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Maduro confirmed as Venezuela president-elect

Venezuela’s electoral authorities on Monday confirmed acting President Nicolas Maduro as the winner of the weekend election to succeed Hugo…
Nigeria on the Path to Greatness Again

Nigerian Rep member Bamidele attacked in Ekiti

A member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday escaped death after an attack by suspected thugs. The…

Governor Orji wants amnesty for kidnappers

Governor Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia has called for the extension of the Federal Government’s amnesty…

Pressure mounts for vote recount in Venezuela

Venezuela’s opposition piled pressure on electoral authorities Monday to recount the tight vote to replace late leader Hugo Chavez, calling…

Kuwaiti opposition leader jailed for ‘insulting’ Emir

Thousands of Kuwaitis demonstrated Monday night after the lower court sentenced key opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak to five years in…

Asari Dokubo warns MEND against religious war

Mujahid Dokubo Asari, the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) has cautioned the Movement for the Emancipation…

Amaechi denies rip-off in helicopter purchase

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers state has denied allegations that his government and the…

Anenih: Obasanjo remains PDP leader

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Chief Tony Anenih, Chairman Board of Trustees of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party has declared that the…

Court sacks PDP executives in Rivers state

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, NGF, and Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Chibuike Amechi, has…

Lagos Records Fall In Budget Performance

The Lagos State Government has recorded a fall in first quarter of the 2013 budget performance as it posts four…

Ogun Spends N3b To Attain MDGs

The Ogun State Government has spent about N3 billion on projects and programmes towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…

Youth Strangles Friend During Fight

A young man is now facing trial at a Lagos court for allegedly strangling his friend during a  fight at…

Money Laundering Trial: Nnamani Seeks Release Of Passport

The former governor of Enugu State, southeast Nigeria, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, standing trial before the Federal High Court in Lagos,…

Govt Spends N150m On NECO Scratch Cards

Global Foundation, an NGO, says it has spent N150 million in collaboration with the Niger State Government to procure NECO…

Army Arrests Suspected Kidnapper

The Quick Response Group (QRG), under 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has arrested a 37-year old man who…

Family, Police Disagree Over Murder Of NNPC Boss’ Brother

The police have said preliminary investigation into the killing of Yohanna Yakubu, a staff of Nigeria National  Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,…

Housewife Sent To Prison For Faking Rape

A 45-year old woman, Mrs Eucharia Onuorah, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly making a false claim…

Suspected Kidnappers Of Iweala’s Mom Paraded

The Lagos State Police Command Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance,…

Can APC Cure Nigeria’s Headache? (2)

By Chido Onumah I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of…

Court orders Mubarak’s release over murder charge

An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters but he…

Maduro elected Venezuela president

Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was elected Hugo Chavez’s successor Sunday with 50.66 percent of the vote, while opposition rival…

Venezuelans pick Chavez successor

Venezuelans flocked to the polls Sunday to pick late leader Hugo Chavez’s successor, choosing between the handpicked heir of his…

Brother of NNPC GMD killed

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Unidentified gunmen today killed the younger brother of Andrew Yakubu, the Group managing director of the Nigerian…

Fire razes INEC ballot boxes in Lagos

Ballot boxes belonging to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission were among the items engulfed by an inferno at the Lagos…

Multiple suicide bombers kill 34 civilians in Mogadishu

A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu’s main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while…

MEND targets mosques, claims attack on Shell

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta,MEND has threatened to launch reprisal attacks against Islamic institutions…

South Africa’s Zuma to visit Nigeria

The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, is scheduled to pay a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, an…

Boko Haram: Governors part of amnesty deal, say speakers

The Northern Speakers Forum on Sunday appealed to Nigeria’s Federal Government to include Governors from the region in the Amnesty…

ACN raises the red flag on worsening oil theft

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in…

Jonathan commended over amnesty offer to Boko Haram

Even after Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram openly ridiculed the idea of an amnesty, Speaker of Niger House of…