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Boko Haram: CAN asks military to fish out saboteurs in its rank

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday said it was ready to meet senior Muslim clerics with a…

Boko Haram: FG urges religious leaders to pray for Nigeria

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday urged religious leaders to pray for Nigeria to…

INEC reschedules PVC, CVR in eight states

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) should commence in all local government…

Obama to request $6 billion for Ebola crisis

United States President Barack Obama is seeking more than $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in…

Vote Out Jonathan For Nigeria To Progress, says Tambuwal

Jamiu Yisa The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the only way for…

PDP Senators Halt Sittings For Personal Gains – APC Senators

Jamiu Yisa Senators elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have alerted Nigerians that their counterparts in the…

Driver Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery, Kidnapping

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba ‎ A 43-year old commercial bus driver, Peter Onwusiribekan has been sentenced to death by hanging by an…

Fleeing UK murder suspect arrested in Nigeria

The Nigeria Police on Wednesday announced that its intelligence operatives have arrested a wanted murder suspect in the United Kingdom,…

Police arraign ‘mad man’ for impersonation

The Police on Wednesday, arraigned a 22-year-old labourer, Abubakar Abbas in a Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Wuse Abuja, for…

Why TB Joshua did not show up at inquest – Lawyer

Prophet Temitope Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, on Wednesday said he was yet to be…

2,255 inmates set free in 5 years by Boko Haram, says NPS

By Ayorinde Oluokun The Nigerian Prison Service, NPS said on Wednesday that a total of 2, 255 prisoners have been…

Jonathan, others urge Burkina army to hand over power

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Ghana’s President John Mahama and Macky Sall of Senegal held talks behind closed doors with Burkina…

2015: Another Amosun SSA Resigns

Another Senior Special Assistant to Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun has resigned his appointment. Otunba Abayomi Odunowo, handed his resignation…

Hamas hails deadly Jerusalem car attack

Palestinian militant group Hamas hailed Wednesday’s deadly car attack in Jerusalem by one of its members, calling it “the natural…

Indian man kills daughter’s rapist, sends a message to others

An Indian man who tortured and killed his daughter’s alleged rapist before calmly turning himself in wanted to send a…

Jonathan, others arrive Burkina Faso for crisis talks

President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, for talks aimed at quickening the resolution of…

Fashola Cries Out Over Missing 1.4m Names From Lagos Voters’ List

Kazeem Ugbodaga Ahead the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola has queried the disappearance…

Early Morning Rain Paralyses Lagos

Jamiu Yisa The entire Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, was at a standstill Wednesday morning following an early morning rain which…

Fashola, APC Call For Resistance Against Federal Taskforce

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola and the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have called on…

TB Joshua keeps coroner inquest waiting

Prophet T.B. Joshua is running late in appearing at the coroner inquest, set up to probe the 12 September collapse…

Soyinka Slams Jonathan’s Support Group Over Fabrication

Eromosele Ebhomele Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has slammed the Goodluck Support Network, one of the groups championing the re-election…

Boko Haram: Gombe orders closure of schools

Gombe State Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state, a day after…

49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, says UNICEF

No fewer than 49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, Mr Bisi Agberemi, a UNICEF Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist,…

Saudi beheads Pakistani drug smuggler

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani on Wednesday for trafficking heroin hidden in his stomach into the kingdom, the interior ministry…

#MyRoadIsWorseThanYours: Nigeria’s bad roads goes online

The dismal state of Nigeria’s roads is a constant source of exasperation for the long-suffering population but a tongue-in-cheek campaign…

10 NYSC members involved in auto crash

Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 10 university graduates travelling to Bayelsa state from Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo state were Tuesday…

Another Uniben Student Shot Dead

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Less than two weeks after a 300 level student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, was gruesomely murdered at…

Invasion Of Afam-Uku leaves one dead, 4 houses, church burnt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension engulfed two communities in Rivers state as unknown persons, at about 1:00 a.m. today, invaded Afam-Uku…