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2015: Jonathan support groups defy rain, mount pressure

The Abuja rain on Tuesday failed to dampen the spirit of the Goodluck Support Groups (GSGs) that gathered to pressurise…

Boko Haram: Reps donate N200m to victims support fund

The House of Representatives on Tuesday in Abuja donated N200 million to the Victims Support Fund for persons affected by…

UN Security Council to take action on Ebola

Describing the Ebola outbreak as a threat to world peace, the UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution…

Hard times cannot destroy me, says TB Joshua

By Simon Ateba By Simon Ateba The General Overseer of Synagogue Church Of All Nation (SCOAN) Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua…

Synagogue: Death toll rises to 62 from building collapse

The death toll from a collapsed guesthouse at a megachurch in Nigeria’s financial capital Lagos rose to 62 on Tuesday…

Ebola: NUT calls for boycott of school restart

The head of Nigeria’s main teachers union called on Tuesday for a boycott of next week’s re-opening of schools, saying…

Ebola: Zamfara extends school resumption to Oct. 13

The Zamfara Government has further extended the resumption date for schools from September 22 to October 13, the Permanent Secretary…

LASU don Onifade slumps, dies at LASUTH

A professor of Sports Psychology, Prof. Ademola Onifade, of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, on Tuesday died at the…

Late Kwara APC scribe, Afolayan buried

The remains of Mr Yemi Afolayan, who was Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, was on Tuesday…

We need bold senators in Nigeria – Ex-lawmaker

Senator Satty Gogwim on Tuesday said that the Senate needed bold and outspoken legislators to properly address the teething problems…

DPP considers alliance with PDP or APC – Official

The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) said in Abuja that it had decided join either the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party…

Synagogue Church: Death Toll Rises To 57

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Cyriacus Izuekwe Ten more dead bodies have been recovered from the debris of the collapsed six-storey building…

23,000 benefit from Edo lawmaker’s free mobile medical service

Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, member of the Edo House of Assembly, said on Tuesday that 23,000 persons benefitted from her mobile…

2015: Youths caution politicians against inflammatory utterances

A youth group, Union for Social Resistance (USR), on Tuesday cautioned politicians against making inflammatory comments that could destabilise the…

Mother, Daughter Are Lesbian Couple

Eromosele Ebhomele In a shocking confession that is reverberating across the world, a mother and her daughter have both announced…

How I Survived Ebola Virus —Doctor Who Treated Sawyer

Eromosele Ebhomele & Yisa Jamiu For Dr. Ada Igonoh, one of the doctors who had contact with the late Patrick…

$1 billion needed to fight Ebola – UN

Nearly $1.0 billion dollars is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday,…

Pique claims Catalans have right to independence vote

Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique has thrown his support behind calls for Catalonia to be allowed to hold a…

2015: IG sets up elections security planning unit

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As part of efforts to strengthen the security of the electoral processes in the country and ensure sustainable…

Its A Miracle: Woman walks out of Synagogue rubble alive

A 45-year old woman on Tuesday walked out alive from the rubbles of the collapsed building at the Synagogue Church…

Lawyers disagree on ‘Death Sentence’ on mutinous soldiers

By Akin Kuponiyi&Henry Ojelu The death sentence passed on 12 soldiers by a military tribunal over their alleged in mutiny…

IS jihadists down Syria warplane

Jihadists shot down a Syrian warplane conducting strikes on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory…

China ups its medics in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to 174

China will send more medics to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to help boost laboratory testing for the virus, raising the total…

Thai woman perishes after leap into crocodile pond

A 65-year old Thai woman has committed suicide by leaping into a pond of crocodiles at a farm popular with…

100 million people saved from hunger in 10 years – UN

The number of hungry people in the world has dropped by 100 million over the last 10 years, though one…

Sudan frees opposition party leader

Sudan has released an opposition leader who was detained for three months after accusing counter-insurgency paramilitaries of abuses against civilians…
Kogi governor Ahmed Ododo says his administration's efforts to combat crime are yielding fruits with recovery of 53 stolen transformers

Ogun community contributes to purchase own transformer

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta After waiting endlessly for over a year to receive the pledge from the state government to allocate a…

Oritsejafor Owns Seized Jet With $9.3m In S/Africa

An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that a Nigerian private jet caught in Johannesburg with $9.3 million belongs to Pastor…

Amosun’s Aide, APC, LP members defect to PDP

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Mrs. Lanre Abimbola Balogun, Special Adviser to the Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun on Environment was among members…

Traditional rulers tasked on security ahead of 2015

Chief Sani Ejima, the National Chairman of All Igala Forum in Nigeria, has advised traditional rulers to intensify efforts in…