BREAKING: Trump agrees two-week ceasefire with Iran if Strait of Hormuz reopened

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

News

Nigerian Woman Nabbed Over Sale Of Day Old Baby

A 25-year old Ijeoma (other names withheld) has been arrested by the police in connection with the theft and sale…

Edo Assembly Adjourns Over Abducted Member

The Edo House of Assembly on Monday adjourned sitting till February 11, following Sunday’s alleged abduction of its member, Mr.…

2015: Ifeanyi Dike Eyes Politics

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Prince Ifeanyi Dike, is set to participate actively…

Man sues UK based nurse for abandonment

A Nigerian businessman, James Onyike has sued his wife, Patricia, a nurse, based in the United Kingdom for allegedly abandoning…

Soccer: Drogba unsure of future with Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba is unsure of his international future after a shock weekend exit from the 2013 Africa…

ACN faults sacking of 2 councils in Kwara

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has faulted the Kwara State government for dissolving the Oyun and Offa local governments…

Man dies watching Nigeria-Ivory Coast match

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta An engineer with Nigeria’s Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA collapsed and died yesterday in Abeokuta, capital of…

Jonathan swears in two ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday swore in Professor Chinedu Osita Nebo and Kabiru Alhaji Tanimu Turaki as two newest members…

Lagos Sends 30 Beggars To Jail

By Kazeem Ugbodaga In a new dimension in the war against begging, the Special Offences Court in Alausa area of…

Thousands Stranded In Ota As Trucks Collide

By Eromosele Ebhomele Thousands of commuters were Monday morning stranded at the Ota area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, when…

200cc Motorcycle Palaver: Fashola Disowns Opeifa

Governor Babatunde Fashola has disowned the Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa for arrogating to himself the power to grant approval…

Kwara govt sacks Oyun, ACN controlled Offa councils

As part of efforts towards finding lasting solutions to the communal clash between the two neighbouring communities of Offa and…

Artisans Threaten Showdown With Ogun Govt

By Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Members of the Association of Terrazo, Marbles and Tiles in Ogun State have threatened a showdown…

500,000 Blood Donors Needed In Lagos

If 500,000 Lagosians can donate blood voluntarily, there will be enough blood in all blood banks in the state, says…

Market leader in Lagos charged with murder

Henry Ojelu &Mercy Momoh The western Nigerian state of Lagos has arraigned the President of Aguiyi i Ironsi Market popularly…

In picture: Obasanjo In Aso Rock to pray with Jonathan

May be the criticisms will end now: the big man of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo was in Abuja today to worship…

PDP wins Kano bye-elections

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday in Kano northwest Nigeria, won the bye-elections for Gaya and Garko state…

Nigerians Celebrate Eagles’ Victory Over Ivory Coast

It was celebration galore among soccer loving Nigerians as the national team, Super Eagles defeated their arch rivals, the Elephants…

Nigeria’s Eagles send Ivory Coast home

Nigeria, rated the underdog, shocked title favourites Ivory Coast 2-1 Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at Royal…

French warplanes blast Islamist camps in Mali

Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali, just hours after…

Jonathan begs Malaysia not to execute Nigerians

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja appealed to President Susilo Yudhoyona of Indonesia to grant stay of execution for…

Oil exploration to start in Borno, says VP Sambo

Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo said Saturday that prospects for the improvement of the welfare of Nigerians living in Borno…

Indonesian President in Nigeria with 99 businessmen

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang-Yudhoyono and his wife,…

Veteran journalist Ayo Ositelu buried

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The body of the former Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area and a veteran sports journalist, Deacon…

Mali: France’s Hollande arrives Timbuktu

President Francois Hollande arrived Saturday in the fabled desert city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, where a French-led military campaign…

Why Nigeria’s educated will remain in exile

By MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class.…

VC laments poor academic performance

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Isaac Adewole today lamented the high rate…

French police bust Nigerian prostitution ring

French police have arrested seven people suspected of procuring Nigerian prostitutes who worked across France, judicial sources said Friday. The…

Fire Guts Lotto Office in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fire said to have been sparked by a faulty air conditioner gutted a lotto office in the western…

Man buries five kids after tragic fire incident

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A Nigerian father of five children has done the unpleasant task of burying them all, after a…