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Nigerians among 700 migrants rescued off Italian Coast

The Italian coast guard said Saturday it had rescued more than 700 migrants and refugees, including many Syrians and Egyptians,…

US, France: Support growing for Syria strikes

PARIS (AFP) – The United States and France said Saturday that international backing was growing for military strikes to punish…

APC rebels vow to fight Governor Ajimobi

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The crisis in the newly formed All Progressive Party (APC) in Oyo State has taken a new dimension…

Archbishop Kattey kidnapped by gunmen

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Most Rev Ignatius Ogboru Kattey, the Dean, ArchBishop and Bishop of Niger Delta North Anglican Communion of…

Australians vote to oust PM Rudd’s Labour Party

SYDNEY (AFP) – Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping…

Serena crushes Li to meet Azarenka in US Open final

Defending champion Serena Williams and world number two Victoria Azarenka marched into a repeat of last year’s US Open final…

Obasanjo leads efforts to resolve PDP ‘family dispute’

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, described the crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as a ‘family dispute’, which will…

PDP crisis: Court declines Tukur’s bid to stop Baraje

PDP Crisis: Court Declines Tukur’s Bid To Stop Baraje Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Embattled national chairman of the crisis ridden Peoples…

Winners Chapel workers attack Ogun tax men

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tax officials of the western Nigerian state of Ogun have been attacked by workers of one of Nigeria’s…

Jonathan urges ICC halt Kenyatta’s trial

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Nairobi lent his voice to the ongoing debate on whether President Uhuru Kenyatta of…

Nigerian soldiers massacre 50 Boko Haram fighters

In a tot-for-tat like operation, Nigeria’s military on Friday said it had killed 50 Boko Haram insurgents in an operation…

Kano Destroyed N3bn Fake Drugs In Past One Year —Official

The Kano State Government said on Thursday it had destroyed fake and adulterated drugs worth over N3 billion in the…

Image Of Dead Imam Attracts Crowd

  Muslim faithful have continued to besiege a mosque, popularly called Alfa Shehu Mosque, at Owode-Onirin along Ikorodu road, Lagos…

Lagos Bus Drivers Use Cocaine —Fashola Raises Alarm

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has raised alarm that commuter bus drivers in the state now take…

Blind Man To Blind Friend: You Snatched My Wife

A blind man, Mr Shaibu Ibrahim, 56, of Aso Pada in Mararaba, Nasarawa State on Thursday told a Grade 1…

Nigerian Ladies Worry Over Scarcity Of Men

The recent alarm raised by the Catholic Women Organisation that husbands would become scarce in Nigeria in 2023 may just…

World Leaders Fail To Heal Rift On Syria

World leaders at the G20 summit on Friday failed to bridge their bitter divisions over US plans for military action…

Boko Haram: Nigerian army fails to stop more killings

The Nigerian army has continued to ensure the safety of Nigerians living in Borno State as yet another killing has…

Baraje’s PDP mulls contempt charges against Tukur

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it has mandated its…

Egypt’s Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt

A bomb targeted the convoy of Egypt’s interior minister today in Cairo in the first attack on a senior government…

ASUU Strike Continues –Fagge

President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has categorically stated that the ongoing strike will not be…

Female Graduate Leads 7-Man Robbery Gang

A seven-man robbery gang led by a woman, Chioma Ezekwesiri, has been smashed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in…

Lord’s Chosen Fake Miracle CDs Flood Market

The police in Lagos have launched investigation into the massive production of audio and video CDs of purported miracles performed…

Attack On Young Shall Grow Boss: Igbo Festac Residents Plan Protest

Following the failed assassination attempt on the Managing Director of Young Shall Grow Motors Limited, Chief Vincent Obianodo, and the rising…

‘Molue’ Banned From Lagos Island

The Lagos State Government has banned commuter buses, popularly known as Molue, from plying routes on Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest…

APC Condemns PDP’s Daylight Vote Robbery In Offa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the daylight vote robbery by the PDP in last Saturday’s rerun at the…

Lagos Assembly Slams LG Bosses Over Bloated Budgets

The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, has frowned at what it calls a funny trend where council chairmen…

FRSC To Install Speed Limit Devices In Buses

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, is to make sure that “speed limit devices” are installed in all commercial buses,…

Man charged with sodomy

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian police in southern Nigerian state of Rivers has arraigned a 30 year old suspect, Godface…

Nigeria: Car parts thieves invade dep. governor’s home

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Stern-faced security operatives at the official residence of Delta state deputy governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, in Asaba the…