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Reports: Saudi beheads man for torturing wife to death

Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a citizen convicted of torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the…

Celebrating D.O. Fagunwa’s Enduring Legacy

Fifty years after the passing of Yoruba fantasy author, Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa, his home-state Ondo, played host to many eminent…

Emergency in Boko Haram states a success: Official

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday declared that the declaration of state of emergency in the North East States…

Hundreds die as police shoot ousted Morsi’s supporters

CAIRO (AFP) – Security forces stormed the Cairo protest camps of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s supporters in a long-anticipated…

Boko Haram: Shekau’s deputy killed by Nigerian troops

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters announced on Wednesday in Abuja that Momodu Bama, the second-in-command to the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar…

Mali to give Jonathan highest award for peace

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday, be conferred with the highest honour of the Republic of Mali, for his pivotal…

PDP clears Uba, Anenih, 13 others for Anambra race

The PDP Appeal Committee on Anambra Governorship election has cleared 15 aspirants out of the 17 that returned their nomination…

40-year-old bridge collapses in Ebonyi state

The 40-year-old Eguhuo Bridge in Agba, Ishiellu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, eastern Nigeria caved in on Wednesday after…

Jonathan to meet Obama in New York

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and US President, Barack Obama, will meet in Washington DC on the sideline of the UN…

Incredible: Mali rewards coup leader with promotion

The incredible has happened in the west African nation of Mali: The soldier who led a coup that ousted Mali’s…

Cameroon Takes Full Control Over Bakassi

Cameroon took full sovereignty over the disputed territory of Bakassi on Wednesday, state radio reported, five years after an agreement…

Police: House Of Ogun Lawmaker’s Dad Den Of Cultists

The Nigerian police command  in Ogun state, western Nigeria has declared that the Omu-Ijebu house of the father of Ogun…

Man Buries Brother’s Son Alive

A man and two other accomplices have been arrested and charged to court for burying his 3-year old brother’s son…

My Dad Wept On Sick Bed —Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says the only time he ever saw his late father, Pa Ademola Fashola, weep…

Al-Mustapha Must Not Escape Justice —Kudirat’s Children

Following the filing of an appeal at the Supreme Court by the Lagos State Government against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…

How Boko Haram Was Created —Arogundade

The Director International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, has said Boko Haram is a Frankenstein monster that was…

Egypt kills 30 pro-Morsi protesters

Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the…

The Butcher Of Borno

JTF’s onslaught on Boko Haram hide-outs yields grisly video recordings of the sect’s bestial activities Operation Boyona, the code name…

Patience Jonathan’s mum gets burial date

Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s president, has disclosed that the burial of her late foster mother, Mrs Charity Oba,…

Lagos accuses Orji Kalu of tax dodging

The Lagos State government has described the former governor of Abia State , Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu as a land…

Chinese group drinks pesticide to commit suicide

A group of at least 10 people attempted suicide together in Beijing by drinking pesticide, local media reported Wednesday. Some…

Nigeria’s flood killed 363 people, says NEMA DG

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Three hundred and sixty three people died in last year’s flood which ravaged many states across Nigeria, occasioned…

Nigerian witness weakens case against Zambia’s ex-leader

The corruption trial of former Zambian president Rupiah Banda was thrown into disarray Tuesday when the state’s star witness, a…

Expense claims scandal hits Canada’s senate

Canada’s Senate on Tuesday asked federal police to investigate one of their own after an audit uncovered some “troubling” travel…

Obasanjo: Nigeria may have been cursed

Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo said the country may have been cursed with poor and irresponsible leaders. He said this…

Buhari, Tambuwal, 10 Govs at Prayers for Pa Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga&Yisa Jamiu Former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal…

Akinola blasts clerics, urges Jonathan to justify election

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Archbishop and Primate Metropolitan of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and former President of the…

Court grants bail to ex-Nigerian presidential aspirant

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, Chief…

3 teachers regain freedom after N5m ransom paid

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Three female primary school teachers abducted by kidnappers at Orhogbua Primary School, Ekehuan, village, Edo state, finally regained…

Nigerian teacher can’t read own document

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verification of certificates of primary school teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo ordered by Governor…