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Rivers group notifies police about another rally

The Save Rivers Movement, organisers of a police-botched rally last Sunday, have scheduled another rally for Khana Local Government Area…

Soku oil wells belong to Rivers state, says David West

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the controversy deepens over who owns Soku oil wells between the Rivers State Government and the…

California declares drought emergency

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday due to what could be the western US state’s worst…

Cyberattack traced to ‘zombie’ refrigerator

Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large “botnet” which…

Repentant Nigerian homosexual flogged in public

A 20-year-old Nigerian was flogged in public and fined after being convicted of breaking Islamic law banning homosexuality, an official…

Maxi-Okwu led APGA offers comradeship to Umeh

Chief Maxi Okwu of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Friday said there was “no victor, no vanquished’’ in his…

We Signed Statements At Gunpoint, Accused Persons Tell Court

Two accused persons, Sanusi Alhassan and Ibrahim Idris, have told an FCT Chief Magistrates’ Court the police threatened them with…
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Lagos Assembly probes delayed results in LASU

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has begun a probe into the allegation that the state-owned…

Cardinal Onaiyekan backs anti-gay law

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has commended Nigeria’s Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay…

Police set up probe team for Ogun APC fracas

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Assistant Commissioner of Police in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Aminu Alhassan has been assigned to…

AJC Qualifiers: London-Based Nigerian Girl, Pam Cruises To Q/Finals

London-based Nigerian Elizabeth Pam has qualified for the quarter final stage of the second leg of the ongoing Western and…

Comedians have psychotic traits—researchers

(Reuters) Having an unusual personality structure could be the secret to making other people laugh, scientists said on Thursday after…

Gang-up against Jonathan will fail—Gov. Orji

Governor Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia said the political gang up against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

I won’t return to PDP, says Governor Nyako

Gov. Murtala Nyako of the northern state of Adamawa said he would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party despite…

Infertility Now Higher —Doctors

The rush to get babies from baby factories in the south-eastern part of the country has been linked to the…

Ex-Oyo governor, Alao-Akala mulls 2015 ambition

A former governor of Oyo State in western Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Friday said that he would soon decide…

Varsity Don Calls For New Leadership Group

A university don, Professor Akin Oyebode, has said that there is the need for a new leadership group in Nigeria…

Driver Attacks Neighbour’s Wife With Cutlass

A Lagos-based driver, David Disu, has been arrested and charged before Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attacking his neighbour’s wife…

4 Arrested With Stolen Cables

The police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested four men for allegedly stealing NITEL cables…

Stripped Women: Ejigbo Oba Goes Into Hiding

The traditional ruler of Ejigbo in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Oba Morufu Ojoola, has reportedly gone into hiding following attempts by…

Wicked Nigerian scammer fleeces divorcee of $300,000

A 66-year-old American woman looking for love online ended up with a broken heart and a depleted bank account when…

Obasanjo: The Fallen Idol

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s stocks fall to an all-time low Even in spite of his malicious politics and less than…

Supreme Court orders Mohammed Abacha’s trial for theft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme court in a unanimous decision Friday morning ordered Mohammed Abacha, son of late former…

Court confirms Raja as Madagascar’s president

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, has been elected president of Madagascar, the country’s electoral court ruled Friday after…

‘How you dey?’ Nigeria’s pidgin English ruffles purists’ feathers

The chatter is fast-paced and the laughter infectious in the studios of Lagos radio station Wazobia FM. Programmes at the…

Nigerian Police corporal to die by hanging

A Nigerian High Court in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state has sentenced a police corporal, Anthony Azare, attached to Kaura…

EU lawmakers condemn Nigeria’s anti-gay law

The European Parliament has “forcefully condemned” laws in nearly 80 countries which criminalise or otherwise discriminate against homosexual men and…

Jonathan tells diplomats 2015 polls will be fair

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the international community that the 2015 elections would be peaceful, free and fair. Jonathan gave…

Wammako will not rejoin PDP, says official

Governor Aliyu Wamakko would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), an official government statement has said, to head…

APC governors condemn police for recklessness on Rivers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressive Congress, APC, Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF, rose after an emergency…