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Monday Tragedy: Truck rams into market, kills 10

A pure water truck has rammed into a meat market (Odo-Eran), on Governors’ Road along LASU-Iba expressway killing at least…

Six Years Of Greening Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga All over the world, wherever one goes, one will observe that cities and countries are embarking on massive…

Civilians flee fighting around Donetsk train station

Intense shelling rocked the area around the train station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday,…

Putin says international experts must have access to crash site

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday it was essential for international investigators to be granted safe access to the…

Sudan’s Darfur rebels denies killing 13 civillians

Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur on Monday denied killing 13 civilians, calling government claims of their involvement a fabrication. The official…

Lukman, ex-OPEC Sec Gen, Petroleum Minister Dies

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman, former Secretary General of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC and also a…
The Israeli air force has again attacked a command centre of the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip, IDF says

‘More than 10’ Gaza militants killed infiltrating Israel

More than 10 militants from Gaza were shot dead on Monday after infiltrating southern Israel, the army’s official spokesman said.…

UN, US call for immediate truce as Gaza toll tops 500

The UN Security Council called for an “immediate ceasefire” as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza on…

Police arrest NSCDC operative over alleged murder

The police in Osun have arrested an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the death…

Ekiti Referendum: PDP warns assembly against recognising results

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti on Sunday warned the House of Assembly against recognising Saturday’s referendum on new…

Ezekwesili released by SSS, travels abroad

Oby Ezekwesili, #BringBackOurGirls campaigner who was detained by the State Security Service (SSS) early Monday has been released and was…

SSS detains Ezekwesili, withholds her passport

Oby Ezekwesili, #BringBackOurGirls campaigner has been detained by the State Security Service (SSS) on Monday as she tried to leave…

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits off Japan’s northeast coast

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast early Monday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The agency said the…

Atiku warns PDP,FG against deceiving Nigerians

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the PDP-led federal government against the dangerous tactics of polarizing the country along…

Maternity leave: Emulate Lagos, Odumakin tells FG, states

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has urged the Federal Government and other states to emulate Lagos…

Fashola visits Apapa again, decries FGs insensitivity

In a bid to find a lasting solution to the traffic gridlock in Apapa as a result of fuel and…

Corruption behind FG’s $1bn request to fight Boko Haram – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to properly scrutinize the staggering request of President Goodluck Jonathan…

Kano sends medical team to battle cholera

The Kano Government said on Sunday that it had sent a medical team to Kafin Dalawa village in Tudun Wada…

Jihadists claim Baghdad blasts as Iraq rallies behind Christians

The Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for deadly Baghdad bombings, as the Christians they drove out of Mosul grieved…

2015: Northern group endorses Jonathan

Northern Alternative Forum (NAF), has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election. A statement issued in Abuja on…

Lekki club urges Nigerians to support underprivileged

The President of the Lekki Lions Club, Lagos, Dr Yewande Jinadu, on Sunday called on Nigerians to be their brothers’…

Italy to intensify fight against trafficking of Nigerians

The Consul-General of Italy in Nigeria, Stefano Leo, on Sunday disclosed his Government’s plan to intensify it’s fight against Nigerians…

Suspected pirates kill 2 in Bayelsa

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Sunday attacked a passenger boat on the Ogbia-Nembe waterways and killed two persons.…

Shehu of Borno shocked at increasing Boko Haram attacks

Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno on Saturday expressed shock at the increasing attacks by suspected Boko Haram…

No plans to impeach Gov. Ajimobi – Lawmaker

Murphy Adigun-Ahmed, an Oyo State House of Assembly member says the House has never planned to impeach Governor Abiola Ajimobi.…

Coalition mobilise to drum support for Jonathan

The Coalition of Political Support Groups in Cross River says it is has begun mass mobilisation for the re-election of…

Over 60 dead as Israel batters Gaza’s Shejaiya

More than 60 Palestinians were killed Sunday as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands more fleeing in terror in…

Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault

Egypt vowed on Sunday to punish the attackers who killed 22 border guards in its western desert near the frontier…

France defends ban on pro-Gaza rally after violence

France’s prime minister on Sunday defended a controversial decision to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris that went ahead anyway…

Boko Haram kills 100, chase military to take control of Damboa

Islamists sect, Boko Haram have killed over 100 people and raised their black and white flag over the north-eastern town…