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Truck crushes 2 to death, injures customs officers in Lagos

A motor accident, allegedly caused by a staff of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Wednesday killed two…

Kano senator secures release of 96 prison inmates

Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC-Kano), Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Government, said on Wednesday that he had secured the release of…

Taliban condemn Mohammed cartoons, hail Paris gunmen

The Afghan Taliban on Thursday condemned the publication in France of further cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, and lauded last…

Boko Haram ‘killed woman in labour’ – Amnesty

Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack…

8 Reps members dumps PDP for APC, others

No fewer than eight members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday defected to various…

You can’t divide Bayelsa, like you did Rivers, youths warn Patience Jonathan

A group of concerned youths in Bayelsa State under the auspices of Bayelsa Youth Vanguard has threatened to disrupt the…

Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria’s best luck, says Aregbesola

The Buhari campaign for Nigeria’s presidency moved to Osogbo, capital of the state of Osun today, with the party treated…

Hollande hails ‘reborn’ of Charlie Hebdo

French President Francois Hollande declared Wednesday that Charlie Hebdo “is alive and will live on” after its new edition sold…

Blackberry, Samsung deny takeover report

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry’s shares jumped then fell back Wednesday amid rumors of takeover talks with South Korea’s Samsung, which…

Police recover human head in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it recovered a human head at Olokodana junction in Ebute-Meta area of…

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…