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Ondo election: Pastor Bakare bets on Mimiko

JAMIU YISA/Political Correspondent The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener of Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde…

4 Boko Haram suspects killed

Nigerian soldiers on Sunday shot dead four suspected members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram following a raid on their…

Pwajok wins senate seat, Kaneng wins husband’s seat

Kaneng, the wife of the late Majority Leader of Plateau House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani, was elected on Saturday to…

13 soldiers die in Sudanese military plane crash

KHARTOUM (AFP) – Thirteen Sudanese military personnel were killed and nine others injured when their transport plane crashed west of…

3 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Three Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have died,  Dr Bello Tambawwal, the Head of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Medina…

Federal Poly expels 59 exam cheats

Nigeria’s Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa in Nasarawa State has expelled 59 students for examination malpractices. The Registrar of the polytechnic, Hajiya…

Gunmen attack Nigerian village, many feared dead

Yet-to-be tracked gunmen opened fire Saturday on a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, with some residents feared…

Poll woes for British PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party is trailing the Labour opposition by 14 points, a poll out Sunday found.…

Obama rakes in $181million to boost campaign

President Barack Obama raised $181 million in September, his campaign said Saturday, in a huge boost for his re-election bid…

Dangote donates N200million to flood victims

Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has donated N200 million to victims of flood in Nigeria’s Kogi state. The donation is…

Hajj: Tambuwal peace team leaves tomorrow for Saudi

A Federal Government delegation, headed by speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker, will leave for Saudi…

Nigerian travellers stranded as flood severs vital road

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Flood has taken over Nigeria’s vital East West Road at Umeh junction, making the road no longer…

18 die as truck crushes bus conveying church members

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Eighteen persons were confirmed dead while many others were severely injured today when an 18 seater Toyota…

Heroin Hidden In Football, Rugs Seized At Lagos Airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Sniffer dogs, used by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have detected three consignments…

Another Ajudua docked for fraud in US

There used to be a Fred Ajudua in Nigeria in the 90s that was notoriously linked with a variety of…

Former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid Dies

Jamiu Yisa With Agency Report Former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid died on Saturday of cancer, agency reports said. He was…

Morocco magistrates strike over corruption

Rabat (AFP) Hundreds of Moroccan magistrates held a sit-in on Saturday outside the Court of Cassation in Rabat demanding an…

Women defy rain to vote in Nigerian Senate bye election

Women of all ages defied the heavy downpour in Riyom, to vote in the Plateau North senatorial by-election on Saturday.…

Iponri community wants Fashola revoke Cof O on hijacked land

The Iponri community in Lagos State has appealed to Governor Raji Fashola to revoke the ownership rights granted a school…

Pope’s butler jailed 18months for stolen documents

Vatican City (AFP)Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Saturday for stealing…

Biafra : Awolowo replies Achebe from the grave

Nigeria’s literary legend, Chinua Achebe in his latest memoir on the defunct Biafra, accused a Nigerian political legend, Obafemi Awolowo…

Cynthia, Facebook tragic girl finally laid to rest

The remains of the late Cynthia Osokogu, the Facebook tragic girl, were committed to earth on Friday at Owa Ekei,…

Cleric blessed with 5 babies cries for help

An Islamic scholar in a village in Nigeria’s Northwestern state of Zamfara has gotten embarrassed with blessings from his God…

Debate: Is President Jonathan Right on Bakassi Peninsula?

The International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruled on 10 October 2002 that Bakassi belonged to Cameroon and must be transferred…

Britain extradites radical Islamic preacher Hamza

LONDON (AFP) – Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects were extradited from Britain to the United…

MASSOB loses members to AIYO

No fewer than 1,000 members of MASSOB have deserted the association and joined another one, an official of the new…

Jobs boost for Obama campaign

Revisions to previous data gave a sharply better picture of the US jobs situation on Friday, pushing the unemployment rate…

Few answers at scene of Mubi massacre

His voice trembling, a man points towards a partially burnt house where seven people were gunned down in a yet…

Another beer joint bombed in Jalingo

Ben Adaji/Jalingo Another bomb explosion at a drinking joint in Jalingo, capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, has…

Bakassi natives sue Nigeria over cession to Cameroon

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of the 10th October deadline for Nigeria to appeal against the Green Tree Agreement between…