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Saudi Arabia: 4 Men Get 10-Year Jail, 2000 Lashes For Public Dancing

A Saudi court has sentenced four men to up to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for dancing “naked”…

Plane Crash: Agagu’s casket intact, but 2 children die

The casket carrying the corpse of Chief Olusegun Agagu, the former governor of Ondo state was found intact in the…

Plane crash latest: FAAN confirms 15 dead, 5 survivors

Simon Ateba/Lagos An Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people, just minutes after taking off…

8 bodies recovered in Lagos plane crash

Five persons were said to have survived the Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria this morning. The plane…

Plane crashes in Lagos, 20 feared dead

An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos. The plane…

TUC leader appeals to ASUU, FG

The President – General of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Boboi Kaigama, has advised Nigeria’s Federal Government and the Academic…

INEC to redraw constituencies

Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday in Abuja said there was a wide…

Nigeria not ripe for old people’s home, says minister

In the wake of the UN backed report that ranked Nigeria the sixth worst place on earth for old people,…

Jury finds Jackson promoter not liable for his death

A California jury on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Michael Jackson’s family seeking massive damages from tour promoter AEG…

Gambia quits Commonwealth

The Gambian government on Wednesday announced it was pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, without providing further details.…

Man asks divorce-seeking wife marry virgin for him

A 51 year old Nigerian, whose wife has sued for divorce and is bent on leaving him, has asked an…

Ojude Oba 2013: Awujale drums up support for Ijebu State

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, in western Nigeria, has for the umpteenth time canvassed support…

40 Thugs Chase Away Redeemed Church Workers

Armed hoodlums, numbering over 40, have invaded Agufoye village, site of the proposed new 3-kilometre auditorium of the Redeemed Christian…

Institute Treats 169,962 HIV/AIDS Patients

Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) said it had treated and administered anti-retroviral drugs to 169,962 people living with HIV…

Fibroids Now Common In Younger Women —Expert

Uterine fibroid has become common among younger women and not older women alone as it used to be in the…

Trader Arraigned Over Sex Slavery

For allegedly luring a woman into sex slavery in Libya, a trader, Iyabo Adefioye, was on Wednesday charged before a…

Murdered Banker: Court Fines Defence Counsel Over Delay

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday adjourned till 31 October the adoption of final written addresses in the trial of…

Resident Doctors’ Strike: Patients Vacate ABUTH, Ear Centre

The nationwide strike embarked by Resident Doctors has crippled activities at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria as…

Just like man, a fish can pose for the camera!

What a man can do…. In the aquatic world, the rules are changing. A fish too can pose for the…

TUC Vows To Fight On, NLC Decries State Of Economy

The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Bobboi Kaigama, on Tuesday in Abuja said the congress would continue…

Lawyer Sues FG, ASUU Over Strike

A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Daniel Onwe, has dragged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff  Union of Universities, ASUU, before…

World’s shortest man just 16 inches tall!

If one thinks the world’s shortest man will be chosen among the dwarfs familiar on the streets of Lagos, you…

Murder Of Housemaid: Couple To Know Fate 23 October

A Nigerian high court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos state has fixed Oct. 23 for judgment in the case of…

Obama Cancels Asia Trip Because Of Shutdown

Due to the US government shutdown, President Barack Obama has cancelled the Malaysia and Philippines legs of an upcoming trip…

Thailand: Woman jailed for five years for insulting royals

A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to five years in jail for breaching the kingdom’s strict royal defamation…

Dangote to build diagnostic centre, hospital in Kano

Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said on Tuesday that he would construct a 1,000-bed…

Amaechi rallies citizens against jackboot reign in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hacourt After repeated crackdown by the Nigeria police on peaceful assembly in Rivers state, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi…

Nyiam, Nwabueze, Anyim join Okurounmu dialogue panel

Nigeria’s Federal Government has announced the other members of the Advisory Committee on National Dialogue that will establish modalities for…

Nigeria sixth worst country to grow old, says UN report

On the day that Nigeria celebrated its 53rd anniversary as an independent nation, a new study released today by the…

Americans rush to register for Obamacare insurance

A key stage of President Barack Obama’s drive to offer cheaper health insurance to millions of Americans opened Tuesday despite…