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$9.3: Uproar as Reps probe $50,000 bribe to lawmakers

The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to probe the 50,000 dollars bribe allegedly…

APC will win presidential election

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja expressed optimism that the party would win the…

South Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque could be shut

South Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque, which also allows Christian worshippers and women to lead prayers, could be closed unless it…

2015: Rivers PDP, INC kick against Wike candidature

Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after Stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party move to kicked against governorship ambition of…

Tenant Bites Off Landlord’s Lip

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 26- year old woman Chinyere Umebionyo has been arrested and arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for…

2015 Election: US promises assist to INEC

The United States on Wednesday said it was willing to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in delivering credible…

PDP adopted Jonathan to stabilise democracy – Gov. Dickson

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa said the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its…

German court backs Christian hospital against headscarf nurse

A German court ruled Wednesday that Christian church-run institutions may generally bar their employees from wearing a Muslim headscarf. The…

Bishop expelled for child sex abuse under house arrest

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former Vatican Ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been placed under house arrest over sexual abuse of…

Operators of illegal universities being prosecuted – NUC

Eight operators of illegal universities across the country, which have been closed, are being prosecuted, the National Universities Commission (NUC)…

APC members reject Kaduna govt.’s N3.4bn budget

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kaduna state House of Assembly on Wednesday rejected the state government’s…

2015: Atiku declares for presidency, promises a ‘secure future’

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday promised to secure the future of Nigerian youths as he formally declared his intention…

Osun assembly passes 24 bills in 3 years

The Osun House of Assembly said it passed 24 bills in the last three years of its legislative business. Mr…

Sweden arrests two men on Rwanda genocide suspicion

A Swede of Rwandan origin and a Rwandan national were held in custody Wednesday in Sweden under suspicion of involvement…

Quack Doctor Arrested Over Patient’s Death

Kayode Aponmade A fake doctor identified as Femi Olabisi Akindele, 48, has been arrested and charged with allegedly killing a…

Tension In Port Harcourt As Judiciary Crisis Worsens

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension was still high at the Rivers State judiciary on Wednesday after the forceful entry into the…

IBB Advocates Power Shift To Youths

General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), a former military president, has advocated generational power shift in Nigeria. He said the youths should…

Jonathan’s sole endorsement, the peak of imposition – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the…

Over 1,000 arrested in organised crime swoop

Police have arrested more than 1,000 suspects and rescued at least 30 trafficked children in an unprecedented swoop on organised…

Bus crash kills 23 in northern India

An overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a reservoir on Wednesday in a Himalayan region in northern India,…

Man takes wife to court over paternity of 3 children

A 48-year old farmer, Muraina Adisa, on Wednesday took his wife, Temitope, to an Iseyin Customary Court over the paternity…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

2015: Kwara PDP appeals for financial assistance

The Kwara Chairman of PDP, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has appealed to the National Secretariat of the party for assistance to…

Clashes in Jerusalem on Jewish New Year eve

Clashes broke out at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday as Palestinians protested against Jews visiting the flashpoint holy site…

Gunmen kidnap Chinese in Kogi State

Gunmen kidnapped a Chinese national from his residence in central Nigeria’s Kogi state, police said on Wednesday, vowing to track…

Republic of Benin can’t fund elections – Pres. Yayi

Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi has criticised the cost of staging elections and indicated a lack of funds for an…

US drones kill eight militants in Pakistan

United States drones Wednesday fired missiles at a compound and vehicle and killed at least eight militants in a restive…

Australian police shoot dead ‘known terror suspect’

Police in Melbourne have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State…

Boko Haram, others threat to world peace – Maku

Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has called on the international community to cooperate with Africa countries in fighting terror…

D‎elta Police rescue 7 kidnap victims, arrest 58

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Over 58 suspects have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for various offences across the state…

Embrace Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda, says Alameiseigha

Former governor of Bayelsa, Deprieye Alameiseigha, has said that the Transformation Agenda of the president can only be realistic if…