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Francophone summit begins in Kinshasa

Leaders of French-speaking nations began meeting in troubled Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday for their 14th summit, with France’s President…

Chinese political system could collapse, warns US academic

China’s top-down political system, under pressure from a growing middle class empowered by wealth and social networks, is likely to…

3 babies delivered at camps for flood victims

No fewer than three births were recorded at the flood victims’ camps located in Asaba, capital of Delta state, an…

Facebook boost for Obama campaign

US President Barack Obama got an exceptional spike of more than one million “likes” on Facebook this week in his…

Shot fired at Obama campaign office

A shot was fired Friday at a campaign office for President Barack Obama in the western US state of Colorado,…

Paradoxical Nigeria: View from Outside

By STEPHEN HAYES (October 12, 2012) Nigeria is perhaps the most misunderstood country in Africa, and it is not an…

Nigerian doctor sacked in the UK

A Nigerian medical consultant in the United Kingdom has lost his job at an NHS hospital after carrying a sample…

Jonathan inspects flood ravaged home state by air

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in his home state of Bayelsa to inspect flood ravaged areas. He could not…

Pastor divorces wife after 26 years

A Nigerian pastor has got his prayer fulfilled by a Customary Court in Lagos. After accusing his wife of 26…

Lagos bizman docked for assaulting debtor

A Lagos businessman, Ayodele Alonge has been docked at the Ojokoro Senior Magistrates’ Court, charged with assaulting a woman, while…

Okonjo-Iweala launches book on Nigeria in Tokyo

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s powerful minister of finance has launched a book, “Reforming the Un-reformable: Lessons from Nigeria”, on…

More millions for Chelsea’s owner, Abramovich

Boris Berezovsky has agreed to pay £35 million ($56 million) towards his fellow Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s legal costs after…
File photo: Jewelries: 23-year-old housemaid, Aisha Abdullahi, docked for allegedly stealing her employer’s gold jewellery worth N10 million in Kaduna

Cocaine Hidden In Pendants Found At Lagos Airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Oluigboka Chukwuemeka Emmanuel thought he had cleverly concealed about 2.4 kilogrammes of cocaine in pendants and female…

EU Detractors Slam Nobel Peace Prize Decision

While some Europeans swelled with pride when the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, howls of derision erupted from…

4 Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested With 7 AK-47 Rifles, Dynamites

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Lagos State Police Command is currently interrogating four bank robbery suspects who were…

Tina’s Trip To Hell

Tina Okpara, the girl that was sexually abused by former footballer, Godwin Okpara, puts her experience in print via My…

Okada Rider Takes Nurse To Slaughter Slab

A commercial motorcycle rider, also known as okada rider in Bekwara, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, identified as Ifeanyi alias…

How Eagles Star Okpara Turned Me Into Sex Slave —Tina

Tina Okpara, the teenage girl who was serially raped by Super Eagles star, Godwin Okpara, has released a book, detailing…

1,000 Divorcees Set For Mass Wedding

The Kano State Hisba Board has concluded arrangements for group marriage for 1,000 widows and divorcees, the News Agency of…

UNILAG Student Jailed Over Internet Love Scam

A University of Lagos student, Michael Opaleye, has been sent to jail by a Lagos State High Court, southwest Nigeria…

Nigerian Forces ‘May Be Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity’

Nigerian security forces as well as Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram may both be guilty of crimes against humanity over…

Teachers Attacked For Flogging Oba’s Grand Daughter

There was tension at the Federal Government Girls’ Secondary School in Benin City, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria when  teachers of…

Man Steals 650 Generators

A company worker, Jacob Victor, 21, has been arraigned before an Isolo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly…

Oil Magnate, Fatgbems Dies

Abeokuta-based oil magnate and owner of Fatgbems Oil, Alhaji Fatai Olamilekan Akanmu Gbemisola, popularly known as Fatgbems, has died early…

Editor Slams N200m Suit On The Moment Newspapers

The financial crises rocking a Lagos-based newspaper, The Moment, has taken a sharp turn, with its pioneer Abuja Bureau Chief,…

US-Based Nigerian Doctors Perform Surgery On 10 Patients

An International Health Specialist/Epidemiologist with the United States of America Air Force, Dr. Francis Ayo Obuseh, says his humanitarian organization…

Tribunal Has Given Me Back My Mandate —Obanikoro

Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, son of the immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro, has said that the tribunal…

Reps Member Commends ACN Members, Assures Of Victory

A member of the House of Representatives for Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency 2, Hakeem Abiodun Muniru, has praised the leadership and…

Ashafa Hails LASG, Eko Club’s Free Health Initiative

Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has hailed the free health programme co-sponsored by Lagos State Government and Eko Club International, ECI, targeted…

How Godwin Okpara Serially Raped Me

Tina Okpara narrates her ordeal of sexual violation to NEHRU ODEH   Why did you decide to write this book?…