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We’ll breath fresh air on Nigeria, says KOWA presidential candidate

The Presidential candidate of KOWA party, Prof. Remilekun Shonaiya, said the party would breathe fresh air on the country. Shonaiya,…

Arrest politicians buying PVCs, Oshiomhole tells CP

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Monday charged the police and other security agencies in the state…

Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants

Cameroon’s army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist…

Poll Shift: INEC rejects nomination of fresh candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would not accept new nominations of candidates from any political…

Over 160 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Niger

More than 160 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram have been arrested in Niger’s border area with Nigeria…

Court Of Appeal upholds Fayose’s victory

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Court of Appeal siting in Abuja on Monday, upheld the victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti…

Oshiomhole Accuses FG Of Diverting N800m Project Fund

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of diverting N800 million…

Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Hard Drugs

By Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended the resident pastor of the Eternal…

Obasanjo an embarrassment to the military – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has described Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statements about the military as an embarrassment, noting that, much as…

Nigeria troops reclaim Monguno from Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military on Monday claimed the recapture of Monguno, a garrison town in northeast Borno state, after it was seized…

Overwhelming crowd welcome Buhari to Borno

A massive crowd of cheering supporters mobbed Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari in the embattled northeast city of Maiduguri on…

Cartoonist targeted in Copenhagen gone into hiding

A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent…

Spanish court drops charges against 11 clerical sex abuse case

A Spanish court dropped charges against 11 out of 12 suspects in the country’s biggest ever clerical sex abuse scandal…

Fashola appoints new Head Of Service

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs Folashade Sherifat Jaji as the new Head…

Court adjourns ruling on Oyedepo’s N9bn breach of contract

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos southwest Nigeria has adjourned till March 25 a ruling on the…

PDP has reduced Nigeria to a global laughing stock, says Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the federal level has reduced Nigeria to…

Pastor arraigned over N5.1m fraud charge

A 47-year-old pastor, Olateju Oluwakemi, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…

20,000 Nigerians got visas to China in 2014 – Envoy

Liu Kan, Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China’s Consulate-General in Lagos, on Monday said that about 20,000 Nigerians were…

Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola virus

Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,…

How Military Aided Fayose’s Victory In Ekiti —Captain Koli

Eromosele Ebhomele Captain Sagir Koli, the Nigerian Army officer at the centre of a leaked audio recording of a meeting…

Group Decries Fake Medical Report On Ambode

A group, the Eko Liberation Movement, has decried the attempt by a faceless group to procure a fake medical report to…

Ogun PDP expels Obasanjo from party

Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expelled former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party.…

Lagos lawyer arraigned for N117.3m fraud

Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned a Lagos lawyer, Babatunde Ojo, over an alleged N117.3…

Ejigbo Market Women Torture Suspects For Arraignment March 3

Henry Ojelu Five men who were accused of torturing three women by rubbing pepper in their private parts in the…

Kashamu Largesse: Three dead as cult groups clash in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three persons have been confirmed dead in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun state after…

Pope voices sadness over Libya beheadings of Christians

Pope Francis on Monday expressed “profound sadness” over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya,…

Bayelsa Mourns Death Of Top Women Politicians

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa state has been thrown into deep mourning following the death of prominent Bayelsa women politicians. The…

Jews have ‘their place in Europe and especially France’ – Hollande

French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that Jews were welcome in Europe and France, in an apparent retort to…

Court tells Zenith Bank to pay lawyer N10.5m from PDP account

Henry Ojelu Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court today issued a garnishee order compelling Zenith Bank plc to…

Sudan seizes print runs of 13 newspapers

Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 13 newspapers on Monday in one of the most sweeping crackdowns on…