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Number of Indian poor falls to 22% of population

The percentage of Indians living below the poverty line has fallen to 22 percent from 37 percent in just seven…

Cameroon court jails 2 for homosexuality

A court in Cameroon, one of the least gay-tolerant countries in the world, on Tuesday sentenced a man to two…

School Guard Rapes Student Inside Classroom

A civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, who lost his job and was newly…

NLC Threatens To Join ASUU Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in solidarity strike if…

Robbery Accused Gives Birth In Prison

A pregnant robbery accused, Alhaja Sherifat Ashabi Adeleke, has given birth to a baby boy in prison in Lagos, southwest…

Activist Blame Patience’s Mother’s Death On Bad Road

A human rights lawyer, Ken Atswete, based in Port Harcourt, southsouth Nigeria, has blamed the poor state of the East/West…

Mob Lynches 2 Robbers

Two men suspected to be armed robbers have been lynched in Badagry area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, witnesses said, adding…

NBC Abandons Accident Victims

The Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, bottlers of the Coca-Cola brand of soft drinks, has abandoned victims of the accident involving…

Husband Demands Refund Of N80k Bride Price

A husband, Zaiyanu Muhammad of Ibadan Street in Kaduna, has urged the Magajin Gari Sharia Court to recover the N80,000…

Reports: Patience Jonathan loses mother in auto-crash

News reports from Port Harcourt said Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, may…

Boko Haram gunmen on motor bike kill 2

A girl and a policeman were killed in an attack in Darazo, Bauchi state, in northwest Nigeria Monday which the…

Nigeria’s lawmakers mull death penalty for kidnappers

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo State, mid-western Nigeria, may henceforth get the death penalty without an option of fine,…

Skip breakfast and have heart attack!

If you are in the habit of skipping breakfast and going for brunch at break time in the office, you…

Man with 56 drug packets in stomach arrested

A man from Guinea-Bissau stopped at the Geneva airport at the weekend was carrying 56 packets of drugs in his…

Baby boy for Britain’s William and Kate

LONDON, July 22, 2013 (AFP) – Prince William’s wife Kate gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, providing Britain’s…

Nigeria: 18 die in ghastly crash

Two children and 16 adults were Monday afternoon burnt beyond recognition in a ghastly accident involving a truck and a…

Nigeria’s Senate denies approving marriage of minors

Senator Akin Odunsi (ACN-Ogun) said on Monday in Abuja that the the Nigerian Senate did not at any time vote…

Gov. Dickson heads PDP’s 30-man Reconciliation Panel

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has set up a 30-man National Reconciliation Committee. This is…

EFCC Arrests Serial Fraudster over $92,000 Scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Dr. Princewell Arinze Chukwueze, an alleged serial fraudster, over a $92,000(Ninety-Two…

Oshiomhole: Nigeria treading dangerous grounds

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Going by recent developments in the nation’s political terrains, Nigeria is treading on dangerous grounds that could threaten…

PDP can resolve its internal problems, says Tukur

The National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday said the party…

Woman, 54, Remanded Over Stolen Petrol

A Nigerian woman, identified as Mojisola Ogunname, 54, from Sagamu in Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has been remanded in prison…

PDP Convention: More Northern Govs To Meet With OBJ

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nigeria, is far from over as more northern governors have scheduled…

Robbery Gang Terrorises Oko-Oba Residents

It was a sad tale to tell for some residents of Olasoji Street, Oko-Oba, Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when a…

Lagos Uncovers Another 20 Defective Buildings

The Lagos State Government has uncovered another 20 distressed buildings at Ebute Metta area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, as more…

Ikeja Police Barracks: Shame Of A Nation

The sorry state of police barracks all over the nation, especially Ikeja Police Barracks located around the Ikeja axis of…

How kidnapped Briton was rescued by police

A special squad of the Nigerian police in Lagos State has rescued a Briton, Lee Dixon, who was kidnapped in…

Nigeria seizes N2.3b hard drugs at Lagos Airport

Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s anti-drug trafficking agency said on Sunday it has seized N2.3 billion worth of hard drug at the…

Collapsed house kills 5 In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Several persons have been confirmed dead as another two-storey building under construction collapsed today in Surulere area of…

How Anna Banner Bagged Most Beautiful Girl Crown

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/ Yenagoa Last night 20 July, 18-year old Anna Ebiere Banner was crowned the new Most Beautiful Girl in…