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Unpardonable Crimes Of Alams

The scale of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s crimes against Bayelsa State makes it difficult for Nigerians as well as governments of…

‘I was victim of random kidnapping’, says freed NTA reporter

Olubunmi Lawal Oke, the NTA journalist abducted for three days in the western Nigerian state of Ondo, has said her…

Ideal Pardon Conditions

There is a warped logic in government’s explanation that former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, deserves pardon The pardon…

Corruption: President Jonathan Must Wake Up

Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, tells AYORINDE  OLUOKUN and FEMI IPAYE that President Goodluck Jonathan…

No Conspiracy Against Agbaso

Ikena Samuelson Iwuoha, Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker of Imo House of Assembly, speaks to OKAFOR OFIEBOR…

Impeachment Threat

While the Rochas Okorocha administration in Imo State is bent on impeaching Deputy Governor Jude Agbaso, based on a corruption…

Tackling Poverty

As the global community gradually draws the curtain on the Millennium Development Goals, stakeholders within the MDGs framework in Nigeria…

Parents kill out-of-wedlock pregnant teen daughter

Fola ademosu, with BBC report A Kashmir-Pakistani couple has confessed to killing their 18 year old daughter for getting pregnant…

Akpabio: PDP set to woo opposition governors

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has set up a Tactical Committee saddled with the responsibility of wooing…

INEC Denies Spoof APC Registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Monday further stirred controversies over the use of acronym ‘APC’, with its denial…

CAR’s junta leader to rule by decrees

The Central African Republic’s new strongman, Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia, announced Monday that he was suspending the constitution and dissolving parliament,…

Community Leader Vows To Fish Out Boko Haram In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Hausa community leader in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has vowed to fish out members of the Boko…

Kenya Supreme Court orders recount in 22 centres

Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered a recount of votes cast at 22 polling centres, after presidential elections in which…

2 remanded in jail for raping woman in police cell

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Two men, Enamuotor Akpevwe (21) and Ugbede Obruche (20), have been remanded in prison custody by a Magistrate…

Tanker explosion kills 2 in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two persons were confirmed dead in a tanker explosion on Gwarzo Road, Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday. A…

13 South African soldiers killed in CAR

South Africa on Monday said the country had suffered its heaviest military loss since apartheid after 13 soldiers were killed…

UN offices, homes looted in Bangui

The offices of the United Nations and the homes of staff were looted today in Bangui, capital of the Central…

Golf: Tiger Woods back on the top spot

Tiger Woods reclaimed the world number one ranking for the first time since October 2010 with a closing round of…

Soyinka Wants Nigeria’s Varsities Shut For 2 Years

To stem the rot in the Nigeria’s educational system, especially at the tertiary level, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka,…

Delta State: Ogboru Asks Supreme Court To Set Aside Judgment

Candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, at the last Delta state gubernatorial election, Mr. Great Ogboru has approached the…

Zambia Ex-Leader Banda Arrested Over Oil Deals With NNPC

Zambia’s ex-leader Rupiah Banda was arrested Monday  in Lusaka and charged with abuse of authority over an oil deal struck…

Jonathan Gives Anti-Corruption Task To New Head Of Service

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday tasked the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji to…

Supreme Court Dismisses Bode Ola’s Case Against Ojudu

The Supreme Court has dismissed the case instituted by Senator Bode Ola against Senator Babafemi Ojudu and the Action Congress…

Money Laundering: Court Rejects Ikuforiji’s Plea

The Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday morning refused to strike out or dismiss the criminal charge of…

33 Hoodlums Sent To Jail

The Special Offences Court in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has sent 33 hoodlums arrested at the weekend in Oshodi to…

I Didn’t Give Tuface N47m Car As Wedding Gift —David Mark

David Mark, the President of Nigerian Senate has denied giving any car to the award winning musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly…

Jail Break: 2 Inmates Recaptured

Two of the 11 inmates of the Government Remand Home, Sapele who escaped last week have been arrested and returned…

Achebe Was My Hero —Akunyili

A former Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili on Sunday in Abuja joined other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to…

Parents, Teachers Lament Poor School Infrastructure

Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of Epe Local Government Nursery and Primary School has lamented the neglect of infrastructure development…