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Magbon community cries out to Ambode over bad road

The people of Magbon Community in Olorunda LCDA, near Badagry, have cried out to the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi…

U-17 World Cup: Amuneke vows to beat Brazil again

Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke, has boasted that his team has what it takes to…

Man attacks friend in hotel room, flees with N800k

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ajao Estate have arrested an Aba businessman, Onungwa Loveday, 31, who allegedly attempted to kill…

Appeal Court gives CCT go ahead to try Saraki for corruption

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Moore Agumanen, reading a majority verdict of the Court of Appeal this morning upheld the trial of…

Anambra calm after relocation of 47 Boko Haram suspects

Ekwulobia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra is peaceful and calm after the relocation of 47 Boko Haram…

Wild elephant kills two Thais in rubber plantation

Bangkok (AFP) – A wild elephant killed two Thai men in separate pre-dawn attacks on Friday as they worked at…

Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants

Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers — natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee…

Boko Haram: NAF conducts 1448 air sorties in four months

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has between July and October 2015 conducted a total of 1448 air sorties in support…

CCT: Court of Appeal rules against Saraki

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Court of Appeal, Abuja has started to deliver judgment in the appeal by Senate President, Bukola Saraki,…

Cancer: WHO says people can eat meat

The World Health Organization stressed Thursday that an explosive report this week linking the consumption of processed meat to cancer…

Two-thirds of people under 50 have herpes – WHO

More than 3.7 billion people under 50 have the highly-infectious and incurable herpes virus that causes sores around the mouth…

Guantanamo detainee returns to Mauritania after 13 years

A Mauritanian man held for 13 years in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay returned home on Thursday, as…

South Sudan rebels detain 12 UN contractors

AFP – South Sudan rebels on Thursday released 18 Bangladeshi peacekeepers they had taken captive, but were still holding 12…

Republican Paul Ryan elected US Speaker of the House

Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers on Thursday elected Paul Ryan, a conservative Republican who helped steer budget and tax policy…

Senator Pwajok died of liver cancer, says Jang

Senator Gyang Pwajok, the PDP governorship candidate in Plateau State, who died Wednesday in India, succumbed to liver cancer. His…

Amaechi’s Confirmation: Peterside lauds senators, describes them as patriots

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State in the April election has commended…
One shot dead in Ogoja, Cross River

Lagos: 13 cultists remanded for murder, dumping of bodies

Thirteen suspected cultists, who allegedly murdered two men before dumping their bodies in a river, were on Thursday in Lagos…

Police arraign 3 teenagers for gang raping girl, 13

Three teenagers, Elijah Adebowale, Suleiman Balogun and Shefiu Adam, were on Thursday charged before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in…

Electronic voting inevitable in Nigeria, says INEC Chairman

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says electronic means of voting was inevitable in Nigeria.…

Okebukola rates curriculum, teacher training method in Nigeria low

Prof. Peter Okebukola, a former Executive Secretary National Universities Commission (NUC), says the education curriculum and method of training teachers…

I’m deeply concerned about traffic gridlock, robberies, says Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday released the policy direction of his administration for the next three and half…

Why Buhari will not devalue the naira – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that devaluation of the naira is not an appropriate option in the…

In India, Buhari proffers solution to Africa’s problem

On Thursday, Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari in faraway New Delhi declared that Nigeria and other African countries must work harder…

Ending HIV/AIDS: UNICEF selects Kaduna to implement Buhari’s Vision 2020

Femi Adi/Kaduna United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF on Thursday in Kaduna said it has selected Kaduna State as one of…

Senate confirms Amaechi as PDP senators walkout

Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday overcame stiff opposition from senators elected on the platform of opposition Peoples Democratic Party,…

Senate in rowdy session over Amaechi’s confirmation

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday was thrown into a rowdy session over the confirmation of former governor of Rivers State,…

Ex-Eagle, Okoku receives Rotary Club Merit Award

Taiwo Adelu The Rotary club of Lagos Mainland has awarded former player of Nigeria’s Green Eagles and founder of the…

Cabinet Retreat: Ambode sets key agenda for his administration

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says in the next three and half years, his administration will vigorously pursue…

Navy changes tactics against oil thieves, pirates

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had adopted a new training regime that would improve troops’ proficiency in internal…