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Ex-governor Yerima quizzed, released

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command has released former Zamfara governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima after about three hours of questioning.…

Ansaru: ‘We have killed 7 foreign hostages’

Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Saturday claimed to have killed seven foreign hostages abducted from the SETRACO construction site last…

Mandela back in hospital for check-up

Global peace icon and former statesman Nelson Mandela was hospitalised Saturday for a “scheduled medical check-up”, the South African presidency…

Oliha: I’m still waiting for house gift 19 years after

Thompson Oliha, a former Super Eagles midfielder, on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to the…

National Hospital workers end strike

Striking workers at Nigeria’s National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday suspended the indefinite strike they started on Thursday over non-implementation of…

Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya’s president-elect

Uhuru Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s new president, despite facing an international crimes against humanity trial for violence in the last…

Amosun appoints Ogun’s first female attorney-general

On a day observed worldwide as International Women’s Day, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has…

TASCE matriculates 900 students

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigerian students have been advised to take vocational training serious as it remains the antidote to the…

Venezuelans’ final goodbye to Chavez

CARACAS, (AFP) – Latin American leaders and US foes paid tribute to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on Friday as he…

Aturu Wants Lazy Judges Sacked

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, has called for the immediate sack of lazy judges as a way of sanitising…

Fire Razes 300 Shops At Ketu

At least 300 shops were razed to the ground on Thursday night and millions of naira went up in flames…

Man Bolts With N13m Phone Cards

A 37-year old  worker, Lukman Aminu, has been arraigned before the Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly…

Nigerians Lack Access To Social Justice —NOA DG

The Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri on Thursday said majority of Nigerians lack access to basic social…

Obey Our Laws, Govts Charge NYSC Members

The Ogun and Oyo state governments on Thursday charged new Batch “A” corps members to obey the laws of their…

Nigerian Police Nab Alleged Mushin Gang Leader

A suspected Mushin robbery gang leader, Shakiru Sanni, 31, a.k.a. Osama bin Laden,  has been arrested by the operatives at…

Lion Kills Woman While Having Sex

A woman has been killed by a lion while having sex in the bush with her boyfriend. Sharai Mawera, reports…

Survival Strategy: Nigerian Men Now Sell Sperm

As the Nigerian economic condition bites harder, many male citizens are now ready to sell their semen to couples who…

Kenyatta still leads Odinga in Kenya polls

With more tha 75 per cent of the votes cast in Kenya’s last Monday election counted, Uhuru Kenyatta leads his…

Celebs in Uyo As Tuface, Annie Macaulay Wed

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Many Nigerian celebrities have touched down in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for what has been tagged the “Showbiz…

Bin Laden son-in-law faces terror charges in US

Al-Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has been detained by US authorities and is due to appear in court in…

Yobe state elders want oil exploration start soon

Elders in Nigeria’s troubled Yobe State on Thursday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, to commence exploration of crude oil in…

Book on Justice Uwais launched in Abuja: In pictures

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kano governor, Ibrahim Shekarau and Chief Justice Aloma Mukhtar, were among the dignitaries at…

90 Percent Of World’s Blindness Preventable – Obasanjo

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that 90 percent of the 38 million people in…

Okah, suspected bomber accuses judge of bias

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja One of the alleged suspects in the 2010 Independence Day twin bomb blast in Abuja, Mr.…

Oshiomhole’s Commissioners To Take Oath Of Office

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Eighteen of the 19 Commissioner nominees cleared by the House of Assembly in Nigeria’s Edo State are to…

Fashola, with Okorocha, revisits Ladipo Market

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) accompanied by his Imo State counterpart, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Thursday visited the…

Tinubu’s Speech: Nigeria needs fixing

ADDRESS BY ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, NATIONAL LEADER ACTION CONGRESSOF NIGERIA AT THE LAUNCH OF “FINACIALISM-WATER FROM AN EMPTY WELL”.…

Tinubu: Nigeria operates voodoo economy

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Former governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…

Cop in Pistorius murder case quits

South African detective Hilton Botha said Thursday his resignation from the police force was not due to the bungled investigations…

Murder Suspect Arrested 3 Years After

Three years after he allegedly killed his father-in-law and escaped police arrest, the long arms of the law have finally…