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Irregularities Mar CVR Exercise in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise that commenced today in Ogun state has recorded a lot of irregularities…

10 feared dead after bomb rocks Niger State

At least 10 people were feared dead on Wednesday after a suspected suicide bombing at a Nigerian teaching college as…

Abiola’s wife sues PDP over Jonathan’s sole candidature

Eromosele Ebhomele Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and aspirant for the 2015 presidential…

2015: Ogoni, Kalabari will vote party that gives them gov. ticket

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The issue of who becomes the governorship candidate of the two prominent political parties in Rivers state…

2014 Hajj: Ogun Orders Refund of Form Payment

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has ordered the refund of payment to intending pilgrims from…

Court orders PDP to pay lawyer N10.5m

Henry Ojelu Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, today ordered the Lagos State Chapter of…

Ambode Woos APC Elders, Unveils Action Plan

By Kazeem Ugbodaga A governorship of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode over the weekend wooed the…

Malian doctor contracts Ebola Virus

A doctor at a clinic battling Mali’s second Ebola outbreak is suspected of having contracted the deadly virus, officials said…

Saudi deputy governor transferred after Shiite killings

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday transferred the deputy governor of the kingdom’s Eastern Province, in the aftermath of an unprecedented attack…

One in three Nigerian men are hypertensive

High blood pressure – also known as hypertension – is twice as high in Nigeria compared with other East African…

PVC: Student groups urge youths to go for CVR Exercise

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As the Continous Voters Registration, CVR begins today in Ogun state, student union leaders from various tertiary institutions…

Mixed reactions trail Ogun lawmakers defection to SDP, PDP

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria have been reacting to the decision of some lawmakers in the state…

Sodomy: 2 Boys Arrested For Having Sex Through Anus

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ikotun division have arrested two youths, a 14-year old boy, Orji Ezeh and 20-year old…

Confession of a Ghanaian: I Came To Nigeria To Steal

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Ghanaian citizen resident in Nigeria, Israel Nana has confessed that his mission to Nigeria was to dispose…

US and China announce ‘historic’ accord

The United States and China on Wednesday announced an action plan on greenhouse emissions as part of a “historic” pact…

Saudi calms sectarian tensions after deadly attack

Expressions of solidarity by Saudi Arabia’s Sunni leaders towards Shiites are helping to bridge a divide after an unprecedented militant…

Rio unveils first nudist beach

It is a city where the locals have long enjoyed showing off a bit of bronzed flesh, but the people…

UNIBEN to graduate 19, 472 students as 118 bag First Class

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A record number of 19, 472 students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), will graduate in the University’s…

Paedophile Irish priest sentenced in Chile sex-abuse case

An influential Irish priest was sentenced in Chile to four years’ probation Tuesday for sexually abusing a young girl while…

Boko Haram: Over 13,000 Nigerian refugees flee to Cameroun, says UN

The UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday said violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast continues to send thousands of…

Building Collapse: S.Africa to repatriate bodies of dead citizens

The South African government said Tuesday that it was ready to repatriate on the weekend the bodies of 81 of…

Boko Haram: Nigeria blasts US for refusing to sell arms

Nigeria’s ambassador to Washington has blasted the United States for refusing to sell his country the weapons needed to deliver…

D-1 declares for Ogun Assembly

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The co-owner of Kennis Music, Adedayo Adeneye, popularly known as D-One has declared his intention to vie for…

4, 658 PVCs Stolen In Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin No less than 4,658 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), were snatched at different points in Edo state during the…

Eight Ogun Lawmakers Defect To SDP, PDP

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Eight members from the Ogun State House of Assembly have defected from their parties to pitch tent with…

Jonathan announces second-term bid, vows to defeat Boko Haram

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared his bid for re-election, vowing to finally defeat Boko Haram whose rise in strength…

No American involved in Yola plane crash

By Simon Ateba The United States Embassy in Nigeria said on Tuesday that contrary to media reports, there was no…

Afenifere disowns Jimi Agbaje, Odumakin

Jamiu Yisa Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has disowned the duo of Jimi Agbaje, a governorship aspirant on the platform of…

Osoba will soon find his way to PDP, says Shelle

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Captain Tunji Shelle has said that former governor of…

Pastor Bakare Marks 60th Birthday

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, was 60 years…