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Four killed in suicide attack on UN convoy in Somalia

No fewer than four persons were killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday when a suicide bomber rammed a car…

Buhari: My morale high

After he was screened and cleared by the All Progressives Congress, APC Screening Committee headed by Dr. Ogbonaya Onu at…

Lagos APC picks 39 candidates, Desmond Elliot among new faces

Chief Henry Ajomale, Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday said the party’s State House…

Cosby sued over alleged sex assault on girl of 15

Television legend Bill Cosby, already facing a barrage of sex abuse and rape allegations, is now being sued by a…

Kidnappers of ex-Delta local council chairman’s wife jailed 51 years

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Delta State High Court in Asaba Tuesday sentenced three persons arrested and charged to court for kidnapping…

Corruption on rise in Turkey, China

Corruption is feared to be worsening in China, Turkey and other fast-growing economies, an anti-graft watchdog warned Wednesday, also urging…

Amaechi Is King Of Impunity, Says Okupe

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers has been described as the “King of Impunity” in Nigeria by the Presidency. Dr Doyin…

Okupe blasts Soyinka, says Jonathan is not Nebuchadnezzar

The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan prides itself as the most liberal as it adheres to rule of law and…

Ogun Speaker, Deputy, 11 Others Return as APC Candidates

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Speaker of the Ogun State House Assembly, Surajudeen Ishola Adekunbi, his deputy, Tola Banjo, Majority Leader, Israel Jolaoso…

APC Says DSS Is Lawless After Second Raid On Data Centre

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as the height of lawlessness and an orchestrated provocation the second raid that…

Igbo Group Warns Against Plot To Impeach Jonathan

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja An Igbo cultural group, Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has warned members of the National Assembly spear…

Court To Rule On Braithwaite’s Suit

Henry Ojelu Justice Doris Okuwobi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, has set 18 December for ruling on whether claimants’…

113 Rapists Charged To Court In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is currently prosecuting suspected 113 rapists at the High Court in the…

PDP: Tukur’s Return Bid Fails

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Moves by immediate past national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to return as…

APC Elects House Of Assembly Candidates

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, conducted primary into the House of Assembly seats…

Police Shut Kidnappers’ Den In Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have shut the house where kidnappers kept their victims until a ransom was paid…

Obanikoro  Declares For Lagos Gov Race

Eromosele Ebhomele Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday formally declared to contest for the position of…

Soyinka Blasts Jonathan, Says Abba Has Declared War On Nigeria

By Simon Ateba Nobel laureate,  Prof Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday blasted President Goodluck Jonathan for endorsing and encouraging the reign…

APC Begins Screening Of Buhari, Other Presidential Aspirants

Nigeria major opposition party, the  All Progressives Congress, APC on Tuesday began the screening the five aspirants that have indicated…

French woman ‘commits suicide’ by locking herself in freezer

A 57-year-old Frenchwoman who said she was suffering from “devastating loneliness” has been found dead in her freezer in an…

Boko Haram: Curfew imposed on Damaturu

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on Damaturu, the Yobe capital, following Monday’s attacks on the town by insurgents. This…

Lebanon detains wife, son of IS chief

Lebanese forces have detained a wife and son of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the Syrian border,…

Bukky Onabanjo Resigns As TESCOM Chairman, as Ogun Assembly primaries begin

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, Barrister Olivia Olubukunola Onabanjo has resigned, she tendered her…

Bangladesh court convicts British reporter of contempt

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday found an award-winning British journalist guilty of contempt for questioning the official death toll of…

China will not go to war for N.Korea

China will not step in to save neighbouring North Korea if the Pyongyang regime collapses or starts a war, a…

Gunmen slaughter 36 in fresh attack in Kenya

Gunmen have massacred at least 36 workers at a quarry in a fresh attack in troubled northeast Kenya, police and…

40 Boko Haram gunmen killed in Damaturu clash with military

Nigerian security forces have succeeded in pushing suspected Boko Haram insurgents out of the Yobe state capital of Damaturu in…

Amosun cleared as APC governorship candidate

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikumle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has been cleared as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate…

Ogun judge lambasts lawyer for indecent dressing

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A mild drama played out Monday morning at the Magistrate court in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital when…

Gordon Brown retires from politics

Britain’s former prime minister Gordon Brown, who waited patiently for the top job only to be voted out after three…