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LASU Students, Activists Storm Lagos Assembly

Eromosele Ebhomele & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Hundreds of aggrieved students of the Lagos State University, LASU, as well as a coalition…

I Didn’t Impregnate Any Banker, Says 2face

Funsho Arogundade Nigerian music superstar, 2Face Idibia, has debunked the news spreading on the social media that he has impregnated…

Beggar Caught Stealing School Girl

Cyriacus Izuekwe A beggar caught stealing a 5-year old girl, Aishat Hassan, in a school compound in Lagos State, southwest…

Man jumps to death from Hong Kong skyscraper

A 33-year-old man plunged to his death Tuesday from the roof of a 30-storey building in Hong Kong’s financial district…

Petrol Price Increases As Scarcity Looms

Eromosele Ebhomele Against the government regulated price of N97 per litre, most filling stations in parts of Ogun and Lagos…

Rapists Deflowered Me, Says Foluke Daramola

Yoruba actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has made a shocking revelation on how she lost her virginity to rapists. Foluke, who is…

Burkina Faso: Compaore may make it Africa’s next flash point

Any move by Burkina Faso’s veteran President Blaise Compaore to tweak the constitution and run for office a fifth time…

UN Rights office condemns Boko Haram killings in Nigeria

The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday in Geneva condemned the killing of scores of villagers by suspected Boko Haram…

Uganda defiant on anti-gay law, ready to forgo foreign aid

Uganda’s government on Tuesday defended its decision to push through tough anti-homosexuality laws, saying it is determined to protect the…

Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau dead or alive?

Is Abubakar Shekau, the war-mongering Boko Haram leader still alive? Is he dead? His stunning silence since the series of…

APC hires AKPD for 2015 polls

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the engagement of international political consultants AKPD Message and Media to boost its…

Musharraf, ex-Pakistan martial ruler in court for treason

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrived at court on Tuesday for the first time to face charges in a…

South Sudan: Fresh fighting as rebels attack oil town of Malakal

Rebel forces in South Sudan launched a major assault early Tuesday against the key town of Malakal, the government-controlled capital…

Australia, Pakistan navies seize cannabis worth $102mn

Australian and Pakistani navy ships have seized almost two tonnes of cannabis resin in a drug bust off Oman and…

Nigeria: Rising rape cases worry Katsina govt

Worried by high incidence of rape cases awaiting trial in courts, the Katsina State Government has urged the people and…

South Korea: 10 die as auditorium collapses on new students

SEOUL (AFP) – At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students…

Obama bemoans getting older

Like most Americans of a certain age, President Barack Obama is starting to complain about the aches and pains of…

Lagos to jail false emergency callers

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has signed a bill into law stipulating three years imprisonment…

Swiss fighter jets grounded during plane hijack drama

No Swiss fighter jets were scrambled Monday when an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked his own plane and forced it to…

EU eases sanctions for Zimbabwe, but not for Mugabe

The European Union on Monday lifted a visa ban and assets freeze against members of Zimbabwe’s ruling elite with the…

5 Nigerians inside Ethiopian airline hijacked plane

The Ethiopian Government on Monday said five Nigerians were among the 193 passengers on board the Rome-bound Ethiopian Airplane, Boeing…

Facebook account of Nigerian army chief fake

Nigerian Army has disowned a Facebook account purportedly opened by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah. While…

Dame Jonathan to lay foundation of UNILAG female hostel

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan, will on Friday, 21 February lay the foundation of a N3 billion 15-storey…

Confab: Yoruba groups agree on agenda, delegates

The Yoruba Assembly on National Conference on Monday approved the final agenda to be presented by the ethnic bloc at…

Nigeria to arrest seat belt violators from January

The Federal Road Safety Commission will from 1 January 2015 start arresting motorists and occupants of moving vehicles who fail…

Nigeria’s army pledges more firepower against Boko Haram

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s military has promised to step up action against the Boko Haram insurgents in the next few days.…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Boko Haram better armed than Nigerian soldiers

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said members of the insurgent group, Boko Haram seem to be more…

Ethiopia reels in shock over plane hijack

Ethiopia’s government on Monday named the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight who hijacked his aircraft, describing him as “medically…

Midnight fire kills Nigerian couple

A midnight fire has killed Mallam Aliyu Zubairu, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Yola, and his wife,…

Niger Republic arrests 20 Boko Haram militants

Niger has arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighboring Nigeria who are suspected of planning attacks in Niger’s…