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3 die in cholera outbreak in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Three persons have been confirmed dead as cholera outbreak hit Lagos. The Lagos State Government in a prompt…

Nigeria: Rape victim commits suicide

The Nigerian police in the southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl committed suicide after a gang…
Appeal Court affirms victory Ede Dafinone of APC in the Delta Central senatorial district election conducted on 25 February

No election in Delta Central, alleges Dafinone

Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Chief Ede Dafinone says Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ coming to Nigeria soon

Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ is on his way to Nigeria as your text, voice and internet conversations will now be monitored…

2,700 Niger Delta ex-militants for ICT, agriculture training

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, approved N807 million for the training of 2,700 non-militant Niger Delta…

Fayose wants court to strike out EFCC charge

Former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday urged the Federal High Court in Ado…

Kwara governor sacks cabinet

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Six returnee pilgrims with Boko Haram ties arrested

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of six pilgrims, who returned from…

Court puts Nwoye on ballot, strikes out Ukachukwu

A Nigerian Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Port Harcourt nullified the recognition of Nicholas Ukachukwu as the PDP candidate…

PDP rejects council poll result

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the southern Nigerian state of Edo on Wednesday in Benin, the capital, rejected the…

Amosun assures owners of demolished homes on compensation

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has declared that all the owners of…

Kano sets date for council polls

The Independent Electoral Commission in the northwestern state of Kano says the local government elections will hold on 17 May…

Jonathan probes Oduah’s scandal, queries her

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan, departing to Jerusalem for pilgrimage later tonight, has set up a three man panel to…

BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…

Tinubu Decries Precarious State Of The Nation

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has decried the precarious state of the…

Unending woes for Berlusconi, charged with bribery

An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party’s…

Tunisia’s protests turn bloody

Tunisia’s National Guard clashed with militants in the central Sidi Bouzid region on Wednesday, with fatalities on both sides, police…

Pope Francis suspends German ‘bling bishop’

The Vatican on Wednesday suspended indefinitely a German Catholic cleric dubbed the “bling bishop” for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple…

Protesters in Tunis want government to quit

Thouands of opposition activists protested in central Tunis on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, ahead of a…

Ngige Campaign Group Cries Out Over Plot To Rig Poll

The Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation says it has uncovered plans to “systematically” rig its candidate out of the 16 November…

Man In Court For Raping Facebook Lover

The Nigerian police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 34-year-old man, Omowuyi Kelvin, over alleged rape of a 25-year old…

Kwankwaso cries out against Tukur- PDP persecution

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the Governor of Kano state, northwest Nigeria has cried out over what he described…

Oshiomhole accuses police of aiding electoral fraud

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has accused the Nigerian police of aiding ballot box snatching,…

House of Reps to probe Oduah’s BMW Cars

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representative on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Aviation to probe the $1.6 million armoured car…

Nigeria’s troops kill 37 Boko Haram militants

Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a ground and air assault on an insurgent…

Jonathan leaves for pilgrimage Wednesday

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will late Wednesday embark on a pilgrimage to Israel, according to a statement by his special…

Nigeria: Fashola, Oshiomhole want female president

Governors Adams Oshomhole and Babatunde Fashola of Edo and Lagos States respectively say it is time for Nigeria to have…

Oduah’s car scandal: Aviation authorities now blame APC

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s aviation authorities on Tuesday gave a different version of a story involving the purchase of two…

Gana Heads Lar’s Burial Committee

The Plateau State Government on Tuesday constituted a committee for the burial of its first civilian governor, Chief Solomon Lar.…

Plateau LG Polls Hold 21 Dec.

The Plateau Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) on Tuesday reaffirmed its readiness to conduct the local government council elections 21 December,…