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Jonathan Has Failed —Mrs Fawehinmi

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has failed Nigeria and should be defeated in 2015, and his wife, Patience, has made things…

Heavy Security Ahead Of PDP’s Convention

Hundreds of well armed policemen have been deployed around Eagle Square, Abuja the venue of tomorrow’s mini convention of Peoples…

EFCC declares 3 aides of ex-governor Nnamani wanted

Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s Economic and…

PDP slams suspension on Andy Uba

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The national secretariat of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP on Thursday suspended former presidential aide and a…

Mahama stays as president, Ghana court rules

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President John Dramani Mahama’s win in elections last year, dismissing the opposition’s case alleging…

Why Nigerian varsity students rush to Ghana—Okojie

The Executive Secretary, Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Julius Okojie, has attributed the rush by Nigerians to study in…

ACF joins call for Odimegwu’s sack

Northern Nigeria’s Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Thursday urged the Federal Government not to allow the Chairman of National Population…

Taraba House declares Suntai unfit, urges return to US for rehab

Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa has told Governor Danbaba Suntai to return to the United States…

Amaechi’s loyalists snub PDP convention

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Loyalists of Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, have announced a boycott of the 31 August national convention of…

Scientists Grow ‘Mini Human Brains’

Scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels…

EU To Join War Against Sea Pirates In West Africa

The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West…

Lagos Shuts 13 Buildings Over Pollution

Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, have shut down 13 storey buildings located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Street…

We Are Not Worried About Lawmakers’ Defection —Ogun APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has declared that it is not threatened by the decision of some…

Mob Kills Customs Officer At Seme

An angry mob this morning allegedly killed a yet to be identified Customs Superintendent who was on his way to…

Gov Suntai’s Wife Begs Legislators

The absurd drama playing out in Taraba State has entered another phase with Hajia Hauwa, the wife of Governor Danbaba…

Supreme Court Affirm’s Mimiko’s Victory

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the victory of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party…

APC will take over South-South Zone – Ikimi Boasts

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba The interim chairman (South-South zone), of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Tom Ikimi, has boasted that the…

Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…

Court orders extradition of Nigerian Al-Qaeda suspect to US

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the extradition of a Nigerian…

Lekki Concession: Lagos explains rights buy-back

The Lagos State Government, in western Nigeria, said it has neither terminated nor cancelled the Concession Agreement it entered into…

Why Jonathan sacked youth minister—Abati

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Presidency on Wednesday said Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, the sacked Minister of Youth Development was removed from the…

2 Trucks Crash On Ikorodu Road

There was an accident at Mile 12 axis of Ikorodu Road in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in the early hours of…

Court Orders INEC, PDP To Accept Andy Uba As Gov Candidate

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP and the Independent National Electoral…

Fasheun’s OPC, Police Clash

Seven members of the Frederick Fasheun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, were arrested by the police yesterday after…

Man, 22, Held Over Attempt To Rape 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Inuwa of Herwagana quarters, Gombe for…

‘We Don’t Have N250m Ransom’

Family members of kidnapped human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, have  said they don’t have…

Taraba’s Zombie Gov Dissolves Cabinet

Incapacitated Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, today announced the dissolution of the state’s cabinet. The Senior Special Assistant to…

Longevity: Experts doubt ‘127-year-old’ Chinese woman

BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese government news portal has claimed that a woman in China’s remote far west is 127…

Saudi man dies of MERS virus

A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 42,…

Mandela Update: Critical but stable, says President Zuma

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition, South African President Jacob Zuma has said, more than two months…