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3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV

The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…

Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…

Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…

Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes

Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…

Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…

Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General

Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…

Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters

Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…

Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…

France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack

French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…

Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa

Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…

Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month

A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…

Boko Haram Commander killed by Nigerian troops – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters said a notorious top terrorists’ Commander, Abu Mujahid, was among the terrorists that died during an encounter…

APC To Acting IG: Shun Partisanship, Embrace Professionalism

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with…

Tributes For Late NIJ Lecturer

Samson Uwala Lecturers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos could not hold back their tears recently…

ASUP Mourns Chukwumerije

Damilare Okunola The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed dismay over the demise of Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman…

‘UNILORIN Law Faculty Best In Nigeria’

Following the cumulative performance of its products in the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the Nigerian Law School, the Council…

447 Houses In Danger Of Collapse In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 447 defective buildings may collapse in Lagos as the state government has marked 191 other distressed buildings…

Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…

Court throws out lawsuits challenging Buhari’s eligibility

A Nigerian court Wednesday struck out two suits that disputed the eligibility of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to stand for election,…

Bank’s Intern Steals Customers’ N53.6m

Paul Iyoghojie The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a 31-year old graduate,…

Kenya kicks out top anti-corruption officials

Kenya’s top anti-corruption officials were suspended Thursday following a bitter standoff with parliament and after they alleged widespread graft in…

SERAP drags South Africa to ICC over xenophobic attack

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use…

APC, Dapo Abiodun challenges Kashamu’s victory at tribunal

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The legal battle to ascertain the real winner of the senatorial seat of the Ogun East Senatorial District…

S.African police say murdered nun, 86, may have been raped

Police in South Africa were on Thursday investigating whether an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin found murdered had also been…

Buhari: Expect Changes From June 1

General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President-elect, has said Nigerians should expect change from June 1 this year, noting that his administration…

Pakistan military kills 47 Taliban insurgents

Pakistan’s military Thursday claimed to have killed at least 47 Taliban fighters in two days of airstrikes in the restive…

Islamic college bans girls from athletics for fear of losing virginity

An Islamic college in Australia is under investigation after claims that its principal has banned girls from taking part in…

LASPARK unveils 5-year plan for Tree Planting

The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) on Wednesday said it had developed a five-year master plan for tree…

Guinea sentences 11 to life imprisonment for killing anti-Ebola officials

A court in Conakry, Guinea, on Wednesday sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment for killing eight members of an anti-Ebola…

My loss is God’s will – Lagos Deputy Speaker

Taiwo Kolawole, Deputy Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly says his defeat in the April 11 election is God’s will.…