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President Buhari arriving to participate at the Opening of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta

content/uploads/2015/11/CHOGM-8-504×336.jpg” alt=” Queen Elizabeth II being welcomed by Prime Minister of Malta Dr Joseph Muscat and his wife as he…

Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police in Bayelsa

Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on…

Institute honours Nigerian researchers for developing typhoid vaccine, anti-snake venom

The International Institute for Training, Research and Economic Development (IITRED) has awarded prizes to three Nigerian researchers for developing typhoid…

Terrorism is our common enemy, say Hollande, Putin

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised efforts by his French counterpart, Francois Hollande to set up a coalition to…

Man loses belongings over wife’s N4k bank debt

Cyriacus Izuekwe It was a sad experience for Segun Adeyemi after he discovered that his belongings were carted away by…

Boko Haram kills 18 in Niger village

* Local imam killed by his nephew in attack, government says * Attackers fire rockets, fire indiscriminately on residents *…

Ex-militants protest over unpaid 5 months stipends

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta who claimed that they were in the creeks working for…

Kogi governorship race gets messier by the day

The governorship election in Kogi state, central Nigeria that appeared to have been conducted almost seamlessly on 21 November is…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Let Aisha Alhassan make another ‘First’

By Abdullahi Umar When the Taraba Election petition tribunal sacked Governor Darius Ishaku and returned Aisha Alhasan as governor, not…

New York reassures tourists after terror threat

AFP – New York is reassuring tourists that America’s biggest city is safe as it prepares to welcome more than…

NAPTIP partners PRAWA to curb human trafficking, drug abuse in Edo

Jethro Ibileke /Benin The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has…

Amosun, Dabiri-Erewa, others laud Airtel’s support to IDPs

Airtel has been commended for its key role in touching the lives of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in…

How to resolve education problems in Lagos – Ogunyemi

Lanre Ogunyemi, the representative of Ojo Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, has been severally rated as…

Donald Trump denies mocking disabled reporter

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump denied Thursday even knowing a disabled New York Times reporter whose jerking arm movements the…

Nigeria, South Africa, 4 others account for half of adolescents with HIV in Africa

A data released by UNICEF has revealed that about half of those living with HIV in Africa can be found…

White House lockdown after man jumps fence

A man who jumped the White House fence on Thursday, triggering a lockdown of the presidential mansion, was quickly caught…

Edo Igbo Community Union disowns ex-chairman, pledges loyalty to Benin Monarch

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The hope of one Chief Luke Abbas to be crowned Eze Ndigbo of Edo state has been further…

Vandals stole N50bn worth of petrol from single pipeline, says NNPC

Vandals stole nearly $250 million worth of petrol from a single pipeline in Nigeria in the first nine months of…

CCT vs Saraki: Free Speech & Politics of Contempt

By Kolawole Olaniyan It’s not often that a decision by the Supreme Court of Nigeria generates so much interest among…

Biafran Truth and the Illegal Trial of Nnamdi Kanu

By ‘Remi Oyeyemi “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it…
Godsday Orubebe

Orubebe’s case adjourned till January

Hearing in the criminal charge against a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe has been adjourned till 27…

NACA seeks improved funding to fight HIV, AIDS

Pro. John Idoko, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) , on Thursday called for more funding…

Gov. Okowa seeks approval for N3bn agric loan

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta don Thursday sought permission of the State House of Assembly to obtain N3billion commercial agriculture…
Godsday Orubebe

FG to amend charges against Orubebe

The Federal Government on Thursday asked for permission of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to amend charges against former Minister…

Gov. Abubakar unveils 3-point agenda for Bauchi State

Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, says his administration will give priority to three key sectors – health, agriculture and…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs parade 5 suspects, records 38 seizures valued N72.7 m

The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday in Lagos paraded five foreign nationals suspected to be…

Dabiri-Erewa wants states to domesticate Violence against Persons Act

A former federal lawmaker, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Thursday in Lagos called for the domestication of the Violence Against Persons…

Pope appeals for a climate agreement equitable to the poor

Pope Francis on Thursday issued a strong plea for the upcoming Paris climate change summit to reach a socially equitable…