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Alternate driving days in Paris to fight smog

The French government will on Monday introduce alternate driving days in Paris for the first time in nearly two decades…

7 job seekers die in stampede, dozens injured

A recruitment drive by Nigeria’s immigration department has turned tragic in Abuja, the nations’s capital. At least seven persons were…

5 Egyptian soldiers killed at checkpoint

Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in Cairo Saturday, killing five Egyptian soldiers, state television reported. The attack comes two…

Police rescue kidnapped lawmaker, girl killed

A 10-year old girl was on Friday killed as police engaged kidnappers in a bid to rescue the abducted member…

Cameroon rules out sanctuary for Boko Haram fighters

On a day that Boko Harm insurgents attacked with impunity a military barrack in Maiduguri, Borno state, Cameroon vowed it…

Man Blinds Housewife Over Sex

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year old man, Arinze Kingsley, has left a married woman, Mrs Amaka Ohanwe, partially blind when she…

You Can’t Fight Corruption If You’re Corrupt, Ribadu Tells Govs

Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says governors in the country…

Journalists Attacked In Court

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hoodlums suspected to be supporters of former Secretary to Edo State Government, SSG, Dr. Simon Imuekemhe, attacked journalists…

Musician Saheed Osupa Battles Producer

Funsho Arogundade Popular Fuji musician, Saheed Osupa is embroiled in a cold war with the Music Advertisers Association of Nigeria,…

Do you believe TB Joshua saw Malaysian airliner crashing?

PLease watch the video posted on YouTube by Emmanuel TV that claims that Pastor T.B. Joshua foresaw the Malaysian Boeing…

Update: Boko Haram militants attack Maiduguri barracks

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a residential neighbourhood and a military barracks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city…

Opposition names Jakarta governor for presidential race

Indonesia’s main opposition party nominated the hugely popular governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, as its presidential candidate Friday, setting him…

Bayern boss resigns after tax fraud jail sentence

Uli Hoeness, the German football legend and chairman of triple champions, Bayern Munich said Friday he will not appeal his…

Reports: Heavy gunfire, explosions in Maiduguri

Reuters has reported heavy gunfire in Maiduguri, capital of the embattled north east state of Borno. The news agency said…

TB Joshua’s video goes viral over missing Malaysian airliner

.Did the Nigerian cleric really predict the missing Boeing 777? As international search continues for the missing Malaysian airplane, a…

Ghana jails Nigerian for stuffing cocaine in fufu

A Fast Track High Court in Ghana has sentenced a Nigerian trader, Isaac Idowu Shobola to 10 years imprisonment for…

Nwachukwu leads South East delegates to confab

Governors of the South East Zone of Nigeria have appointed retired Major General Ike Nwachukwu as the Chairman of their…

Banks sever transactions with Sudan

Major European and Saudi banks have stopped dealing with Sudan, diplomatic and other sources say, adding to the sanctions-hit country’s…

Jonathan in Katsina after killings, orders army comb forest

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Katsina directed the Armed Forces to comb the Rugu Forest and rid it of…

UN rights chief blasts Nigeria over same-sex marriage ban

The UN rights chief, Navi Pillay, Thursday said Nigeria’s recent ban on same-sex marriage violated human rights and the nation’s…

I was hit with gun butt, says President Jonathan’s uncle

Chief Inengite Nitabai, 70, the Uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday narrated his ordeal in the hands of kidnappers…

Ex-Ohaneze leader, Ralph Uwechue dies

A former President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, publisher and scholar, Ambassador Ralph Uwechue, is dead. Uwechue, 79, died in Abuja on…

UK may jail Nigerian couple for enslaving a Nigerian

A Nigerian couple face a maximum sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment for secretly enslaving a Nigerian in Britain for 25…

US ship joins search for Malaysian airliner –

A US naval ship is headed from the Gulf of Thailand to the Strait of Malacca as efforts to find…

Nigeria, Uganda face EU sanctions over gay rights

The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws. MEPs…

US human rights records under UN scrutiny

A United Nations watchdog on Thursday began a review of the United States’ human rights record, quizzing officials on National…

Sierra-Leone’s ex-leader Tejan Kabbah dies

Former Sierra Leone president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, widely credited as the man who returned the country to peace after years…

Nigeria protests South Africa police beating of national

Nigeria has protested the “merciless beating” of one of its nationals by South African police and demanded that the perpetrators…

Kidnapped President Jonathan’s Uncle Rescued

President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle, Chief Nengite Nitabai, 70, kidnapped on 23 February by gunmen has been rescued by the police…

Battle Of Thugs: Angry Youths Batter Estate Agent

Mark Itsibor An estate agent, Otunba Kehinde Adeosun, has been battered by angry youths in Abule -Egba area of Lagos…