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Police Foil Fresh Bombing In Kano

Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day…

Adeboye Suspends Hundreds Of Church Workers

By our correspondent The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Adejare Adeboye, has suspended workers of…

Oman court jails ex-minister 3 years for bribery

An Omani court has sentenced a former minister to three years in jail over graft charges, in a first for…

Singapore PM demands apology from blogger

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has demanded an apology from a local blogger for a posting seen as accusing…

Two Chinese workers kidnapped in Myanmar

Two Chinese men working at a controversial China-backed copper mine in Myanmar have been kidnapped by activists and monks who…

FCT minister cautions councillors on oversight functions

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Sunday cautioned councillors in the six area councils against undermining activities of their…

World Cup: Brazil fights sex tourism, child prostitution

As night falls, Adriana de Morais patrols the clubs and bars of Natal, one of Brazil’s World Cup host cities,…

31 children burn to death in bus accident

Thirty-one children were burned to death when their bus caught fire and exploded in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red…

Police: 4 killed in Kano car bomb

Four people were killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of…

Glo subscribers to be Special Guests at Wole Soyinka Prize

Subscribers of Nigeria’s indigenous telecommunication company, Globacom, who up their airtime usage by 50 per cent between now and 23…

Bus accident kills 20 in Brazil

Twenty people were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned Sunday in northeastern Brazil, officials…

Breaking News: Over 70 people killed in bomb explosion in Kano

Maduabuchi Nmeribe/Kano A car bomb explosion in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, northern Nigeria, has killed over 50 people,…

Bomb blast hits Sabon Gari in Kano state

A suspected car bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, witnesses…

DHQ warns against movement into security operation areas

The Defence Headquarters has advised tourists, journalists and adventurers to obtain necessary “security cover or clearance” before moving into areas…

Boko Haram: Police tighten security around threatened schools

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the strengthening of security in all boarding schools in and around Makurdi,…

APC wins all seats in Kano council polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state.…

7 oil thieves die in pipeline fire disaster

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At least seven persons were confirmed to have been burnt to death while several others are seriously…

NEMA confirms fire outbreak near Port Harcourt refinery

Umesi Emenike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed a fire incident near the…

Fire destroys 120 shops in Lagos

At least 120 open shops used in storing palm oil were on Sunday morning razed at the popular Daleko market…

France offers China help with Boko Haram hostages

France’s foreign minister offered China his country’s help on Sunday in locating 10 workers feared kidnapped by Boko Haram militants,…

Nigeria must tackle corruption to improve image – Don

Dr Kwaghmande Joseph, a sociology lecturer at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, says Nigeria must tackle corruption in order…

Cameroon says abducted Chinese likely in Nigeria

The 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon have most likely been taken back across the border…

Israel police won’t let extremists spoil pope visit

Israel’s top police officer on Sunday vowed that Jewish extremists would not be allowed to spoil the upcoming visit of…

How Boko Haram gets financed: Fake Charities, Drug Cartels, Ransom and Extortion

Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and…

Delta introduces e-bursary registration

The Delta Government says it has introduced e-bursary registration to check fraud in the state’s bursary and scholarship scheme for…

Borno sponsors 50 students to India

The Borno Government on Sunday said it had sponsored 50 students to India on irrigation agriculture. A statement by Malam…

Chibok visit: Jonathan does not understand demands of his office – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s aborted trip to Chibok shows that he does not understand…

Swiss turn down world’s highest minimum wage

Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposed hourly minimum wage of $25 — which would have been the world’s highest…

Ugandan rebel chief promotes son

Uganda’s notorious rebel chief Joseph Kony has named his son as deputy of his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrila…