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62 Abandoned Babies Rescued In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 62 babies abandoned by their mothers on the streets of Lagos have been rescued by the…

Australian trafficker marries before Indonesia execution

An Australian drug trafficker married his girlfriend Monday on the Indonesian prison island where he is set to be executed…

Fire destroys N23bn property, kills 157 in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Fire has destroyed estimated properties worth N23.02 billion and has killed 157 people in Lagos state in the…

5 more die of gin poisoning in Ondo

A total of 23 people have now died from ethanol poisoning blamed on locally brewed gin in southwest Nigeria, the…

Sudan’s Bashir reelected with 94.5% of vote

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was reelected on Monday with 94.5 percent of the vote in polls he had been widely…

Onitsha: Police smash 4-man robbery gang

The Police in Okpoko community near Onitsha, have smashed a four-man armed robbery gang that has been terrorising residents of…

I’ll work with opposition for greater Imo – Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and winner of Saturday’s governorship election has extended a hand of fellowship to his opponents…

Ondo State deputy gov. Alli Olanusi impeached

The Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Alli Olanusi, has been impeached by members of the state House of Assembly this…

Challenges for PM Abe, as polls produce only 4 female mayors

Local elections in Japan produced just four female mayors of the 222 positions up for grabs, results showed Monday, underlining…

Spare Filipina on death row, Pacquiao begs Indonesia

World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took time out Monday from final preparations for his $400 million megafight with Floyd Mayweather…

Court freezes ex-Reps 11 bank accounts over N100m debt

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, has ordered eleven commercial banks in Nigeria not to…

Bar NDDC from accessing 2015 budget, Activists tell court

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ ‎A group of Niger Delta Activists, Civil Rights Lawyers and Non Profit Organizations, have dragged the President…

Reduce cost of governance, lawmaker tells Assembly

A newly-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mike Etaba, said the 8th National Assembly must facilitate Bills and oversight…

Pedestrian bridge collapses, kills 7 in Kano

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed,…

IDPs commend Borno on feeding, welfare

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Sunday commended the state government for its free feeding arrangement for displaced persons…

Re-run: PDP wins Delta Central Senatorial election

Ighoyota Amori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Delta Central Senatorial election. Announcing the…

NNPC: I’ll probe missing $20 billion- Buhari

Efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan administration to close the curtain on allegations of unremitted $20billion into the national coffers by…

Ignore political defectors, Primate tells Buhari

The Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Metropolitan and Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has urged President-elect Muhammadu Buhari…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

APC rejects Taraba guber result, heads to tribunal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Taraba, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results…

PDP prepares self for opposition, sets up 5 committees

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara has set up five committees to reposition the party after its defeat in…

Buhari won’t disappoint Nigerians, APC promises

Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said it would not disappoint Nigeria and her citizens irrespective of…

APC Warns Against Last-Minute Looting Of Nation’s Treasury

Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday decried allegations of last-minute looting of the nation’s resources, hurried recruitment…

FCT Police Arrests Notorious Impostors

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested notorious fraudsters and impersonators who operate in city. FCT Police…
Former Governor Willie Obiano says late President Muhammadu Buhari ensured that Anambra votes truly counted during elections under his watch

Run from Obiano, Group tells Buhari

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A socio-polical pressure group, Maka Odinma Anambra, has enjoined Governor Willie Obiano and other leaders of the South…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

FG, EU Sign N325m grant for psychosocial support for Borno children, adolescents

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government and the European Union (EU), over the weekend signed a financing agreement for the grant…

Nigeria provokes South Africa’s anger after envoys recall

*Pretoria reminds Nigeria of its serious security shortcomings *Boko Haram insurgency and kidnap of Chibok girls The South African government…

Don’t execute 10 drug offenders, UN tells Indonesia

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appealed to the Government of Indonesia to halt the impending execution, as announced, of…

Hopes of female governor dashed, as PDP wins Taraba

Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Taraba supplementary governorship election held on Saturday. The Returning…

Elections hold in Benin Republic, a key test for Boni Yayi

Benin headed to the polls Sunday in legislative elections seen as a key test for President Thomas Boni Yayi, whose…

PDP’s Ikpeazu wins Abia state

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Abia…