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You cannot threaten me, Amaechi replies Presidency

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The drama between Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi and the presidency seems to have taken a new…

Nigeria: German killed, another abducted by gunmen

Gunmen have opened fire on two vehicles carrying German nationals in southwest Nigeria, with one killed at the scene and…

Dangote, Alakija biggest spenders in the UK

Nigeria’s super rich have emerged the biggest spenders among Africans on the booming British property market, spending an estimated £250million…

Protesting workers shut down hospital in Benin

Hundreds of patients, mostly pregnant women and mothers who turned up at the Specialist Hospital in Benin for medical treatment…

British doctor ‘unlawfully killed’ in Syrian jail

Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail last year, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury in…

UNIBEN Student Hacked To Death

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), wore a mournful look Monday morning following the gruesome…

Gov Amosun Slams Gbenga Daniel

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, has described his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, as a confused…

Anxiety Over Release Of Chibok Girls

Anxiety continued to mount on Monday ahead of the release of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted on 14 April this…

Lebanon army takes control after deadly Tripoli clashes

Lebanese troops retook a Tripoli neighbourhood Monday, where thousands of civilians had fled deadly fighting with Islamist militants who have…

‎2015: I’m not afraid of endorsed aspirants, says Ganiyu Solomon

By Simon Ateba Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon said on Monday that he is not afraid of aspirants rumoured to have…

Zuma ‘outraged’ at S.Africa football captain’s death

South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday said he was saddened, shocked and outraged at the shooting to death of…

Ogun Didn’t Borrow N200billion – Amosun Replies Daniel

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has faulted a statement credited to his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel over…

Amaechi would answer for his actions, false allegations – Presidency

The Presidency on Sunday dispelled allegations by Governor Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers against the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and…

Ebola drug maker Fujifilm to buy US vaccine maker

Fujifilm said Monday it would buy a US vaccine maker as the Japanese firm boosts its supply of an experimental…

2015: Why my husband should lead Lagos – Pastor Mayowa Ikuforiji

By Simon Ateba Injecting an American style into Nigerian politics, ‎Mayowa, the wife of Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker of the…

Violence, Thuggery Mar Delta Council Poll

Jethro Ibileke/Warri The local government election held on Saturday across Delta State turned violent as no fewer than 10 persons…

300 Level UNIBEN Student Axed To Death

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown assailants have allegedly axed a 300-level student of the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Physical…

How Boko Haram abuses captured women: HRW

* Ex-captives give testimony of life with the insurgents *New Report by Human Rights Watch Africa Boko Haram has used…

Dilma Rousseff re-elected in Brazil

Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won reelection to a second term Sunday, calling for unity after the most divisive…

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Obasanjo urges politicians to be sensitive

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian President,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian politicians to be religiously sensitive, a necessary ingredient that he…

96 students to participate in Presidential School Debate

No fewer than 96 students from 16 states of the federation would participate in the 54th Presidential School Debate starting…

PDP dissolves Ondo Exco, constitutes caretaker committee

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday announced the dissolution of the Ondo State…

Boko Haram abducts 30 boys, girls in fresh attack

Around 30 adolescents — some of them girls aged as young as 11 — have been abducted in northeast Nigeria…

Lagos Deputy, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Guns For Senate

Jamiu Yisa The race to replace Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, as representative of Lagos West Senatorial District…

2015: Ikuforiji to encourage bicycle as transport system

Eromosele Ebhomele & Simon Ateba Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Sunday said he would…

I’ll make Lagos a global destination, says Ikuforiji

Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has formally declared his intentions to contest for the position of governor…

Daniel is a Confused Man, says Gov. Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun has lashed out at his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, describing him as a confused person…

Cameroun army kills 39 Boko Haram fighters

Camerounian troops killed 39 Boko Haram fighters in clashes with the Islamists, who were carrying out three raids on Cameroun’s…

APC Has Imported Poverty, Hardship on Ogun – PDP Chieftain

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The ruling party in Ogun state, All Progressive Congress, APC has been accused of importing poverty and hardship…