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Court orders burial of Nigerian industrialist

Chief Dike Ifegwu, Nigerian industrialist, who died over a year ago, can now rest in peace. A Nigerian high court…

Rain of encomiums on prominent lawyer, Babalola

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Notable Nigerians today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State showered encomiums on Chief Afe Bablola, (SAN) a legal…

Abducted SETRACO worker Lebanese, not Israeli

The Nigerian police in Edo state said the expatriate worker of SETRACO construction company kidnapped yesterday was not an Israeli…

Critics unimpressed by Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle

Embattled South African president Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet with less than a year to go before elections Tuesday, axing…

Fracas In Rivers House: A blow by blow account

.Majority leader, speaker beaten .Bipi made himself speaker for a few minutes .Bipi asked his cops, thugs to shoot Governor…

Jonathan Arrives Beijing On A Four-Day Visit

President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Beijing at about 17.30hours (local time) today to begin a four-day state visit to China…

4 Suleja Bombers Jailed For Life

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Four persons out of the six suspected terrorists standing trial before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja…

Appeal Court Sacks Olofa Of Offa

The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, in the central Nigerian state of Kwara on Tuesday 9 July nullified the appointment…

Man Jumps Into Canal To Avoid Trial

A suspected fraudster who resides in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Olayinka Salau, tried to avoid trial by fleeing from an…

6-Year Single Term: Fashola, Nwabueze Disagree

Governor Babatunde Fashola and elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze have disagreed over the 6-year single term proposal for president, governors…

Isoko Nation Joins APC

Isoko Political Front (IPF), the umbrella body of Isoko Progressive Forces in Delta State has formally pitched its tent with…

My Daughter’s Death A Big Loss

The mother of a 7-year old Primary 2 pupil of UNA Primary School, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mrs.…

Man Remanded For Killing Co-Tenant

A 55-year old farmer, Unugbai Godwin, arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal…

Another Nigerian Wins 2013 Caine Prize

A Nigerian, Tope Folarin, has won this year”s Caine Prize for African Writing. He won it with his short story,…

Nigeria: Fracas in Rivers House of Assembly

The sitting of Nigeria’s Rivers State House of Assembly was disrupted this morning when hoodlums and some members attacked the…

Brazil to import foreign doctors

Brazil has launched a programme to lure thousands of foreign doctors to fill vacancies in its public health system, a…

Kekere-Ekun, 5th female apex court judge takes oath

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court’s fifth female Justice was on Monday sworn in by the Chief Justice of…

Ex-governor Sylva seeks court’s leave to travel abroad

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Timipre Sylva, the embattled former governor of the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa, who is standing…

Nigerian court to rule on bail for Hezbollah linked Lebanese

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of three Lebanese held over the illegal importation of arms cache in Kano state, northern…

Ramadan to begin Wednesday

Millions of Muslims all over the world, including Nigeria will begin the fasting month of Ramadan Wednesday. In Riyadh, the…

Squeezed by the military, Boko Haram targets schools

Boko Haram insurgents have massacred dozens of students in recent weeks in Nigeria’s northeast, opening a new phase in their…

UK mulls Boko Haram ban

The proscribed Nigerian-based Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is to be further banned in Britain under anti-terror laws, the British…

Israeli abducted in Nigeria, military guard shot

The Nigerian Police in Edo state on Monday said an Israeli working with Setraco Construction Company has been abducted by…

Boko Haram Faces UK Membership Ban

Support for two extremist groups – Minbar Ansar Deen and Boko Haram – is to be made a criminal offence…

Circumcision: 30 People Die In South Africa

Death related to the traditional circumcision in South Africa keeps increasing with another thirty people losing their lives at the…

4 AIGs, 195 Others Face Police Sanctions Committee

Four Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) are among 195 senior police officers facing charges before the Force Disciplinary Committee…

Housewife Bags One Year Jail Term For Attempted Goat Stealing

A Nigerian court has sentenced a housewife, Omolara Jimoh, 39, to one year imprisonment for attempting to steal some goats.…

Bus Driver Rapes 2 Daughters For 2 Years

A 35-year old bus driver, Adewale Adeleke has been arrested by the police for defiling his two daughters. The little…

Man Jailed For The 6th Time

A 25-year old man, Hope Ariyo, has been sent to prison for the sixth time for committing various crimes in…

Residents Flee As Robbers Raid Matogun

Landlords and tenants of some streets in Matogun, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have fled their…