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Tukur: ‘I head the real PDP’

The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday in Abuja, said he was still heading…

Nigeria’s stowaway boy reveals family crisis

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Contrary to the account by Osaigbovo Oikhena, father of 13-year-old stowaway boy, Ricky Daniel, that he did not…

I didn’t win the Offa election, says PDP councillor

Stephen Oni/Ilorin In a rare move, a councillorship candidate of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, in the 31 August council poll…

Jonathan begins 3-day visit to Kenya

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a three day visit to Kenya tomorrow. The official visit was on the invitation…

Prison warder kills driver, injures pastor

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A taxi driver was shot dead by a trigger-happy prison warder in the suburb of Port Harcourt…

Obama rallies global support for Syria strikes

DAMASCUS(AFP) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of…

Indian doctors separate Nigeria’s conjoined twins

Indian doctors declared Wednesday that a pair of formerly conjoined twins, born in Nigeria, were healthy and happy after they…

Ajudua Seeks Bail Again

Fraud kingpin, Mr.Fred Ajudua has asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for a fresh bail. Ajudua’s counsel, Mr. Olalekan…

New PDP Gains Ground

The crisis rocking Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, worsened on Tuesday with the newly formed faction gaining traction and…

Drug Addict Goes Wild

A suspected drug addict on Tuesday went berserk, stabbing six people. One of the victims, a 40-year old man, died…

Prisoner Hangs Self After 1,000 Years Sentence

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland kidnapper who held three women against their will for a decade, is dead after hanging himself…

Kidnappers Of Lawmaker’s Wife Killed

Two suspected members of a kidnap gang, Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, have been killed by operatives of the Delta…

Housewife Remanded For Murder

An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 21-year-old housewife, Rebecca Bassey, in prison custody over alleged…

Floods Displace 7m Nigerians —NEMA

At least seven million Nigerians were displaced in various floods recorded nationwide by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in…

6 Jailed For Public Disturbance

An Abuja Grade 2 Area Court in Kado on Tuesday in the FCT sentenced six men to four months imprisonment…

Hunger Drove Me Into Stealing —Suspect

A 27-year old theft suspect, Marvellous Moris, has allegedly confessed in court that hunger drove him into stealing a handset…

Woman Knocks Off Neighbour’s Teeth

A 35-year old woman has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly assaulting her neighbour by knocking…

Niger Delta group threatens Amaechi, new violence

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new Niger Delta group, styled as Coalition of Militant Action for the Niger Delta, COMA, has…

Analysis: Tested by dissent, PDP in unfamiliar territory

The party that has controlled Nigeria’s presidency since a return to civilian rule in 1999 has found itself in unfamiliar…

Nigeria’s radio-TV stations go digital 2014

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Emeka Mba, said on Tuesday that broadcasting houses in Abuja, Lagos…

Reports: Circumcision lowers AIDs/HIV infection

A follow-up probe into the use of circumcision to thwart the AIDS virus has confirmed that foreskin removal greatly reduces…

Kidnappers of lawmaker’s wife killed in Delta

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, suspected to be members of a dare-devil kidnap gang, have been killed by…

Atiku denies campaign billboards

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has dissociated himself from the dramatic appearance of campaign billboards and posters being mounted…

Nigerian Stowaway boy handed over to Edo state officials

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Stowaway 13-year-old Master Daniel Ricky Oikhena was Tuesday handed over to the Edo state Ministry of Women Affairs…

PDP Senate Caucus Asks Suntai To Go For Further Treament

A Senate team sent to Taraba State to assess the health of the State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, arrived Jalingo, the…

PDP Peace Talks Fail, Caucus Disowns Oyinlola, Others

As several peace talks held by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, to resolve the crisis in the…

Oil Pollution: Fashola Orders OPD To Sue Civil Defence

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, to take legal action against…

Conduct Of Census In 14 LGs: Lagos Plans Legal Action

The Lagos State Government says it is considering seeking redress in court to compel the National Population Commission, NPC, to…

Housewife Commits Suicide

A 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after allegedly taking a meal of pap, mixed with…

Dissent In PDP Worsens

The party that has controlled Nigeria’s presidency since a return to civilian rule in 1999 has found itself in unfamiliar…