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Police Officer’s Husband Commits Suicide

Yusuf Muhammed The husband of a serving  female police sergeant attached to Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…

They’re Fighting Me Because I Stopped ‘Stomach Infrastructure’ —LASU VC

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, Prof. John Obafunwa says some people are contending with him because…

Campaign To End Violence Against Women Begins‎ In Lagos

By Simon Ateba Activists met on Tuesday in Lagos ‎to say no to all forms of violence against women as…

Staff backlash over charity’s award for Tony Blair

Almost 200 staff at the global charity Save the Children have signed a letter condemning its decision to give former…

24 killed in Burkina’s anti-Compaore uprising

Twenty-four people were killed and 625 people were wounded in the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Blaise Compaore in…

Namibia prepares for Africa’s first e-vote

Namibia will vote in Africa’s first electronic ballot Friday, a general election that will usher in a new president and…

2015: Akwa Ibom Group Endorses Ekpotu

Ayorinde Oluokun The Ibom True Leadership Forum (ITLF), a leadership advocacy group in Akwa Ibom state has endorsed the aspiration…

Security agents shoot 11 UniJos students, school shutdown

Security agents in Plateau state on Tuesday shot at protesting students of the University of Jos, injuring 11 protesters. The…

PDP ward congress in Lagos a success, says Waziri

Alhaji Adamu Waziri, the Chairman of the PDP-reconstituted panel for Lagos State Ward Congresses on Tuesday described the conduct of…

Mexico president forced to act over 43 missing students, corruption

Two months after 43 students vanished in the night, change is afoot in Mexico: protests have swept the nation, sounding…

CAF appoints Pinnick to 2015 AFCON Committee

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, as a member of the…

Senate yet to decide on extension of state of emergency

The Senate is yet to decide on the extension of state of emergency after it failed to discuss the request…

Rivers Police Arrest Nine Cultists

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has nabbed nine suspected cultists and has paraded them at the headquarters along…

US announces visa application changes in‎ Nigeria

By Simon Ateba For Nigerians planning to travel to the United States, the visa application process has changed, an official…

Delta retirees barricade Assembly Complex over N16bn unpaid pension arrears

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Activities at the Delta State House of Assembly was Tuesday paralysed for several hours, following protest by members…

I Suffered Cancer for 10 Months, says Prof. Wole Soyinka

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Prof. Wole Soyinka revealed today that he lived with prostrate cancer, but was recently cured. The Noble laureate…

Lagos Pays Retirees N1.7b

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday paid N1.79 billion to 319 retirees from the State Public Service under…

INEC Treading Path Of Destruction —Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has warned that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is…

I Steal Only On Sundays, Suspect Confesses

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year-old man arrested for burglary has said that he steals only on Sundays by breaking into his…

2015: APC Screens House Of Reps Aspirants

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has begun the screening of aspirants for various…

S.African court bans pro-Palestinian protests against Israel goods

South African retailer Woolworths on Tuesday secured a court order banning pro-Palestine activists from protesting in its shops against goods…

Bulgarian mosque raided in jihad incitement probe

Bulgarian authorities raided a mosque in the south of the country Tuesday as part of a probe into a local…

Over 45 dead in Maiduguri market bombings

More than 45 people died Tuesday in twin bombings in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a local health worker…

Second bomb by female bomber rips through Maiduguri market

A suicide bomber suspected to be female attacked a crowded market in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, moments…

PDP screening committee disqualifies all anti-Wike aspirants, clears Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The South-South Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship screening committee has disqualified Prof Don Baridam,…

Boko Haram takes over Damasak, after attack on market

Boko Haram has taken over another town in Nigeria’s far northeast, a lawmaker, a local government official and a security…

Riot after US jury fails to indict Ferguson policeman

Protesters set buildings ablaze, shot at police and looted stores in the US town of Ferguson on Monday after a…

Prof Niyi Osundare Wins NNOM Award

Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, essayist, dramatist, academic and public affairs commentator has won this year’s Nigerian National Order of Merit…

Write Boko Haram like you wrote ISIS, Oritsejafor tells Sultan

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday urged the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji…

APC advocates gender equality in policy making

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Party (APC), on Monday advocated gender equality in policy making in…