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Ladipo: 10 Bakassi Boys, 32 Others Sent To Jail

Ten suspected Bakassi Boys and 32 traders arrested at Ladipo Market in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria , last week have been…

Coup: Colonel, Bizman Arrested

Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…

Prophet In Jail Over Love Potion

A prophet, Samson Egbeola, is now in prison custody at Kirikiri after he was arraigned in court for allegedly engaging…

Kenya’s Election: 4 Cops Killed In Mombasa

Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed…

Bill Clinton, 258 others nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize — 209 individuals and 50 organisations…

Queen Elizabeth ill with gastroenteritis

Britain’s 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to hospital for the first time in 10 years on Sunday as a…

Travelogue: My Experience With Nigerian Pirates

Simon Ateba Simon Ateba, a Senior Correspondent with TheNews Magazine and P.M.NEWS, who travelled by sea from Cameroon to Nigeria,…

Benin foils coup against Yayi

Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…

Shock, disbelief over murdered Police boss

Nigeria’s Police Command in Enugu State on Sunday confirmed that the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Chinweike Asadu,…

Reports: Arsenal FC not for sale

Stan Kroenke has no plans to sell his majority stake in Arsenal, a spokesman for the Premier League football club…

20 Boko Haram members killed by Nigeria’s troops

No fewer than 20 militants suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect were killed today in Monguno by…

University annuls degree awarded ex-governor Kalu

The Senate of Nigeria’s Abia State University, Uturu, has revoked the degree in Government and Public Administration that it claimed…

Man swallowed alive in bedroom by Florida sinkhole

Rescue workers announced Saturday that they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed…

Obasanjo preaches on the value of leadership

Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday identified lack of quality leadership among other factors as major hindrances to development…

Gov. Imoke back in action kicking football

Governor Liyel Imoke of Nigeria’s Cross River state who returned to Calabar Friday night, performed his first official function when…

M-Net Africa Loses Studios To Strange Fire

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE The multi-million naira state-of-the-art MNet Africa studios in Ojota Lagos, Nigeria was gutted by a strange fire Saturday.…

Taking a dog on a joy ride…on an auto bike!

In Indonesia, dog lover Handoko Njotokusumo, a retired businessman, usually takes his golden retriever dog, Ace, on a joy ride…

Chad says it killed one-eyed Jihadist Belmokhtar

The Chadian army claimed that its troops in northern Mali on Saturday killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed jihadist commander who…

Jonathan in Abidjan urges leaders adhere to rule of law

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan warned Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that African leaders must work harder to strengthen democracy and…

Miscreants throw grenade at Jos mosque

An attempt by some armed men to bomb a Nigerian mosque failed Friday night as the grenade thrown into the…

The exploits of Kenya’s Superman: In Pictures

He is 67 years old, but Conrad Njeru Karukenya, aka ‘Tiger-power’ is reputed to be Kenya’s superman, capable of several…
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Odinga, Kenyatta replay history in Kenya’s election

Kenya’s top two presidential contenders will face off against each other in polls Monday for the first time, but bring…

Daniel’s appeal stalls trial at lower court

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, Friday granted…

Wanted Al Qaeda leader killed in Mali

Al-Qaeda’s top commander in Mali has been killed, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said Friday, in what would be one…

Court sacks Nigerian legislator for dumping party

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Alphonso Ojo, member of the House of Assembly of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta State was sacked today by…

Jonathan presented with keys to Yamoussoukro

President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Friday in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, that he will continue to work with President Alassane Ouattara and…

How LASU Student, Damoche Was Murdered

BAYO ADETU Damilola Olaniyan, a fast-rising hip hop artiste and final year student in the Faculty of Management Science at…

Adesina elected president Nigeria Guild of Editors

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Deputy Editor-in-Chief/Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Femi Adesina, was today elected in Premier Hotel,…

Quail Farming For Quick Cash

By Arinze Onebunne For the chief Executive officer, Jovana Farms, Prince Arinze Onebunne, raising Quail, grasscutter, rabbit, Snail, guinea pig…

Court Clears Jonathan To Contest 2015 Election

A Nigerian court in Abuja has ruled that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the forthcoming 2015 Presidential election…