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Ban Ki-Moon urges Nigeria review anti-gay law

UN chief Ban Ki-moon asked Nigeria to review a new law against homosexuality, fearing it “may fuel prejudice and violence,”…

WHO certifies Nigeria guinea-worm free

Nigeria has been declared a guinea worm free country by World Health Organisation (WHO), the federal government revealed on Wednesday.…

Edo doctors end strike

The Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its indefinite strike. The…

Tukur: I am still the PDP Chairman

Embattled National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he had not resigned his position as reported in…

Police boss probes shooting of Senator Abe

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident, last Sunday, in Rivers State, where…

Salami calls for restructuring of Nigeria’s judicial system

HENRY OJELU & JAMIU YISA The former President of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, has called for…

Nigeria Customs Service Gets 6 new DCGs, 11 ACGs

The Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday announced the appointment of six Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCG) and 11 Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACG) as…

Aregbesola unveils world’s tallest drum

The Centre for Black Culture and International Understandings based in osogbo, capital of the western Nigerian state of Osun has…

5 docked over gay clubs and receiving US fund

Five men have appeared in court in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi for allegedly forming a gay club, a…

Drama in Rivers: Another crowd backs CP Mbu, Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the Ogoni Leaders of Thought, under the canopy of Kagote, condemned the…

Nigeria counselled on how to tame Boko Haram

A deadly car bomb attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria has raised questions about Boko Haram’s capacity to…

Court Sacks Victor Umeh APGA Executive

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dissolved the executive committee of the Chief Victor Umeh-led faction…

Man Lands In Soup For Stealing Tomatoes

A man has found himself in a pot of soup after stealing a basket of tomatoes. The 29 year old…

Onyeka Onwenu @ 62: A Tribute

By  Ade Osijo Prior to the time I met Ms Onyeka Onwenu in person, I had always been swayed by…

Police confirm 19 dead in Nigeria’s market bombing

A total of 19 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market blamed on Boko Haram…

Nollywood Actress, Akilapa Arrested For Burglary

In what looked like a repeat of what happened last year, Nollywood actress, Yetunde Akilapa, has been arrested again for…

My Husband Wants To Kill Me With Sex

A 38-year old woman has sought the dissolution of her 12- year old marriage before Ejigbo Customary Court in Lagos…

In pictures: Nigeria remembers the fallen heroes

Nigeria’s political leaders, from President Goodluck Jonathan to all the 36 state governors marked the Armed Forces Remembrance Day today.…

4 Men Charged With Setting Burgled Houses Ablaze

Four men, who allegedly burgled some houses and set them ablaze, were on Wednesday charged before a Somolu Magistrates’ Court,…

Kidnappers Free Mother Of Hotelier

The octogenarian mother of  Mr. Benson Akindeju, the Chief Executive Officer of Big Soul Hotel, Igbotako, Ondo State, who was…

Breaking News: Tukur, PDP chairman resigns

Chairman of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, may have lost his spirited battle to retain his position. The…

APC accuses PDP of desperation over National Assembly

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an act of desperation and an abuse of court process the plan…

Gays need salvation, not condemnation, says T.B. Joshua

Simon Ateba/Lagos Gays and lesbians should not be condemned but should be saved, Nigeria’s pastor, Prophet T.B. Joshua, said on…

EU blasts Nigeria over new anti-gay law

The European Union has joined the league of foreign countries and human rights bodies condemning the signing of Same sex…

Nigerian singer, 9ice Set to contest House of Reps seat

Jamiu Yisa Gongo aso crooner, Abolore Akande a.k.a 9ice, has declared his intention to run for the Ogbomosho North Federal…

Despite anti-gay law, Britain boosts aid to Nigeria

Britain will increase aid to Nigeria this year despite its introduction of harsh anti-gay laws, the Mail Online has reported..…

UN ready with new law to protect children’s rights

A new legal instrument that will allow children or their representatives to file complaints with the UN Committee on the…

Landlord’s son docked for assault against tenant

A businessman, Babatunde Nollah, based in the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos, on Wednesday appeared before a Shomolu Magistrates’ Court…

Sex crazy Indian men gang rape Danish woman at knifepoint

Indian rapists are proving uncontrollable, despite all the campaigns against their bestiality. A Danish woman is the latest victim of…

Kenya begins trial of Westgate mall massacre suspects

The trial of four men charged in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre opened in Nairobi Wednesday. The court heard…