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Bunkering: Navy destroys 53 illegal refineries

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri, said on Saturday that it has destroyed 53 illegal refineries in Ashafama forest…

Ebola: Lagos clears last suspect, affirms Sept. 22 resumption date

The Lagos State Government on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state…

Orji Kalu acquires jet for N11.5b

Chief Orji Kalu, the immediate past governor of Abia state and Chairman of Slok Group of Companies has purchased a…

India court sends 13 men to jail over gang-rape of tribal woman

An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a…

One dead as Christ Chosen building collapses

Jethro Ibileke/Benin At least one person have been confirmed dead in a collapsed storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church…

Drunken hunter fights crocodile with an eye-poke

A tipsy goose hunter said Saturday he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile in…

Synagogue: Forensic test needed to identify victims – NEMA

Charles Otegbade, Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said proper forensic test was needed to identify the…

Ogun postpones resumption date of schools to Oct. 8

The Ogun Government on Friday in Abeokuta announced 8 October as the new resumption date for private and public schools…

Assembly minority leader defects to PDP

Alhaji Mohammed Buba, the Minority Leader of the Gombe State House of Assembly, has defected from the All Progressives Congress…

18 IS jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds

At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria…

White House scare after man jumps fence

A man sparked an evacuation at the White House on Friday after he scaled and jumped over a fence and…

LASG releases 2014 promotion letters to civil servants

Dr Olujobi Ososanya, the Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission on Friday said Gov. Babatunde Fashola has approved the release…

Indonesia to punish gay sex with 100 strokes of cane

Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes…

Air Force graduates 36 pioneer commercial helicopter pilots

The first set of commercial helicopter pilots trained in the country graduated from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying…

FG investigating Synagogue mystery aircraft – Obanikoro

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Minister of state for Defence, on Friday said investigations were ongoing to unravel the mystery of the…

Atiku blasts federal government on security

Atiku Abubakar on Friday derided Goodluck Jonathan’s record on security, vowing that Boko Haram could be crushed easily if politicians…

49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed

Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…

Alao-Akala picks PDP governorship nomination form

Adebayo Alao-Akala former governor of Oyo state and an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday collected the…

Chad accuses UN of using its troops as ‘shield’ in Mali

The Chadian government on Friday denounced the “discriminatory” treatment of its troops in Mali, accusing the United Nations peacekeeping mission…

PDP congratulates Scotland over referendum outcome

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja applauded the decision of Scotland to remain under the colony of…

Amosun, Okurounmu, 303 others honours

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria was among the three hundred and five Nigerians to be…

In Pictures: Women Are Bread Winners In Delta State

Most women are bread winners in some parts of Delta State, southern Nigeria, while their men relax at home. Photojournalist Emmanuel Osodi…

Pepper Soup Seller Arrested Over Missing Dogs

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 28-year old woman, Helen Essien, has been arrested and charged before Oshodi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing…

‘Most Moms Would Want Their Girls Date Me’

Korede Bello is one young talent in the Nigerian music industry that has won over many ardent lovers with his…

I’m Happy To Be 50 —Hamzat

Jamiu Yisa Lagos State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has…

Man Goes Crazy, Hacks 4 Siblings

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle-aged man, simply identified as Mike, has reportedly butchered four children of his neighbour in Okha II…

Joke-Silva, Omotola, Others Bag National Honours

Funsho Arogundade Nollywood greats, Joke Silva, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Kenneth Nnebue are among 305 Nigerians and friends of the country…

Boko Haram Controls 25 Towns —Bishop

Boko Haram militants are in charge of at least 25 towns and villages in northeast Nigeria, the region’s Roman Catholic…

Nigeria’s Top Pastors In Trouble

Eromosele Ebhomele Counted among the wealthiest pastors in the world, Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria,…

Scotland rejects independence in historic referendum

Scotland rejected independence on Friday in a referendum that left the centuries-old United Kingdom intact but paved the way for…