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Study links heavy teen drinking to dementia

STOCKHOLM, August 13, 2013 (AFP) – Heavy drinking and drug use in teenage years may boost your chances of developing…

Boko Haram: Upsurge in attacks dents military offensive

NIGERIA (AFP) – Brutal attacks on a mosque and a village in northeastern Nigeria that left 56 people dead raised…

12 Quack Doctors Arrested, Clinics Shut

Twelve quack medical doctors have been arrested and four illegal clinics have been shut down by the Rivers State branch…

Gully Erosion: Edo To Borrow $100m From Wold Bank

Worried by the huge financial strength needed to tackle the menace of gully erosion in the state, Edo State government…

Lagos Replies Amnesty On Badia Evictions

Lagos state commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Ade Ipaye has reacted  to the Amnesty International Report on the forced…

Fire Razes 3 Houses

Fire has razed three buildings at Oworonsoki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Valuables worth millions of naira were also destroyed.…

Police To Charge MASSOB Leaders

The police in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, said the detained coordinator of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign…

Nigerians Must Take Their Destiny In Their Hands —Malema

Nigerians must take over the ownership of the means of production of their economy and not allow foreign multinationals to…

Students, Activists Protest Poor State Of Education In Lagos

Over 1,000 university students, teachers, pro-democracy and human rights activists this morning held a rally in Lagos, western Nigeria, to…

Kudirat’s Murder: Lagos Drags Al-Mustapha To S/Court

The Lagos State Government has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the judgments delivered by the Appeal Court…

3 Arrested In Cows For Village Head Murder

Nigeria’s  Taraba Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested three persons in connection with the murder of the Village…

Ondo Assembly Denies Impeachment Rumour

The Ondo House of Assembly on Tuesday described as untrue the rumours that they are planning to impeach the state…

Shekau taunts Obama, claims recent killings

Abubakar Shekau, the elusive leader of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has claimed a series of recent deadly attacks…

Akwa Ibom pays for life-changing treatment for deaf kids

Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state Government plans to sponsor five deaf children from the state to India for life-changing treatment. Governor…

Nigerian Police afraid of us, says arrested MASSOB leader

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba The detained coordinator of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Anioma/Ndokwa East…

Mali: Keita heading for a landslide, Cisse concedes

BAMAKO (AFP) – Former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pulled ahead in Mali’s presidential race Monday, according to electoral and…

Nigerian leaders bad examples, says Yeni Kuti

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Yeni Kuti, eldest daughter of late Afro beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has said it was wrong for…

Breaking news: 44 killed by gunmen in mosque

Gunmen have killed 44 people inside a mosque, in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, officials say. The killings took place during…

Okagbare fades out in 100m final

Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare and Nigeria’s only medal hope in the 100m event at the 14th IAAF Championships in…

Nigerian state seeks World Bank loan for erosion control

JETHRO IBILKE/Benin Worried by the huge financial outlay needed to tackle the menace of gully erosion, Edo State government has…

EFCC quizzes Bukola Saraki

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday in Abuja began the questioning of former…

Outrage Over Adeboye’s 3-km Long Church

Simon Ateba The announcement last Saturday that the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, would build a three kilometre long…

101 Babies Born At Redeemed Church Convention

Kazeem Ugbodaga No fewer than 101 babies were born at the just concluded National Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church…

Petitioners want Nobel Prize to US WikiLeaks soldier

Supporters of Bradley Manning, the US soldier convicted of espionage for leaking secret files to WikiLeaks, presented a petition to…

2015 elections: Akpabio gives aides quit ultimatum

Governor Akpabio has urged Public office holders in Akwa Ibom State wishing to go for elective positions in 2015 to…

CBN governor honors wife

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Prince Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Sunday in Kano, north-west Nigeria staged a lavish…

Delta State assemblymen in US for leadership course

After laughing and chatting in close-knit circles, it’s finally time for a group of Nigerian state legislators in the living…

APC bombs Jonathan again, urges him go to court

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to go to court if he felt libelled by the…

Norwegian PM drives taxi to gauge public opinion

OSLO (AFP) – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg revealed Sunday that he has gone undercover as a taxi driver for…

Athletics: Usain Bolt reclaims 100m crown

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt reclaimed his 100m crown at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Sunday. Bolt timed…