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Pastor Joshua holds memorial for victims of collapsed house

The Synagogue Church of All Nations based in Lagos, Nigeria held on New Year’s day a candle-lit memorial for the…

I support the creation of a new state, says Sambo

Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday said he was personally in support of the creation of New Gurara State out of…

Maasai kill six lions after livestock attack

Angry Maasai herders in Tanzania killed six lions that had attacked livestock, in the latest clash between man and beast…

Insurgency: Yuguda urges Bauchi residents to be vigilant

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State on Thursday urged residents of the state to be vigilant and support security agents…

Gambia president blames foreign ‘dissidents’ in failed coup

Gambia’s strongman leader Yahya Jammeh has blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and “terrorists” for an assault on his presidential palace and…

Sweden hit by third mosque arson attack in a week

Swedish police launched a manhunt Thursday after the third arson attack against a mosque in a week, amid growing tensions…

Suicide bombing outside ECWA church in Gombe

Several people were injured Thursday outside an evangelist church in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber set off his explosive…

Nigeria adrift from God’s kingdom: Methodist Prelate

The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Uche has said that the Nigeria is drifting from the kingdom…

Oritsejafor charges Nigerians brace up for challenges ahead

Kazeem Ugbodaga President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has asked Nigerians to brace up for the challenges ahead…

Pastor Adeboye: God says Ebola will die out

Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Overseer, Nigeria’s Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye says God told him that…

Nigeria: Another bomber self-destruct outside Gombe church

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an evangelist church in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, injuring several people, witnesses and…

In video: How Lagosians celebrated New Year 2015

It was a festival of lights and music at the Atlantic City Bar Beach Front as thousands of Lagosians troop…

Ogun workers confirm payment of December salary with 10% bonus

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Contrary to rumour making rounds that the Ogun State government is not economical with the truth over…

Egypt court orders retrial of jailed Jazeera reporters

Egypt’s top court Thursday ordered a retrial of three Al-Jazeera reporters whose imprisonment on charges of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood…

Two deadly attacks shake northern Nigeria

Strife-torn northern Nigeria was hit by two deadly attacks on Wednesday, when a female suicide bomber was killed as she…

New Year Resolution? N. Korea’s Kim open to ‘highest-level’ talks with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un proposed the “highest-level” talks with South Korea Thursday, opening the way to a historic summit…

Ex-lover kills three at New Year party in France

A man shot dead his former lover and two other people at a family New Year party in northern France…

Female suicide bomber killed at army barracks

A woman suicide bomber was killed as she tried to enter a military barracks in strife-torn northeast Nigeria on Wednesday,…

2015, year of greatness for Nigeria, says Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the New Year 2015 will be an important one for Nigerians to vote…

2015 is year of total liberation for Nigerians – Ikuforiji

Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Wednesday described 2015 as “the Year of total…

Jonathan eulogises Ooni of Ife at 85

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, as one of the country’s most revered royal…

35 killed, dozens injured in New Year’s stampede in Shanghai

At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out during New Year’s celebrations in…

LAWMA begins street washing

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Wednesday said it had added street washing in some highbrow areas to…

Nigeria: Car bomb kills six persons in Yobe

A car bomb has killed six persons today in Maiduwa village, Fika Local Government Area of Yobe state north east…

Heavy Taxation: Sambo Is Ignorant, Diabolical – Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has described Vice President Namadi Sambo’s comment that people are running away from…

Ologunde Appointed DG Of Ambode Campaign Organisation

An experienced political tactician, public administrator and vice-chairman of the Lagos West Senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress, Chief…

Army restricts vehicular movement in Maiduguri

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, on Wednesday announced a two-day restriction of vehicular movements in Maiduguri and…

Boko Haram: Army explains delay in recapturing seized towns

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that the need to reduce collateral damage had delayed the recapture of some towns…

2015: Nigeria political rhetoric rising six weeks from polls

Nigeria’s main opposition lashed out at the government on Wednesday in a series of New Year’s messages as political rhetoric…