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Cholera kills 20 in Rivers – Commissioner

The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Sampson Parker, on Wednesday said that cholera outbreak in 11 communities in the…

2015: Jonathan, Buhari, others agree to peace deal

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday signed the Abuja Accord, a document in which all presidential candidates for the 2015 election…

PDP is an Ebola Virus party, says Tinubu

Kazeem Ugbodaga The national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is…

Chad pledges support to Cameroon against Boko Haram

Chad’s government on Wednesday pledged “active support” for neighbouring Cameroon in fighting Boko Haram, after another cross-border raid this week…

Poll favours Hillary Clinton to be next US president

Seventy-three percent of Americans expect to see a female president in their lifetime, even as men are expected to maintain…

Police present N460, 000, cooking oil to families of slain policemen

The police command in Borno on Wednesday presented N400,000 cash to families of two policemen who died in active service…

1.4 million students set to write 2015 JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday said that no fewer than 1.4 million candidates nationwide would write…

Netanyahu says Erdogan’s comment is ‘shameful’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who blasted him this week…

Fulani’s will vote for Buhari, says Sarkin Fulani

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Contrary to report in some national dailies that the apex body of the Fulani people, Mai Yatti Allah…

Man, 57, kills sibling over owoh soup in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57 year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with…

Italy president Giorgio Napolitano, 89, resigns

Italy’s veteran President Giorgio Napolitano resigned Wednesday, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state, a…

El-Rufai Accuses PDP Of Non-Performance

Adi Femi/Kaduna Kaduna State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship standard bearer and former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Nasir el-Rufai,…

Lagos Transporters Endorse Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Transport unions in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have thrown their weight behind Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress,…

Adamawa SDP Governorship Candidate Dies

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Reverend Hakila Yerima, is dead. He was said to have died…

Edo Govt expels Igbinedion Varsity students

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Wednesday issued an executive order stopping the nursing students of Nigeria’s…

PDP’ll Be Defeated In Lagos —Ajomale

Jamiu Yisa The All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairman in Lagos State, western Nigeria, Otunba Henry Ajomale has boasted that the…

2015: Abdulsalami Calls For Change

As Nigerians prepare for this year’s general elections, former miltary Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called for a…

Toxic leak at International Space Station

A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station,…

Kofi Annan warns Nigeria against election violence

Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan on Wednesday urged Nigeria to hold peaceful elections next month, warning that violence could…

Nigerian troops ‘repel Boko Haram attack’

Nigeria’s military on Wednesday said that soldiers had repelled a new Boko Haram attack after a two-hour gun battle in…

Jonathan Tired, He Should Go Home —Egberongbe

The lawmaker representing Apapa constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, is one of many Nigerians…

We Want To Raise The Standard Of Education

He is an educationist par excellence; a man with a deep passion for education. Although he did not attend a…

In Pictures: Jonathan and Buahri cozy up in Abuja

Action speaks louder than words and today in Abuja the two leading presidential candidates, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu…

IS says publishing new Mohammed cartoon ‘extremely stupid’

The Islamic State group’s radio on Wednesday described French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s publication of a new cartoon of the…

New Charlie Hebdo issue sold out across France

The first issue of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published since a jihadist attack decimated its editorial staff last…

Tanzania bans witchdoctors to curb albino murders

Tanzania has banned witchdoctors to try and stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for…

Boko Haram: US urges Nigeria not to postpone elections

The United States on Tuesday urged Nigeria to go forward with planned February 14 presidential and legislative elections, despite being…

Six years of Jonathan’s apprenticeship has failed us – Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state has stated that six years of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has failed…

Buhari, Best Man for The Job, Says Tinubu

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former governor of Lagos State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has…

Suicide bomber kills 3, injures 21 in Gombe

Three people were feared dead, while 21 others sustained various degrees of injuries when a suicide bomber blew up himself…