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Police absence stalls Saraki’s suit against IG

The absence of the police in an Abuja Federal High Court on Monday stalled hearing in a suit instituted by…

I did not disrespect Patience Jonathan – Borno Gov’s wife

Hajiya Nana Shettima, the wife of Borno Governor, said on Monday that her inability to attend Sunday’s meeting with the…

Six injured in Chinese train station knife attack

Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, police said, after a string of…

Nigeria 8th worst place to be a mother on Earth, says report

Nigeria, considered a fragile state, has been ranked the eighth worst place on Earth to be a mother, according to…

Plane smashes into private home

A small plane smashed into a Colorado, United States home Monday, but the pilot was able to walk away and…

Jonathan, Kenyatta vow not to surrender to terrorists

President Goodluck Jonathan and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyata on Monday vowed that their country would not succumb to terrorism…

Diezani Alison-Madueke fails to stop expenses probe

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian court in Abuja has turned down Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s request for an interim order…

National Confab Loses Another Delegate

The National Conference sitting in Abuja was on Monday hit by another sad news of the death of a delegate,…

Abducted girls: Detained activist freed

The Nigerian Police on Monday afternoon released a Chibok women’s leader, Naomi Mutah who was arrested in the early hours…

Ekpu wants House of Reps scrapped, backs state police

Veteran journalist and member of the Committee on Politics and Governance, Mr. Ray Ekpu, has advocated scrapping of the House…

Confab proposes new revenue sharing formula

A new revenue sharing formula was on Monday proposed by the Committee on Devolution of Power at the on-going National…

Bipartisan pressure on Obama to save Nigerian schoolgirls

Calls mounted Monday for US government action to help find and free more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month…

Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s border town

Scores of Boko Haram gunmen riding in armoured vehicles razed the Nigerian border town of Gamboru Ngala on Monday and…

Explosion injures 4 at gas plant in Ibadan

An explosion at a gas refilling plant at Orita-Challenge area of Ibadan on Monday 5 May injured four persons while…

Court did not stop N10bn NNPC probe – Judge

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to appear and explain allegations that it had…

Nyanya blast victims: No FG official has visited us

Some victims of the Nyanya bomb blast receiving treatment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) on Monday called…

Insecurity will end soon – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday expressed optimism that the challenge of insecurity in the country would…

Ex-Ekiti Gov. Segun Oni dumps PDP for APC

Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oni dumped the Peoples Democratic…

Saraki disowns presidential campaign posters

Senator Bukola Saraki on Monday disowned the campaign posters pasted in Abuja, indicating his interest in the 2015 presidential election.…

Fashola pays tribute to Otedola, declares 7-day mourning

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday declared a seven-day mourning period in honour of a former governor of…

Charly Boy plans concert for late father

Eccentric entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has said prominent musicians, Dbanj and Terry G would perform at…

Substandard phones contribute to poor network – NCC

Nigerian mobile telephone service subscribers have been advised to ensure their handsets meet the prescribed standard specification set by the…

Fayemi Slams Okonjo-Iweala Over Voodoo Opinion Poll

Eromosele Ebhomele The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, the campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, western…

Sheraton Beefs Up Security Over Bomb Threat

Jamiu Yisa There are strong indications that the management of Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has fortified its security…

Ex-Lagos Gov Otedola, Dies

Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola is dead. He died this morning at his Epe residence in Lagos,…

Chibok Schoolgirls: Jonathan’s Wife Orders Protest Leaders Arrested

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria Police on Monday allegedly acting on the orders of Mrs. Patience Jonathan, arrested Mrs. Naomi Mutah Nyadar,…

Lagos Shuts Markets For Chibok Schoolgirls

Jamiu Yisa & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has ordered the shutting down of all Lagos…

Niger Delta terrorists kidnap 3 Dutch citizens

Three Dutch citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday. The three Dutchmen were…

South Africa’s leader Zuma says wife raped

South Africa’s president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his…

Shekau confirms kidnapping Nigerian schoolgirls

The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau on Monday confirmed that the group was responsible for the abduction of hundreds of…