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Poachers kill famed giant Kenyan elephant

One of Africa’s largest elephants has died after being shot by poachers using poisoned arrows in Kenya, wildlife officials said…

Rouhani does not rule out US cooperation on Iraq

Iran may consider cooperating with the United States in fighting Sunni extremist fighters in Iraq if Washington acts against them,…

APC elects Oyegun, others to lead party

Dr. John Odigie-Oyegun, a former Governor of Edo State was on Saturday morning elected as the first substantive chairman of…

Police arrest 21 in Hong Kong new town protest

Police used pepper spray to scatter protesters at Hong Kong’s government headquarters in an angry rally against plans for a…

Separatists down Ukraine military plane, several dead

Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane at the eastern city of Lugansk, killing several people on board,…

Shun ethnic, sectional sentiments – Wamakko

Chairman, National Convention Committee of All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, has appealed to politicians to…

Osoba shuns APC National Convention

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chief Olusegun Osoba was conspicuously absent at the maiden national convention of the All Progressives Party in Abuja…

APC committed to serving Nigerians – Akande

Outgoing interim National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has said the party is committed to…

When the wind of change blows, it sweeps clean – Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Party (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on all Nigerians to join hands with…

APC convention: Zoning of party offices intentional

A member of the House of Representatives, Femi Gabjabiamila on Friday said the zoning system adopted by the party was…

Football: The Dutch inflict horrid pain on Spain

It was a night that defending champions, Spain would want to forget very quickly. A night they were humiliated by…

Ekiti Polls: Police IG warns trouble makers

Eromosele Ebhomele The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday sounded a warning to those planning to cause trouble during…

APC rally: Court remands 2 for possession of weapons

An Osogbo Magistrate’s Court, on Friday remanded two men in an Ilesa Prison, for allegedly being in possession of dangerous…

Terrorists are not Muslims – Maku

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday said that terrorists are not Muslims, adding that, Nigerians must stand…

Emir Sanusi now reigns from his palace

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Five days after operating from Government House, Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Friday evening…

Osun will not sack workers – Speaker

Najeem Salaam, the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, on Friday said there was no plan by the state…

FG distributes 8 buses to People With Disabilities

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja distributed eight Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) buses to People With Disabilities…

45 Nigerians set to meet Obama

Forty-five Nigerians are set to leave for the United States on Friday, to participate in President Barack Obama’s Young African…

Jamaica to decriminalize marijuana possession

Marijuana possession is currently illegal in Jamaica but that could soon change. The government of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller…

100,000 attend gay pride parade

More than 100,000 people attended annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv on Friday, according to Israeli officials. The event,…

Sanusi: Court fixes July 4 for hearing

The National Industrial Court on Friday fixed 4 July, for hearing in the suit filed by the former CBN Governor,…

Association denies kidnap of 30 Fulani women near Chibok

The Borno chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Friday denied media reports that some Fulani…

US will help but Iraq must mend divisions – Obama

US President Barack Obama said Friday he is examining options short of sending troops to help Iraq counter a Sunni…

Ghana universities lure Nigerian students

Alhaji Abdulahi Abukari, the Consul-General of Ghana High Commission, on Friday advised Nigerians to take advantage of educational opportunities in…

Chibok Girls: Mounting fears and mistrust

Two months since the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, the teenagers appear no nearer being found and freed,…

Fashola’s Aide Resigns

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Friday accepted the resignation of his Special Adviser on Central Business District, Mrs.…

Sagay To INEC: Don’t Rig Ekiti, Osun Gov Polls

Kazeem Ugbodaga   Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against attempting to rig…

Mayor resigns over flood fraud scandal

Venice’s mayor Giorgio Orsoni resigned Friday amid a sweeping corruption investigation into a multi-billion-euro flood barrier project to save the…

2015: Elections May Not Hold, Says Uranta

Eromosele Ebhomele Elections in Nigeria in 2015 will not hold if the National Conference does not make “substantial conclusions” before…

Amaka Igwe Goes Home Today

Funsho Arogundade As the remains of foremost producer, writer, director and a leading player in the Nigerian motion picture industry,…