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Pregnant Woman Saved From Prison

Moyo Fabiyi A kind Nigerian who craved anonymity has saved a housewife, Fasilat Yusuf from being sent to prison on…
Court orders final forfeiture of $16,500 and N127m fraudulently diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.

NIMASA Rescues Ghanaian Fishing Vessel

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said its satellite surveillance system had helped to rescue a Ghanaian fishing…

Iran to combat terrorism in Iraq – Rouhani

Predominantly Shiite Muslim Iran will combat the “violence and terrorism” of Sunni extremists who have launched an anti-government offensive in…

Employee Abducts Employer’s Child Over Unpaid Salaries

A 38-year old domestic staff, Oke Omoloye, was on Tuesday in Okitipupa arraigned on a two-count charge of abduction and…

Jealous lover eats rival’s heart

A jealous lover in South Africa stabbed a rival, cut out his heart and ate it with a knife and…

Imposition: Lagos APC Disowns Protesting Group

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disowned a group which protested purported imposition…

JTF recovers arms , destroys illegal refineries

The military Joint Task Force fighting oil theft and kidnapping in the Niger Delta on Wednesday 11 June announced that…

Man Kills Father To Travel Abroad

An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a man, Yusuf Akinbiyi, 41, at the Ikoyi Prison for…

Mu’azu pledges support to the media

The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, said he would always work to protect the media due to its contribution…

West African Countries Sign MOU On Terrorism

Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Wednesday that heads of external intelligence agencies across the West African sub-region including Cameroon have…

Amaechi signs amended High Court law

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has signed into law the amended 2014 State High Court Bill. He signed…

Thai anti-coup leader may face long jail sentence

A prominent anti-coup activist in Thailand faces up to 14 years in prison if convicted of incitement, computer crimes and…

World Cup: Viewing centers get police surveillance

As the World Cup tournament begins on Thursday, the police on Wednesday said it would step up surveillance in and…

Fake Airforce officers arrested

The police on Wednesday arraigned two drivers in a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for impersonating air…

Gunmen kill eight in fresh Boko Haram raid

At least eight people, including three security officers, were killed when gunmen raided three villages in Nigeria’s volatile central Plateau…

Rwanda, DR Congo trade blame for border fighting

The Rwandan and Congolese governments have blamed each other for an outbreak of heavy fighting on the border between the…

Suspected Gunmen attack police station in Kano

Unconfirmed report claims that suspected gunmen have attacked a police station in Kano State. More to follow…

Over 6000 flee Boko Haram violence in one week – NEMA

Boko Haram violence has forced over 6,000 people in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno to flee their homes within…

Declare June 12 Unity Day – Fasehun tells FG

The Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr Frederick Fasehun, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to proclaim…

PDP guber aspirant promises development

A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Prof. Soji Adejumo, on Wednesday in Ibadan promised to promote sustainable…

Ma`azu at 59, seeks 2015 victory

Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP have been told to work in peace and unity to…

Uganda defies critics to take lead at UN assembly

Uganda’s foreign minister was elected president of the UN General Assembly’s 69th session Wednesday, side-stepping criticism from US activists opposed…

Shun divisive utterances, bitter politics – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called on Nigerian politicians to shun divisive utterances and politics of bitterness that cause a…

Corruption, poor governance problem of democracy – Buhari

Former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday said corruption and poor governance was a major factor militating…

‘llegal arrest’ sparks tension in Al-Hikmah varsity

Stephen Oni/Ilorin Pandemonium broke out at the Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday when three unidentified fully armed men…

Protesting students go berserk in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Protesting students under the aegis of Joint Campus Committee, Ogun State chapter today went berserk and attacked government…

Court restrains suspended Edo lawmakers ‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin City High Court Wednesday restrained the four lawmakers suspended on Monday by the Edo State House…

FEC mourns Akunyili at a special session

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday held a special session in honour of late Professor Dora Akunyili, Nigeria’s…

Fashola Slashes LASU School Fees By 60 Percent

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved 60 percent reduction in the school fees being paid by…

Ekiti Commissioner Seeks N1bn Damages From Police

Ekiti State Commissioner for Integration and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Funminiyi Afuye, has instituted a civil rights suit against the state Commissioner…