girl

The Edo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded Friday Akpan, 60, for allegedly raping his boss’ nine-year old daughter. The…

2015: I fixed Imo, I’ll fix Nigeria if elected president – Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state says he is the right man to lead Nigeria in the next four years…

2015 Election: Atiku declares APC presidential ambition today

Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar will today declare his intention to contest the 2015 Presidential election on the…

France suspends Sarkozy corruption probe

An investigation launched in July against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence-peddling has been suspended, days after…

No epidemic at MMIA Hajj Camp terminal – FAAN

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Tuesday, denied a report that there was an outbreak of epidemic at…

LG Election: Lagos Assembly summons LASIEC, council chairman

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited officials of the State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, and the…

We’re vulnerable to Ebola, Ipokia people cry out

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ipokia community in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria have called on the…

Australian laws to criminalise travel to terror hotspots

Tougher counter-terror laws to be introduced to Australia’s parliament Wednesday would make it a crime to travel to places considered…

Senate passes corporate manslaughter bill into law

The Senate on Tuesday honoured late Senator Pius Ewherido by passing the Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2014 into law after a…