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My 2100 Momentous Days In Office

By Babatunde Fashola On the 18th November 2012, when I presented our activity report from the last 100 days, I…

Pope Benedict bids farewell eve of departure

VATICAN CITY(AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI toured St Peter’s Square in his popemobile one last time Wednesday at the start…

Boko Haram commander killed

Nigerian troops claimed they killed a suspected commander of the Boko Haram and three of his lieutenants during an operation…

Report: Olive oil, nuts dietary keys to cut heart risks

A Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, fish, fruit, legumes and wine reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes…

ThisDAY honours exceptional retired teachers

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s Thisday newspaper has recognised some prominent retired teachers and administrators for their past services to Nigeria.…

ICPC bemoans corruption in Nigerian universities

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, on Tuesday in Abuja unveiled findings made in its pilot…

Another set of pension fund thieves charged

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Nigerian police have charged ten persons accused of stealing N1.6 billion(about $10million) pension fund, belonging to the…

The Joke is on Chief Tony Anenih: In Cartoon

A character cartoon by a Nigerian about Chief Tony Anenih, the chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority and now Chairman…

Niger Delta ex-militants riot in Bayelsa

OKAFOR OFIEBOR/PORT HARCOURT Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was thrown into pandemonium today as residents ran for cover when about…

Nigerian church set ablaze

Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Prayer, Faith and Miracle Ministry, a church located at Asa Dam area in Ilorin, capital of the…

Ex-Governor Audu’s son docked for fraud

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned the son of Abubakar Audu, former…

Senior Nigerian lawyer stripped of privileges

Chief Ajibola Aribisala, a senior advocate of Nigeria has been stripped of the title and the privileges attached to it.…

Kano buries cop killed by gunmen

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The remains of the late Superintendent of Police, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia who was killed by gunmen Monday night…

Erastus Akingbola Charged Again

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday re-arraigned the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, over…

Who Grasps The Nettle For Jonathan Now?

By Dimeji Daniel I remember that it was exactly 73 days after President Goodluck Jonathan took the reins of power…

Soyinka Gets Awolowo Prize For Leadership

Nobel Leaureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is the winner of the maiden edition of the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership which…

Combating Rooftop Riders

Train terminals at peak periods are like apparitions or paintings realised on canvas. In Lagos, the faces are usually of…

Dubious Hopes, Lies Are No Strategy —ACN Tells PDP

Lagos ACN has told Lagos PDP that dubious hopes and pathological lies are no strategy if they want to make…

Disgraced IMF chief seeks ban on tell-all-book

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in a Paris court Tuesday to try to ban a graphic new book…

Ladipo Market: Arrested Bakassi Boys To Face Trial

Twelve suspected members of the Bakassi Boys arrested on Monday at Ladipo Market, Mushin in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will soon…

Fashola Lights Up Ikorodu Road

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has lit up Ikorodu Road for safe driving at night. This is coming as…

Rev. King’s Devotees Lavish Praises On His Birthday

Today is the birthday of Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a. Rev. King, the General Overseer of Christian Prayer Assembly (CPA), and his…

Afolabi, boss of Ogo Oluwa Kitan Records Dies

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Music mogul, Chief Joseph Olayiwola Afolabi, the boss of Ogo-Oluwa Kitan Records, is dead. He died on Monday…

Egypt: 19 tourists die in hot air balloon explosion

A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight…

Daring Northern Governors

Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu stirs the hornet’s nest as intrigues over the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party ticket thicken As he…

Nigeria’s New Face Of Terror

Ansaru, Nigeria’s new terrorist group in Nigeria specialises in hostage taking  With its hands full and security resources overstretched battling…

Axing Obasanjo’s Men

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party reaches a frenetic level with the axing of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s loyalists Despite…

At Last, Naron Gets What He Deserves

National Judicial Council, NJC wields the big axe on some crooked judges  and recommends disciplinary action for a lawyer For…

Abiara: Why I Won’t Mind A Private Jet Gift

Pastor Samuel Kayode Abiara spoke to FUNSHO AROGUNDADE on the crisis within the Christian Association of Nigeria, corruption and why…

Secession Was Anger Taken Too Far

Colonel Paul Ogbebor (retd.), a battalion commander during the Nigerian Civil War, gives JETHRO IBILEKE his recollection of the war…