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Disabled beggar donates ”widow’s mite” to flood victims

A middle aged Nigerian beggar, identified as Simon Ozoemena, has stunned government officials in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, by making…

Bombing: Catholic Church leader calls for true dialogue

The Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, on Monday called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to dialogue with the Federal Government…

Obama back in WH to battle Hurricane Sandy

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama rushed through the edge of Hurricane Sandy Monday, putting his re-election bid on hold…

Cap-In-Hand Burundi begs for $1billion

Burundi’s vice president on Monday asked international donors gathered in Geneva for over $1.0 billion to help finance his country’s…

Kaduna: Residents indoors as troops patrol city

Nigerian soldiers patrolled the streets of Kaduna Monday, a day after at least 10 people were killed and 145 wounded…

Dead man boarded Arik plane from Lagos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Monday it has established that the man whose corpse was…

SUICIDE BOMBING: Shops Shut In Kaduna

Following reprisal attack in the wake of the bombing of Saint Rita Catholic Church, Anguar Yero, Malahi, Kaduna, Kaduna State,…

Lawyers Decry State Of Courts In Lagos

Some Lagos-based lawyers have appealed to the Lagos State Government to provide electronic gadgets in magistrates’ courts to facilitate court…

Ibori’s $15m: EFCC wants contempt charge for Clark

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Smarting from a recent call for his removal as head of Nigeria’s anti corruption agency by…

Police Smash 3-Man Robbery Gang

The police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria have smashed a three-man armed robbery gang and arrested two of them while the…

Community On Rampage Over Dead Man Found In Well

Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo,  Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man’s corpse was…

Fashola-Okada: When The Going Was Good

In the heat of electioneering campaign for the 2011 Governorship election, the romance between Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State…

Why Fashola, Amosun Failed To Resolve Ode Omi Crisis

Although, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, were able to resolve…

Army raid yields arms in Damaturu

The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…

Corrupt oil sector: Jonathan asks for Ribadu report

Ayorinde Oluokun /Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that a comprehensive report of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force chaired…

Forgotten Cases Of Looting

High profile corruption cases filed over five years ago are still at plea stages, even as the accused persons have…

Driver on phone in fatal crash

An accident has happened in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, after the driver of a lToyota Tundra, deep in a…

Stable Governor Suntai flown abroad

Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state, who crashed landed a Cessna jet was flown to Germany in an air ambulance…

10 drown as boat capsizes in Lagos Lagoon

Kazeem Ugbodaga and Yisa Jamiu/Metro Reporters Tragedy struck today in Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest…

Winter arrives early to Europe

Snow and gales hit France and Switzerland over the weekend, possibly leading to the death of a homeless man in…

Leverkusen end Bayern’s record run

Bayer Leverkusen claimed a shock 2-1 win at Bayern Munich on Sunday to claim their first win at the Bavarians…

Pope rallies bishops to revive Christian faith

VATICAN CITY, (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on bishops from across the world to revive the Christian…

Serena overpowers Sharapova to win WTA championship

Serena Williams cruised to a third WTA Championships title on Sunday when she eased past Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 in…

Jonathan condemns Kaduna suicide bombing

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has condemned Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on St Rita Catholic Church in Kaduna. The President who…

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…