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Distressed Buildings: Lagos Pays Landlords, Gives Them Quit Notice

The Lagos State government has issued two weeks quit notice to occupants of three distressed two-storey buildings at Oke-Afa Housing…

KAI Shuts Shops On Awolowo Way

The Lagos state government, southwest Nigeria, Thursday shut all the shops on Awolowo Way, Ikeja. The exercise which was carried…

Poisionous Amala Meal Wipes Out Family Of 3

Three members of a family, Isioma Ufili, 4, Victoria Ufili, 30 (mother) and Favour Nkiruka Ufili, 26, have died after…

Baga Massacre: ACN holds Jonathan culpable, alerts ICC

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the killing of 185 people, mostly women and children, in Baga, Borno…

Family of murdered Sa’adatu Rimi to appeal verdict

The family of late Hajiya Sa’adatu Abubakar Rimi, who was murdered in 2006, on Thursday said they would appeal against…

It’s a slim cabinet for President Kenyatta

Kenya’s new president Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday named defence, tourism and other key ministers to a slimmed down cabinet, brushing…

Bill Gates commits $1.8billion to polio eradication

Bill Gates, world’s second richest man, announced in Abu Dhabi on Thursday his foundation will contribute $1.8 billion to the…

Fayemi, others shower encomiums on Olayinka

GBENRO ADESINA/ADO-EKITI Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and other members of the state council and the legislators at the…

Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage

Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…

What is Mourinho telling Juergen Klopp here?

It was a night Jose Mourinho, coach of Real Madrid will not forget in a hurry: being walloped by Borussia…

Nigeria’s elite make country toast of champagne sellers

by M.J. Smith The party was just getting started at a plush club in this teeming Nigerian city, hip-hop blaring,…

Like Barca, Madrid thrashed in Germany

Borussia Dortmund took a huge step towards the Champions League final on Wednesday after humbling Spanish giants Real Madrid 4-1…

Fayemi weeps as body of Deputy Governor arrives

GBENRO ADESINA/Ado Ekiti Hundreds of Ekiti State residents, including top government officials, politicians, senior civil servant, students, traders, artisans and…

Amnesty panel chair says talks possible with Boko Haram

The head of the panel set up to seek an amnesty deal with Nigeria’s Boko Haram voiced confidence Wednesday that…

Two charged over intimate shots of Prince Williams’ wife

NANTERRE, France(AFP) – The head of an Italian publishing group and a French photographer have been charged over the publication…

Bamigbetan recounts abduction trauma

Jamiu Yisa Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area,in Nigeria’s most populous state of Lagos, has…

Nigeria’s Eaglets Beat Tunisia 4-2 for Ivory Coast Final

Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have qualified for the final of CAF U-17 African Championship after they defeated Tunisia 4-2 in…

Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven (Part III)

By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyeka Awoyokun should have done more research before concluding that the coup was an Igbo affair. Northern…

N685m Bank Raid: Police Arraign Top Suspect

The police in  Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a top bank robbery suspect, Rasheed Ganiyu, 38, who along with nine…

Ekiti Deputy Gov, Olayinka Begins Final Journey

Right Revd. Dr Peter Awelewa Adebiyi, the Lord Bishop, Diocese of Lagos West of the Anglican Church told dignitaries from…

Child Trafficking: Nigerian Woman In Police Net

A 40-year old woman from Niger Republic, west Africa, Mrs Bose Saliu, has been arrested by the police for her…

Baga Massacre: Jonathan Vows Action

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his administration to…

16 Street Traders Jailed For Attacking KAI Officials

A Lagos magistrate’s court sitting at the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI brigade office, Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has…

Tax Evasion: Lagos Sues 20 Companies

The Lagos State Government has sued 20 companies in the state for defaulting in tax payment as it steps up…

Lead Poisoning Treatment Starts In Zamfara

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday that it had begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after…

Man Remanded For Killing Own Father

A 20-year old man, Ibrahim Sanni Mai-Gunjo, arraigned before a magistrate’s court, Ilorin, Kwara state capital, northcentral Nigeria, for allegedly…

In Picture: Jonathan and the masked woman

What could be going on in the mind of Nigeria’s President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan when shaking hands with this woman?…

Baga Massacre: Jonathan vows action

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his…

Amaechi Versus Jonathan

Despite accusations and denials, there is enough circumstantial evidence that the feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi…

Targeting Amaechi

Last week’s court ruling on the control of the PDP machinery in Rivers State strips Governor Rotimi Amaechi of his…