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Jonathan, National Assembly leaders in nocturnal meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night met with the leadership of the National Assembly behind closed doors at the Aso…

Nigeria joins Francophone group as observer

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved Nigeria’s membership of the International Organisation of French Speaking Countries as an observer.…

Hillary Clinton seriously ill

The normally indefatigable, globe-trotting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Wednesday still laid low by a nasty stomach bug…

Police vow to free retired army general’s wife

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN As the search for Titilayo, the wife of the Military Governor of the old Western Region , Brig-Gen…

Mass weddings on 12-12-12

Thousands of couples in Asia flocked Wednesday to tie the knot on 12/12/12, seeking good fortune for marriages begun on…

Abducted Kamene Okonjo’s police guards face probe

Two Nigerian police officers who were not at their assigned posts at the home of the mother of the country’s…

50 vehicles smashed as granite truck kills 7 students

No fewer than seven students of Itori Comprehensive High School, Itori, were killed on Wednesday in a motor accident that…

Court: Ex-Nigerian governor has a case to answer

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN JUSTICE Akintunde Boade of the Ibadan High Court has declared that former Oyo state governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala,…

Senator Ndume spoke with Boko Haram man 73 times

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian High Court siting in Abuja was on Wednesday told that Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume,…

Mandela responding to treatment, say doctors

Doctors caring for former South African President, Nelson Mandela, said he was responding to treatment for a lung infection, the…

Marwa: ‘I’m still in CPC’

The governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa,…

ASUU ready for dialogue with Amaechi

The Rivers State University of Science and Technology ASUU chapter said on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that it was ready…

INEC Chief calls for 5 parties in Nigeria

The state commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers said on Wednesday that a five-party system would…

Nigeria: Bees stop students exam

A swarm of bees has disrupted the on-going second semester examination at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, in Nigeria’s north east.…

Nigeria: Babalakin’s Counsel Withdraws

The trial of the embattled Managing Director of Bi Courtney Ltd, Dr. Wale Babalakin by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Lagos Police Boss: No Deal With Motor Park Touts

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Umar Manko, spoke with MOYO FABIYI and LUCKY LAWAL on the enforcement of the…

Pastors Will Buy More Jets —Bishop Oke

The National Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Southwest, Bishop Francis Oke, has asked those criticising pastors…

Panic Grips Cops Over Certificate Verification

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced verification of certificates of its men and officers. This has reportedly caused panic…

UN Organ Tasks FG On Slum Development

The youth wing of the United Nation’s City Agency (UN Habitat) has urged the Federal Government to provide social amenities…

Tanker Drivers Protest Killing Of Member

The Kaduna State branch of Petroleum Tanker Drivers Association, has suspended its operation to protest the alleged killing of one…

‘Jonathan Pushing Nigeria To Collapse’

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, has urged Nigerians close to President Goodluck Jonathan to…

Falana To FG: Obey Rule Of Law To Ensure Peace

A Human Rights Activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Federal Government to embrace the rule of law rather…

Akande Warns Against Further Development Of Ibeju-Lekki

Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Ad-hoc Committee on the disputed land between Fowoseje Community in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos…

Stop Environmental Pollution, Oshun Warns Lagos Residents

Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy Affairs, Moshood Oshun, has warned…

Arsenal Boss Devastated

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his club’s defeat in the Capital One Cup quarter-final is “very disappointing”. The Gunners were…

Currency Trafficking: Governor Lamido’s Son Arrested

Aminu Lamido, son of the Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and…

Dana Air Returns To The Skies This Week

Dana Air would begin flying again this week, five months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…

Nigeria: Wife of retired army general abducted

Titilayo, the wife of retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state…

Why Kidnapping thrives in Nigeria

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Lagos and Ogun, Mr Mamman Tsafe, has attributed the high rate of kidnapping…