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Boko Haram militants sack village, kill 12

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 12 people in Nigeria’s restive northeast, burning homes and stealing cars in an area…

Angolan police kills opposition activist, detains 292 protesters

(Reuters) – Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country…

It’s Official: Tiwa Savage Now Mrs Balogun

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Nigerian music diva, Tiwatope Savage Saturday afternoon officially got married to her beau, Tunji Balogun. At a star-studded…

ASUU wants to meet President Jonathan

Nigeria’s striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rose from a two-day National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in…

Jonathan’s acute abdomen ailment: What it means

Forty-eight hours after President Goodluck Jonathan suddenly fell ill and was forced to skip a meeting Thursday in London with…

2 parties back INEC’s partial poll in Anambra

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), two fringe political associations in Nigeria, have supported…

Akhigbe buried amidst eulogies

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Nigerian Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, was Saturday buried in Fugar, Etsako Central local government…

Jonathan had ‘acute abdomen’ crisis , returns Sunday

Doctors who examined and treated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the sudden onset of severe abdominal pains in London have…

Complainant vows to drop charge if accused swear on Qu’ran

A prosecution witness, Hassana Suleiman, has told a Mararaba Grade 1 Upper Area Court, in the central Nigerian state of…

Jonathan denies drinking spree on birthday, condemns rumour mongers

President Goodluck Jonathan has described as fiction the story that he fell ill in London after a “heavy birthday party…

Nigerian jailed for rape in UK

A Nigerian, living illegally in the United Kingdom and who was twice spared deportation has been convicted and sentenced for…

Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden charged with murder

Authorities in northwest Pakistan have charged the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden with murder and fraud,…

Aero Contractors becomes national carrier

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s Federal Government is set to turn heavily indebted Aero Contractors Airline into the country’s national carrier,…

APC rejects supplementary election in Anambra

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Friday’s announcement by INEC to hold supplementary election in Anambra State on 30…

Omoruyi laid to rest in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Director-General of the defunct Nigerian Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Prof. Omo Omoruyi was Friday laid to…

UK Rapper, Chip Arrives Nigeria For “Fire of Zamani” Concert

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Sony Music United Kingdom rapper, Chip, formerly known as Chipmunk, arrived Lagos for the first time this morning…

UNIJOS wins $8m grant from World Bank

A Nigerian university in the city of Jos has received an eight million dollar grant from the World Bank to…

Election now Nigeria’s worst enemy, says muslim cleric

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Move over Boko Haram. A new bugaboo has seized Nigeria’s landscape, with its attendant fear and anxiety. The…

5 Police AIGs redeployed

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has redeployed five assistant inspectors-general of police (AIGs) and two commissioners of police for…

Jonathan Recovers, Attends Investors’ Meeting

Ayorinde Oluokun President Jonathan who took ill yesterday and was admitted at a London hospital for treatment has fully recovered.…

Tiwa Savage weds Saturday

Sexy songstress Tiwa Savage will tomorrow, 23 November, take a big step into matrimony as she will get married to…

I Came To Lagos To Steal —Beninoise Convict Tells Judge

A Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ejigbo has ordered an immediate deportation of a 19-year old illegal immigrant from Cotonou…

Chad’s PM Quits

Chad’s Prime Minister Joseph Djimrangar Dadnadji has resigned along with his cabinet, a day before legislators from his own ruling…

20,000 Driver’s Licences Abandoned

At least, 20,000 driver’s licences are yet to be collected by their owners at the Ojodu office of the Federal…

Pfizer Fulfils A Promise

An ultra-modern diagnostic and disease control centre, a fruit of the out-of-court settlement of the dispute between Pfizer and Kano…

Police As Loan Recovery Agents

Tunde Ogunsakin, Commissioner of Police in charge of Special Fraud Unit is, without doubt, one of the best anti-fraud officers…

Yet Another Pension Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigns 12 officials of Oyo State Pension Board for alleged complicity in a…

Empowering The Challenged

Lift Above Poverty Organisation, LAPO, empowers physically challenged and indigent students with scholarship  The implementation of policies such as structural…

Oshiomhole: We Have Not Let Our People Down

On 12 November 2013, Governor Adams Oshiomhole marked his fifth year in office. He spoke with representatives of select media…

UK court fails to pity Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike

A Nigerian asylum seeker said to be near death from a hunger strike failed in his bid on Thursday to…