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Oduahgate: Police Arrest Melaye, search office

Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja Dino Melaye, a former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and executive secretary, Anti-Corruption Network, ACN,…

Imoke presents N176.3b budget for 2014

Gov. Liyel Imoke of the southern Nigerian state of Cross River on Monday presented a budget of N176.3billion for the…

Acting governor pledges scholarship for late Speaker’s children

The Acting Governor of of the north eastern state of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Monday condoled with the family…

Court orders police, bank pay for torture, unlawful arrest

A Nigerian High court in Oyigbo, Rivers state, has ordered the police and Main Street bank to pay N5 million…

Anambra Poll: Supreme Court affirms Nwoye as PDP candidate

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Legal battle over who should be the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for…

Borno, Gombe corps members to camp together

The NYSC said 2,200 corps members posted to Borno and Gombe states, in northern Nigeria for the 2013 batch ‘C’…

Stampede: Ngige campaign group faults Obi’s reaction

The Senator Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation has described as “unfortunate” Gov. Peter Obi’s reaction to the tragedy at the Holy…

Commissioners swop posts in Amosun’s cabinet

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,southwest,Nigeria today announced a minor reshuffle in membership of its Executive Council. The…

Boko Haram gunmen kill 40 in fresh attacks, torch 300 homes

The efficacy of the five month old state of emergency in Nigeria’s north eastern states has come again under scrutiny…

5 Rebel PDP Governors Visit Obasanjo Again

Abiodun Onafute/ Abeokuta Five of the seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, this afternoon met with former…

Pregnant Mother, 7 Others Paraded For Robbery

Jamiu Yisa The Nigerian police command in Lagos State has paraded a three-month old pregnant woman alongside a seven-man armed…

Woman Delivers In Tricycle

A 28-year old herbal concoction hawker, popularly known as Paraga seller,  Basirat Ogundeji,  has  been delivered of a  baby girl …

Ozekhome Recounts Ordeal In Kidnappers’ Den At Thanksgiving

Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has revealed how he urinated in his boxers while in the den of his…

Fire Guts Great Nigeria House

Fire guts 22-storey Great Nigeria House in Lagos Hundreds of tenants and traders wept on Monday as fire engulfed the…

Taraba Speaker Dead

The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, is dead. He died in the early hours of…

Kenya: 4 charged with Westgate Mall attack

Kenya charged four men Monday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September, an attack claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked…

Hospitals rejecting accident victims to face sanctions

Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has threatened to sanction any hospital that refuses to attend to accident victims, especially…

Police stop Abuja Meeting of PDP Governors

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja A detachment of policemen from the Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory of the Nigeria Police on Sunday evening barged…

PDP sweeps Enugu council polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship seats in the local government elections…

Stampede tragedy: Obi declares 3 days of mourning

Gov. Peter Obi of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, has declared three days of mourning in honour of the…

Mike Akhigbe’s body arrives in Lagos

The remains of late Nigerian Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, arrived in Lagos on Sunday from the U.S. in a British…

Nigerian students observe solar eclipse in Abuja

No fewer than 500 students of public and private schools across Nigeria on Sunday observed the partial solar eclipse at…

Report: South African mob kills 5 suspected criminals

Five alleged criminals including a witch doctor were killed by an enraged South African mob in a township on Sunday,…

Witnesses recount gory attack on wedding convoy

Witnesses and survivors have recounted how gunmen, believed to be Boko Haram members, attacked a wedding convoy in Nigeria’s northeastern…

Jonathan to meet with ASUU leaders Monday

After a four-month stand-off, President Goodluck Jonathan himself will take charge of talks with the striking members of the Academic…

Shekau in new video, claims leading Damaturu attack

Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau said in a video released Sunday that he led an October 24 attack in…

False Alarm Caused Anambra Stampede — Cleric

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Diocese, in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has attributed the…

I Knew NNS Fearless, Mike Akhigbe

By Sonala Olumhense Someday, Namadi Sambo, at his appointed time just like everyone else, will die. Mr. Sambo is the…

Policeman detained for killing panel beater

AYODEJI DEDEIGBO Saturday was a tragic day for the Omotoshos as a member of the family, Azeez Omotosho, 35, a…

Tukur dreams PDP winning opposition APC state

The National Chairman of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Sunday said the party would take over…