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NCAA formally grounds Governor Amaechi’s plane

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Saturday formally grounded Gov. Rotimi Amaechi Rivers state government owned Bombardier aircraft. The…

Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram…

Jonathan: Nigeria facing its worst security challenges

President Goodluck Jonathan, blaming Boko Haram insurgency, said on Saturday in Jos that Nigeria is facing its worst security challenges…

Insurance company CEO kidnapped in Lagos

Kidnappers are still on the prowl in Lagos Nigeria, capturing their victims without the police able to do anything about…

9 JAMB candidates die in accident

No fewer than nine candidates going to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations today were feared…

3 die in multiple crash

Three persons were on Friday killed and 20 others injured in a multiple accident involving an articulated vehicle and four…

Boko Haram gets N500m to free French family

Nigeria’s militant group, the Boko Haram was paid $3.15million, about N500 million before releasing a French family of seven, a…

Nigerian among 10 finalists for African innovation prize

A Nigerian scientist has been named among the ten finalists for the $100,000 Innovation Prize for Africa. Justus Nwaoga developed…

Police: No foul play in cleric’s death

The police in the western Nigerian state of Ondo said on Friday that the 64-year old cleric, Abass Olatubosun, died…

Survivors Of Baga Massacre Still In Hiding

Many survivors of brutal clashes last week in a remote Nigerian town are still in hiding and rescue workers are…

Pastor Pleads Guilty To Rape Of Minor

An Omu-Aran Upper Area Court, Kwara, on Thursday admitted a cleric, Kunle Odafe, to N50,000 bail with two sureties in…

Gunmen Invade JAMB Registrar’s Home

Unidentified gunmen have invaded the home of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde.…

Couple Remanded For Selling Their Twin Babies

Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Agbona, the Ogwashi-Uku-based couple who allegedly sold their set of twins last week have been remanded…

Lagos To Demolish Makoko Floating School

The Lagos State Government says it will demolish the three-storey floating school built on Makoko waterfront the school is illegal.…

Olayinka, Ekiti Deputy Gov Buried

All was set for the burial of the late Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Olayinka, Friday. She died…

Pastor Sleeps With Church Members

An estranged housewife, Abosede Fasina, has told an Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that she…

Communal War: 70 Churches Destroyed

The Catholic Church in Benue says 70 of its churches have been destroyed in the crises that rocked Benue in…

Justice Talba, Pension Thief Judge suspended

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar has approved the suspension of Justice Abubakar…

Nigeria plans six mega universities

Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the upgrade of six federal universities to mega tertiary institutions with absorptive…

Ashiru: My meeting with John Kerry

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, said modalities for the exchange of visits between Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and…

Bank robbed, 5 cops killed in ‘Boko Haram’ attack

The Commissioner of Police in the Nigerian north eastern state of Yobe, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, said that five policemen and…

Bamigbetan: Suspected kidnappers flee to Ghana

The Nigerian Police in Lagos on Thursday said three of the four suspects who allegedly kidnapped Kehinde Bamigbetan, Chairman, Ejigbo…

Dozens found alive in Bangladesh factory wreckage

Dozens of workers were found alive Thursday as they huddled in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory bloc in…

Boko Haram kills 2 Nigerian cops in Bama

At least two policemen were feared dead on Thursday, after some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked a…

Obama, ex-presidents praise ‘resolute’ Bush

DALLAS, Texas, 2013 (AFP) – President Barack Obama lauded George W. Bush Thursday for facing a storm of terrorism head…

EFCC arrests bank official for serial fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Onyekachi Nwosu, the relationship/account officer of a bank in Enugu over…

Jonathan approves compensation to poll violence victims

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N5.7 billion to nine states for direct disbursement to those who…

Couple Remanded In Prison For Selling Their Twins

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A Nigerian couple who sold their baby twins last week have been remanded in prisons custody by an…

Jonathan sued over amnesty deal for Boko Haram

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As President Goodluck Jonathan battles to repair the ship of the Presidential Committee set up to…

My Challenges As Council Chairman

Dr. Samuel Adesola Adedayo, Chairman, Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, is not one to pretend about issues. In this interview…