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Adigun Agbaje Heads Awo Institute

The Obafemi Awolowo Institute of Government and Public Policy (OAIPP), Lekki, in Lagos State, has appointed its first director-general. He…

Jonathan opens school for Nigeria’s Street kids

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Sokoto that his administration was committed to providing quality education for the 9.5…

Sex-change women can contest Miss Universe

The Miss Universe contest on Tuesday threw open its doors to transgender models, allowing men who have had a sex…

Mali’s Interim President Readies To Take Office

Mali’s parliament speaker Tuesday prepared to take office as interim head of state, a step that would end a brief…

Official: 41 Dead In Kaduna Blasts

Three more persons have died from the injuries they sustained during the Easter Sunday car bomb blast in Kaduna. This…

Nigeria Will Not Break Up —Kumuyi

General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi says Nigeria will not break up as being speculated in some…

Survivors Of Benue’s Collapsed Church Speak

Some of the survivors of last Saturday’s collapsed church building at Adambge Community, in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue…

Traffic Offenders Face Hard Times

Worried by incessant traffic offences committed by both private and commuter bus drivers and even motorcycle riders in Lagos State,…

My Brother Was Poisoned, Killed —Deceased Sister

Deborah Paul, a native of Mmiya Ntak, in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Southsouth Nigeria, has appealed…

NURTW Disowns Adekunle Salami

The Yaba branch of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has denied some reports in the media that a…

Elevator Tragedy: NULGE, Council Demand N1b Compensation

The management of Odi-Olowo Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria and the National Union of Local Government Employees,…

Bayelsa Assembly Screens 26 Commissioners-Nominee

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has commenced the screening of 26 names Governor Seriake Dickson forwarded to be appointed…

Police Mobilise 5,000 Personnel For President’s Visit

The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto, Alhaji Aliyu Musa, said on Monday that about 5,000 police personnel had been mobilised…

Fashola Enjoins Lagosians To Protect Waterways

Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has enjoined Lagosians to join hands with his administration to protect the state’s waterways. The governor…

WAEC Gets Kudos For Contribution To Education

Some stakeholders in the education sector have commended the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for its positive contribution to the…

Church Gift Primate Cautions Nigerians

Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has urged Nigerians to desist from making “uncomplimentary…

Senator Tackles Youth Unemployment

A federal lawmaker, representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has expressed his readiness to collaborate with the Lagos…

There’s No Governance Right Now

Chido Onuma, media practitioner and author of the book, Time To Reclaim Nigeria spoke with our Abuja Bureau Chief, Oluokun…

Glamour As Lagos Carnival Ends

Amidst pomp and ceremony, the Lagos Easter Carnival ended yesterday in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, drawing thousands of tourists to the…

Mugabe Not ill, say aides

Zimbabwean officials on Tuesday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was seriously ill in Singapore, saying he was well and…

Over 60 die in Nigeria’s Easter Holiday Horrors

A seven-year-old girl shot dead by Boko Haram gunmen in a failed attempt to kill her policeman father, was one…

Bomb-laden Vehicle Discovered In Kano

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in Kano northwest Nigeria, Monday detonated impoverished explosives device, IED, concealed inside an abandoned vehicle…

Girl, 7, six others die in fresh Boko Haram attacks

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have shot dead a seven-year-old girl during a failed attempt to kill her policeman father hours…

Malians wait for military junta to resign

Mali waited anxiously Monday to see if the military junta that seized power on March 22 would restore democracy after…

Cruise Ship Retraces Route of Ill-Fated Titanic 100 Years After

Reports monitored on Voice of America, VOA, early Monday say a cruise ship steamed out of the British city of…

Witnesses: How The Kaduna Easter Sunday bombing Happened

Femi Adi/ Kaduna More than thirty persons today were feared dead as a suspected suicide bomber in a Honda car…

SSS aborts Dawn Attack on School

Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) operatives in Bauchi State on Sunday repelled an attack by gunmen on their training school,…

Nigerian Drug Ring Smashed In Spain

Spanish police said Sunday they had smashed a Nigerian ring that smuggled cocaine and other drugs into Spain and the…