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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…

No More Licence For Firearms —IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, on Sunday restated that the ban imposed on the issuance of fresh licences…

Floods Torment Agbede Community

Whenever it rains, many Nigerians give thanks to God as they are excited by the showers of blessings, but the…

Murray, Djokovic the new superpowers of tennis

LONDON (AFP) – Thanks for the memories Roger and Rafa, but it’s the Novak and Andy show now. Andy Murray’s…

Three feared dead in police-civilian clash

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Three persons were today feared dead and two policemen injured in a bloody clash involving policemen and some…

Schools shut after Boko Haram massacre

Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state on Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre that saw suspected Islamist…

EU condemns latest killings by Boko Haram gunmen

The European Union on Sunday condemned the “horrific murder by terrorists” of dozens of people, mostly students, in an attack…

Woman hacked to death by her children

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The sleepy town of Lampese, a border town between Kogi and Edo states, was thrown into confusion last…

Nigeria police maintains freeze on firearms licences

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Sunday restated that the ban imposed on the issuance of fresh…

History maker Andy Murray wins Wimbledon title

Andy Murray ended Britain’s agonising 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men’s champion on Sunday when he destroyed world number one…

Boko Haram: Nigerian army urged to review telecom ban

Nigeria’s military authorities ban on telephone services in the states where emergency rule is in force has given birth to…

Delta state shuts 662 illegal schools

Nigeria’s Delta state government has ordered the closure of 662 private schools operating illegally in the state. The Commissioner for…

Robbers raid Taraba bank, sack police station

Suspected armed robbers have attacked the branch of a first generation bank and the Divisional Police Headquarter in Karim-Lamido Local…

Wimbledon: Marion Bartoli final winner, Lisicki weeps

Sabine Lisicki broke down in floods of tears after crippling stagefright condemned her to a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marion…

ElBaradei tipped as interim PM for Egypt

Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei was tipped Saturday as premier to help lead Egypt out of a deepening crisis, official…

Bishop extols leadership qualities of ACN leader

Archbishop Atilade of the Anglican Diocese and President of the Christian Welfare Initiative, CWI,has described the national leader of the…

Egypt: Cleric rules Morsi’s ouster invalid in fatwa

Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Saturday issued a religious decree, or fatwa, urging Egyptians to support overthrown Islamist president…

Death toll in Boko Haram school killings hits 42

The death toll of students and teachers killed by Boko Haram gunmen in a Yobe state boarding school has reached…

World’s biggest cocaine dealer arrested

An Italian mafia capo alleged to be the biggest cocaine trafficker in the world will be deported to Italy on…

Fulani herdsmen on the rampage in Benue

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded a farming village in central Nigerian state of Benue , burning several houses,…

Buhari: Why I didn’t promote myself army General

Nigeria’s former head of state, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari said he decided to retire with his rank in 1985, to defend…

Venezuela offers asylum to US most wanted fugitive

CARACAS(AFP) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered Friday to grant asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, giving a possible…

Egypt Coup: Morsi supporters in street protests

CAIRO (AFP) – Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets in their tens of thousands Friday,…

Wimbledon: Dream final as Murray meets Djokovic

It’s a dream tie in the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday as Andy Murray, world number two, locks horns with…

Supreme Court Gets A New Jurist

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Court bench was Friday increased following President Goodluck Jonathan’s approval of the appointment of…

Yes, Obama can dance!

US President Barack Obama can also shuffle his legs as he did on July 1 on arrival in Tanzania on…