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Japan frees sex shop owner, vagina artist still in detention

A sex shop owner arrested along with a artist who makes objects shaped like her own vagina has been released…

Ugandan maid pleads guilty to baby torture

A Ugandan maid pleaded guilty Monday to torture of a baby, a case that has shocked the country after a…

Godzilla set to roar back in 2016

The original Godzilla is set to stomp through Tokyo again in 2016, a Japanese movie production company said Monday, in…

In Pictures: Okonjo-Iweala, Uba, others grace AGF’s daughter’s wedding

Photos By Emmanuel Osodi The wedding of Cecilia Doyinsola Otunla, daughter of Mr. Jonah Otunla, the Accountant-General of the Federation,…

Rivers Governorship: Ogoni people unhappy with APC, Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The people of Ogoni ethnic nationality consist of Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai LGAs of Rivers State…

APC ready for mega convention on Wednesday

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday in Lagos said that arrangements were…

Nigeria detains Russians, French over Kano air cargo

The Nigerian authorities on Sunday said they had detained a Russian cargo plane carrying military equipment in the north Nigerian…

Morocco, Brazil benefit more from $8bn climate fund

Half of nearly $8 billion in climate finance given to the developing world since 2003 went to just ten countries,…

Moroccan lawmaker dies after being hit by train

A Moroccan lawmaker close to Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane was killed in a train accident Sunday, his party said. The…

Ekweremadu, Nnaji win senatorial election in Enugu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Sen. Gilbert Nnaji Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, have won the PDP primary to…

Ogun APC primary: Ballot snatching aborted, 7 persons faint

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Member of the House of Representatives, Kehinde Odeneye, and six other persons today fainted after inhaling the…

PDP Primaries: Maccido gets automatic ticket, Makarfi returns unopposed

Sen. Ahmad Maccido (PDP-Sokoto), who is seeking re-election, has been granted automatic ticket in Sunday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial…

Seized Russian plane chartered by France, says ambassador

The Nigerian defence authorities have confirmed they had detained a Russian cargo plane carrying military equipment in the north Nigerian…

Dosunmu beats Braithwaite to clinch PDP Senatorial ticket

Mr Olumide Braithwaite, son of eminent Nigerian and pro-democracy activist, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, on Sunday lost the PDP Lagos-Central Senatorial…

Lagos PDP will pick a sophisticated professional as guber candidate – Ogunlewe

A former Minister for Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Sunday said the PDP would provide the peoples’ governorship candidate for…

PDP Primaries: Senate leader loses fourth term bid

The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba’s bid for a fourth term in the senate hit the rock Saturday in Ikom, Cross…

APC Primaries: Why I stepped down – Dabiri-Erewa

A federal lawmaker, Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Sunday said she decided not to return to the House of Representatives in…

Mark, Suswam, Mku win PDP senatorial tickets in Benue

Senate President David Mark, Gov. Gabriel Suswam and Mike Mku on Saturday picked the PDP’s ticket to contest the 2015…

Breaking news: Ballot box snatched in Ijebu-Ode at gun point

The All Progressives Congress primary to pick the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Ijebu Federal constituency, turned ugly this…

Kashamu picks PDP Senate ticket as Daniel withdraws

*Ruling Party’s senatorial candidate wanted badly by US to face drug charges *The candidate already faces extradition proceedings in a…

Dimeji Bankole not in Ogun governorship race, says PDP

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Chief Bayo Dayo, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State has declared that the former…

Bayelsa Senatorial Primaries; Paulker, Murray-Bruce in, Lokpobiri out

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas, Downstream sector, Senator Emmanuel Paulker and former Director General,…

APC Reps Primaries: 7 Incumbents, Akiolu’s Son Lose

Jamiu Yisa The primary election to pick candidates who will fly the flag of the Lagos State chapter of the…

Suspects arrested in Jerusalem school attack

Several suspects have been arrested in connection with an arson attack which last month targeted a Jewish-Arab school that is…

Tenth Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola

A tenth doctor has died after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Sunday, increasing alarm over the…

PDP has no place in Lagos – Jimoh

Eromosele Ebhomele Just minuets after he won the primary election to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…

26 foreigners among 135 arrested for ‘terrorism’ in Saudi

Authorities in Saudi Arabia said on Sunday they have arrested 135 suspects, including 26 foreign nationals, for “terrorism” offences. The…

Who will emerge APC presidential candidate? Vote here

Thousands of delegates from across Nigeria converge on Lagos this week, as the main opposition party chooses its candidate to…

Malawi president, deputy defer 80% pay rise

Malawian President Peter Mutharika and his deputy have deferred a controversial pay rise for themselves, a top government official said…

Saudi border guards kill Ethiopian

Guards on Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen have killed two Ethiopians trying to smuggle drugs and alcohol into the…