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Boko Haram: Vigilante group burns home of ANPP boss

A vigilante group claiming to help Nigeria’s military authorities battle insurgents in Borno State has set fire to the home…

Kidnappers of The Rhodes-Vivours arrested

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Three members of a gang that allegedly kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a Judge of the…

Samsung Unveils New Cameras

Samsung Electronics West Africa, has unveiled its line-up of high-performance smart cameras. The products, unveiled at an elaborate event in…

Deeper Life Suspends Kumuyi’s Son, Wife

The leadership of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry has suspended the son of the General Superintendent of the church and…

Policemen, Families Thrown Out Of Barracks

Hundreds of policemen and women living in Police Barracks, Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, including their wives and children have…

Live Wire Tragedy: PHCN Abandons Boy, 9

Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has allegedly abandoned a 9-year old boy, Ifakolade Afeez, who reportedly lost his arm…

Lagos Assembly To Summon RRS Boss Over Crime Upsurge

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has announced that the Commander of the Rapid…

SS1 Student Can’t Spell Teacher’s Name

A senior secondary student, Kelvin Agbedo, on Monday shocked both the court officials and litigants present when he was asked…

Mandela souvenirs hot cake in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG,(AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s prolonged illness has sparked intense interest in the anti-apartheid icon’s life and times with books, shirts…

2 Convicts escape from Nigerian court

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba There was commotion at a Delta State High Court, Asaba, Monday, following the escape of two condemned criminals,…

Egypt: Morsi dares army, rejects ultimatum

Egypt’s presidency rejected an ultimatum issued Monday by the army and said it would continue with its own plan for…

Egypt army gives Morsi 48-hour ultimatum

CAIRO(AFP) – The Egyptian army warned on Monday that if Islamist President Mohamed Morsi failed to meet the demands of…

Commercial motor-cyclists sue Gov. Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian Operators of Commercial motorcycles,popularly known as ‘Okada riders’, have dragged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to…

Obama vows to help Africa build Africa

DAR ES SALAAM(AFP) – Delighted crowds thronged US President Barack Obama in Tanzania Monday, as, homage paid to Nelson Mandela,…

Teidi, alleged pension thief to remain in prison

A former Director, Pension Accounts, in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Nigerian Federation, Shaibu Teidi…

Senate To Approve Service Chiefs’ Appointment

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Monday restrained Nigerian Presidents from appointing service…

Still On Jonathan, Opposition And 2015

By Chido Onumah I would be deluding myself if I imagined that my article last week, “2015: Who will defeat…

I Only Steal In Churches —Soldier’s Son Confesses

Sanni Umaru, the 32-year old son of a late soldier, has made a confession in court that he is a…

Cele Prophet Sent To Jail Over Visa Fraud

Prophet Owolere Odunuga of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Ibeshe District, Ikorodu, who was arrested for alleged visa fraud,…

Appeal Court Declares Mimiko Winner

The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal this morning dismissed the appeal filed by ACN candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu against…

Fashola Lights Up Carter Bridge

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Sunday switched on the lights of the 6km Carter Bridge, the oldest bridge in Lagos, southwest…

Residents Of Flood-Prone Areas Asked To Relocate

The Lagos State Government has warned residents living in flood-prone areas to vacate as heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected…

Brazil tame Spain to clinch Confederations Cup

Brazil have retained the Confederations Cup, walloping World and European champion, 3-0, with a brace by striker Fred and a…

Atiku: My dad jailed for not allowing my education

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar stunned his audience in far away Geneva, Switzerland when he recalled how his late…

Ribadu: Why corruption persists in Nigeria

The former chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has attributed the persistence of corruption…

Nigerian senator dies at 50

Nigeria lawmakers are mourning the passage of Senator Pius Ewherido, a member representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Senate,…

Police report indicts Nigerian army in Baga killings

Nigerian soldiers fired wildly “at anybody in sight” during a deadly April incident in Baga, Borno state, a police report…

Photospeak: Jonathan, Amaechi in Port Harcourt

Governor Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers State and chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, was at the Port Harcourt International…

3 corps members kidnapped in Rivers State

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three Nigerian corps members serving at Government Comprehensive Secondary School in the oil producing state of Rivers…

Amaechi receives Jonathan in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Few days after the Presidential Security Guards disallowed Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Governor of Rivers and the Chairman…