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Strange: Suspected rapist drags victim to court

In Katsina, northwestern Nigeria, a rape accused has turned an accuser. The suspected rapist, Alhaji Mu’awiyah Sabe, sued his alleged…

2 Nigerian Air Force pilots die in fighter jet crash

A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the…

Protests in Africa’s last colony

Hundreds of pro-independence Sahrawi activists marched in Laayoune at the weekend, the Western Sahara’s largest city, in the biggest protest…

Bride, 4 friends die in burning limousine on wedding day

A Filipino bride, identified as Neriza Fojas and four friends died desperately trying to scramble out of a rented limousine…

Ekiti ACN chairman, 4 others charged with murder

The Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mr Jide Awe, was on…

37 muslim fanatics killed in Bangladesh

DHAKA, (AFP) Bangladeshi police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down Islamist television…

Monguno released after N50million ransom paid

Octogenarian and former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen in the northeastern city…

Semenitari dismisses removal plot against Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has dismissed any threat of impeachment of Governor Chibuike Ameachi by five minority…

Provost, Bursar of Federal agric college docked for fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Dr. Paul Ajah Onu and Mr. Samuel Atoi, former Provost and…

Court Grants Ladipo Market Leader Bail

Henry Ojelu The embattled president of Aguiyi Ironsi International Market popularly know as Ladipo market in Mushin, Jonathan Okoli was…

Stop Ridiculing Yourselves, Lagos ACN Tells PDP, Shelle

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described  as ridiculous and yet  a continuation of…

APC: Change Is Coming

By Joe Igbokwe All over the world the only thing that is permanent is change. You buy a motorcycle or…

Yes, I Attempted Suicide, Tricyclist Tells Judge

A 27-year old tricycle operator, Sanni Abdulahi who attempted to hang himself in a police cell in Lagos State, southwest…

Bus Conductor Bags 2-Year Jail Term

An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has sentenced a 26-year old bus conductor, Rasaq Sikiru, to two years…

LG Boss Sacks Ladipo Market Union

The Chairman of Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mr Babatunde Adepitan, has banned any form unionism at…

Inspector Shoots Danfo Driver To Death

A police inspector attached to the Elere Police Station in Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been arrested for killing a…

Rivers Crisis: Soyinka Warns Jonathan

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to prevent the political crisis in Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria,…

Pregnant Bride Dies In Soakaway Pit 2 Weeks To Wedding

A 21-year old woman has died inside a soakaway pit two weeks before her wedding. The deceased identified as Akinjolie…

Medical doctor kidnapped in Abakaliki, guard killed

A Nigerian medical doctor in the eastern Nigeria state of Ebonyi has been kidnapped. Police said Dr Pius Mauyike, a…

Opposition snatches councillorship posts in Kogi polls

The PDP has won all the 21 chairmanship positions in the Local Government council elections conducted on Saturday in the…

OOUTH Workers Begin 4-Day Warning Strike

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State today…

Soyinka: Cool It, President Jonathan

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka today issued a press statement, advising President Goodluck Jonathan on the handling of state…

Obama petitioned over Guantanamo prisoners

Free them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at…

Nigeria: 18 killed in weekend of violence

Gunmen killed 18 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria at the weekend. In Bayelsa state, eight former militants were…

8 Niger Delta ex-militants killed

Eight young men suspected of being ex-militia members from two rival groups were killed early Sunday in a shootout in…

ACN, CPC, Jonathan’s aide in public spat

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, latest salvo against President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of sliding…

Malaysia: Opposition alleges vote fraud

Malaysia’s ruling coalition retained its 56-year hold on power, the country’s Election Commission said early Monday, but a bitter opposition…

Residents of Nigeria’s curfew town in distress call

Residents of Wukari, a central Nigerian town where 39 people died in fierce fighting between Christian and Muslim mobs said…

Jonathan to discuss trade with Zuma

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma will discuss ways to boost trade between Africa’s two…

Obama tagged ‘grand chief of devils’

Venezuelan disputed President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the “grand chief of devils”…