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I Can’t Be A Sex Toy, says Violet Faith

Kwelle Violet Faith, popularly known as Dizzbaby, is gradually setting the Nigerian music scene on fire. The University of Calabar…

Shyllon: Nigeria Must Preserve Artistic Heritage

Yemisi Shyllon is a multi-dimensional individual who has excelled in the fields of engineering, law, banking, chartered brokage and art…

Nigeria: falling for Fake Bank Alerts

BY CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Cases of fraud through fake bank alerts are on the increase. Police advise the public to be…

FOR JAHMAN OLADEJO ANIKULAPO: THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS

By Niyi  Osundare    Nigeria’s Arts and Culture community has literally declared January 2013 as The Jahman Anikulapo Month. January…

Mali: French led troops control access to Timbuktu

French-led troops in Mali on Monday controlled access to the city of Timbuktu after securing the airport of the fabled…

Soccer: Drogba heading for Galatasaray

Turkish top flight club Galatasaray have reached agreement on an 18-month contract for Ivory Coast veteran striker Didier Drogba, TRT…

Cities affect weather thousands of kilometres away

Heat from large cities alters local streams of high-altitude winds, potentially affecting weather in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) away,…

Uduaghan: Nigerian politicians liars, not Christians

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said Nigerian politicians cannot lay claim to be true Christians,…

How to escape from a car boot and kidnappers

With the rising cases of kidnapping in Nigeria and kidnappers locking up victims in car boots, there must be a…

Student and kidnap gang arrested, victim rescued

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A gang of Nigerian kidnappers, including a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University has been arrested by the…

Night club fire: Death toll hits record 245

At least 245 people died early Sunday when a fire tore through a nightclub packed with university students in the…

Anenih consults Nigeria’s South-South governors

A former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, says he has embarked on a mission to discuss the corporate existence…

ACN slams Governors Forum over Chime’s illness

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the poor handling of the reported illness of Governor Sullivan Chime of…

Night Club fire tragedy: Over 150 die in Brazil

More than 150 people died early Sunday when a fire tore through a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of…

Djokovic downs Murray for Aussie title

Novak Djokovic further consolidated his world number one status by winning the Australian Open Sunday. It was his third straight…

African leaders rapped for being ‘too slow’ on Mali

Outgoing African Union chairman Thomas Boni Yayi told African leaders Sunday in Addis Ababa their response to the conflict in…

90 die in Brazil night club fire

At least 90 people died early Sunday in a fire that erupted at a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city…

Africa Union: Ethiopia’s Desalegn takes over from Yayi

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected the African Union chairman on Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Benin’s…

3rd generation of Al Qaeda causing havoc in Nigeria

Retired CIA veteran Bruce Riedel, a counterterrorism expert at the Brookings Institution think tank who has advised four US presidents,…

Death toll hits 31 in Egypt’s football death verdict

Clashes killed at least 31 people in Egypt’s Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in…

Nigeria’s Ehiz Is MTV VJ Search Winner

Nigeria’s Ehizojia Okoeguale last night emerged winner of the second edition of the MTV Base VJ Search. Ehiz, 25, was…

Kate Henshaw now Samsung ambassador

Star actress Kate Henshaw has been selected as the new brand ambassador for Samsung West Africa. She will be replacing…

UI student crowned Miss Oyo

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN A University of Ibadan (UI), part three student of Geography, Miss Victoria Adetunji, 21, Friday night emerged winner…

Kenyan tragedy: 11 killed by truck at ferry point

At least 11 people were killed Saturday morning when a truck lost control and rammed into passengers boarding a ferry…

West African defence chiefs talk Mali force

West African defence chiefs met in Abidjan on Saturday to discuss “boosting” an African force in Mali aimed at supporting…

Tennis: Azarenka triumphs Down Under

Victoria Azarenka won an incident-packed final against an injury-hit Li Na to successfully defend her Australian Open title and retain…

Mali: Gao Airport seized from rebels

French-led forces Saturday wrested control of the airport at the Islamist stronghold of Gao, 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) northeast of…

Keshi: Nigeria has destiny in its hands

NELSPRUIT, South Africa(AFP) – Two-time winners Nigeria say they hope to beat Ethiopia on Tuesday and clinch a quarter-finals ticket…

School Boy Freed After N5M Ransom Paid

Kazeem Ugbodaga Kidnapped Nigerian two-year old school boy, Emmanuel Alonge has been returned to his parents by the kidnappers after…

2 Nigerians arrested for global marriage scam

Two Nigerians have been arrested by Thai police for running a global marriage scam, posing as US Marines in Afghanistan…