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Attack on Nigerians: FG Summons India Envoy

Nigeria has demanded an unreserved apology from the India over the death of its citizen identified as Obodo Simeon. Professor…

Tennis: Djokovic crushes Nadal for Tour Finals championship

Novak Djokovic in a masterful display of tennis artistry showed in London Monday night that he has the DNA code…

Apple, Samsung back in court over patent war

Apple and Samsung return to a California court this week for another round in the blockbuster patent trial between the…

Bill Gates vows to end Nigeria’s polio scourge

US billionaire Bill Gates on Monday vowed to help end the scourge of polio in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation,…

PDP goes for broke, suspends Oyinlola, Baraje, 2 others

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Working Committee of Nigeria ruling Peoples Pemocratic Party (PDP) on Monday suspended four leading members of…

Jonathan, Mark counsel African parliamentarians at summit

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday in Abuja that to institutionalise political stability in Africa, democracy must evolve within the…

Governor Shema loses dad

The father of Governor Ibrahim Shema of the northern state of Katsina has died. Alhaji Shehu Shema, a farmer and…

Jonathan decorates ADC with new rank

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday decorated his Aide De Camp (ADC), Ojogbane Adegbe with his new rank of Colonel in…

Reports: Spanish police bust Nigerian sex racket, rescue 5 ladies

Spanish police have freed five Nigerian women, who were victims of a prostitution racket by a gang of Nigerians. The…

Lam Adesina’s anniversary exposes political divisions

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Two separate events, signalling the political divisions in Oyo State, western Nigeria were held today in Ibadan, the…

Lagos government sanctions 7 school principals, 2 teachers

Kazeem Ugbodaga          The Lagos State Government has sanctioned four principals, three vice principals and two teachers in Lagos public schools…

Storm batters Somalia, over 100 feared dead

At least 100 people are feared dead in a ferocious storm battering Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, the local government said…

APC: APGA, PDP planning to rig Anambra election

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has exposed the plan by desperate politicians within the PDP and APGA to massively rig…

French president booed in Paris

A solemn event presided over by French President Francois Hollande to remember those who died in World War I turned…

Posthumous launch for Christy Essien’s last album

.And her foundation too Family members, friends, associates, admirers of the late Nigeria’s Lady of Songs, Christy Essien Igbokwe will…

Asafa Hails Eaglets

Senator Gbenga Ashafa has commended the Golden Eaglets for their heroic performance at the just concluded 2013 FIFA U-17 World…

Govt Restricts Danfo Drivers To 8 Hrs Of Work

The Lagos State Government says it would begin enforcement of a section of the road traffic law which restricts commuter…

Exclusive: Why Jonathan, Wife Are Fighting Me —Amaechi

The Governor of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that he incurred the wrath of President Goodluck Jonathan…

Taraba Gets New Speaker

The Taraba State House of Assembly Monday elected a new speaker,  Josiah Sabo Kente, a member representing Wukari 2 Constituency…

Jonathan gives cash rewards to World Champions, Golden Eaglets

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday announced different cash gifts for players, coaches and other support staff of the…

Elders Warn Kogi state against N20bn bond

The Elders Forum in the central Nigerian state of Kogi has warned the state Government against ongoing efforts to secure…

Date fixed for Akhigbe’s burial

Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, Nigeria’s former chief of general staff to the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, will be buried…

Whereabouts of kidnapped Sokoto bizman unknown

The Nigerian police in the northwestern state of Sokoto on Sunday declared that it had yet to ascertain the whereabouts…

Typhoon ravaged Philippines gets world aid

Countries and organisations around the world, including the US, the UN and the EU, on Sunday scrambled aid to the…

Over 10,000 dead in The Philippines’ worst typhoon in history

. whole towns destroyed and thousands perish TACLOBAN, (AFP) – The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire…

New PDP replaces Oyinlola, awaits 5 more governors

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has appointed Nasir Isa Abubakar as a replacement…

Russian artist protests by nailing testicles to cobblestone

A Russian performance artist was hospitalised Sunday after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in…

Awoniyi, Golden Eaglets’ striker almost discouraged from football

Mr Solomon Awoniyi, father of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets’ striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, said he used to beat his son to discourage…

Anambra election: APGA smells victory for candidate

Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said that he was confident that his…