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Monarch wants Nigeria to learn from Saudi Arabia

A Nigerian monarch, The Aragbiji of Iragbiji, from the State of Osun, Oba Abdul Rashid Olatunde Olabunmi has urged Nigerian…

Storm Sandy shuts New York, East Coast

Hundreds of flights to New York airports have been canceled as the city awaits the arrival of the storm called…

4 prisoners escape in Nigerian jail break

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two prisoners of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada in Nigeria’s Rivers state were killed yesterday in a…

10 dead, many wounded in Kaduna’s day of violence

The suicide bombing of Kaduna’s St Rita Catholic Church and the counter attack that it has spawned has Nigerian church…

Mild Tsunami disrupts life in Hawaii

HONOLULU, (AFP) – A mild tsunami hit Hawaii late Saturday after a powerful earthquake off the west coast of Canada,…

Muslim pilgrims rush to complete final hajj rituals

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Muslim pilgrims rushed to complete the final rituals of the annual hajj on Sunday as…

Politics: Klitschko faces biggest fight in Ukraine ring

KIEV, (AFP) – Ukraine’s world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has an unrivalled record of knocking out opponents in the ring…

Kaduna: Christian mobs in counter attacks

Christian mobs with machetes and sticks took to the streets of Nigeria’s Kaduna state targeting people they suspected to be…

Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna

FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…

Tsunami heads to Hawaii

A potentially destructive Pacific tsunami was headed toward the US state of Hawaii early Sunday after a powerful 7.7 magnitude…

Obama v Romney: The verdict of New York Times

October 27, 2012 Barack Obama for Re-Election The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could…

New York Times backs Obama

America’s iconic newspaper, the New York Times endorsed President Barack Obama on Saturday as he seeks a second term in…

Extremists in Mali destroy more historic monuments

Radical Islamists,controlling northern Mali on Saturday took a bulldozer to the independence monument in Timbuktu, where they have destroyed several…

Pope: Why I appointed Onaiyekan, others cardinal

Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that his surprise appointment of six non-European cardinals, among them Nigeria’s Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan,…

Arik Air puzzled by corpse in plane’s wheel well

Arik Air says it plans to probe how a mysterious corpse of a man emerged in the wheel well of…

Jonathan Promises Support for Hangar Project

Oluokun Ayorinde President Goodluck Jonathan has promised that the federal government will partner with Akwa Ibom State government in the…

Europolice combs brothels for Nigerian gangs

European police have raided brothels and sex shops across the continent in a bid to identify Nigerian people-trafficking networks luring…

Deadly Storm Sandy hits US, slows down campaign

MIAMI(AFP) – After leaving 44 people dead in the Caribbean, hurricane Sandy was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday as…

Pilgrims still stoning the devil in Saudi

Mina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world, grouped by nationality, stoned…

Kiss of Defiance by two lesbians

Two women kiss in front of people taking part in a demonstration called by the “Alliance VITA” association against gay…

Italian press writes political obituary of ex-PM Berlusconi

ROME (AFP) – Italy’s press on Saturday heralded Silvio Berlusconi’s jail sentence as the end of an era in the…

Amaechi confirms buying $45 million Bombardier jet

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has confirmed the purchase of a brand new Bombardier Jet for Governor Chibuike…

Jonathan In Uyo to open new Governor’s office

President Goodluck Jonathan is to inaugurate the new Akwa Ibom Governor’s office complex on Saturday. Mr Aniekan Umanah, the Commissioner…

Governor Suntai recovering fast, says police commissioner

The Nigerian governor who survived an air crash yesterday, Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state and was hospitalised at the Specialist…

Crashed Nigerian governor under intensive care unit

Five occupants of the plane which crashed on the outskirts of Yola on Thursday were taken to Federal Medical Centre,…

Flogging scandal: Wammako’s aide defends his boss

Malam Sani Umar, the Special Assistant on Media to Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, said that the report about the…

Gulder Ultimate Search evicts another contestant

Another female Gulder Ultimate Search contestant, Ayo Ojueromi, has been evicted. She was evicted at the place of the talking…

Nigeria probes Cessna plane crash

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Investigators from the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, have been deployed to the site of an air crash…

Nigerian governor unconscious after plane crash

Ben Adaji/Jalingo The Governor of Taraba State, Dambaba Fulani Suntai has  crashed his private jet into a bush in Adamawa.He…

Nigerian Governor feared dead in plane crash

Ben Adaji/jalingo The Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern Taraba State, Dambaba Suntai was feared to have died after he crashed…