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Israel warns over rising rocket fire

Israel is “ready” to expand its operations in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the air force struck…

Boko Haram attack churches near Chibok

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where…

Amazing: ‘Wash-wash’ 419 trick still netting preys

Despite years of public education and warnings about Nigeria’s oldest 419 gimmick, the ‘wash-wash trick’, in which the fraudster tells…

N. Korea fires missiles ahead of Xi’s Seoul visit

North Korea Sunday fired two ballistic missiles into the sea, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent show of force ahead…

Woman murdered after Colombia World Cup victory

Officials said a 25-year-old woman was murdered Saturday in Bogota following Colombia’s World Cup win over Uruguay in what they…

Amosun to reabsorb Daniels’s recruits

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite finally came the way of 2,000 workers sacked by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in 2011 as they are…

Saudi king sacks deputy defence minister

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Saturday sacked the deputy defence minister, Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, just a…

ASUP to continue nine-month strike

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has resolved to continue its nine months old…

APC, Saraki urge Muslims to pray for peace

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan as a period of reflection and…

JTF warns vessel owners against oil thieves

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta on Saturday warned owners of vessels and tankers against allowing the…

Pakistani military kills 18 in anti-militant offensive

Pakistani jets and artillery bombarded militant hideouts in the country’s restive northwest on Saturday as part of a massive ongoing…

Bauchi attack: police arrest one suspect

The Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Malam Lawal Shehu said on Saturday that one suspect had been arrested in connection with…

Ikuforiji urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria’s progress

Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has called on all Muslims to pray fervently for the…

Ramadan: Bishop urges Muslims to show love, care

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Bishop Alfred Martins, has enjoined all Muslims to rededicate themselves to charity during Ramadan and…

Inmate dies after swallowing 20 condoms filled with drugs

A Thai prison inmate died after swallowing 20 condoms filled with methamphetamines, a report said on Saturday. The Bangkok Post…

One dead as 2 bombs go off in Cairo

Two bombs exploded Saturday in a Cairo suburb killing a teenager and wounding a woman, officials said, the latest in…

Covenant University graduate 82 students with 1st Class

Eighty two students of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, on Friday bagged first class degrees at its 2013/12014 convocation. The…

Thousands in Singapore gay rights rally despite opposition

Thousands of people gathered in Singapore on Saturday for an annual gay rights rally celebrating sexual diversity in the city-state,…

Bomb blast kills 10 in Bauchi

An explosion in the red light district of northern Nigeria’s Bauchi city has killed 10 people and injured 14 others,…

Pastor releases Muslim inmates from Kaduna prison

Pastor Yohanna Buru, leader and founder of Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation, on Friday 27 June secured the release of…

Okorocha’s raw deal from Charly Boy at mass for dad

The first son of Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charly Boy, threw decorum to the winds as he stopped…

Husband wants divorce over sex starvation

A 34-year old man, Ayokunle Aladesiun, on Friday 27 June asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his three-year old…

Kwankwaso reaffirms commitment to Kano people

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State on Friday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensure that the people of the state…

Abuja bombing: DSS claims malls were warned

The spokesperson of Nigeria’s Department of State Security, Marilyn Ogar said the agency warned shopping complexes in Abuja for two…

We’re working tirelessly to bring back Chibok girls – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government has spared no resources in the effort to find the girls…

Judge files corruption charges against Argentina VP

An Argentine judge filed corruption charges against Vice President Amado Boudou over the 2010 purchase, while he was finance minister,…

Trailer kills motorcyclist

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A trailer heading towards Ibadan via Oru-Ijebu axis ran over a commercial motorcyclist at the junction connecting the…

Eight dead, seven injured in accident

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta At least eight persons were confirmed dead while seven others were seriously injured when a truck carrying a…

US cuts drone hunt for kidnapped Chibok girls

The United States has reduced its surveillance flights in a bid to find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by…

Orelope-Adefulire at the retreat of Lagos Ministry of Finance

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (left), the State’s Commissioner for Finance, Ayo Gbeleyi (middle) and Financial Consultant,…