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Bloody Sunday: Robbers kill 2 cops, 7 others

Cyriacus Izuekwe & Oluwole Adeboye Armed robbers went on the rampage this afternoon in Lagos and killed several people including…

Nigeria already late for Rio Olympics, says Ekeji

Nigeria is already late in beginning its preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be hosted by Brazil, an…

26 die in 2 accidents on Sagamu-Benin expressway

No fewer than 12 persons were on Saturday burnt beyond recognition while three others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly…

Death toll rises in Adamawa flood caused by Cameroon

The death toll from flooding in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria after heavy rain and the release of water from…

NDA honours Liberia’s Sirleaf, Mark, Anyaoku

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Saturday in Kaduna honoured Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku and…

Palestine bids to change status at UN

(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he will make a bid on September 27 to obtain non-member…

Kano State sponsors students abroad

Nigeria’s Kano State Government has sponsored 25 indigenes of the state to study Marine Engineering in India and the United States.A…

Amaechi snubs ASUU, confirms appointment of VC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite the current strike by lecturers at Rivers State University, Governor Chibuike Amaechi has confirmed the  appointment…

Jonathan to visit Malawi, Botswana

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will begin a three-day working visit to Malawi and Botswana on Monday. .President Jonathan who…

Canada cuts ties with Tehran

Canada has closed its Tehran embassy and ordered Iranian diplomats expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it…

7 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gun battle

Suspected members of Boko Haram ,the Islamist extremist group and Nigerian soldiers exchanged gun fire in a battle in Maiduguri…

News Analysis: The demise of Air Nigeria

Jon Gambrell, AP Reporter Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, the country’s second-largest…

NDDC meeting adjourned for lack of quorum

A meeting of governors of oil producing states, scheduled for today in Asaba, capital of Delta state has been called…

Nigeria acquires more gunboats for maritime security

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday in Port-Harcourt inaugurated 10 new patrol gunboats to boost the operations of the Joint…

Liberian leader, Sirleaf arrives for NDA honour

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will honour Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and Liberia’s President Helen Johnson…

No traffic booking next week, but drive carefully

From 10 September to 14 September, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will suspend traffic rules enforcement for a week-long…

Ebonyi buys 200 computers for e-library

Mr Dan Ibiam, the Director, Ebonyi Library Board, on Friday in Abakaliki said the State Government had concluded plans to…

Weak job report spoils Obama’s party

A weak jobs report threw cold water on President Barack Obama’s post convention party Friday, puncturing his claim for re-election…

Next Miss Nigeria’ll Be World Class

The former Miss Nigeria, UK and Managing Director of Beth Model Management Africa, Elohor Elizabeth Aisien, is the brain behind…

2 journalists take refuge in South African embassy

In what may appear to be a trend after Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder sought refuge in the Ecuadorain embassy in…

Police Seize Cynthia’s Corpse In Lagos

The police in Lagos state, western Nigeria refused to release the corpse of Cynthia Osokogu, the Facebook girl murdered by…

Mayhem As Cop Kills Tricyclist

Mayhem erupted at Meiran area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, last night and today after a policeman attached to Meiran…

Suspects: We Built Hotel With Robbery Proceeds

Two robbery suspects, Saheed Quadri, 30, who specialises in snatching exotic cars and his accomplice who sells the cars, Taiwo…

Ikeja General Hospital Stinks

Part of Ikeja General Hospital now stinks as the soakaway pits behind the Paediatrics Ward now overflow. The three soakaway…

Taskforce Arrests 14 Fadeyi Gangsters

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 14 suspected gangsters at Fadeyi…

OAU Graduate Okada Rider Vows To Remain In Lagos

A graduate of  Obafemi Awolowo University, Shina Senny Shoremekun, who took up commercial motorcycling for a living after a fruitless…

Northern Govs Eye Aso Rock In 2015

Barely three years to the next general elections, the battle line for the 2015 presidential race appears drawn as talks…

Ondo 2012: The Contenders, The Pretenders

A critical assessment of the parties cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the Ondo State governorship poll…

2015: Imoke Assures Ogoja Of Gov Ticket

Governor of Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke has re-assured the people of the northern senatorial district of…

Don Decries Poor Management Of Human Resources

A Professor of Forest Economics, Professor Labode Popoola, has decried the poor management of human capacity in the country. Popoola,…