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London court considers confiscation of Ibori assets

Jailed James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Nigeria’s Delta state has been facing a confiscation hearing at Southwark Crown Court.…

Pair of Japanese mangoes sells for $3,000

A pair of mangoes grown in southern Japan sold Thursday for a whopping 300,000 yen ($3,000), a record price for…

Osoba pushes for return to regionalism at confab

.What Mike Ozekhome, other delegates said on Wednesday at the Abuja National Conference The call for restructuring of Nigeria into…

Boko Haram terrorists strike in Jigawa state, kill 7 cops, one civilian

Scores of Islamist gunmen attacked a police station, a court and a bank in Jigawa state, northern Nigeria on Wednesday,…

3rd Chinese official commits suicide

A senior Chinese official killed himself in his Beijing office this week, reports said Thursday. Xu Ye’an was the third…

British drug suspect wanted by France arrested in Thailand

A British fugitive accused of running a gang that smuggled hundreds of kilos of heroin and cocaine has been arrested…

Enugu officials killed my 17-year old son – Mother

The mother of a 17-year old boy allegedly beaten to death by officials of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority…

White executives dominate workplaces in South Africa

South Africa’s workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of…
About 146,000 Tobacco Smokers die in Africa

Nigeria moves against tobacco firms with new law

Nigeria’s federal government signified its intention to tighten the noose on tobacco companies operating in Nigeria with the proposal for…

Ebola virus disease: Nigeria at risk says health minister

Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Wednesday that the spread of Ebola Virus Disease to neighbouring West African countries has put…

Kidnapping Has Reduced In Rivers State, Says Police Boss

The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Tunde Ogunshakin, on Wednesday said that the spate of kidnapping in the…

Oscar Pistorius Tells How He Killed Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius, on Tuesday, broke down as he told South African court how he accidentally killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp…

APC members protest in Lagos over Ward Congresses

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos stormed the party’s secretariat today, protesting a publication that excluded…

Head of Rwanda radio disappears after genocide anniversary

The head of a Rwandan Christian radio station has disappeared without a trace after a ceremony commemorating the 1994 genocide,…

North East Governors Appeal To INEC On 2015 Poll

Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states  facing the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency on Wednesday urged the Independent National…

Attempted Murder: Accused 9-Month Old Baby Goes Into Hiding

A nine month old baby arrested along with his father, grandfather by the police in Pakistan for attempted murder has…

Lawyers Boycott Courts Over Quarrel With Police

The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Katsina State branch, Mr. Murtala Kassim, said on Tuesday that members of the branch…

LUTH Doctors End Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Tuesday said its members would resume work on…

Lagos Shuts Illegal Orphanage, Removes 5 Kids

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down an illegal orphanage and rescued five children at Agbado area of…

I’m Not Dating Any Man, Says Actress Funke Akindele

Funsho Arogundade Star actress, Funke Akindele, has described reports that she has fallen in love with a new man and…

Knocks For Fani-Kayode For Meeting With Jonathan

Eromosele Ebhomele Many Nigerians who could not bear the way chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode, went to…

The Making Of My New Book

A book, Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics In Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo And Corporate Agency, will be presented to the public…

The Orator’s Last Bow

(For Columbus Chukwujindu Ihekaibeya, 1942-2004) Niyi Osundare No two acts could have been more dramatic in their tragic coincidence. I…

Routing Criminals In Kaduna

Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command reaps dividend in its renewed effort to rid the state of criminals For more than…

Italy sounds alarm after rescuing 4,000 immigrants

Italy has rescued about 4,000 immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boats to reach its shores in the past…

Maria Miller, British minister quits over expenses scandal

The British minister overseeing future regulation of the press, Maria Miller, has quit her cabinet post following a row over…

How Indian parties corrupt voters

NEW DELHI(AFP) – Rickshaw puller Rampal Singh remembers vividly the “feast” of democracy he enjoyed last time India went to…

Fani Kayode meets with Jonathan after APC diatribe

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja There were speculations that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and lately, a member of the…
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Amosun promotes over 2,000 civil servants

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has approved the promotion of 2,141 civil servants. In a…

Godswill Akpabio hands Nigeria over to God

The Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Mr Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday urged clerics to pray for God’s intervention in the…