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Kano sets date for council polls

The Independent Electoral Commission in the northwestern state of Kano says the local government elections will hold on 17 May…

Jonathan probes Oduah’s scandal, queries her

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan, departing to Jerusalem for pilgrimage later tonight, has set up a three man panel to…

BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…

Tinubu Decries Precarious State Of The Nation

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has decried the precarious state of the…

Unending woes for Berlusconi, charged with bribery

An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party’s…

Tunisia’s protests turn bloody

Tunisia’s National Guard clashed with militants in the central Sidi Bouzid region on Wednesday, with fatalities on both sides, police…

Pope Francis suspends German ‘bling bishop’

The Vatican on Wednesday suspended indefinitely a German Catholic cleric dubbed the “bling bishop” for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple…

Protesters in Tunis want government to quit

Thouands of opposition activists protested in central Tunis on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, ahead of a…

Ngige Campaign Group Cries Out Over Plot To Rig Poll

The Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation says it has uncovered plans to “systematically” rig its candidate out of the 16 November…

Man In Court For Raping Facebook Lover

The Nigerian police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 34-year-old man, Omowuyi Kelvin, over alleged rape of a 25-year old…

Kwankwaso cries out against Tukur- PDP persecution

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the Governor of Kano state, northwest Nigeria has cried out over what he described…

Oshiomhole accuses police of aiding electoral fraud

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has accused the Nigerian police of aiding ballot box snatching,…

House of Reps to probe Oduah’s BMW Cars

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representative on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Aviation to probe the $1.6 million armoured car…

Nigeria’s troops kill 37 Boko Haram militants

Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a ground and air assault on an insurgent…

Jonathan leaves for pilgrimage Wednesday

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will late Wednesday embark on a pilgrimage to Israel, according to a statement by his special…

Nigeria: Fashola, Oshiomhole want female president

Governors Adams Oshomhole and Babatunde Fashola of Edo and Lagos States respectively say it is time for Nigeria to have…

Oduah’s car scandal: Aviation authorities now blame APC

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s aviation authorities on Tuesday gave a different version of a story involving the purchase of two…

Gana Heads Lar’s Burial Committee

The Plateau State Government on Tuesday constituted a committee for the burial of its first civilian governor, Chief Solomon Lar.…

Plateau LG Polls Hold 21 Dec.

The Plateau Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) on Tuesday reaffirmed its readiness to conduct the local government council elections 21 December,…

Estate Agent In Court Over Fraud

An estate agent, Aduni Olonade, 33, who allegedly duped an accommodation seeker of N115,000, on Tuesday appeared before an Abule…

FG, WHO To Provide 774 Dental Clinics

The Federal Government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to establish 774 dental clinics across the country. The Director,…

Germany To Supply Electricity To 4 Varsities

The Secretary, National Energy Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Njiddah, said on Tuesday that the German government had offered to provide electricity…

NDLEA Arrest 95 Suspects

The Ebonyi command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday announced the arrest of 95 drug suspects…

Woman Jailed Over Stolen Blocks

A Grade 1 Area Court in Kuje, FCT, on Monday sentenced a 31-year old business woman, Mary Ajayi, to three…

2 Women Fight Over Husband

A 27-year old housewife, Mrs. Nkiruka Muonagorom, on Monday,  told the Ejigbo Customary Court, Lagos, western Nigeria how she was…

Oduah In Another Car Scandal

Another car purchase scandal has hit the embattled Minister of aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, less than a week after a…

Boko Haram kills 29 in one day

Boko Haram gunmen have stormed two villages in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, killing 10 people, after a botched attempt by…

Royal fathers back Oshiomhole on Edo House sale

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa, the Crown Prince, the Royal fathers of Opoji and Okpella and many others…

ASUU Strike: Okonjo Iweala denies being a clog to peace

Nigeria’s minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied being a clog in efforts to reach a compromise between the…

ThisDay bombing trial: Court reserves judgment

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in a case of terrorism filed against Mustapha Umar,…