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Ask Goodluck Jonathan a question via Twitter or SMS

Do you think Nigeria is not working? Do you have a question for President Goodluck Jonathan? This is your chance…

Saudi King undergoes back surgery

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 89, has “successfully” undergone a new operation on his back, the royal cabinet announced Sunday.…

Early results favour Koroma as Sierra Leone tallies the votes

Voting has ended in Sierra Leone and the electoral officials have begun the tallying of votes after a general elections…

Revealed: Soldiers watched as Gen. Shuwa was killed

A relation of General Muhammed Shuwa, who was killed 2 November by gunmen believed to be members of the Boko…

Shocking: Nigerians are turning robbers in UAE !

A gang of eight members, seven of them Nigerians has been arrested by the Sharjah Police in the United Arab…

UCH names geriatric centre after Tony Anenih

Nigeria’s University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has opened a modern Geriatric Diagnostic Centre for the elderly. It was named after…

News Analysis: Nigeria’s Industry of Condolences

By Bayo Onanuga All it takes to switch on Nigeria’s burgeoning industry of paying condolences is for yet another big…

Ahly win record 7th CAF Champions league title

Al Ahly of Egypt won their seventh CAF Champions League title after they defeated Esperance 3-2 on aggregate on Saturday…

Jonathan votes N3b for research in Nigerian varsities

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In a bid to improve the quality of staffing in the higher institutions and encourage staff development for…

Homosexual lobby mounts pressure on Jonathan

A gay lobby in the United States, All Out, has started a global campaign to collect 100,000 signatures of sympathisers…

Abducted Nigerian businessman freed

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, the Nigerian businessman, popularly known as Aranse-Oluwa, who was kidnapped Sunday by some unidentified…

Jonathan congratulates China’s new leader

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Xi Jinping on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China,…

Pathetic story of migrants rushing to South Africa

Fewer than 5% of African migrants now want to reach Europe or America. They’re looking instead to neighbouring countries, or…

Shame: Malaysia arrests 13 Nigerians for fraud

.UK jails one for money laundering Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as…

Sierra-Leoneans troop to the polls

Sierra Leoneans cast their votes Saturday in the country’s third poll since the end of a brutal civil war, a…

Minister resigns as 47 kids die in bus-train collision

Forty-seven nursery school children were killed on Saturday when a train ploughed into their bus in the central Egyptian province…

Israel hits Hamas headquarters in Gaza

GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israeli air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early…

Cars… Cars Too Many In EFCC custody

About 400 cars of assorted models are at present in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…

Justice Eso: Aregbesola declares 3-day mourning

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun has in Osogbo declared three days of mourning following the death of…

Patience Jonathan steps out to douse illness rumour

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Patience Faka Jonathan has held court in Abuja, apparently to douse renewed speculations about her health.…

Governor Fashola visits Fela Museum

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday visited the Kalakuta Republic Museum dedicated in memory of late Afrobeat…

Nuclear weapon: Iran ready, says IAEA

VIENNA, (AFP) Iran is ready to boost significantly output at its most controversial nuclear plant, a new UN nuclear agency…

Popular Nigerian lawyer remanded in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, eastern Nigeria, has ordered that prominent Enugu Lawyer, Christian Chukwudozie Ebuzoeme be remanded…

ALUU 4: I still feel Lloyd’s presence at home, says dad

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt LLyod Toku Mike,one of the four University of Port Harcourt students lynched by the Umuokiri-Aluu community on…

Senate Constitution Review Is Guided By Law -GOS

The Chairman of the Senate Session on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for the Southwest zone, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju…

Australian High Commissioner Takes Part In Obudu Mountain Race

Ian Mconville, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, is among the top 100 mountain runners that would battle for prizes…

Opposition Merger Talks: PDP Is Paranoid -ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of suffering from deep paranoia over the ongoing merger talks…

Kayode Eso Was An Uncompromising Professional -Ojudu

Senator Babafemi Ojudu has urged the family of late jurist, Justice Bobakayode Eso, and members of the bar and the…

Sierra Leone decides between Bio and Koroma

FREETOWN (AFP) – Sierra Leone readied Friday for a high-stakes election in which incumbent Ernest Koroma is seeking a second…

Tributes For Late Actor, Eneh

Nigerian actors have continued to pay tribute to veteran actor, Pete Eneh, who died at the Enugu State University Teaching…