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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…

Education For All: Nigeria Needs 200,000 Teachers

The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All, says Nigeria needs to recruit at least 200,000 teachers by 2015…

JAMB Warns Candidates Against Exam Malpractice

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates, who will sit for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination…

I Want To Rescue Delta From Tyrants —Keyamo

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, who recently announced his plans to contest in the forthcoming governorship election…

500,000 Benefit From Lagos Waste Management

At least half a million people now benefit from the management of wastes in Lagos state, southwest Nigeria through direct…

Outrage Over Call On Amaechi To Resign

Angry reactions have trailed a call on Governor Chibuike Amaechi to resign to avert political crisis in the state. The…

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…